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Welcome to Ms. Ransom's 3rd grade class!

This Wiki will help the parents and students understand design principles, internet safety, copyright, fair use, web 2.0, interactive whiteboard, and websites/blogs.

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Wikis are being used all of the country in the classrooms. Some different uses for wikis based on some articles I found in schools are for collaborative projects, as a virtual filing cabinet, and for online resources. You can even do a documentary film using wikis. [|Ways to use Wikis] [|Ways to Use Wikis]

[|Museum Box]- This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. [|Blabberize]- Web-based program/site that allows you to add sound to pictures. Makes it look as if the image is talking. [|Voice Thread] - A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways- using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam [|Voki]- Voki is a service that lets you: Create customized avatars, add voice to your Voki avatars, post your Voki to any blog, website, or profile, and take advantage of Voki's learning resources. [|Glogster] - Glogster is a social network that allows users to create free interactive posters, or glogs.