Web 2 Communication Tools
Reading: From Smoke Signals to Tweets: How The Evolution Of Communication Is Changing Your Classroom
On this page we feature tools whose predominant feature is to facilitate two-way communication between individuals and groups.
On this page we feature tools whose predominant feature is to facilitate two-way communication between individuals and groups.
Collaborize Classroom
This online discussion platform enables student discussion through forum-style functionality. Students can respond to posts teachers create by voting and providing full text based answers.
Watch the video here. Adobe Connect
Adobe® Connect™ for eLearning provides a complete solution for rapid training and mobile learning, enabling rapid deployment of training accessible from anywhere, anytime, on virtually any device.
All DEC staff and student can log into their Adobe Connect service here connect.schools.nsw.edu.au Socrative
Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.
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Twitter is a great way to find the special audience for your class. Find people with passion and expertise that compliments what you are doing in the school. Use it to get hand picked professional development delivered right to your phone or just remind the students that their assessment task is due!
* This is a list of educational twitter topics. * How Twitter in the Classroom is Boosting Student Engagement |
Kahoot!
Twiducate
Twiducate is the perfect solution for elementary and secondary students.
Rather than having your students sign up and enter an email address, you sign up and create a class code. Using this code, your students log in to your class network. Here, they can answer questions, collaborate on problems, and even embed pictures and videos. As a teacher you have full control over the network. You can even add other teachers! 
The popular and familiar social media application can be very powerful when understood and used appropriately. Click on the logo to go to the DEC Social Media Course.
Download: "Facebook for Schools" a how to guide for Pages, detailing Security Settings. 100 examples of how to use social media to support learning.
Quia
Quia is a pay service that has a very robust infrastructure giving teachers and students a great deal of flexibility when it comes to a Learning Management System. A total solution.
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