Web+2.0+Collection

Web 2.0 Tools

@http://www.glogster.com || Glogster is a social network that allows users to create free interactive posters, or Glogs || **Pros:** - easy way to display information -hands-on - interactive
 * **Web 2.0 Tool** || **Link and Picture** || **Description** || **Pros/Cons** || **Classroom Implementation** ||
 * Glogster || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-11-23 at 11.56.48 AM.png width="333" height="441"]]

- only works with safari internet explorer - time consuming - difficult to learn how to use || 1. History: I would use this web 2.0 tool in the classroom as an interactive bulletin board. I would give students a booklet with questions and they would find the answer to the questions from the glog.
 * Cons:**

2.Science: Students could create a glog based on information they learned from a lesson. This would be a review strategy.

3.Literature: The teacher can create a glog with vocabulary words and definitions and students must mach the vocabulary words with the correct definitions.

4. Glogster could be used for making a classroom newsletter. The teacher can make a glog with information about the classroom and what is happening and a link home, post to the class website, or print it out and send a copy home. || @http://bighugelabs.com || Big Huge Labs is a photo manipulator that allows people to make posters, movie posters, billboards, magazine covers and more. || **Pros:** - wide variety of formats
 * Big Huge Labs || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-11-12 at 8.18.55 PM.png width="222" height="284"]]
 * -** easy to use

wording goes. || 1. Bighugelabs could be used for students to show their understanding of a lesson. The teacher can get students to make a movie poster or magazine cover to show what they learned from the lesson.
 * Cons:**
 * -** Cannot manipulate where

2. This tool could also be used a a pre and post assessment. Students could be assigned to design something to show what they know about the subject before the lesson is taught. Then students could make another design to show what they know after the lesson was taught.

3.Literature: Bighugelabs could be used to present vocabulary to students. The teacher can make a motivational poster with a picture or the vocabulary word, the vocabulary word,and the definition.

4.Reading: The cube feature could be used to talk about a story. The teacher can upload photos from a story and then the class talks about what is going on in the story. ||
 * Toondoo || @http://www.toondoo.com

|| ToonDoo is fast, easy way to create cartoons. There are a number of functions that allow you to create, personalize, and publish <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">your cartoons. || **Pros:** - many functions
 * -** easy to use

- can only manipulate characters in certain ways - age limit || 1. Students can create a comic strip about a topic and present their strip to the class. This will help students become comfortable with public speaking and can help students work on their vocabulary.
 * Cons:**
 * -** limited number of slides

2.Math: Toondoo could be used as an introduction to the lesson. The teacher can make a comic about what the lesson will be and present it to the class. For example, the lesson would be about geometric figures and the comic strip I made has students identifying different shapes. I could present this before the lesson as a pre-assessment to see what knowledge students have of shapes and then after the lesson show the same comic as a post-assessment.

3. If the class is reading a book the teacher can make a comic about a certain event that happened in the book and the class can have a discussion. After the class has seen the teacher example students can create their own scene from the book.

4.History: This could be used as a history time line. The comic could have a series of events and information about the events and students could put the events in order of how they happened. For example, using dates and events from certain wars. || @http://www.slideshare.net || Slide Share is the worlds largets community for sharing presentations. You can load powerpoint and other documents to slide share. || **Pros:**
 * Slide Share || media type="custom" key="24511262"
 * -** easy to use

slideshow on website || 1. Slide Share could be used in the classroom as a way to give presentations about a topic to the class. Instead of searching through a flip drive or desktop the teacher can pull of their page and find the presentation easily.
 * Cons:**
 * -** cannot make

2. Slide Share could be an easy way to get information to a students who was out sick. They can get a link to the presentation and do the work at home.

3. Slide Share could be used for the teacher to send at home assignments to students. If there were problems worked on in class the teacher could make a slide share for the student to work the problems at home.

4. The teacher would put together a project for students to do and the directions be posted to slide share as an easy way for all students to see the slide show. || @http://looseleaves.me || Loose leaves is a site where you can make lists or write thoughts. This is a no registration website. Just simply type your thoughts and have them e-mailed to you. || **Pros:** - simple - no registration
 * Loose Leaves || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-11-23 at 12.13.38 PM.png width="257" height="278"]]
 * -**easy to use

task list. The list could be displayed on the smart board and the students read the list for their directions.
 * Cons:**
 * -**cannot save to the site || 1. Loose leaves could be use in the classroom as a

2. If a student is absent the teacher can make a list of what the student missed that day and what their homework is for the night and then email the url.

3. Loose leaves could be used for an at home assignment. The teacher can make questions and directions for students to complete an assignment at home then the next day in class there can be a discussion on what the assignment was.

4.Literature: The teacher can put together a vocabulary list and send it to the students for them to work on instead of sending home piece of paper. This way students will be able to look at the list any time they need without the list being lost. || @https://www.smore.com/cc8a-butterfly-life-cycle @https://www.smore.com/app?ref=logo || Smore is an online flyer creator. || **Pros:** pictures - easy to use -many features - not blocked by school website
 * Smore || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-11-27 at 4.17.02 PM.png width="278" height="164"]]
 * -**Drag and drop

upgrage || 1.Any Subject: Students can create flyers to demonstrate their understanding of a concept. Students can add links, videos, photos and more to their smore flyer and present it to the class.
 * Cons:**
 * -**cost money to

2.Science: Smore could be used as an interactive bulletin board, like the one I created. Students would have a booklet or worksheet with directions and questions for them to fill out. After all the students have completed their booklet we would have a class discussion on the butterfly lifecycle.

3.Social Studies: This tool could be used during presidential elections. The teacher could make a flyer for the two candidates and look at the flyers as a class. After students could make their own flyer on which person they would elect as president and why.

4.Reading: The teacher can put together a smore and a story or book the class is learning about with questions and activities for the class to do to review the events happening in the story. || Mind Map || @https://www.text2mindmap.com || Text2mindmap is a concept mapping tool. There is a box on the left side of the screen where you put all your information and the generate your concept map. || **Pros:** - no registration required
 * Text 2
 * -** easy to use

- too simple || 1.Social Studies: This concept map could be use to introduce the class to the three branches of government. Students could be given a questionnaire to fill out on information on the map.
 * Cons:**
 * -** not much detail

2.Any Subject: Students could make a concept map to show what students learn from a lesson.

3.Any Subject: Text 2 Mind Map can be used for an outline to a lesson or for students to take notes on a lesson. Using the concept map will help students with reviewing.

4.Literature: Students can use the concept map for drill and practice. Students can pair up and practice vocabulary for a lesson or information about a topic. || @http://blnds.co/1cKef0d
 * Blendspace || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-12-01 at 12.08.10 PM.png width="248" height="164"]]

@https://www.blendspace.com || Blend space is an online lesson plan creator. There is a search engine on the site for you to add pictures, videos, and websites. || **Pros:** -search engine on site -can get videos, pictures, websites.
 * -**very easy to use

introduction or review of nouns and verbs.
 * Cons:**
 * n/a** || 1.Literature: The blend space I created would be an

2. Students could create a blendspace lesson plan about a topic that interests them and present it to the class.Essentially the students would teach the class about their topic.

3. Blendspace could work as an interactive board for any subject. The teacher could have questions on a worksheet then students use the materials in the boxes to answer the question.

4.Science: A blend space could be created to teach the phases of the moon. Students could make a foldable to list vocabulary words and label the 8 phases. || @http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=9051789&height=267&width=200
 * Voki || media type="custom" key="24547110"

@http://voki.com/ || Voki is a tool that lets users create their own talking avatar. Users can choose from a wide variety of characters, backgrounds, voice options, and extras. || **Pros:** variety of faces, backgrounds, and voices. - many options to make recordings
 * -** large

consuming - microphone does not always work. - Sometimes won't save voice. - sometimes cannot hear voice when posed on personal site. || 1.Social Studies: Students could use voki to create an avatar for a presidential election. Students could be assigned an issue and have to create a political avatar that would be running for president. The avatar would then have to explain their side of the issue. The class would then have a showing of all the responses as part of the debate activity.
 * Cons:**
 * -** time

2.Literature: A voki avatar could be created by the teacher to present vocabulary words to the class.

3.Any Subject: Students can create a voki to reflect on a topic learned in class. The student can add information they learned from the lesson, questions they still have, and something they want to learn more about.

4. Voki could be used as a virtual substitute. The substitute teacher can present the voki created by the teacher to get the class started for the day and give directions on certain assignments. || Docs || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">@http://docs.google.com/ || Google Docs is a web-based office suite that allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating with others live. Google docs has many features such as, documents, survey, slide show, and spread sheet formats. || **Pros:** - many features -easily accessible -multiple creators can work on docs at the same from different computers
 * Google
 * -** easy to use


 * Cons:**
 * n/a** || 1.Any Subject: Google docs could be used to create a survey on a particular subject taught in class. Students could take the survey so the teacher can what the students learned about the subjects.

2.Writing: Google docs can be used as the students journal. Having students use google docs for a journal will give the teacher easier assess to the students work.

3.Science or Math: After a science or math experiment students can use the spread sheet format to record the data that they found. When students or groups have completed the spread sheet they can share it with the teacher or present it to the class.

4.Literature: The teacher can set up a flash card in spread sheet and set up a vocabulary station where students can practice vocabulary words. ||