1. Technology Integration By: Amy Bond

2. BLOG

3. What is a Blog? A blog is a type of website developed and maintained by an individual using easy-to-use online software or a hosting platform with space for writing. Blogs feature instant publishing online and invite audiences to read and provide feedback as comments.

4. Classroom Ideas for a Blog ELEMENTARY Class PetsJournalsWeekly Updates MIDDLE SCHOOL Compiling Research Peer EditingReading Groups

5. Podcast And Vodcasts

6. What is a Podcast or Vodcast?  A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication.  A vodcast is simply a video podcast

7. Classroom Ideas for Podcasts or Vodcasts  Students who are absent can easily access the lesson(s) missed for a specific day  Oral reading exercises so students can hear themselves reading and hear themselves improve over time  Teachers can track fluency and have the readings readily available  Students can create vodcasts for various projects that could include oral presentations to school announcements

8. Productivity Tools

9. Classroom Ideas for Productivity Tools 1) Editgrid (www.editgrid.com) is an online spreadsheet tool 2) Gliffy (www.gliffy.com) is a graphic organizer tool 3) Instapaper (www.instapaper.com) is a tool that allows you to clip articles to read later and even offline 4) Slideshare (www.slideshare.net) is a tool to share presentations 5) ThinkFree Show (www.thinkfree.com) is a tool similar to Office programs and allows for sharing of documents 6) List of Web 2.0 Productivity Tools (http://www.socialbrite.org/sharing- center/tools/web20-tools/)www.editgrid.comwww.gliffy.comwww.instapaper.comwww.slideshare.netwww.thinkfree.comhttp://www.socialbrite.org/sharing- center/tools/web20-tools/ 7) Google Documents (docs.google.com) is another tool similar to Office that enables users to share, edit, and print all from online

10. Tools To Try Out Today  Kid Blog  Pod-O-Matic  Google Docs