Corey Jackson
EDU 2043: Educational Technology
October 28, 2014
For an assignment in my Educational Technology class with Dr. Benton, I was challenged to find ten Web 2.0 Tools that I can use in my future classroom. I have accepted Dr. Benton's challenged and have posted a brief synopsis of the tool with a link to that tools website and the reason that I would use the tool in my classroom. Perhaps you may want to use them in your classroom fellow and future teachers.
Quizlet is a tool that will make flashcards and quizzes for my
students in any subject. Quizlet will make a quiz or flashcards in minutes, and
will allow me to customize and upload unique features for the quiz or
flashcards. This tool will allow me to add images, videos, custom response,
timed questions, custom ending, and much more. I will use this tool in my
classroom to have students prepare for test and quizzes. Quizlet is a wonderful
resource for my students to study for tests and review materials if they were
absent or struggling with the material.
PhotoStory 3 is a slideshow tool. This allows students to download,
crop and organize pictures to make a story. Students can also add in their own
voices to the presentation as a narrator. I would use this in the classroom for
oral presentations that have to be presented to the class. I think that this
would allow the student to be more receptive to the presenter’s project and
even interest the students into the project more.
Quibblo is a quizzing
tool. This would be a great way for students to study for tests. They can put
in the information needed for the test and quiz themselves. They could also
find other quizzes that others have made to help them study. Students can also
share these with other students. I wouldn’t make my students use this tool for
testing purpose, instead I would suggest it to the students who aren’t doing
too good on tests. I think that practicing for the test will prepare them to
know and understand the information needed.
Webspiration is a web tool used to help with
organization. This tool will help organize ideas, information and documents.
This would be ideal to keep students organized. I would use this in the
classroom to help my students stay organized. This will keep them on task for
all research assignments. I would probably use this myself as a teacher to keep
myself organized.
Invention at Play is a
tool for students to invent and play educational games. With this tool students
can sketch out their ideas out, and do problem solving puzzles. This tool has
students explore and play with objects to explore different ways to reach their
goal. I would use this tool in my classroom for my students to invent and think
through playing games and puzzles. I believe with this tool, students would
have interest in learning because they are allowed to create a game and puzzle
and learn through this invention.
SimpleVLE
is collaborative tool by teachers and students. Teachers can post quizzes and
assignments for their students to work on. Teachers create the class online and
all students have access to the work. I would use this in the classroom after watching
a historical movie or video. This would be a great way to test students to see
if they learned anything from the movie or video.
Create A Graph is a
web tool that is designed to help teachers and students easily make graphs to
display information. This seems like a very basic tool, but it is important in
being able to display information using a diagram, chart, or graph, to
distribute information effectively. It also provides a tutorial on how to use
this tool to create an accurate graph or chart. This tool will be used in my
classroom when students are doing an assignment because they can use this tool
to be able to show what they have learned more creatively and effectively. I
feel students would be more interested in a graphing lesson with a cool web
tool like this instead of pencil, paper, and a graphing technique.
MapSkip
is a tool where students can make a world map and post stories and photos on
it. Students can research a place and then write a story and post graphics; and
put it onto MapSkip. This a great tool for my students to do research and post
information about their genealogy. I will also have my students record their
voices and add it onto their map as well. This is not only a great tool for an
oral report, but also a exciting way to complete a history report.
ChartTool is a great tool for students to communicate information visually through
charts. On Chart Tool, students can design and share their charts online free.
My students will make bar, pie, line, bubble charts, and radar plots. This is a
great resource to organize data. In my classroom we will use Chart Tool to
organize math data.
InfoPlease is a search tool full of content from multiple research area. It provide
a vast amount of places to pull from such as biographies and encyclopedias. This
allows for straightforward access to what I want my students to learn whether
it be in depth or a brief highlight of a subject. In my classroom, I would use
this tool for my students to research the history of mathematicians and their contribution
to mathematics. I personally like that you can search multiple sources in order
to get facts from numerous stories that my students can research in a much responsible
time frame.
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