Web+2.0

This is an exploration of different teaching tools on the Internet.

It was useful to know that there were places I could go to find software to help out with the difficulties of exciting lessons.

I plan to use this tool to find websites where I can make exciting lessons.

The internet can be a swell tool for education. There are websites with create-your-own timelines. People can create surveys for class on all sorts of website. Online quizzes can make the lives of teachers so much easier. There are many projects that require the use of charts and graphs. Being artsy always makes education more entertaining.

Web 2.0 in education can be a great thing. There are so many tools to enhance learning and make it more fun. Fun is important because it implants an idea and adds a memory to it, making it an actual learning experience. A drawback is that it can become overwhelming. There are so many games and tools that an educational experience can turn into nothing more than play time.

Classtools.net has a timeline that can be a very useful tool. It allows you to put in your own dates and events. You can also color code events in case there are similarities. You can give your timeline a title and put your name on it if it needs to be submitted as an assignment. You can add images, save it as a webpage, or embed it into a webpage or blog. Timelines are often used in education. This site can be used for student projects, when an entire class is reviewing, or to give a lesson. For example, during a literature segment, the class can work together to create a timeline of when the class-read works were written. Perhaps a project could be done on the life of William Shakespeare.

Obsurvey.com is a website that is devoted to personal surveys. Everyone has unlimited surveys, responses, questions, and pages. If you sign up you can save your surveys to the webpage. You start with the title and start creating questions. Each question has a few templates you can choose from. There are multiple choice, checkboxes, ratings, short text, long text, and descriptive text. If you want to put a question in a place that comes between two existing questions, you simply have to click in that spot. Surveys have many uses in a classroom setting. If a teacher wanted to figure out how students were responding to the literature they were learning, a survey could be given out. If a student project involved getting opinions on a specific topic, this website could be used as a tool to gather information easily.

Quizrevolution.com has two free trials. These trials have 250 plays and are deleted after three months if there are more than a hundred quizzes. To save the quiz you have to register with the site. You can either have classic quizzes that have single right answers, or advanced quizzes that allow point values and customized feedback. You choose a quiz design, name the quiz, and then choose questions settings (what order(s) you want the questions to show up). Next you create the questions and possible answers. There are all sorts of advanced options you can choose for your quiz. Every class takes quizzes. It is just the best technique to find out if everyone understands the information that is being taught. This site would be best as a quick option. There are other quiz sites that most likely have free accounts and quizzes, but sometimes the time to find them is not there. This is a great site and an entire school could digitize assessments and save on paper costs.

Chartgo.com is a site where people make charts and graphs. The opening screen begins with chart settings like dimensions, the type, and font specifics. Then you can input the x and y axis data. Then your cart is created and you can save your graph, share it, or embed it into a blog. Charts and graphs are super useful. They can always be used for class projects or even just research papers. They can demonstrate progression in reading levels, amount of reading being completed, and how much is left in the semester. Being able to compile data is also a useful skill. Applying mathematics to other academic subjects is a great way to solidify both ideas.

A really neat site is robertsabuda.com. It is a site that is all about making pop-ups for cards. There are twenty seven different designs for Simple Pop-Ups with instructions. Some of the proper instructions have to be printed out, but you can scroll through the pictures for cutting. These can be printed out too. This site would be very useful for an art class, down time, or in association with a lesson. The different pop-ups can be associated with a variety of education subjects, as well as holidays. It is a really good way to connect a lesson to something tangible so that the students have something to tie the lesson to.

Web 2.0 can be a wonderful tool that enhances the education of students. Timelines can be created to show a progression through time. Surveys can be taken to gather data on subject matter. Quizzes can be digitized for ease. Charts and graphs can be created to relate to a topic better. Art can be used to make a better connection for a lesson.

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