First of all, can I just say how amazed I am that there are SO many different tools available on the internet.  So many tools that do so many different things.  It is truly inspiring to think of all of the possibilities that are out there. 

illuminations- I really like using illuminations.  I first learned about it through my Math Endorsement.  It has many really great math lessons, activities, and gamest that teachers and students can use. I have this site on my class website, and many students have gone on to the website at home and played the games and used the manipulatives.

Wonderopolis- This is a really fun website that teachers can use for student reading groups.  I like the wonder of the day.  It has questions with links and many words you can use for vocabulary.

Smithsonian- I like this site because it has great lesson ideas. I also like how you can sort out what you want by grade level etc.

NatGeo- I like that this website has videos to go along with the lesson ideas.  Students love to watch videos to go along with what they are learning.

ReadWriteThink-  This was a great resource when I did poetry with my students.  There is a great template for diamonte poems.

EconEdLink- This has a lot of activities for all ages.  I really like that it has interactive tools.  I also like that the activities are linked into the curriculum.

Edsitement- I like the "Picturing America" lessons.  I wish I would have looked at these earlier.  This would have helped me a lot while teaching 5th grade social studies.  I will have to share this with my coworkers who will stay in 5th grade next year.

eMedia-  I learned about this site during a technology class in the fall.  I was able to download Bill Nye Videos for my class to watch about Magnetism and Electricity.  They loved watching them, and learned a lot too.

Timeforkids-  I think this would be a great site for kids to use.  Many kids like learning at home.  This would be great for the advanced students who are looking to learn more and go above and beyond the basic requirements.

Different presentations styles can be found at this website:
cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Presentation%20tools

animoto-photos and videos- transition can't be changed
very easy to change. (Not free)
Animoto for education-unlimited videos for educators

Museum Box-Students can put text or pictures into cube to use as a presentation.  This might be fun to use as a book report.

Glogster-Create a poster presentation on a computer
Graphics Weblog-online multimedia posters

Voicethread-
Create a slide show, then they could discuss the slide show.  Others can make comments using voice or typing in a response

I love all of the options that are available with all of these tools.  It is always exciting to see what is out there.  I really like the idea of having students create a poster presentation via Glogster. I could see the benefit of using Glogster.  Instead of having the students bring in huge posters, all they would have to do is open up the website. 
Voicethread would be a great way to present a book report, math concept understanding, etc.  It is nice that a teacher can log in and comment (using voice or text) on a students project.  I think the students would really like that and the feedback would be very beneficial.  In my Masters classes, we have been talking a lot about how important it is to give students critical instant feedback.  It helps the students to be able to think more critically and self critique.  So by being able to comment through voice the students would be getting that instant feedback.

Many people believe that Wikipedia is biased, but aren't all sources somewhat biased?

Collaboration
Creativity: The process of having creative ideas that have value
Most people start with an idea and then work on it-It's a process.

Reflection: Collaboration should be used to help people increase production. 1+1=3.  Collaboration isn't effective if the same amount of work gets done as would be done individually.

cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/collaborative+Tools

Dropbox:
Dropbox is a good tool for collaboration because it allows people to share files easily.  I had used it in the past, but I have been using it more for file sharing these last few days, and I have figured out that it might just be my new best friend. 

Google Docs
Google Docs is a great source.  I like the versatility of it.  I used the survey part a few weeks ago when I forgot to write the lunch choices options on the bottom of a field trip form. I had many positive responses from parents saying that it was much easier than having to worry about the filling out a form and hoping it got back to the teacher.  I really like Google docs and plan on doing all of my beginning of the year forms on it next year.   

Skype-
Skype can be a great resource for collaborate with professions who may not live near you.  I was just talking to my friend on Facetime the other day, and we thought it would be great to let our students chat together on it (She works in Korea), yet we quickly realized that the 14 hour time difference could cause some problems.  So I thought it might be fun to let my students talk to their pen pals instead.