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// OVERVIEW: //
//21ST Century Teaching and Learning practices require students to communicate, collaborate and publish projects in social networking environments. In this exciting course participants will learn how to set up a portfolio. In this portfolio you will explore lots of exciting tools that can be used in the classroom with students. Some of the tools that we are going to learn include://


 * //**__Cooltext__**//- is a free graphics generator for web pages and anywhere else you need an impressive logo without a lot of design work.
 * //**__Voki__**// - is a talking voice character, a computer-generated version of oneself. The more generic term for a Voki is a speaking avatar, a digital representation of a person or being. Teachers and educators are discovering some of the unique roles these speaking avatars can play in education particularly in the online classroom.
 * //**__Prezi__**//-is a zooming story telling and presentation tool that helps you create outstanding visuals for your thoughts.
 * //**__Webspiration__**//-Use webspiration to map out ideas, organize with outlines and collaborate online with teams or colleagues.Webspiration unleashes your creativity, strengthens organizational skills, and transforms your ideas and information into knowledge.
 * //**__Voicethread__**// - A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holdsimages,documents, and videosand allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.
 * **__//Lovely Charts//__** - is an online diagramming application that allows you to create professional looking diagrams.
 * __**//Google Docs//**__ - is a free, Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, presenation, form, and data storage service offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. Google Docs combines the features of Writely and Spreadsheets with a presentation program. incorporating technology designed by Tonic Systems. ||  ||
 * __ //** Goals: **// __
 * To demonstrate how instructional technology and collaboration tools can positively both affect teaching and learning
 * To demonstrate how global collaboration tools can improve educational practices ||  ||
 * __//**Objectives:**//__ Teacher and students will create affective professional learning communities (consisting of all or some of the following components appropriate)

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 * Online learning network[[image:july-blog_google-wiki.jpg width="274" height="271" align="right"]]
 * Discussion boards
 * Sharing best practices
 * Sharing Resources
 * Concept Mapping
 * Blogs
 * Wikis
 * Video ||  ||
 * **Resources: [|www.education-world.com], [|www.teachersnetwork.org],** [], [] ||  ||