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**Web 2.0 - More Than Cool Tools **

presented by: //** Beth Breiner **// Staff Development Facilitator

**Voicethread:** An online collaboration and communication tool for students. There are two versions of Voicethread: 1) a free public version in an unsecured website; @http://voicethread.com 2) an educational version in a secured website, available for a fee; []

Click the icon to the right to view a PowerPoint to get started using Voicethread:

Click on the link below to view a sample Voicethread. Feel free to practice using a Voicethread by adding your comments to this sample: @http://voicethread.com/share/2269356/

**Voki:** Another online collaboration and communication tool //**.**// Voki allows users to create talking avatars! Like Voicethread, Voki is available in two forms:

1) a free public version; this version does **NOT** require accounts, but completed Vokis may only be shared on webpages or wikispaces, Vokis cannot be saved in the free version. 2) an educational version providing accounts for students and allowing users to save completed Vokis for subsequent editing.

Both versions are available at: http://www.voki.com

//** Voki Lesson Plans **//

**Blabberize:** Make any image talk with Blabberize, the online tool that lets users add a moving mouth and a recorded message to any uploaded image! Blabberize is free and available at: http://www.blabberize.com

//** Blabberize Step-by-Step **//

//**Mixbook:**// The online interactive book-building tool! Use Mixbook to create books including photos, images, text, backgrounds and "stickers". Display the books on webpages or wikispaces and watch as students turn the pages of the books online, working at their own speed reading interactive online texts! Mixbook: http:www.mixbook.com

//**Mixbook Step-by-Step **//