WEB 2.0 Classroom Tools

So I looked into the 100 Best Web 2.0 and found some to be okay and others to be repeated similarities. All in all the wesites seem to be very useful for the clssroom.

My Picks:

VOKI has lesson plans and activites for the students. I liked how students can make very short videos. I could use this in grades 3-12 and have fun with new material.

POLL is another one I liked. I feel this would be fun for elections and math problems to work out. Sometime students don't want to say if their having troubles with certain problems. So if you do a poll you will see where the class stands. Then no one is being called out. You could review the problem for everyone.

PENZU is a private journal writing. Instead of students using a notebook the students get to write on the computer. It can be used outside and the teacher can connect with them on different levels of privacy.

DEVIANART is great for the creativity of projects. Students can either work alone or groups to come up with what a concept looks like to them. It can be used in all subjects and be fun to learn new concepts.

PREZI is a different kind of powerpoint. It has more interactive ways of doing a powerpoint and adds more flare to the ppts. I enjoy and have seen many collge students use this. I think that highschoolers would like to use this also.

Theses are my picks and how I would you these interactivley. I hope I will get the chance to explore these sites with my students one day.

Excel

I finally finshed my excel project. I found some great resources on youtube to help me. I couldn't figure how to do what i wanted on the readable tutorial. So I figured I would try my hands in learning a way that would work. I made a crossword puzzle and was able to insert pictures. It was not to long because I want to be able to adjust and modify for all different grades. I made a Halloween one that is fun to do. I am so proud of myself. Considering I am an older adult and learning technology that I sometimes don't think I can learn it. But I know now that I can do this and I will be okay. I can't believe that it took my all week to figure out that program. Excel is a program that has to be played with more often. This is something that I could use for the classroom and beyond. I think it could be helpful for highschoolers to explore.

Advanced word

I been exploring the adavnced word and it is not as easy as it looks. There are many things you can do that I never knew before. I am confident that I will be able to master it all. I believe once I am comfortable enough I won't have a lot of trouble. I figured out how to use hyberlink and now I have it in my powerpoint. Yeah for me!! hahaha. I sound like a kid that I mastered that. I can't get over all the stuff on word. I thought myself how to use word awhile back and figured I won't need to know anymore that that. Now I see i can do so much more to my documents and everything.

WebQuest

hello, I am working on my WebQuest and found out that it is used more often in classrooms. My webquest is on writing and I'm having my students become a reporter. What they will be doing is writing a two paragraph article and have a front page to match. I want their article to stand out on the front page. I am excited to be creating a webquest. Any ideas what I cold add to my webquest would be greatly appricated. I am always looking for new and exciting ideas.