Creatively+Synthesize+Information

=**Cool Tools Carousel: Creatively Synthesize, Evaluate, Publish and Share**=
 * Facilitated by: Laura Fogle**
 * Room: Wachovia**


 * Link to SlideRocket presentation Cool Tools Presentation **

Through the Project Based Inquiry method we hope to engage you in **authentic intellectual work**. Synthesizing and evaluating your own content is a key step in the process and can be facilitated with technology tools readily available to you and your students. These tools can help you construct knowledge and reflect on it.
 * Overview **


 * Authentic intellectual work** has value beyond the inquiry activity itself. Therefore it is essential to publish and share this work to realize its full potential. Technology tools can expedite and expand the publishing and sharing process.

The goal of this session is to present an overview of several online tools for synthesizing, evaluating, publishing and sharing information in educational contexts.
 * Goals **

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to select tools to use in schools that will help educators and students with the synthesize, evaluate, publish and share steps of the Project Based Inquiry Process.
 * Learning Outcomes **

How can online tools help educators and students synthesize, evaluate, publish and share information? Which tools fit your needs?
 * Essential Questions **
 * @Collaborative document creation - Google Docs, Wikispaces
 * @Multimedia storytelling - Blabberize, Sock Puppets, ToonDo, VoiceThread
 * @Social Media - Edmodo, Twitter
 * Slideshow and Poster - Glogster, Prezi, SlideRocket