Best Web 2.0 Tools
Transforming Teaching With Web 2.0
Tech Tip: Shrink JPEG Images







Web 2.0: The Machine is Us/ing Us
Michael Wesch at Kansas State University has created a captivating and thought-provoking four-minute YouTube video which shows how Web 2.0 goes above and beyond the Web as we know it, with a strong emphasis on user interactivity through blogs, wikis, and other collaborative tools.

A Day in the Life of Web 2.0
David Warlick describes how Web 2.0 can have a huge impact on teaching and learning throughout a typical school day.

Back to School With the Class of Web 2.0 – Part 1
Brian Benzinger describes the best Web 2.0 tools for a variety of classroom uses, including note-taking, gradebooks, math, media sharing, and bibliography creation. See also Part 2 (Web-based office applications) and Part 3 (case studies of how Web 2.0 can impact teaching and learning.)

Tech Tip – Shrink JPEG Images Quickly With ResizR
Often images from digital cameras end up too large for their intended purpose. This can be a problem when sending photos via email or placing them on Web pages. Here’s a quick and free way to shrink those images without expensive image editing software:

1. Go to the ResizR Website.
2. Click on the Local tab and then the Browse button to locate the saved image that you wish to resize (or you may click on the From Web tab to paste the URL of a Web image instead.)
3. Next, use the Image Width slider bar to select the desired image width in pixels.
4. Click on the Image Rotation link if you’d like to rotate the image.
5. Next, click on the gray ResizR button to start the resizing process. In a matter of seconds, you will have a resized version of your original image.

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