Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Web 2.0 Resources

As technology and the internet advances, so should we. "Today’s educational uses of the Internet bear little resemblance to its original purpose" (Roblyer and Doering, 2013, p. 214). As educators we must keep up with what technology has to offer if it is beneficial to our students. Too we should encourage them to step outside of the old-fashion PowerPoint presentations and be more creative with there work. One way to do this is to use Web 2.0 tools. Web 2.0 is the term used to describe a variety of web sites and applications that allow anyone to create and share online information or material they have created. A key element of the technology is that it allows people to create, share, collaborate & communicate. (Thomas, p.1). Like hypermedia, these tools can be used to increase motivation, act as a flexible learning tool and/or develop creative and critical thinking skills (Roblyer and Doering, 2013, p. 176).

Examples of Web 2.0 tools include Glogster-a site when you can make an interactive poster, Animoto-- which enables you to create and animated picture slideshow to music, Blabber which gives you the ability to make any picture talk. All of which can be embedded into a blog ther sites are classtools.net which allows you to make games as well as different types of flow-charts and graphs while bighugelab.com encourages you to do fun things with photographs such as create movie posters and magazine covers. "Photographs provide a powerful resource for authors in all subject areas, not only to enhance but also to amplify the messages communicated to learners"(Roblyer and Doering, 2013, p. 179).

As stated earlier, not only are these tools great for teachers to use but they can also be used by the students. According to Roblyer & Doering, student-created products are among the most powerful constructivist strategies (p. 193).

Below are 3 resources use to teach the concept of renewable and nonrenewable energy.

Glogster


Animoto


ClassTools.net
Renewable vs. Nonrenewable Energy



References:
Roblyer, M. D.; Doering, Aaron H. (2012-01-17). Integrating Educational       Technology into Teaching (6th Edition). Pearson. Kindle Edition.

Thomas, H. (n.d.). Wikis, blogs & web 2.0 technology. Retrieved from http://www.unimelb.edu.au/copyright/information/guides/wikisblogsweb2blue.pdf
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3 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 10, 2013 at 8:54 AM

    Really like the look of your board look of your glogster and you your games on classtool.net. I am sure they will create activity and interest. I your paragraph you talk about embracing technology and doing research for our blogs we are finding so many great educational games that should really interest the kids of today and embrace learning if presented in the right way. Great job.

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  2. LisaJuly 10, 2013 at 7:56 PM

    I really like the games you posted from class tool.net. I am going to check out this recourse myself. I didn't know most of the answers though! Ha!! Your animoto is also really good and I feel like I have learned something just by visiting your Web 2.0 resources!

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  3. Jacqui CarterJuly 10, 2013 at 9:23 PM

    ShaRetha,
    I agree that teachers need to stay abreast of technology since technology is being use d by k-12 schools (Roblye r and Doering, 2013, p. 214. Also, the use of technology helps to motivate and keep students engages ( p. 176). Additionally, a web 2.0 tools provide teachers with awesome ways to communicate with their students. Finally, web 2.0, allows students to be creative thus developing their critical thinking skills (p.193).


    Reference:
    Roblyer, M .D. & Doering, A.H. (2012). Integrating Educational Teaching Technology into Teaching (6th ed.).
    Boston, MA: Pearson


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