More+Tools+and+Sites+to+Consider

= Google Tools - www.google.com= Google Tools generally are embeddable (You can find a code that you copy and paste from your google tool into a widget code field that will allow the google tool to display in your wiki.)


 * Good Google Tools to Start with... **
 * Google documents includes
 * docs that look like a text document
 * spreadsheets that look like an Excel sheet
 * forms that allow you to create online surveys or quizzes
 * Google Mapping Widget
 * allows you to...............................

= Videos = There are some great instructional videos available from various sites. You will need to check your network to find out which ones are not blocked (blocks keep our students safe and are required by the Federal Government for e-rate funds). Here are a couple of favorite places I find videos.


 * TeacherTube - www1.teachertube.com **
 * You will be able to find an embed code to show the video on your wiki (or link to it if you prefer)
 * You can locate TeacherTube videos with Closed Captions at www.blinkx.com/videos/captioned
 * iTunesU - www.ideal.azed.gov **
 * The secure access to this resource is through IDEAL. There are tons of instructional and content videos.
 * You will need to find the link to these videos and display as a hyperlink

=** Wallwisher - www.wallwisher.com **=
 * This is a brainstorming application (there are several available on the web)
 * You will need to provide a link to this application from your wiki page to the application you have set up for your students

=** Mindomo - www.mindomo.com **=
 * This is a web-mapping graphic organizing application
 * You will need to provide a link to this application from your wiki page to the application you have set up for your students