Digital media tools that can be used in education include EDU blogs, which allow students to share materials in chronological order and comment on each other's work, VoiceThread for creating voice-annotated slideshows and presentations, GoAnimate for making animated presentations, Wikispaces as a place to collectively create and store work, Animoto for creating video slideshows using photos and music, and Voicethread for creating multimedia presentations where participants can comment with text, audio, photos or video. These tools allow students to collaborate, present their work, and provide feedback to one another.

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2. EDU Blogs
• What is it?
• This is just like any other blogging website. It allows
you to make entries and is an online journal.
• What does it do?
• It allows you to share materials with others in
chronological order. Other people can read and
comment on something of yours, and you can do
the same for other.
• How can it be used in a class room setting?
• Get input back on a project
• Another way to list student assignments

3. Voice Thread
• What is it?
• It is a program that lets you add your own voice into a
video.
• What does it let you do?
• It lets you create a video where you can use your own
voice to read the text. You also have the option to
upload your own photos into the slideshow.
• How can it be used in a classroom?
• A way to present something
• Showing kids something interesting

4. Go Animate
• What is it?
• It is a website that lets you create your own
animated power point
• What does it allow you to do?
You can create a slideshow that can be shared
with many other people.
• How can you use it in a class?
• You can use it to make a project
• Create an animated lesson

5. Wikispaces
• What is it?
• Wikispaces is a website that has its own
address.
• Lets many people edit and create it.
What does it allow you to do?
• Allows you to store your work
• Uploads photos, widgets, videos and more
• How can this be used in a classroom setting?
• It is a site where all your projects from the year
can be collected.

6. Animoto
• What is it?
• Video creation service
• What does it let you create?
• A visual powerpoint using your own photos, music
and even video clips.
• How can it be used educationally?
• Your teacher can use it to show you the next
project
• Students can make projects for class

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