WEB 2.0
USGS ABQ NM 2/12
21st century skills include integrating technology into the classroom. It is necessary to have this be a meaningful inclusion for students not just something else for them to do.
WEB 2.0 Tools:
Fun:
Wordle: Program that takes text, creates an illustrated representation with the larger words being more predominant and the little words like I, you, the, and a are thrown out! http://www.wordle.net/ More fun: Free websites: http://www.wix.com/ Lists of web 2.0 I have yet to check out in the context of classroom: http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0+Resources http://www.go2web20.net/ http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ Web 2.0 in relation to digital portfolios: http://electronicportfolios.com/web20.html#web2 Video: Edmodo - how to for teachers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0f9Syv8yCI&feature=related or https://edmodo.adobeconnect.com/_a1002113773/p73yov2yn0g/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal web 2.0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Tbz-UDvo8&feature=player_embedded#! |
WEB 2.0 TOOLS:
WEB QUESTS:
http://webquest.org/index-create.php(info on web quests) http://questgarden.com/index.php that you can buy an account for 2 years for 20 dollars * A mini-project (or can be an overview of an entire project) *A place where the task, information, and rubrics can be housed. *On line so can be accessed from anywhere! Lists + Grabs + storage: Evernote: Grab/lists/storage http://www.evernote.com/ Dropbox: Storage http://www.dropbox.com Sharo Dickerson blog list of some useful GO's: http://www.sharodickerson.com/presentations Project Management: http://scrumy.com/ *project management tool http://primarypad.com/ *another project management/assessment/communication http://www.glogster.com/ http://www.edmodo.com/ Teacher uses: http://www.edmodo.com/ Presentation: http://museumbox.e2bn.org/ http://prezi.com/ http://www.glogster.com/ Communication: http://www.wikispaces.com/ *communication, links and so on for your students http://titanpad.com/ *brainstorming and participation documentation (color of people talking) http://en.linoit.com/ *post online questions (particularly in interdisciplinary teaching - different classes;students), post findings, post individuals to contact, post helpful hits student-student (or teacher), Post introductions of themselves. **visual** http://www.wallwisher.com/ Stickies - great for need to knows.... Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/ *the nice thing about docs is that multiple people can update and manage a document at the same time! (sometimes can be a bit confusing if 2 people are on the same line, but still wonderful) Things I am looking into: http://www.diigo.com/ Assessment tool |