21st+Century+Tools+for+Project-based+learning

[|Blogger] This is a blog site owned by Google. It can be used as a journal or communicatino for a project.

[|Google Wave] This is a collaboration space that lets you share text, pictures, maps, documents, videos, and more. A wave is live, making it possible for participants to interact in real time.

Google Calendar helps with organization and time management. You just need to go to Google and find the calendar. You can save it on your desktop as an icon.

[|Poll Everywhere] Enables data collection through cell phone texting. There is a limit of thirt responses per poll in the free version.

[|Text the Mob] Allows one hundred people to respond to a poll using the free version. Users set up polls, and responders text their answers.

[|The Library of Congress] This has photographic images from the Civil War to the present.

[|National Archives] National Archives has photos, as well as audio and video clips of historic events, lesson plans, and other resources.

[|Add Letters] This generates your name on various signs.

[|Be Funky] This allows you to apply effects to photos.

[|JibJab] You see this on Facebook sometimes. It creates your own little dances with people's faces.media type="custom" key="10506824" width="80" height="80" Most cost money. This is hard to integrate with a subject but it can be used as a way to facilitate problem-solving through technology.