Web Tools for Your Classroom

Google Pages 

http://pages.google.com/-/about.html - Create web pages online in your browser, no tools or downloads necessary

http://gpc.tipstricks.googlepages.com/google_page_creator.html
A page made in googlepages about tips and tricks on using this online web editor

Research

http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective  The Internet Detective
online research techniques tutorial (college level, but works w/ hs and great for teachers wanting to fill in the gaps of their researching skills

Wiki

http://www.wetpaint.com/ - Make a wiki for class collaboration

http://matsl.wetpaint.com/ - Bennington College MATSL Wiki

http://vtflteachers.wetpaint.comhttp://vtflteachers.wetpaint.com - Wiki for VT FL Teachers (made for this conference and future use)

Blog

http://www.blogger.com/home - Blog 'til you drop!

http://artwommin.blogspot.com/  Lisa's Artblog

http://sgmolina.blogspot.com/  Sarah Molina's S. American Travels Blog 

http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/categories/39  "best" foreign language blogs, including Spanish blog about TV show "Lost"

WebQuest 

Lisa's Webpage of Resources About WebQuests
http://zonorus.marlboro.edu/%7Eebrooks/webquest/index2.html 

Taskonomy - Task Formats for Making a Good WebQuest
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/taskonomy.html

http://zonorus.marlboro.edu/%7Ejmcconn/capstone/title.html
"A Journalist's View of Spain", WebQuest

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects
/webquests/frenchrevolution/
This is a great webquest about the French Revolution. It is geared towards 11th grade. 

Process Guides

A Taxonomy of Information Patterns - Visualizing Info

WebQuest Enhancement Tools - Liven Up Your WQ

Bernie Dodge's Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestrubric.html

Creating a Rubric, Directions:
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/rubrics/rubrics.html 

Creating a Rubric Online Template and Guide
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/webquest/

Images

http://www.resize2mail.com/ - Does what it says, allows you to resize and crop digital pix online for emailing or websites

http://www.flickr.com/ - Photo sharing online, you can make albums if images online that you link to from your website

http://picasa.google.com - More photo sharing and editing (if you download the free software). 

http://sketchcast.com/ Imagine the possibilities for this little online sketch and narrative tool; you can draw and talk at the same time and then save the little video file to upload to your website, YouTube, or send via email.