Belouga

Belouga is an excellent new site that I just came across that is ideal for social/collaborative learning, and can be used for "blended learning" as well.  This is all done through an innovative online curriculum that contains different many different forms of activities (i.e. videos, lessons, etc. etc.).  These lessons are broken down by grade level/subject and aligned to state standards.

I highly recommend checking out Belouga by clicking here!!!

Peekapak

Peekapak is a new (beta) site for educators (PreK-3rd grade) for teaching Social and Emotional Learning.  This free online platform includes stories and lesson plans that teachers use w/ students to develop these SEL skills.  Also, Peekapak lets educators/parents to track student's progress and generate detailed reports.  Finally, Peekapak works on any device and is a great way to integrate Technology w/ Reading.

Below is a brief demo...



I highly recommend checking out Peekapak by clicking here!!!

GoConqr

GoConqr is a wonderful free tool/community for teachers and students to increase their
social learning by creating "bundles".  These tools allow users to create: mind-maps, quizzes, notes, flashcards, and slides, to create engaging content.  Also, the online community of GoConqr easily allows users to share/find resources on any given topic, join public study groups, create courses, and more.

Below is a brief demo...



I highly recommend checking out GoConqr by clicking here!!!

Been for Education

Been the innovative site for visually bookmarking a site and collaborating has just launched a educational portal that makes it perfect for educators to use w/ their class.  This free web tool is not only ideal for social bookmarking in schools but real-time collaborative web browsing as well.  Been's new web portal now allows for educators to create student accounts, and communicate w/ them in real-time while bookmarking/browsing the web.

This is ideal for Guided Learning, Flipping a Classroom, Project Based Learning, and can be used by any subject or curriculum.  Educators can use it to create internet scavenger hunts, to research/introduce a topic, or any other number of possibilities.

The educator account is perfect for moderating student's Beens (bookmarks/collections), comments, resetting passwords, etc.  Being "housed" inside of an educational portal allows for educators to see public Beens but only allows for students to see those of their teacher.  Teachers can also collaborate w/ their peers to allow for collective Beens that can be use for group projects.

Finally, the ability to collaboratively surf the web when being on the same page allows for students/educators to share comments and surf together to guide instruction.  Also, educators can assess students who have questions when surfing the web or researching a topic.

I highly recommend checking out Been for Education by clicking here!!!

For my Pinterest board on Web 2.0 click here.

Below is a demo video on collaboratively surfing on Been....

4. Surf Together in Class! from Been on Vimeo.

Chalkup

Chalkup is a new social learning platform that combines the best of a LMS (Learning Management System) w/ a social network to create a safe environment for students and teachers to interact.  Chalkup allows educators to grade, collaborate/message, assess, create assignments, rubrics, and much much more.  It works seamlessly on any mobile device and reminds me of a cross between GoClass and Otus.

I highly recommend checking out Chalkup by clicking here!!!

Answerables

Answerables is one of the most unique sites to come around in awhile.  It is a cross between a Learning Management System and Game Based Learning environment to deliver a innovative and fun learning experience for students.  All of this takes place in a 3D virtual world (i.e. think Second Life but geared towards education) that allows educators to create lessons, scavenger hunts, collaborate w/ other educators, and much much more.  Best of all, all of this takes place in Answerables safe interactive environment.  Also, Answerables can be used by any curriculum to teach any subject using Project Based Learning, "gamifying"a lesson, and differentiating instruction.

I highly recommend checking out Answerables by clicking here!!!

Below is a brief demo video...



*Answerables is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

VocabMonk

VocabMonk is an interesting new site that I found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's excellent blog.  This site uses a social network approach to help users build their vocabulary.  The networking aspect makes it a great site for Social Learning, as well as being able to search forums, challenge others, and more.  Also, this is a nice place to create a virtual "class" to help students learn via a easy to use word search engine.

I recommend checking out VocabMonk by clicking here!!!

Been for Education

Been for Education is one of my favorite new Web 2.0 sites for Social Learning & Bookmarking.  This is a innovative site that combines the the bookmarking abilities of Diigo w/ a visual interface similar to MentorMob to create a innovative experience to browse the web.  Best of all, this is all done in a protective "bubble" w/ Been's educational portal that allows educators to create/manage student accounts.  Educators are using Been in wide variety of ways such as: guided learning, web scavenger hunts, introducing a topic, research, flipping a lesson, and more.

I highly recommend checking out Been for Education by clicking here!!!

Also, if you're going to be attending ISTE be sure to visit them here.

For a more detailed review on Technology & Learning click here.

*Been is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

Been for Education

Been for Education is one of my favorite new Web 2.0 sites/companies that is perfect for Social Learning.  This is all done through a safe educational portal that allows educators to manage/create student accounts.  Been is a great way to collaborative browse the web, curate, and collaborate in a safe environment.  It kind of reminds of a cross between Symbaloo and Diigo w/ a more visual and interactive style.

Been is a great tool for Project Based or Guide Learning, and even for Flipping a classroom.  The protective "bubble" that Been wraps each web page in is a great way to make browsing the web safe (as well as a district's filter) and interactive for students.

I highly recommend checking out Been for Education by clicking here!!!

For Technology & Learning's review of Been click here.

*Been is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.