JP2_2.0review

=Here are my WEB 2.0 Reviews=

=All the news that you want= TweenTribune is a site that finds age appropriate news stories and presents them to your students. You can use the stories they come up with or customize it for your class. Students then have the opportunity to comment in a safe moderated forum. It is aimed for middle school and maybe late elementary. This seems like the 21st century option for Time for kids or one of the other school news services. =[|TweenTribune]=

=Powerpoint on Steroids= Prezi is a tool to create presentations. These aren't you ordinary slides, the presentation I watched about math flies all over form one part to another. So you have a headline and then zoom to your information. It really draws you in and I think these presentations would be a lot more fun than teaching from a powerpoint. I only played for a few minutes but it seems pretty easy to do. =[|Prezi]=

=Post-it Note Wall= Wallwisher is a tool that allows you to create a wall that people can post notes on. I think it would be great for students working in groups to organize their notes and see what they have for information. You would be able to give them advice on what directions to add more information and what they seem to have researched well. It is easy to use and free. =[|Wallwisher]=

=Pop-up Books= Zooburst is a digital story book creator that makes cool pop-up books. You have to apply to make your own books so I didn't try to make one but the site says they are working on classroom management tools so you can have students even make their own books. I think it would be great for younger students even if you just used some of the books they have for you to view. =[|Zooburst]=

=Online notebook= Springnote is an online wiki based notebook that features word processing and file organization. You can have a group or individual notebook and this resource seem like it would be good for any students. You could use this in the same way you use a wiki. =[|Springnote]=

=Online Educational Game Generator= Classtools is an online educational game generator. There are templates for games like fishbone chart. random name picker. jigsaw diagram. learning cycle and timeline to name a few. The games look like they could be fairly engaging and there are a ton of different templates so you should be able to find something for every level of student and any kind of information you would like to present. =[|Classtools]= = = =Your private web diary= Penzu is a place to write privately, your entries are private by default, and have the option to share with friends via e-mail or public on the web. The pages look like real paper and ,you can add photos and easily search for old entries. This would be good in any classroom if you want your students to do journal writing and share with just you. It could be appropriate for any grade. It would also be good for keeping a professional journal if you have things you don't necessarily want to share on your PLN. =[|Penzu]=

=Google Sketch-UP= Sketch up is a 3D model maker that can create models of anything you like and then even add them to Google Earth. This is a cool tool to play with and my kids ages 7 & 10 love to play with it. It could be utilized for something like making an online historical village. =[|Sketch Up]=

=Animated Movies= BrainPOP is a library of educational animated movies with supplemental materials like quizzes, experiments and activity pages. There are materials for grades 3-12 in hundreds of topics for Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Technology, Arts & Music, and Health. Everything is aligned with state standards and you have the ability to search by standards. =[|BrainPOP] =

=Blogging= 21 Classes Cooperative Learning will help you create and online virtual classroom that is blog based. There is a free version and an upgrade you can pay for. You have independent blogs that are interconnected for the teachers ability to manage what's going on. This could be used with any students you would want to use a blog with. Students don't need independent e-mails to use this tool so they can easily participate. =[|21Classes]=

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