Diigo
www.diigo.com
Diigo is a free social bookmarking, research, and knowledge sharing tool created to mimic the ease of taking notes while providing a network for sharing and discovering information. Diigo allows you to take personal notes and highlight text information on web pages just as you would on a piece of paper. You can then bookmark and save this information for further review, while adding tags to keep everything organized. In bookmarking this information, you can also choose to share with colleagues and friends to allow them to access the web page, view your notes and highlights, and add their own annotations. All of this information is also saved online and can be accessed by any computer or browser, including cell phones with browsing capabilities.
Students can use Diigo to collect and organize resources from the Internet. Teachers may also use Diigo groups to share resources and bookmarks for a particular project with students. Students can use Diigo to actively read articles and annotate web-based text resources.
Diigo is a free social bookmarking, research, and knowledge sharing tool created to mimic the ease of taking notes while providing a network for sharing and discovering information. Diigo allows you to take personal notes and highlight text information on web pages just as you would on a piece of paper. You can then bookmark and save this information for further review, while adding tags to keep everything organized. In bookmarking this information, you can also choose to share with colleagues and friends to allow them to access the web page, view your notes and highlights, and add their own annotations. All of this information is also saved online and can be accessed by any computer or browser, including cell phones with browsing capabilities.
Students can use Diigo to collect and organize resources from the Internet. Teachers may also use Diigo groups to share resources and bookmarks for a particular project with students. Students can use Diigo to actively read articles and annotate web-based text resources.
Evernote
www.evernote.com
Evernote makes it easy to remember things big and small from your everyday life using your computer, phone, tablet and the web.
Collect information from anywhere into a single place. From text notes to web pages to files to snapshots, everything is always at your fingertips. Save entire webpages to your Evernote account with our nifty web clipper browser extensions. You get the whole page: text, images and links. Share your notes and collaborate on projects with friends, colleagues and classmates. With Evernote, all of your notes, web clips, files and images are made available on every device and computer you use.
Evernote makes it easy to remember things big and small from your everyday life using your computer, phone, tablet and the web.
Collect information from anywhere into a single place. From text notes to web pages to files to snapshots, everything is always at your fingertips. Save entire webpages to your Evernote account with our nifty web clipper browser extensions. You get the whole page: text, images and links. Share your notes and collaborate on projects with friends, colleagues and classmates. With Evernote, all of your notes, web clips, files and images are made available on every device and computer you use.
Google Docs
www.google.com
GoogleDocs is a free cloud-based word processor. It is part of the GoogleDrive productivity suite that allows you to easily create documents, presentations, spreadsheets, forms, drawings, and sites. Many schools have GoogleDrive accounts which provide students with secure access and school-based email addresses.
Google Docs is an exceptional suite of tools for the classroom. You might have your students begin their writing using a graphic organizer but type in a Google Doc. Students can share Google Docs with one another and collaborate / self and peer evaluate and they can share their writing with you to make keeping track of student writing a breeze. Naming conventions are important so that your Google account is easy to organize. Once a Doc is shared with you, you can easily comment on your student's work. Google will send you an email when your student makes a revision that you suggested. This option to comment on student writing outside of class allows you more time to give live feedback in the classroom. Finally, Google Docs offers a no-fuss turn in for student work. Even if you do not use Google Docs throughout the writing process, students can upload their work and then share with you.
GoogleDocs is a free cloud-based word processor. It is part of the GoogleDrive productivity suite that allows you to easily create documents, presentations, spreadsheets, forms, drawings, and sites. Many schools have GoogleDrive accounts which provide students with secure access and school-based email addresses.
Google Docs is an exceptional suite of tools for the classroom. You might have your students begin their writing using a graphic organizer but type in a Google Doc. Students can share Google Docs with one another and collaborate / self and peer evaluate and they can share their writing with you to make keeping track of student writing a breeze. Naming conventions are important so that your Google account is easy to organize. Once a Doc is shared with you, you can easily comment on your student's work. Google will send you an email when your student makes a revision that you suggested. This option to comment on student writing outside of class allows you more time to give live feedback in the classroom. Finally, Google Docs offers a no-fuss turn in for student work. Even if you do not use Google Docs throughout the writing process, students can upload their work and then share with you.
Noodle Tools
www.noodletools.com
NoodleTools is a set of integrated tools for note-taking, outlining, citation, document archiving and annotation, and collaborative research and writing.
Use Noodle Tools in your classroom to create projects for your students. Students can use the notecard tab in Noodle Tools to take notes while they interact with text. Teachers can not only give feedback on papers, they can also give feedback on the notecards and the bibliography. Students can compose their papers via the Noodle Tools connection with Google Docs and share with you. You can guide your students and give feedback on the writing process every step of the way! Google Docs is awesome, but add Noodle Tools and it is out of this world!
NoodleTools is a set of integrated tools for note-taking, outlining, citation, document archiving and annotation, and collaborative research and writing.
Use Noodle Tools in your classroom to create projects for your students. Students can use the notecard tab in Noodle Tools to take notes while they interact with text. Teachers can not only give feedback on papers, they can also give feedback on the notecards and the bibliography. Students can compose their papers via the Noodle Tools connection with Google Docs and share with you. You can guide your students and give feedback on the writing process every step of the way! Google Docs is awesome, but add Noodle Tools and it is out of this world!
P D F Escape
www.pdfescape.com
PDFescape is a free, online PDF reader, editor, form filler, & form designer.
Students can use PDF Escape to actively read articles and annotate PDF resources.
PDFescape is a free, online PDF reader, editor, form filler, & form designer.
Students can use PDF Escape to actively read articles and annotate PDF resources.
Stixy
www.stixy.com
Stixy helps users organize their world on flexible, shareable Web-based bulletin boards called Stixyboards. Unlike most personal productivity or project management software, Stixy doesn’t dictate how users should organize their information. Users can create tasks, appointments, files, photos, notes, and bookmarks on their Stixyboards, organized in whatever way makes sense to them. Then they can share Stixyboards with friends, family, and colleagues.
Stixy was created to serve people who need to organize their lives – that is, virtually everyone – but who don’t have the time or inclination to adapt their habits to a piece of software. Stixyboards are designed to be instantly familiar to anyone who’s used a regular bulletin board.
Use Stixy in the classroom for research, data collection, bookmarking, brainstorming, collaboration and sharing.
Stixy helps users organize their world on flexible, shareable Web-based bulletin boards called Stixyboards. Unlike most personal productivity or project management software, Stixy doesn’t dictate how users should organize their information. Users can create tasks, appointments, files, photos, notes, and bookmarks on their Stixyboards, organized in whatever way makes sense to them. Then they can share Stixyboards with friends, family, and colleagues.
Stixy was created to serve people who need to organize their lives – that is, virtually everyone – but who don’t have the time or inclination to adapt their habits to a piece of software. Stixyboards are designed to be instantly familiar to anyone who’s used a regular bulletin board.
Use Stixy in the classroom for research, data collection, bookmarking, brainstorming, collaboration and sharing.
Today's Meet
www.todaysmeet.com
Todays Meet is similar to Twitter or Edmodo, as it gets students chatting, using a 140-character limit and an easy-to-use interface. Todays Meet is a backchannel, which helps teachers conduct online discussions, while channeling the results onto one web page or an Interactive White Board. Students can get to Todays Meet with the click of a mouse, if the teacher provides a link on a classroom blog or classroom web site. Once there, students login to Todays Meet simply by typing their name and clicking Join. No accounts or passwords are needed for teachers orstudents to use Todays Meet. Ease of use is one of Todays Meet's best features. When studentsand teachers want to speak, they type in a short sentence or two and click Say. Students or teachers using Twitter can join a Todays Meet conversation, as long as they have the twitter hashtag the teacher has set up.
Use Today's Meet in the classroom to enable your students to backchannel comments, questions, discussion points and insights while using the Fishbowl method or while viewing a video. During the activity the discussion can be projected and after the discussion the transcript can be printed and distributed to the students. Teachers can monitor the discussion and contribute questions while keeping all students engaged in the lesson.
Todays Meet is similar to Twitter or Edmodo, as it gets students chatting, using a 140-character limit and an easy-to-use interface. Todays Meet is a backchannel, which helps teachers conduct online discussions, while channeling the results onto one web page or an Interactive White Board. Students can get to Todays Meet with the click of a mouse, if the teacher provides a link on a classroom blog or classroom web site. Once there, students login to Todays Meet simply by typing their name and clicking Join. No accounts or passwords are needed for teachers orstudents to use Todays Meet. Ease of use is one of Todays Meet's best features. When studentsand teachers want to speak, they type in a short sentence or two and click Say. Students or teachers using Twitter can join a Todays Meet conversation, as long as they have the twitter hashtag the teacher has set up.
Use Today's Meet in the classroom to enable your students to backchannel comments, questions, discussion points and insights while using the Fishbowl method or while viewing a video. During the activity the discussion can be projected and after the discussion the transcript can be printed and distributed to the students. Teachers can monitor the discussion and contribute questions while keeping all students engaged in the lesson.