Other+Tools+for+the+Millennial+Learner

Here are some favorite one-trick Web 2.0 tools.
 * One Trick Tools **

>> >> ** Art: ** >> >> * Wordle articles written about a common artist or painting. >> * List your top 10 paintings by title, wordle them. >> * List your top 10 paintings by artist, wordle them >> >> >> ** Personal Reflection: ** >> >> * List of most recent books read, including genre >> * List of most recent titles of magazines read. >> * Keep a food diary for one week, then wordle the results. >> * Wordle writing for frequently misspelled words. >> * Identify overused words and use synonyms >> * List the people you sat next to throughout the week. >> * Have students generate a bunch of free and open thoughts on any topic, have them customize them in a way they find aesthetically appealing and then engage in a discussion on the different wordles that emerge. -Kannan >> >> ** Sports: ** >> >> * Wordle the sports headlines. >> * Read the sports page online. Wordle the titles of the articles you read. >> * List the last 5 major league baseball teams you saw play in person. >> * List the winning Superbowl teams. >> >> ** Fun With Words: ** >> >> * Design word games >> * Use wordle to experiment with synonyms >> * Wordle words with prefixes >> * Wordle your spelling list >> >> ** Social Studies: ** >> >> * Wordle the home states of the past presidents. >> * Wordle a famous speech. >> * Wordle the battles of the Civil War, with states identified. >> * Wordle the words to Civil Rights music. >> * Wordle the words to any series of songs that reflect a significant time period. >> >> ** Science: ** >> >> * Wordle Einstein's theory of relativity. >> >> ** Current Events: ** >> >> * Wordle the headlines >> * Wordle a new story you find online. >> * Wordle an editorial. >> * Feed an entire transcript of a nightly news telecast into the wordle and see what results. -Kannan >> * Wordle the transcript from a District 97 board meeting-Kannan > Answer Garten describes itself as a minimal tool for maximum feedback that can be used for creative brainstorming. It's simple, just create a question and publish it. The answers are immediately displayed as tags in a word cloud, which means responses that appear more frequently appear larger in size. Try it for yourself by answering the question below. No login is required. = [| What is your favorite Web 2.0 tool?...] at [|AnswerGarden.ch]. =
 * Word Clouds **
 * ==Wordle ==
 * ==Wordle ideas:==
 * ** Writing Analysis: ** * Speech analysis * Speech comparison * Autobiography analysis * Author analysis * Vocabulary activities * Poetry analysis * Famous author titles * World a couple of book reviews. * Use wordle to add a graphic visual to some of the kids' journals and poems about the Holocaust. - Barnstable
 * Vocabulary:**
 * Wordle the content of your lesson, the biggest words are the key vocabulary. - Diehl
 * == Answer Garden ==


 * Attibution **
 * CurateUs
 * Diigo
 * Kwout
 * ScreenCasts **
 * Screencast-o-Matic
 * Online Bulletin Boards **
 * Wallwisher
 * Edistorm
 * Cool Google Tools **
 * Google Scribe
 * Google Wonder Wheel
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Google Custom Search
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 24px;">Drawing and Painting **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">DabbleBoard
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ArtPad
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 24px;">Online Photo Editing **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Foto Flexer
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Picnic
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 24px;">Talking Avatars **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Blabberize
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Voki

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[|Dipity] is a cool tool for creating multimedia time-lines with a variety of viewing options. Click on any event in the timeline to view details and images, or choose to view as a flipbook, list, or map instead.

[|Lino It] is a tool for creating a bulletin board of online sticky notes and a good tool for teachers to try this summer for collaborating with team members as you reflect and think about ideas for the upcoming school year. Working on a project? Collecting resources for a unit of study? Why not start with this simple and easy-to-use bulletin board. You can set up an account for free and share your bulletin board with a target group or make it public and share it with the world.

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[|Text Compactor] is a free online tool for summarizing and simplifying text. It is extremely user-friendly and requires no login so it's a perfect tool for students to add to their own toolkits of resources.

Just copy and paste some digital text into the box, use the slider to determine the percentage of text you want to end up with, and view the simplified text.