Abbie Golleher
Education Technology
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Web 2.0 Tools Blogging Assignment
Poll Everywhere
This web 2.0 tool allows you to poll
anything via text message. The way it works is you have a short 6 digit number
that you will tell your audience to text their vote to. Each option has a
different number, and as you text it to that number this tool tallies the
results simultaneously. It could be used numerous ways in the classroom, like to
get the majority results of a science lab. I would use it in my classroom to
allow the students to feel as though they are included on choosing what to do
in the classroom each week by doing whatever activity won the poll.
Eye Jot
This tool was one of the very first video messaging applications.
It was created in 2007 and allowed people to make and send video mail. Eye Jot
can be used between computers, phones, and handheld devices. This tool would
allow a teacher to give instructions on how to do something to the students at
home in the unfortunate event that they forget the methods used to get the answer.
It could also be used by the students to submit assignments, prove they didn’t
cheat on an online assignment, or to just communicate with the teacher or their
peers.
Animoto
This web 2.0 tool is used to create multimedia
slideshows using videos, pictures, and music. It is a cloud based application
that has been used since 2005. It offers a very simple way to create visual
masterpieces. In my classroom, the students could use this tool to make an ‘about
me’ slideshow. I could use it at the beginning of the day to tell the students
what the agenda is for the day and have it playing throughout the day.
Edmodo
Edmodo has taken the principle of social media and
made it not only suitable, but acceptable even for the classroom. It is an
educational site that is already being used in classrooms. It allows students
and teachers to communicate to one another freely. In my classroom this tool
could be used as a means for the students to explore the idea of turning their
work in ‘online.’ The students could also use this tool to communicate with
each other about group work if necessary.
Kidblog
The name of this tool kind of gives away the purpose
of it. It is a place where kids can go to blog safely. It was designed for use
in the classroom. In my classroom, I could use this tool to get the students to
practice their writing skills. The students would use this instead of a journal
in class, and they would tell me about their day.
Xtranormal
This tool is called a ‘text to movie website,’ in
which you can go to create short films with the information that you gave. You
type in a script and then this application will create a short film with
characters acting out what you wrote. It allows you to create freely. I would
use this in my classroom as a means of instruction, because it would grab the
students’ attention. It could also be used after the students wrote short stories,
they could make a movie out of their story.
Voicethread
Voicethread allows users to upload digital voice
recordings along with pictures to enable storytelling. It is essentially an
online album that you can create any story with. The original purpose was to
allow you to put pictures on a storyline and put words with it as if you were
reading a book aloud to a class. This could be used in my classroom by making a
‘story’ of all the things that the students have to do each day that they have
to watch at the beginning of the day. It also may be used by the students to
create a PowerPoint-like presentation about whatever the assignment may be.
Cozi
Cozi is used to easily manage and create calendars.
This application can be for at home use or work use. Basically all you have to do
is put what you have to do, the date, and the time into a fill out form online
and it automatically creates an itinerary for that day. This could be used for
lesson plans in the classroom. It could also be used to tell the parents upcoming
events, because students may forget to tell their parents things that they need
to know.
YouTube
YouTube is not conventionally used for educational
purposes, but it can be. This application is a site that allows users to upload
and view any video that they can find. It has thousands of ‘How-to’ videos
available at any time to watch. This could be used in my classroom to show the
students clever, educational videos about whatever topic we are going over at
the time. I could also upload lectures and give the students the names of the
videos so that they could listen as they study.
Blogger
Blogger is an application which allows users to
freely express themselves and share their life stories. It is also an opportunity
to share recipes, how-to’s, and many other informational things. It even allows
multi-user blogs. This can be used at Open Houses to introduce the teacher (me)
to the parents if I haven’t gotten the chance to talk to them yet. I also could
post weekly letters to the parents on my blog so that the parents will have an
opportunity to get the information that they need without having to rely on
their child, because some things may be lost in translation or even lost
physically.
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