Online+Portal+Explorations

Links to explore:

=Wiki's=
 * Link || Description ||
 * http://theconnectedclassroom.wikispaces.com/ || PD wiki with a "Shift Happens Video ||
 * http://fhswolvesden.wikispaces.com/ || Class wiki for high school Lang Arts teacher. A bit jumbled, but interesting. ||
 * http://fletcherwiki.wikispaces.com/ || Wiki for a high school science class. Lots of embedded widgets. ||
 * http://kggsphysics.wikispaces.com/ || Physics class wiki. The discussion portion of this wiki is interesting, along with the teachers us of documents. ||
 * http://firmansclass.wikispaces.com || Firman's wiki. ||

Google Sites

 * Link || Description ||
 * [] || Classroom site aimed at keeping parents informed. Well organized! ||
 * [] || An example how a teacher uses a Google Site with his history class. ||
 * [] || A google site for a physics class. ||
 * @http://sites.google.com/site/brucerandolphmath11/home || Ms. Konwinski's Site. ||

Moodle

 * Link || Description ||
 * http://moodle.dpsk12.org/course/view.php?id=124 || Mrs. Bassman's moodle site. __username__: brandolph__password__: grizzlies ||

EdModo
EdModo is a new educational web portal that is EXTREMELY similar to facebook. There are class pages, each student has his own profile, and students can sign up for a variety of types of notifications when teachers post content, including a text message. ]] || Interestign writeup on the pros and cons of EdModo ||
 * Link || Description ||
 * @http://wps.edmodo.com/publisher/dreambox || This is an EdModo page for a business, but it's helpful to see how similar the edmodo layout is to facebook. ||
 * [[@http://trendingeducation.com/?p=190|http://trendingeducation.com/?p=190

Embeddable Widgets

 * Name || Link || Description ||
 * Wallwisher.com || [|http://www.wallwisher.com] ||  ||
 * Voki's || [|http://www.voki.com] ||  ||
 * Polldaddy || [] || Allows you to embed polls into your website. Example athttp://fhswolvesden.wikispaces.com/Recent+Polls ||
 * Voice Threads || [] || Students and teachers can contribute to online discussions through audio and annotations. ||