Web+2.0

Here is a paper that offers several Web 2.0 products Links to the sites are in the paper.



Web 2.0 Tools Prezi Prezi is the first Web 2.0 tool I looked at to explore different tools. The essential features of the tools for Prezi are to quickly and easily add elements to a presentation. Everything is added to a “white board” canvas on this canvas you can zoom in to specific elements or zoom out to the whole presentation big picture. To add elements you can simply double click on the canvas and begin to type. All elements are navigated to trough the bubble menu to insert pictures or copy the url of video, and the entire video is embedded into the prezi. This is an innovated way to make presentations quickly and efficiently.

I think that I can incorporate this tool into my classroom by making presentations with my class and interactively make lessons for units that we can expand upon and review in a quick manner. I can use a smart board and in an instant we can create a presentation, which is not linear, and easier to interpret for students.

Slide Slide is a Web 2.0 tool that allows you upload your photos and create presentations out of your photos. It allows you to add different themes to the picture and allows you to add different ways to present them like melt away to the next picture while having a daisy float on top of the photo.

I think that I could use this tool at the end of the semester to have a fun way to share photo with my students as a culmination to the end of the semester. I think that the application is easy to use and the children could also use this tool to create their own presentations to wrap up a field trip or continuation.

Google Docs Google Docs is a web 2.0 tool that incorporates many of the same features as Microsoft office suite. Within Google docs you can collaborate with your peers to create documents as well as figure out the lay out for a presentation slide. You can also create a spreadsheet and have peers put data into the spreadsheet for a fast way to calculate expenses. Google Docs also allows for storage of the documents to be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection.

I think that I can use Google Docs within the classroom by having students create documents collaboratively and at their own pace.

Second Life Second Life is a unique environment that allows for users to create an avatar in the second life. Through this avatar many different schools have begun to create an interactive forum for people to attend classes that are online in a second life classroom there teachers can offer instruction to the avatars and students can ask questions to the teacher in real time without the delay from email.

I think that I could incorporate Second life into my classroom by making it into an opportunity for my students to meet each other before the school year begins. I think that second life could also be used as a once a week opportunity for students to get one on one tutoring or group instruction or extension outside of the school day. It could also be used as a collaboration tool for students to get together and work on a project without having to physically going to each other’s house.

PBworks PBworks is a workspace that allows for websites to be made. It offers collaborative editing on pages so students can contribute to discussion. PBworks also includes a complete history and audit trail so that teachers can track each student and allow to accountability for each student to do their part.

I think that PBworks is a great addition to the wiki webpages available on the web. I think that I can effectively use PBworks for group project because then I will have concrete data to support grades for a completed project from my students.