free web 2.0 tools for the 21st century classroom
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Free Web 2.0 Tools for the 21st Century ClassroomShane SturgeonTechnology Mentor, School District 02
21st Century Competencies
• Creativity and innovation• Critical thinking and problem solving• Agility, adaptability and capacity for lifelong learning• Teamwork and collaboration in virtual teams• Initiative, self direction and entrepreneurialism• Effective oral and written communication• Proficiency in the mother tongue• Multiple languages and cultural awareness• Digital competence: the ability to effectively access and analyse information, including digital information
Web 1.0
• Users can only view webpages or retrieve information
• Users cannot reflect on the content of the webpages
• Web 1.0 webpage’s information is closed to external editing
• Made up mainly of text and images
Web 2.0
• Provides the user with more interactivity and storage facilities
• Offers all users the same freedom to contribute
• Rich in user participation & dynamic content
Advantages to Web 2.0 Applications
• Accessibility from any computer with web access (regardless of platform)
• Can usually share or store online
• Personalized • No installation
required
Text Compactor
• Created to help struggling readers process overwhelming amounts of information
• Frequency of each word is calculated
• Most important sentence are collected based on word frequency count
Qwiki• creates interactive, on-
the-fly, multimedia presentations of information.
• Reads automatically selected information from various websites
• Automatically grabs photos and associated pictures on the subject.
Wordle
• Creates word clouds
• Can be created from a generated list or a web address
• Chooses words based on frequency
• Layouts, font, and color schemes are customizable
Gliffy
• An online diagramming service that helps users communicate with a combination of shapes, text, and lines
• Create, share, and collaborate on a wide range of diagrams
Google Docs
• Free office suite• Easily share access
and edit rights• Comment or chat in
real time• View real time edits• Edits made by
multiple people simultaneously
Live Binder
• Stores notes online• Create binders by
subject • Create “tabs” in
each binder
Edmodo
• Social learning network for teachers, students, and parents
• Communicate and notify
• Post/Annotate assignments
• Create groups• Calendar items• Quizzes
Glogster
• Graphical blog (glog)
• Interactive posters• Audio, video, text,
images, etc.• Provides a dynamic
and interactive teaching experience
• Create classes
Scoop.it
• High quality information is shared with you
• You decide what info you publish on your site
• Share you page easily
• http://www.scoop.it/
Diigo
• Social bookmarking• Collect, share and
organise bookmarks, highlights, annotations
• Group based research
• Sticky notes
Socrative
• Student response system
• Quizzes• Exit tickets• Short answer,
multiple choice, true/false
• Works on mobile devices
Dipity
• Interactive timelines
• Visually engaging timelines
• Integrate video, audio, images, text, links, social media, location and timestamps
Screenr
• Record your screen• Narrate • Create tutorials• Store it and share it