Linville,+Carrie+Inscore

__**Cool Tools Review and Reflection**__ The first Cool Tools session was a carousel in which all NLI participants received a brief preview of the following tools:
 * * iRubric: Evaluation of Web 2.0 Tools Rubric Interactive Web 2.0 Rubric
 * SimilarSites.com
 * Information Fluency Wizards Provides on-demand help using Google's Search Engine, and evaluating online information. ||
 * * Survey - Google Forms
 * Collect ideas and vote - I was immediately drawn to the website Tricider for it's simplicity and the support its connection with argumentative writing.
 * Create a personal Learning Environment -I am a huge fan of Symbaloo for collecting all my favorite sites and even some that I want to save and check out at a later date. It has been most beneficial to have a page on Symbaloo when attending NCTIES, ISTE and NLI because it gave me a quick and easy place to put my
 * Engage in an Electronic Learning Community - Engage Community ||
 * * Collaborative document creation - Google Docs has been a life saver for our IMPACT team and other professional collaborative efforts this past year.
 * Multimedia storytelling - While I already knew a little about Blabberize, I was excited for the reminder and enjoyed learning about SockPuppet. My inquiry partner and I were able to create our own SockPuppet video because she has an iPad, so of course I'm very disappointed that it's not a tool I can use on my PC.
 * Social Media --Tools such as Edmodo and Twitter are more appropriate than Facebook for communication with parents and students. Edmodo in particular offers many options for assignment collection and giving feedback to students. (Although I have not personally used this resource, I have a colleague who has been successful using this social media with sixth graders.)
 * Slideshows and Posters - Sites such as Glogster and SlideRocket are appropriate for disseminating information to students as well as for student-generated projects. Unfortunately, I believe that Glogster now comes with a fee, so I will probably not be using this resource if there is in fact a cost. ||

In addition, create a contextualized lesson or unit plan in which you conceptualize putting these tools into action as an instructor and foresee having your students engaging in activities using these tools for content specific learning.