Social Networking
A simple way of keeping up to date with teaching and learning ideas in science!
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Front Page Starters
"Most of the Sun pages never really appeared in the paper . . . we've only been around since 1969, after all! But we hope you find them fun, and informative too."
Link: Hold Ye Front Page
Link: Hold Ye Front Page
Socrative
"Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets."
Link: Socrative
Link: Socrative
WallWisher
"We give you a nearly blank page (a wall). You put anything you want on it, anywhere. Simple, yet powerful!"
I've used this tool; as the administrator you can vett every post before it goes live!
Link: Wall Wisher
I've used this tool; as the administrator you can vett every post before it goes live!
Link: Wall Wisher
Class Dojo
"Class Dojo is a classroom tool that helps teachers improve behavior in their classrooms quickly and easily. It also captures and generates data on behavior that teachers can share with parents and administrators. Better learning behaviors, smoother lessons and hassle-free data - and its free!"
Link: Class Dojo
Link: Class Dojo
Glogster
"A Glog is an interactive visual platform in which users create a “poster or web page” containing multimedia elements including: text, audio, video, images, graphics, drawings, and data."
Link: Glogster
Link: Glogster
Prezi
"Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them."
Link: Prezi
Link: Prezi
Wordle
"Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text."
Link: Wordle
Link: Wordle
Storybird
Dipity
Study Blue
Animoto
"Turn your photos, video clips, and music into stunning video masterpieces to share with everyone. Fast, free, and shockingly easy!"
Link: Animoto
Link: Animoto