Author Archives: Lisa Donohoe

Mini-Project 2

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Note: These projects are student work, still in progress, and in the process of being accuracy checked.

Japanese Schools

Hiroshima Jogakuin HS

The Nuclear Disarmament Trends up to the Present

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Hiroshima Jogakuin Mini-Project 2 Narrative

 Kwassui HS

What Can Young People Do toward the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Testing?
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Russian School

Gymnazium #41, Novouralsk

Path Toward a Nuclear Weapon-Free World

American Schools

Cushing Academy

Cushing CIF Website

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Franklin HS

Nuclear Disarmament 

Presentation Narrative HERE.

 

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Choate Rosemary Hall

A World Without Nuclear Weapons Voicethread

Worst-Case Scenario Prezi

Mid-Pacific Institute

Disarmament: The Cold War to the Present Prezi

Santa Catalina School

 

2012-2013 Conference Presentations

Japanese Schools

Hiroshima Jogakuin Senior High School: Peace Education

Final Presentation Video

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Kwassui High School: Lessons from Tragedies – Nagasaki Students’ Message for World Peace

Final Presentation Video

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Yasuda Girls High School: One Step to a Nuclear-Free World

Final Presentation Video

Russian Schools

Gymnasium #41 Novouralsk: Where Do We Go from Here?

Final Presentation Video

American Schools

Choate Rosemary Hall: Prospective Steps to Reach a World Free of Nuclear Weapons

Final Presentation Video

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Franklin High School: Political Alliances and Nuclear Disarmament

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Janesville Academy: Shaping the Future

Final Presentation Video

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La Puente High School: Do We Need a Nuclear-Free World?

Watch the presentation video HERE.

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Presque Isle High School: The Path to Nonproliferation

Watch the presentation video HERE.

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Cushing Academy

Final Video Presentation

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Mid-Pacific Institute: Nuclear Issues in the Pacific Islands

Final Video Presentation

Santa Catalina School: To The World Without Nuclear Weapons: A Few Ideas by/for Idealists 

Watch the presentation video HERE.

 

Mini-Project 1

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Note: These projects are student work, still in progress, and in the process of being accuracy checked.

Japanese Schools

Hiroshima Jogakuin HS

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Kwassui HS

Mini Project 1 Description

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Yasuda Girls School

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American Schools

Cushing Academy

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Franklin High School

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 Presque Isle

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Choate Rosemary Hall

 

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La Puente High School

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Janesville Academy

Mid-Pacific Institute

Santa Catalina School

2012-2013 Teachers’ Lectures and Presentations

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CIF 2012-2013 Teachers’ Workshop Agenda with links to presentations

 

 

Direct Links to Presentations:


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Video Recording-1: Dr. Potter’s Welcome, Introduction
Thurs, Nov 29

Dr. William Potter, CNS Director, gives welcome remarks to CIF teachers with online participants from Russia in the background.


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Jeffrey Knopf Video Lecture

Knopf PPT: Nuclear Weapons in Today’s World: Where are We, and How did We Get Here, and the Future

Dr. Jeffrey Knopf, Program Chair, Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies, lectures on nuclear weapons in today’s world.


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Video Recording-2: Thurs, Nov 29, Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress Lecture

Dalnoki-Veress PPT: What are Nuclear Weapons? Scientific Perspectives

Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, Scientist-in-Residence at CNS, discusses nuclear weapons from a scientific perspective.


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Moore Video Recording: The Effects of Use of Nuclear Weapons

Moore PPT: The Effects of Nuclear Weapons. Supplement PPT

Dr. George Moore, Scientist-in-Residence at CNS, describes the effects of the use of nuclear weapons.


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Video Recording-3: Thurs, Nov 29, Afternoon.
Yousaf Butt Lecture, Teacher Discussions

Butt PPT: Technical Challenges to Nuclear Disarmament: Offense/Defense Interplay and Hindrance to Getting to Zero

Dr. Yousaf Butt, Scientist-in-Residence at CNS, talks about missile defense and arms control.


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Moodie PPT: Introduction to the Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament Regime

Amanda Moodie, CNS Research Associate, describes international nonproliferation and disarmament regimes.


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Video Recording-4: Friday, Nov 30, Morning-1.
Amanda Moodie and Jeffrey Lewis Lectures

Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, Director of the EANP at CNS, introduces the issue of global disarmament.

 


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Video Recording-5: Friday, Nov 30, Morning-2. Jon Wolfsthal Lecture

Wolfsthal PPT: Domestic and International Obstacles to Disarmament

Jon Wolfsthal, CNS Deputy Director, discusses domestic and international political challenges to nuclear disarmament.


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Video Recording-6: Aruni Wijewardane and Avner Cohen Lectures; CIF Teacher Experience by Masha Serttunc

Wijewardane PPT: The Role of Non-Nuclear Weapon States in a World without Nuclear Weapons

Ambassador Aruni Wijewardane, Director of the International Organizations and Nonproliferation Program, lectures on the roles of non-nuclear weapon states to the path toward a world free of nuclear weapons.


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Video Recording

Dr. Avner Cohen, Director of the Nonproliferation Education Program, discusses the roles of civil society in delegitimizing nuclear weapons.

 


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Masha Serttunc, a teacher at Santa Catalina School in Monterey, CA, introduces her experience with the CIF Project at her school.

 


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Dalnoki-Veress PPT: Challenge of Verifying the Road to Zero
Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress explains the challenges of verification.

Readings to Support Learning

2012-2013 Critical Issues Forum

Useful Resources

Topic: Toward a World without Nuclear Weapons: Progress, Prospects, and Challenges

Overview

  • Nuclear Disarmament Resource Collection

http://www.nti.org/analysis/reports/nuclear-disarmament/

  • Global Zero Interactive Map

http://www.globalzero.org/map

  • What is Nuclear?

www.whatisnuclear.com

  • How Nuclear Bombs Work

http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-bomb.htm

  • How Stuff Works: Nuclear Weapons

http://science.howstuffworks.com/search.php?terms=nuclear+weapons

  • Disarmament: A Basic Guide

http://www.un.org/disarmament/HomePage/ODAPublications/AdhocPublications/PDF/Basic_Guide-2011-web-Rev1.pdf

  • The Nuclear Information Project

http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/nukes/index.html

Country-specific Information

 

  • Arms Control Association

A web source on arms control containing issue briefs, fact sheets, threat assessment briefs, and current event reports. http://www.armscontrol.org

Fact Sheets: Country Profiles

United States-http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/unitedstatesprofile

Russia-http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/russiaprofile

France-http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/franceprofile

China-http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/chinaprofile

The United Kingdom-http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/ukprofile

Pakistan-http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/pakistanprofile

India-http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/indiaprofile

Israel-http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/israelprofile

North Korea-http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/northkoreaprofile

Iran-http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/iranprofile

  • PBS Newshour: Tracking Nuclear Weapons

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/military/proliferation/profiles.html

  • Nuclear Threat Initiative Country Profiles

http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/index.html

Government Resources

 

  • U.S. State Department

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

History overview, treaty text, documents, statements and press releases.

http://www.state.gov/t/isn/npt/index.htm

New START Treaty
Resources with treaty text, statements, fact sheets, press releases, and a timeline.
http://www.state.gov/t/avc/newstart/index.htm

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION Resources/General Information on Nuclear Disarmament

 

  • United Nations

United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)

Main website for sources pertaining to disarmament containing spotlights on recent developments, updates and announcements.

http://www.un.org/disarmament/

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research /Disarmament Forum

http://www.unidir.org/

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

Text and documents from NPT and PrepCom Conferences.

http://www.un.org/disarmament/WMD/Nuclear/NPT_Review_Conferences.shtml

Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones (NWFZ)

Treaties, guidelines and map of NWFZ.

http://www.un.org/disarmament/WMD/Nuclear/NWFZ.shtml

Applying a Disarmament Lens to Gender, Human Rights, Development, Security, Education and Communication: Six Essays

Click to access NGO_pub_2012.pdf

  • International Atomic Energy Agency

http://www.iaea.org

IAEA Training Resources and Materials

Contains training services, tools, courses, fellowships and links to regional cooperation networks.

http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Training/index.html

  • Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization

Main website for treaty text and status, recent news, international monitoring system status, and updates.

http://www.ctbto.org

NGO/Research Institutes/Media

  • Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy

Contains news, research and analysis publications, and parliamentary records relating to peace, disarmament and human security.

http://www.acronym.org.uk

Country Profiles

An interactive map offering snapshots of the disarmament and nonproliferation commitments by each country.

http://www.acronym.org.uk/map

  • Arms Control Association

http://www.armscontrol.org/

  • Federation of American Scientists

Nuclear Information Project

http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/nukes/index.html

  • Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

http://www.thebulletin.org

  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Nuclear Policy Program

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/topic/?fa=list&id=563

  • Institute for Science and International Security

A think tank providing analyses about science and policy issues affecting international security. Contains country specific satellite imagery analyses, historical overview of nuclear weapons programs worldwide and news publications.

http://isis-online.org

  • James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

http://cns.miis.edu/

International Organization & Nonproliferation Programs Inventory

http://cns.miis.edu/inventory/index.htm

Nonproliferation Review

http://cns.miis.edu/npr/index.htm

WMD Junction

http://wmdjunction.com/index.htm

  • Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies

http://www.armscontrol.ru/

  • Nuclear Threat Initiative

Country Profiles

An overview of country’s nuclear, chemical biological and missile programs.

http://www.nti.org/country-profiles/

Nuclear Security Project

http://www.nuclearsecurityproject.org/site/c.mjJXJbMMIoE/b.3483737/k.4057/Nuclear_Security_Project_Home.htm

Treaties and Regimes

An overview on treaties, organizations, regimes relating to nuclear disarmament, arms control and nonproliferation.

http://www.nti.org/treaties-and-regimes/treaties/

  • Ploughshares Fund

World Nuclear Stockpile Report

http://www.ploughshares.org/world-nuclear-stockpile-report

What Nuclear Weapons Cost Us

http://www.ploughshares.org/what-nuclear-weapons-cost-us

  • Reaching Critical Will

Disarmament programme of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom covering multilateral disarmament meetings, carrying out research and analysis on disarmament, military spending and human security.

http://reachingcriticalwill.org

  • Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

http://www.sipri.org/

  • Union of Concerned Scientists

Citizens and scientists providing research on nuclear weapons and global security, missile defense, nuclear terrorism, and space weapons. http://www.ucsusa.org/global_security/nuclear_weapons/

  • Disarmament Forum
    Civil society and nuclear disarmament , 2010 No 4 United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

http://unidir.org/bdd/fiche-periodique.php?ref_periodique=1020-7287-2010-46-en

  • Civil Society and Disarmament

Click to access NGO_pub_2012.pdf

Future Challenges

  • Reaching Critical Will: Publications

http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/resources/publications-and-research/publications

  • Reaching Critical Will: Delegitimisation of nuclear weapons

http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/resources/fact-sheets/critical-issues/4584-delegitimisation-of-nuclear-weapons

NGO/Advocacy Groups

  • International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

http://icanw.org

Learn Peace

Activity book for primary and secondary school students. Activities include mock UN debates, writing competitions, conducting opinion polls and role-playing a nuclear crisis.

http://icanw.org/learn_peace

Blogs

  • Arms Control Wonk

http://armscontrolwonk.com

  • FAS Strategic Security Blog

http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/

  • Arms Control Now, Blog of the Arms Control Association

http://armscontrolnow.org/

  • Nukes of Hazard

http://nukesofhazardblog.com/

  • Russia’s nuclear weapons

http://russianforces.org/

Interactive Websites/Multi Media:

  • CTBT

Map of treaty status, the international monitoring system, and locations of nuclear explosions.

http://www.ctbto.org/map/

Compilation of videos regarding ending nuclear testing, the monitoring systems, inspections, and interviews with specialists and scientists.

http://www.ctbto.org/videos/

“1945-1998”

Bird’s eye view of nuclear explosions conducted in various parts o the globe.

http://www.ctbto.org/specials/1945-1998-by-isao-hashimoto/

  • WMD Awareness Programme

http://www.wmdawareness.org.uk/teachers/fun-and-games

http://www.wmdawareness.org.uk/teachers/lesson-plans

  • NukeTube

http://cns.miis.edu/multimedia/index.htm

  • Atomic Archive

http://www.atomicarchive.com/sciencemenu.shtml

Op-Eds, Analyses and other Publications

  • Critical Questions: Urgent Decisions for the Second Obama Administration, CNS experts propose nonproliferation and disarmament priorities

http://www.nti.org/analysis/articles/issues-obama-administration-its-second-term/

  • Schultz, George P., et. al, “Toward a Nuclear-Free World,” Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, (January 15, 2008).

http://www.nuclearsecurityproject.org/publications/toward-a-nuclear-free-world

  • Schultz, George P., William et. al, “A World Free of Nuclear Weapons,” Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, (January 4, 2007).

http://www.nuclearsecurityproject.org/publications/a-world-free-of-nuclear-weapons

  • Schultz, George P., William et. al, “Deterrence in the Age of Nuclear Proliferation,” Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, (March 7, 2011)

http://www.nuclearsecurityproject.org/publications/deterrence-in-the-age-of-nuclear-proliferation

  • Schultz, George P., William et. al, “How to Protect Our Nuclear Deterrent” Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, (Jan 20, 2010)

http://www.nuclearsecurityproject.org/publications/how-to-protect-our-nuclear-deterrent-012010

  • Jeffrey Lewis, “Bar Nunn,” The US and Russia never really cured their nuclear mistrust. And now it’s come back. Foreign Policy, Oct 17, 2012.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/10/17/bar_nunn

  • Hurd, Douglas, et al, “Start Worrying and Learn to Ditch the Bomb,” The Times, (June 30, 2008).

http://www.pugwash.org/reports/nw/nuclear-weapons-free-statements/NWFW_statements_UK.htm

  • Gorbachev, Mikhail, “The Nuclear Threat,” Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, (January 31, 2007).

http://www.nuclearsecurityproject.org/uploads/File/TheNuclearThreat-Gorbachev-WSJ-013107.pdf

http://www.unidir.org/pdf/articles/pdf-art3085.pdf

  • Buck Rogers and the atomic education of America

http://thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/buck-rogers-and-the-atomic-education-of-america

Additional Advanced Resources

  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: A Debate

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2009/02/13/abolishing-nuclear-weapons-debate/dty

Beyond Treaties: Immediate Steps to Reduce Nuclear Dangers http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2012/10/10/beyond-treaties-immediate-steps-to-reduce-nuclear-dangers/e08j

Deterrence During Disarmament: Deep Nuclear Reductions and International Security http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2011/03/14/deterrence-during-disarmament-deep-nuclear-reductions-and-international-security/14xx

Reducing the Role of Nuclear Weapons: What the NDPI Can Do http://carnegieendowment.org/2012/11/26/diminishing-role-of-nuclear-weapons-non-proliferation-and-disarmament-initiative-s-good-beginning/emyn#

  • Reaching Critical Will, “The 2010 NPT Action Plan Monitoring Report”

http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Publications/2010-Action-Plan/RCW_Final_Report.pdf

Movies, Videos

  • Nuclear Tipping Point (2010)

A documentary tackling nuclear dangers and the ongoing work of four Cold Warriors and their vision of a world without nuclear weapons and the steps to get there. http://www.nucleartippingpoint.org/home.html

  • UN Educational Movies

Embrace! A world free of nuclear weapons

Short film tracing the history of nuclear weapons tests since 1945 and their devastating effects on the environment and human health.

http://www.un.org/disarmament/education/Movies/embrace/

Nuclear Weapons: and the Human Future – How you can make a difference

http://www.un.org/disarmament/education/Movies/nwhfuture/

CTBT: For a Safer and More Secure World

The film depict activities for the Preparatory Commission for the CTBTO in establishing a global verification regime to monitor compliance with the Treaty.

http://www.un.org/disarmament/education/Movies/ctbt/

  • 1945-1998″ by Isao Hashimoto

http://www.ctbto.org/specials/1945-1998-by-isao-hashimoto/

Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto has created a beautiful, undeniably scary time-lapse map of the 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998, beginning with the Manhattan Project’s “Trinity” test near Los Alamos and concluding with Pakistan’s nuclear tests in May of 1998. This leaves out North Korea’s two alleged nuclear tests in this past decade (the legitimacy of both of which is not 100% clear).

Each nation gets a blip and a flashing dot on the map whenever they detonate a nuclear weapon, with a running tally kept on the top and bottom bars of the screen. Hashimoto, who began the project in 2003, says that he created it with the goal of showing”the fear and folly of nuclear weapons.” It starts really slow — if you want to see real action, skip ahead to 1962 or so — but the buildup becomes overwhelming.

  • Barefoot Gen (1983)

A story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy’s life and the lives of the Japanese people.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085218/

  • Dr. Strangelove (1964)

An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/

  • Last Best Chance (2005)

A docudrama that shows the threat posed by vulnerable nuclear weapons and materials around the world and underscores what the stakes are.

http://www.lastbestchance.org/

  • The Day After Trinity (1981)

The film tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who led the effort to build the first atomic bomb.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080594/

  • White Light Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007)

An HBO documentary film featuring interviews with fourteen Japanese survivors and four Americans involved in the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0911010/

Teachers Guides

  • UN Cyber SchoolBus

http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/dnp/sub2.asp?ipage=nuclearweapons

  • Nuclear Tipping Point, Teacher’s Guide, (Published 2011).

http://iis-db.stanford.edu/pubs/23071/NTP_TeacherGuide.pdf

  • PBS

Avoiding Armageddon

http://www.pbs.org/avoidingarmageddon/getInvolved/involved_02_01_lesson3.html

  • A World Without Weapons

http://www.unac.org/learn/wwwp/

  • Disarmament and Security Centre-Promoting Alternative Security

http://www.disarmsecure.org/Nuclear_Free_Nation_Teachers_Resources_v1.0_2009_April_26.pdf

  • The Choices Program: History and Current Issues for the Classroom

http://www.choices.edu/resources/detail.php?id=49

 

Tech Tools for CIF Projects

Prezi Presentation Tool

Prezi – is a great tool to create dynamic and beautiful presentation. you can use video, photo, text, tabs, and whatever else you feel would make your presentation a better story.

About Prezi

Prezi Tutorial

VoiceThread Presentation and Collaboration Tool

VoiceThread – is another tool that you can use to work together on your projects from anywhere in the world. You don’t have to be online at the same time as your teammates from Russia or the United States. VoiceThread allows you to contribute to your project anytime you have a minute. All you need to do is start your project and then anyone on your team can edit and contribute to it. Anyone of you can comment on the changes made by others using your computer’s microphone. Check out this video tutorial and let us know if you have any questions!

Google Docs

GoogleDoc – a very handy tool for your team to collect information, think, draw and write together. To use it (just like most of other tools), to use GoogleDoc you all need to have your google accounts set up. One of you can start a document and invite the rest to join in to work on your presentation, report, or whatever else you all decide to work on.

Google Docs lets you create, share, and collaborate on documents online. And it just got better with rebuilt editors for documents, spreadsheets, and drawings, designed to improve collaboration, increase speed, and create richer documents.

 

WordPress: Blogging and Websites

Easy tool for creating blogs and websites, as well as a content management system. Get students writing and creating visual displays of information, organize their information, and collaborate.

Wikispaces: Collaboration and Content Management

7 Things You Should Know About Wikis – EDUCAUSE.edu