Web 2.0 Tools For Teacher and Student Use
1.Slides with a Twist
Biteslide is a Web 2.0 app that allows students and teachers to add twists to once boring and non creative learning materials. The Biteslide can turn a boring slide show into a interesting piece of learning material that keeps students interested . That is just not all it does: it allows you to make journals and presentations just to name a few more interesting. The way i could use this in the classroom is to have a slideshow tailored towards the curriculum we are studying, but has a twist on it to keep my students interested. This is such an exciting, fun, and creative tool that can make any project that can be created on the web fun. I can not wait to use this in my classroom.1.Slides with a Twist
Easy Student Publishing is a fun way for kids to take a piece of writing that will be published. There are plenty of projects to choose from while following the Common Core Standards. This Web 2.0 tool encourages creativity and using proper writing and grammar. My students will be using this tool with my help to create a book that will be published and shown to the school. Each student will have to go through the process to create a book. This is such a great tool that allows students to express their thoughts and feelings through a story.
This tool is great when writing papers with organizing your data by using diagrams or webs. This Web 2.0 tool allows student to organize their train of thought into neat and organized webs. When getting started all you have to-do is type in a sentence that is comparing or saying something about two things into the box and hit enter and the web start to form before your eyes. In my classroom I will use this as a tool to help students see how easy it is to brainstorm and watch their thoughts create a web in which they can use to start writing. I will make them pick two topics and tell them to start to type in the topics one at a time and see which they can come up with more information.
Scribble maps is a great tool when you need a map that you want to create your own path. It allows you to draw and add things to a map that you might need. You can add text and share the maps with people as well through Google. In the classroom I will use this when introducing maps and how to read them. The students can also get involved by being able to have hands on experience with the tool on a smart board or computer depending on where we are when this assignment is introduced.
This a website that is fun for all ages. the teacher can create lessons, the student can come here to watch videos or read articles that a kid friendly. There also other kid friendly links to other websites they can use. In the classroom I will use this a tool to help create lesson plans for the year. I will also assign a lesson where the student will have to go to this website a read and article that I have chosen
This tool is another way in which you can create webs that are creative and good learning materials. it allows you to load a picture or just type the word and it is simple top add information to. IT allows you to create up to five Pooplets free. In the classroom I will tell my students that this a great website to Take your thoughts and organize them neatly. This would be a great tool for my students to use
This is a great website for teachers to show to students so they can have a way to maybe put what they have learned to work or get a better understanding. This is also great for parents to maybe refresh on what your student is learning. The teacher can use this website to get handouts for numerous subjects. in the classroom I will allow my students to use this website to learn in a fun way. I will also find handouts over the subject we are studying in the class
Haiku Learning is a virtual classroom centered around content that allows the teacher to create a online classroom. In the virtual classroom the teacher can put up assignments so that the students can complete and hand in online. The teacher now can spend more time teaching and less time looking for things that a student has lost or did not do they can turn it in over the web. This will work in my classroom because I could use it for parents. I can post up incoming assignments or paper work that parents can fill out for their students. I could also post videos that students need to watch at home.This is a Wed 2.0 tool that allows a teacher to redesign her room without having to get up. It allows you to make the virtual room look like your very own classroom then. When you have made your decision on what you think you want your classroom to look like, it allows you to print it out to have a copy in your hands. In my classroom I will use it to form creative groups for students to sit in and see if I like them before I decide to move anybody. It will allow me to see what will work and what will not in my class room.
10.Invention
This website talks about inventors and allow the student to play and invent. This website has puzzles and cool games that allow the student to invent things. This website also has a tab that allows students to read up on the history of who invented things we use to-do. In my classroom I might use this as a tool for kids to have to research about a well know inventor. Then I will tell them that they need to invent something on the page and then bring in a small replica of the invention.
