a whole new dianne

I have created 2 new eToolBox pages that highlight 5 Web 2.0 tools that the teachers in my district are starting to use with students.

The first page highlights and provides information on Digital Scrapbooks.  If you visit the page you will see resources to aid in the use of Mixbook, Scrapblog, Glogster, and Notaland.

The other page focuses on Imbee.com, the first free social network made just for kids elementary and middle school aged.  Check it out to learn more about Imbee and to watch “The Imbee Show”, created and produced by 3rd graders at an elementary school in my district.

At the PETE & C Conference with Linda Nitsche.

http://www.skype.com

Simply put, Skype can be used to communicate with anyone, anywhere, anytime, via text, voice, or video. If the other person has Skype, it is free. Otherwise, there is a small fee to call land-lines and cellphones.

I use it ALL the time with my Personal Learning Network (PLN) to collaborate, communicate, and share. I also use it at Wissahickon to communicate with teachers who have questions and need a quick answer. I have even shared it with my family and my father in Florida uses it (on his MacBook!) to show me the sunset in the Keys. Very nice indeed – for free!

For instant help… here’s a direct link to the User Guide: http://www.skype.com/help/guides/

Feel free to add me… my username is dianne.krause

Check out this new language learning web 2.0 site called Babbel! Here, you can learn languages (French, German, Spanish, Italian, English), practice what you’ve learned, find people from around the world who speak the language you are learning (or your native language!). This seems to be a great tool for students AND teachers of world languages. Teachers can use the vocabulary lessons with students, refer students to this site for extra practice, or brush up on their own language with the upper-level activities and discussion forums.

Check it out!

http://www.babbel.com