David Deubelbeiss is a teacher trainer
at the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (world's
largest school board). Creator of
EFL Classroom 2.0 and big promoter of
the use of web 2.0 applications for language learning.
David is a Canadian.
David's Top 10 Tools as at
2 March 2008
Voicethread - Without a doubt, as significant a
development as the pencil was to learning! I really mean
that. Simply upload photos and then watch as others speak
and write about the photos. Stories, maps, personal albums,
advice columns, everything is possible. Be sure to check out
Dr. Quinn's Love line - so cute. A special educator discount
only costs $10!!!
Ning -- Ning, a social networking site offers teachers
K-12 free and secure (no ads!) social networking for their
classrooms. Much more user friendly and yet high tech than
other networking sites, it can be used by students to share
and make a learning community. Great discussion features,
embedding, videos, flexible and personal design. This is the
future of learning! FREE
Buzka -- Buzka takes bookmarking and sharing of sites to
a higher and more "pictorial" level. Share your sites in one
Buzka and make spots for each category of sites. Those
looking at the sites will see both the web page and a
description. Really encourages others to investigate and
much better than looking at a dry url.FREE
Chinswing -- I wonder why this hasn't taken off! Simply
put a question out there and others will reply in voice.
Great way to have a real voice conversation on any topic.
Movies, classes, your school, teaching, philosophy, any
topic.
Youtube -- yeah, unfortunately it is something the
students know and thus, usable for motivation, learning.
Improved channels and playlist presentations make it a
better choice now for teachers than previously. It also
holds less stringent copyright enforcement which allows
educators more breadth of use. FREE
Camtasia -- This does everything in terms of presenting
video, making screencasts and converting audio/video. A top
knotch product for anyone using video and presenting
information. Get your hands on it today!
Karafun Karaoke -- Very little known, karaoke is an
incredibly powerful literacy tool. With just a photo, script
and audio , anyone can easily make a karaoke file! Students
will be amazed to hear their voice and see the words fly
across the screen! I've made several screencasts on how to
make them and many innovative teachers are using karaoke to
teach reading across the U.S. and Canada. FREE.
Google. -- All things google and I really think they
"get it", the future that IS. It isn't about content but
ease of sharing, sending, moving, and accessing information
among groups and communities. Whether calendars, email,
documents, presentations, they GET IT. FREE!
Quibblo -- make quizzes, surveys quickly! I've tried
others but this application simply and clearly works. Very
easy to enter info. and get your questions, tests up and
going. Lots of feedback for those taking the polls, tests,
quizzes, surveys. FREE
Esnips. - Get 5 gbs of FREE storage. Allows the user
different privacy settings. Present your videos and flash/ppts
for previewing. Write about your files and share. A great
way for a person to store their files and share them. FREE
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the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008
