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Monday, June 25, 2007

Cool Tools: Incorporating Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom

Jennifer Arns presented this session on my favorite thing - Web 2.0 tools. Although we struggled with our internet connection and bandwith (hard to imagine the number of laptops running in the GWCC at one time!) I learned of some new tools that I am anxious to try.

http://itsc.oetc.org/cool.php

What is Web 2.0

  • The Read Write Web
  • Collaboration
  • Networking

Spresent – Online Powerpoint application – can be viewed online or published in your blog wiki. Looking at upload PowerPoint files

Furl and Delicious – social bookmarking tool. You can make your Furl website social by posting them on your website

TrailFire
– you can create a path (trail) of webpages. When you want it control the sites that kids go to. Find a site you like, click you trail icon, write a description or directions on what you want the kids to do. It is a social bookmark if you make your trail public, you can also make a comment or answer. How do I get a trail on my page? How do you link to just your class?

questgarden.com – for making webquests

Embedded Tools

PollDaddy.com

Survey Monkey – for more intensive applications

Questionform – embeds a survey to your blog - free

Go2Web2.0.net – The Complete Web 2.0 directory

Edtechconnection.net

Twitter.com

Lots of great site to look at over the summer!

1 comment:

jm said...

Thanks for blogging this...I was one of the unlucky many that got bumped out, but I will definitely be checking out those links!

John