Cool tech to use with your students

There’s a whole bunch of cool stuff out there — not just wikis and blogs — that is free and that you can be using with your students. Here’s a list of some of my finds.

If you want to just have a look around the sites I’ve marked with an asterisk (‘*’) without first signing up, use the following sign in details:

Username: demomeg (or email: demomeg@meganpoore.com)
Password: meggelina

For assignments …

	Slideshare* Create presentations and then share them with the world (or privately) Add audio to create a webinar Embed slideshows on your blog or website Students can create and share presentations on class topics
	Clipmarks* Take clippings from the web and put them into a ‘ClipCast’ for distribution to others Helps you keep a library of interesting finds Ask students to create ClipCasts on certain topics
	Netvibes* and Pageflakes* Create a personalised homepage on the web Collaborate with others to create pages Share your pages with others Add widgets and other cool stuff Ask students to create pages on class topic, containing RSS feeds, widgets, webpages, podcasts etc.
	Survey Monkey* and Vizu* Create and customise polls Share your pollswith others Ask students to create polls on class topics and insert them into their wikis or blogs etc.
	Ning groups* Create groups, forums, events, notes, announcements Great as a class development and communication tool Ask students to create groups around class topics Master key: demomeg

Getting students organised …

The Class Connection and MyNoteIT*

Lots of planning and management tools, including document sharing, spreadsheets, planners, notebook, chat, wiki …
Add classes, groups
Mobile phone access
Join class or school groups
Keep track of assignments and grades
Friends lists
Calendars