Web+2.0+For+Teachers

Web 2.0 is the catchy name used to describe all of the interactive applications available online. When used in the classroom these applications can facilitate a higher level of connection for the students and inspire students to get involved with the topic. Here are several interactive tools that can be applied to the classroom.

Name of Tool || Description || Possible Classroom Use || __ Delicious __ || This website bookmarks other websites and allows users to share their bookmarks with other users. || This could be used in the classroom to help students share their sources for research with other students, or help students keep track of a trend in a current event. || [|Blogger] || This website allows users to journal online and give the public or a limited group of people to access to their journal. || This could be as a way for students to respond to reading assignments with opinions or analysis. Other students could read these posts and comment. || [|Adobe Photoshop] || This tool allows users to use photos, animations, text, and other computerized art tools to design their own artwork. || This could be used in the classroom to help students tap into their creative side, even if they aren’t artists. They could use Photoshop to work on projects, for example fake advertisements/promo posters for historical events. || Google Earth || This tool allows users to view satellite images of the Earth. || This could be used to help students explore geography in an interactive way, it also could be used in a science/ecology class to show trends over time, such as the ice caps melting. || [|GarageBand] || This tool allows users to record their own music and voices. || This could be used, not only facilitate the incorporation of music and subject matter, but it could also be used to record and assess speaking abilities in foreign language classes throughout the semester. || Wetpaint || This website allows students to easily create and design their own website. || This could be used in the classroom to help students deeply grasp one topic by doing their research and adding essays, videos, website links, etc, to the website. Teachers could also create their own website for students to navigate, giving students the assignments online and having them post their assignments to the website. || Survey Monkey || This tool allows users to create their own surveys, email the link to the surveys to anyone they wish, and it compiles all the data gathered in the survey. || This could be used to help students gather and compile data for scientific research, possibly for a sociology class. || [|FreeMind] || This tool allows users to create a mind map on the internet. || This could be used by teachers to brainstorm and organize ideas for lessons and by students to brainstorm and organize ideas for essays or projects. || [|iMovie] || This tool allows users to create and edit their own movies. || This could be used by students to make a documentary for a history class or to document a dramatic interpretation of a piece of literature. || [|iTunes] || This tool allows users to listen to download music, movies, audiobooks, and podcasts, listen to music and other audio and stream radio stations. || This could be used in Spanish class because there are options to download Spanish podcasts. Students could download these podcasts and improve their listening skills in Spanish. Audio appropriate for other classes could be downloaded and listened to, as well. ||