summer10tools

toc Add your ideas for using the Web 2.0 tool you explored to support classroom learning (or other professional or personal learning) and/or productivity.
 * Web 2.0 Tool "Reviews" - Summer 2010 **

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 * 30boxes**

[|http://30boxes.com]


 * create a classroom calendar for activities and due dates
 * communicate with parents concerning required concerts, competitions, and rehearsals
 * communicate with colleagues regarding departmental meetings and activities
 * use as lab schedule or laptop checkout calendar
 * keep track of students birthdays to make them feel special
 * calendar with family access for extended family birthdays
 * calendar to keep up with childrens school events
 * Gliffy** [|http://www.gliffy.com]


 * Use Gliffy to make a new classroom arrangement chart.
 * Use Gliffy for Venn Diagrams
 * Create character charts for stories/books


 * JigZone** [|http://www.jigzone.com/]


 * Upload a set of pictures which will describe a concept--turn into puzzles
 * Stress break
 * Let students in on a surprise or major event news
 * Center time while acceleration is happening
 * Use as a tool to create anticipation of a new lesson to the class
 * Give separate groups different but related puzzles and student draw conclusions about theme

LetterPop
[|http://letterpop.com/]


 * A form for students to create classroom newsletter
 * Students could present information they had researched
 * Students could use to encourage them to write
 * Newsletters to parents and kids
 * Great way to have students create "review" sheets prior to tests
 * Digital scrapbook of the year

MixBook
[|http://www.mixbook.com]


 * Scrapbook of a famous person, place or event
 * Class photo book
 * Scrapbook of class field trip
 * Create a portable portfolio of student projects for student use and teacher use
 * Make a non-verbal story book with your own pictures
 * Having students create a vocabulary book to help with a difficult unit
 * Have students create a scrapbook of their senior year
 * Have students create a scrapbook timeline of their life

**TimeGlider**
[|http://mnemograph.com]


 * Biographical time lines with photos and videos
 * Historical era time lines with photos and videos
 * Create a time line for the school year at the end of the year
 * Biographical timeline using various verb tenses in Spanish
 * Timelines of crucial events in Hispanic history
 * Timeline of what was happening in the world when a piece of music was being composed
 * Showing music composers and their environment
 * Linking music to events being studied in other classes
 * Illustrate important events in a diary or other non-fiction text
 * Create a project timeline for the students that they can adapt to their own schedule and needs

Picnik
[|http://www.picnik.com]


 * Photo editing made fun.
 * Create incredible photos with easy and yet powerful editing tools.
 * Share your photos, Tweak a picture, create a slideshow

**PollDaddy**
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 * create polls to do in class and graph results
 * use as staff development polls for pre and post course learning
 * Choose a poll for class to do and create graph before introducing graphing
 * Create polls for "feedback" on classes and projects,
 * Survey students favorites: books, authors, holidays, etc then share the results

Quizlet
[|http://quizlet.com]


 * Examine existing sets to see what can be used
 * Create sets for any grade or any subject area
 * Create not only unit or chapter sets, but another set where they are accumulated for on-going review (ex. six weeks, semester tests)
 * Encourage students to make their own sets or access the site for help with other subjects
 * See if the site would work with content questions as well
 * There are SAT and ACT flashcard sets available for studying
 * Teachers can assign vocabulary lists to students and they generate flashcards and share with classmates
 * Great review capabilities!
 * Create a review game for vocabulary
 * Have students subscribe to a class twitter account, or add a twitter RSS feed to your Moodle and use the twitter feature to let them know when you make new sets

SketchCast
[|http://sketchcast.com]


 * Replace me with your own text

Ta-da List
[|http://www.tadalist.com]


 * Personal to-do lists
 * Class objectives and lessons for the day
 * Steps to a math problem
 * Instructions for a lab
 * Steps to a music theory lesson plan
 * Process to learning music for competition or concert
 * Step by step instructions for software use
 * Use to make sure I have met test datelines
 * List field trip needs or unit celebration needs
 * Use to plan out writing process
 * Testing Dates and Necessary TEKS to meet prior to date
 * Student groups could use to create list of to-do's for project
 * Steps in planning for deadlines for projects

ToonDoo
[|http://www.toondoo.com]


 * Make cartoon strips for spelling activities or other projects
 * Retell a story using a cartoon strip
 * Summarize reading by using a cartoon strip
 * Re-write a story's ending by using a cartoon strip
 * Create a cartoon to define vocabulary words
 * Create a cartoon to depict examples of puns
 * This format allows for students to plan, design, and develop a wonderful product while having fun
 * Excellent for English Language Learners (ELLs) to check for comprehension and English grammar applications
 * Use to help develop story line for original animation/comic strip; study of facial expressions
 * Illustrate a cycle in science.
 * Recreate a historical event for Social Studies.
 * Create a cartoon to illustrate examples of idioms
 * Create a cartoon to solve math problems.
 * Create a cartoon to use as reminders of assignment due dates.
 * Write a new ending for a story
 * Use it in a flipchart to illustrate concepts

**Weebly**
[|http://weebly.com]


 * Create our own classroom webpage
 * Add a blog to your webpage to promote online discussion in your classroom
 * Use the blog to do book studies with your class
 * Use the Weebly for parent communication - parents can login anytime and see an update of what your class is doing (but you must keep it updated if you are going to do this)
 * Use web page to post notes for homework assignments to also keep parents in the loop.
 * Allow students to take turns typing updates for parents/families to see
 * Use web page to highlight a student of the week (or employee of the month)

Writeboard
[|http://www.writeboard.com]


 * This tool provides an editable document that can be shared on line with others you invite. It will track changes to allow modify the document and return to an older version if you don’t like the change. It does not handle anything more than text documents. That severely limits its usability.
 * The tool would be helpful when you have a single text document to move from a draft to a final version in a team effort.
 * It resembles a one-page Wiki without pictures and embedded URLs…and other document sharing and editing processes.
 * Good Co-Teaching resource for tight planning times. Co-teachers can enter ideas at their convenience and view others' ideas also.
 * Department collaboration tool for setting up department policies per course / grade level (Fall 2009; SR)
 * Multiple documents can be kept together in a backpack or one place and can be tabbed to organize.

Wordle
[|http://www.wordle.net]


 * Word clouds of essays for students to evaluate word usage
 * Word clouds of essays for display in the room or hall
 * Word clouds for trip packets and classroom handbooks
 * Word clouds for vocabulary or fact packets
 * Create word cloud for subject, have students defend choices and print for notebook cover
 * Create word cloud for characters from works read to see if like characters share similar vocabulary in different works (Fall 2009; SR)
 * Create a word cloud strategies for taking a test
 * Create a word cloud to problem solve, students would list the importance of each word to solve that particular problem
 * Creative way to present vocabulary on a given topic in Spanish
 * Use as a vocabulary review for content specific words
 * Use to create an "I" poem for themselves and/or characters from various texts (Fall 2009; Blakester)
 * Use as an introduction to a chapter or story
 * Use to create a word wall for a unit of study
 * Review vocabulary words in science or other subjects
 * Create a word cloud of character traits after reading a story or book
 * Word bank while working on anything fill-in-the-blank
 * Use for team building or share-about-self activity at the beginning of the year
 * Vocabulary list at the beginning of each unit
 * Preteach of vocabulary to second language learners
 * Spelling lists for the week
 * Homphones
 * Cognates for English and Spanish ttranslations

[|**http://blabberize.com/**]
 * Blabberize**
 * Introduce a new unit using an interesting character
 * Teach animals facts using a picture of that animal
 * Use in business classes for "commercials".
 * Use student drawings of characters to describe the character (historical biographies, story characters, new characters from short stories...)
 * Have a character read a story aloud.
 * Use photos of historical characters and have students write/read autobiographies.
 * Have historical figures explain how history as formed current government/culture
 * Use photos/animated graphic art of landmarks to explain scientific processes
 * Sing the Happy Birthday song on our student's birthday