Tools+for+Writing+and+Publishing

Google Applications for Education offers a suite of tools similar to Microsoft Office plus polls where the data goes right into a spreadsheet. Unlike Microsoft Office, you can collaborate with colleagues and your students can get reviews on their stories/poems/reports and other word processing type of documents. Check out the video on [|this page]. [|Click here] to find out which tools would work well in your classroom. You can also create your own class website for posting student work using Google sites that is quick and easy to learn as the video below shows.

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[|Prezi]is a tool that allows students to organize ideas and publish them in an interesting presentation. Here is a quick overview of the free tool.

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Zoho Docs is a great suite of tools now with a management system similar to Google applications. If you are just starting into Zoho, [|click here]. All of Zoho's applications can be found [|here] from email to word processing/spreadsheets as well as other Microsoft Office application to an online notetaking application. If you are familiar with Google applications and want to know how these documents, spreadsheets, and more can work with Zoho projects, view the movie below.

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If you are interested in producing an online magazine or book, check out [|Yudu]or [|Issuu] - great free tools.
Here are twelve distinct Web 2.0 tools to help you and your students easily create and/or upload slideshow presentations to the Internet.