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Back **Finding Online Learning Environments When Funding is Scarce (Aurora A)** //Frances O'Neill, New York City Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology Queens// //Kelly Gallagher, New York City Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology Queens// //Michael Swirsky, New York City Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology Queens//

//Do you need an online learning environment but don't have the resources to purchase Blackboard? This presentation explores free online learning environments like Ning, Wikispaces and Weebly and examines Web 2.0 tools that can be embedded in these environments to enhance online learning. The presenters are NYC Dept. of Education Instructional Technology Specialists as well as two NYC teachers who have used these tools in their classrooms.// Add your own notes for this session here by simply clicking the "Edit this Page" icon above, type your notes, and then click "Save".

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 * 1) [|DocsTEach]: use documents from the National Archives to create own interactive learning activity or ready to-go activities
 * 2) [|HippoCampus] :High School - organized by content area
 * 3) [|BBC Dimensions]: make real world places and events in history by overlaying how large an area of event compares to another area a student may be more familiar with
 * 4) Kwout: "brilliant way to quote" - Firefox plug-in: allows to create image map by taking screen shots - but includes all hyperlinks and can then post to a number of different websites and can add annotations or just add embed code. At the bottom of any kwout page there is a link to the original source so an accurate bibliography can be created
 * 5) Apture: Firefox plugin -provides detail by creating a mini pop up window without leaving the page - must have popup blocker turned off
 * 6) [|Qwiki]: curated information experience
 * 7) Auditory and visual components
 * 8) Lots of controls at the bottom of page
 * 9) [|Embedit.in]: accepts assorted document types into single file and sorts by tabs
 * 10) Source docs
 * 11) Assignments
 * 12) Newsletters
 * 13) Student work
 * 14) [|SweetSearch]: a search engine for Students - can use with google docs
 * 15) [|Wetoku]: two way video side-by-side
 * 16) Stream it live and record to archive
 * 17) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.39in; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">[|Scribblar.com]: online whiteboard-has and an embedded equation editor
 * 18) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.39in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Used as many as 5 students at a time
 * 19) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.39in; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">[|Jing]: screencasting tool - static and also allows to make short videos (screen casts)
 * 20) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.39in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Has a pro version for $15/year
 * 21) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.39in; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">[|Pollweverywhere]: create online surveys - works with cell phones as well - download as a spreadsheet
 * 22) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.39in; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Google Docs: spreadsheet, word processor, presentation, drawing, form (survey)

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