Here are three web 2.0 tools you can use in your classroom - ISTE Community
Here are 3 tools endorsed by a member of the ISTE community... I have not explored these tools so I'd like to hear from you if you find one or more of them useful.
The featured Web 2.0 tools were interesting and useful. Kerpoof is an interesting tool that children would like to explore and have fun creating cards, movies, and pictures. This is geared to early childhood students. It would probably be used for fun in the classroom or at home. AnswerGarden is a simple tool that could be useful for building background knowledge or for informal assessment about what students already know about a topic. It could be used with most age groups because the questions and topics can vary from complex to simple. Symbaloo Edu was my favorite tool of the three. It would be a great way to organize links on a website. I especially like this tool because it is great for younger students that need more support when they are learning to access and find information on websites.
I really liked looking at the three Web 2.0 tools shared on this link. I especially think the first one, Kerpoof, would be most applicable to my kindergarten class. They are emergent readers and writers, and providing them with a program to create digital stories, spelling pictures, and short movies would be very age and grade-level appropriate. They would love to work together as a class to make their own language arts projects, and the colorful characters, settings, and ease of use would keep them involved in the project. The second tool, AnswerGarden, might be more geared for older elementary students, who could answer online poll questions, or brainstorm about a topic or lesson. I also think the third tool, Symbaloo, is a wonderful and smart way to organize and access websites for student or even family use. Having website icons to click on makes it much easier and user-friendly, and grouping sites according to themes or content is great. Thanks for the Web 2.0 tool tips!
Wow! How cool are these Web 2.0 tools?! I am fascinated by how many technology mediums I have been introduced to in such a small amount of time in this class! I believe that I could use all of the tools with my 6th grade science students. I especially liked the Symbaloo because I love to share websites with my students when they are conducting research for a project and it is always a difficult task for them to type the URL correctly. This student-friendly tool provides icons for each website that is included so that students can just click on it!
As for the other 2.0 tools I believe that all middle schoolers would enjoy going on Kerproof to make a card, a drawing or even a movie! I am thinking about checking out the movie link more because my students complete a famous scientist project each year and I think it would be great to incorporate a Web 2.0 tool into the project. The last tool was Aswergarden and I think that I would use this with my students to receive feedback on projects and labs that we complete throughout the year. I like that you can create a question and then your students can give feedback about the question you asked. I also thought that you could use this as a pre-assessment tool to see what students know about a particular topic.
I explored the Symbaloo initially and thoroughly agree with Terri and "greenb" about the site being conducive to sharing sites which tend to have tricky URLs. I know I am HORRIBLE at typing in such things, so the site would be a blessing just for my sake! However, I also see why the icons are a bonus for younger students-pre-K->1 who might not have the hang of typing/reading yet. This would be a great district tool which could be broken down into sites for individual grade levels or specific subjects in higher grades. Following exploring that site, I came across a few other sites of interest including TrackClass and TypeWith.me. The former seems geared toward HS/college age students, but it looks to be much more manageable than BlackBoard (one of the banes of my computer existence) to keep track of assignments, exams and even notes. Thus if your are a laptop toting student, it could be a great place to store ALL your info securely. It is also available for portable devices so you won't ever be caught off guard. The latter site, TypeWith.me is similar to Google Docs. It has the added bonus of a chat box off to the side for comments about the project without having to place them in the document somewhere. I see this as a great collaborative idea for students in different classrooms being able to work in groups. With the tool you can have up to 16 members working on a single document which can be exported or downloaded in several different formats for final presentations. The only drawback for sites such as this is the requirement of an e-mail address in order to share access to the document. Any suggestions?
I was attempting to insert the URLs in the comment, however I was unsuccessful. Check out the GoogleDoc for URLs to the two new sites I spoke of.
I never knew so many of these websites existed. All three of those Web 2.0 tools would be very beneficial to classroom learners and fun to use in your classroom. My only problem is that these weren't out for me to use when I was in school! Kerpoof was a pretty cool website, and I am sure I would have had a lot of fun on it when I was in school. The only issue with this website for me now is that it is geared more to younger students and not the high schoolers I would be working with. The second wensite, AnswerGarden was a cool and easy website to use in order to get good feedback from your students. I liked how you could ask a question and get respsonses in short answers. If i am correct it seemed like responses were annonymous, which would be a good way to get legitimate feedback. It is also very convenient that you can just embed one of the questions onto your website or blog. The third website was SymbalooEDu. This was a very convienent tool to utilize with your students. It makes locating information, and finding the correct URL's very easy. I also like the layout of the site, and how it is easy to use by having the big icons that you simply click on to get you to where you're going. All three of these tools would be very beneficial to utilize in the classroom.
After looking over these three websites, my initial reactions were where were these when I was in school! I would have loved to had the luxury to use all of those sites to aid in my learning. I think teachers can really use these websites to keep their students, engaged and organized.
The first site, Kerpoof was a really cool website, and I think the students would really enjoy using it on the classroom. The only think about that website is that it is geared more towards younger students. I am not sure if the high school students I would be working with would relly enjoy it.
The second website AnswerGarden was a really good way to get back feedback from your students. You can ask questions and be able to get back simple answers that involve one or just a few words. It also seems to be annonymous so students would not feel pressured to respond a certain way. It was also very cool and convenient how you can embbed one of the AnswerGardens right on to your website or blog.
The third website Symbaloo was a very neat way to organize all of your important documents and websites to a single spot. It makes it a lot easier on your students to get the right URL and end up at the right location. It also can be used at as a portfolio to keep all of your work and research in a single spot. It is also user friendly by the layout and having the icons visible and easy to click on.
kerpoof is a really awesome site!! it's so versatle and fun and at the end of the explanation (at the end of the page the original page takes you to) there is ANOTHER list of other cool sites! Soshiku (http://educationaltech-med.blogspot.com/2011/02/soshiku-great-organizational-tool-in.html)sounds like a cool tool but I would imagine there would be a lot of controversy about the security of it or maybe between the use of it and the use of the school district's online tools.
I also like the classroom20.com site. It's kind of like the We Are Teachers site because it has a "Forum" where teachers can submit problems, recommendations, advice, etc. but it has a lot more, too. It has links to videos, shows, workshops, "events", etc. that are all related to teaching. This along with the We Are Teachers site are great teacher-therapy sites! :-)
Kerpoof is the one I have spent longest on so far and found a lot of tools and a lot of options. I thought the illustartions (for me) to be a bit odd but there were a lot of skills that children would love to practice included. I shall be pointing my K teacher in this direction.
The featured Web 2.0 tools were interesting and useful. Kerpoof is an interesting tool that children would like to explore and have fun creating cards, movies, and pictures. This is geared to early childhood students. It would probably be used for fun in the classroom or at home. AnswerGarden is a simple tool that could be useful for building background knowledge or for informal assessment about what students already know about a topic. It could be used with most age groups because the questions and topics can vary from complex to simple. Symbaloo Edu was my favorite tool of the three. It would be a great way to organize links on a website. I especially like this tool because it is great for younger students that need more support when they are learning to access and find information on websites.
ReplyDeleteI really liked looking at the three Web 2.0 tools shared on this link. I especially think the first one, Kerpoof, would be most applicable to my kindergarten class. They are emergent readers and writers, and providing them with a program to create digital stories, spelling pictures, and short movies would be very age and grade-level appropriate. They would love to work together as a class to make their own language arts projects, and the colorful characters, settings, and ease of use would keep them involved in the project. The second tool, AnswerGarden, might be more geared for older elementary students, who could answer online poll questions, or brainstorm about a topic or lesson. I also think the third tool, Symbaloo, is a wonderful and smart way to organize and access websites for student or even family use. Having website icons to click on makes it much easier and user-friendly, and grouping sites according to themes or content is great. Thanks for the Web 2.0 tool tips!
ReplyDeleteWow! How cool are these Web 2.0 tools?! I am fascinated by how many technology mediums I have been introduced to in such a small amount of time in this class! I believe that I could use all of the tools with my 6th grade science students. I especially liked the Symbaloo because I love to share websites with my students when they are conducting research for a project and it is always a difficult task for them to type the URL correctly. This student-friendly tool provides icons for each website that is included so that students can just click on it!
ReplyDeleteAs for the other 2.0 tools I believe that all middle schoolers would enjoy going on Kerproof to make a card, a drawing or even a movie! I am thinking about checking out the movie link more because my students complete a famous scientist project each year and I think it would be great to incorporate a Web 2.0 tool into the project. The last tool was Aswergarden and I think that I would use this with my students to receive feedback on projects and labs that we complete throughout the year. I like that you can create a question and then your students can give feedback about the question you asked. I also thought that you could use this as a pre-assessment tool to see what students know about a particular topic.
Thanks for sharing!
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ReplyDeleteI explored the Symbaloo initially and thoroughly agree with Terri and "greenb" about the site being conducive to sharing sites which tend to have tricky URLs. I know I am HORRIBLE at typing in such things, so the site would be a blessing just for my sake! However, I also see why the icons are a bonus for younger students-pre-K->1 who might not have the hang of typing/reading yet. This would be a great district tool which could be broken down into sites for individual grade levels or specific subjects in higher grades.
ReplyDeleteFollowing exploring that site, I came across a few other sites of interest including TrackClass and TypeWith.me. The former seems geared toward HS/college age students, but it looks to be much more manageable than BlackBoard (one of the banes of my computer existence) to keep track of assignments, exams and even notes. Thus if your are a laptop toting student, it could be a great place to store ALL your info securely. It is also available for portable devices so you won't ever be caught off guard.
The latter site, TypeWith.me is similar to Google Docs. It has the added bonus of a chat box off to the side for comments about the project without having to place them in the document somewhere. I see this as a great collaborative idea for students in different classrooms being able to work in groups. With the tool you can have up to 16 members working on a single document which can be exported or downloaded in several different formats for final presentations. The only drawback for sites such as this is the requirement of an e-mail address in order to share access to the document. Any suggestions?
I was attempting to insert the URLs in the comment, however I was unsuccessful. Check out the GoogleDoc for URLs to the two new sites I spoke of.
I never knew so many of these websites existed. All three of those Web 2.0 tools would be very beneficial to classroom learners and fun to use in your classroom. My only problem is that these weren't out for me to use when I was in school! Kerpoof was a pretty cool website, and I am sure I would have had a lot of fun on it when I was in school. The only issue with this website for me now is that it is geared more to younger students and not the high schoolers I would be working with.
ReplyDeleteThe second wensite, AnswerGarden was a cool and easy website to use in order to get good feedback from your students. I liked how you could ask a question and get respsonses in short answers. If i am correct it seemed like responses were annonymous, which would be a good way to get legitimate feedback. It is also very convenient that you can just embed one of the questions onto your website or blog.
The third website was SymbalooEDu. This was a very convienent tool to utilize with your students. It makes locating information, and finding the correct URL's very easy. I also like the layout of the site, and how it is easy to use by having the big icons that you simply click on to get you to where you're going.
All three of these tools would be very beneficial to utilize in the classroom.
After looking over these three websites, my initial reactions were where were these when I was in school! I would have loved to had the luxury to use all of those sites to aid in my learning. I think teachers can really use these websites to keep their students, engaged and organized.
ReplyDeleteThe first site, Kerpoof was a really cool website, and I think the students would really enjoy using it on the classroom. The only think about that website is that it is geared more towards younger students. I am not sure if the high school students I would be working with would relly enjoy it.
The second website AnswerGarden was a really good way to get back feedback from your students. You can ask questions and be able to get back simple answers that involve one or just a few words. It also seems to be annonymous so students would not feel pressured to respond a certain way. It was also very cool and convenient how you can embbed one of the AnswerGardens right on to your website or blog.
The third website Symbaloo was a very neat way to organize all of your important documents and websites to a single spot. It makes it a lot easier on your students to get the right URL and end up at the right location. It also can be used at as a portfolio to keep all of your work and research in a single spot. It is also user friendly by the layout and having the icons visible and easy to click on.
kerpoof is a really awesome site!! it's so versatle and fun and at the end of the explanation (at the end of the page the original page takes you to) there is ANOTHER list of other cool sites! Soshiku (http://educationaltech-med.blogspot.com/2011/02/soshiku-great-organizational-tool-in.html)sounds like a cool tool but I would imagine there would be a lot of controversy about the security of it or maybe between the use of it and the use of the school district's online tools.
ReplyDeleteI also like the classroom20.com site. It's kind of like the We Are Teachers site because it has a "Forum" where teachers can submit problems, recommendations, advice, etc. but it has a lot more, too. It has links to videos, shows, workshops, "events", etc. that are all related to teaching. This along with the We Are Teachers site are great teacher-therapy sites! :-)
ReplyDeleteKerpoof is the one I have spent longest on so far and found a lot of tools and a lot of options. I thought the illustartions (for me) to be a bit odd but there were a lot of skills that children would love to practice included. I shall be pointing my K teacher in this direction.
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