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__New Digital Media Collection__
toc This Wiki is going to serve as an editable collection site for the teachers at South Lake High School to be able to collaborate on and share New Digital Medias, Websites, and other various tools. Members wi ll have editing abilities where you can login and share your ideas. Please make sure not to delete something else someone has put on. You can change and add to anything on here or upload something new if it is not already here. If you see a resource you have used in a different fashion, please add a comment has to how you used it. I have gotten the site started with a few online resources and programs that I have found useful. The text of each title is Heading 2 so that it shows up in the table of content to the right. I have linked the website for each resource to make easy access and tried to provide an example when available. As the site grows we can add more pages and start sorting the resources. Enjoy!

1. Moodle
Moodle Website - Lately there has been a big push for getting at least one class on Moodle. I have inserted a picture of the home page of one of my classes. All my class notes are videos linked through You Tube into my moodle class. Then I create assignments in word that I save as a word and pdf and upload on my page. The students must open the notes, watch the video, complete the assignment, and submit their answers.

2. Prezi
Prezi Website - Prezi is a website that students can utilize to create presentations of information. Students create their own logins and accounts to use this website.They have different levels of membership that allows members to have free access or get more privileges if they pay.Students can also choose to create an account with their Facebook as well. I have attached an example for viewing to see what a final product might look like.

Prezi Example
Please make sure you check out this prezi. One the second row of "slides" there are pages of great educational resources some of which you will see on this Wiki already. All logos on the prezi are embeded web links that will take you right to the site.

3. You Tube or Teacher Tube
You Tube or Teacher Tube - This can be used for various things in your classroom. A lot of schools have blocked you tube so many people use teacher tube. I have used you tube to download my videos for my Moodle Course. You cna use either website to do the same. Teacher Tube views all videos before making them accessible. So make sure you download videos here with plenty of advance before needing them for use.

4. Spelling & Vocabulary Online
Spelling City - Here is an online spelling and vocabulary website. A student can enter a list of vocabulary words and then choose how they want to study them. Some choices are flashcards, vocab test or a game. It would be fun and interactive way that the study could learn spelling words or vocab words for class. It could be a game station if you have computers and setup centers. It could also be a fun way to practice at home. The student or teacher would have to setup an account with a login.

5. Mathway Problem Solver
Mathway - This is a good math problem solver a student could use at home when they get stuck on a problem. Make sure that tell parents about this website to monitor their child's use. It will solve any math problem you type in and show all the steps. So a kid could use it do it all their homework and not really learn anything. But it could be great for that one problem when they get stuck. Or you could use it to help in class when a child is struggling. Once a again, to get full benefits from the site you would need to set up a member account. Nice thing is, the membership requires a fee to show steps. Answers only is free. So it would be a way a student could check their work at home. Here is an example of a problem typed in. media type="custom" key="12742334"Students can use this to check problems when working in class or at home.

6. Podcasting
PodOMatic - A website that students can create an account on to create podcasts. Podcasts are popular because they can be downloaded and listen to on anything from a computer to iPod. This is a fun and creative tool kids can have fun with to create audio files and load on the internet. The example I am showing is a book review I did for a class. This is a great use for them in an English class. I used a website to embed the podcast in and attach a script of the review. Let the kids be creative. media type="custom" key="12742718"

7. Story Starters
Story Starters - Here is a fun website where students can "spin" a wheel to have a mix of topics put together to give them a story writing topic. Then they pick what format they want their story in. Then type the story in right there to publish and print it. A fun website to practice writing with a fun way to pick a topic for writing. This could be another computer center to use during centers in class.