I have learned a great deal this week creating and learning from Web 2.0 resources. Web 2.0 provides new ways of creating, collaborating, editing and sharing content online. "Although the term Web 2.0, an Internet trend that puts the authorship of online content into the hands of a websites' users, has become very common in educational circles, what educators are hearing more about today are discussions around social networking" (Roblyer & Doering, p. 225). These resources can make teaching so easy and motivational for the students. Most resources were user friendly and those that were not had great tutorials for easy use. I plan to use each resource that I tried in the classroom and also teach the students to create various resources. Animoto was among my favorite. I could use this to let students create relevant videos from much of the content areas. Glogster is also a great visual to use for expository text that is harder to comprehend. The students love games and ClassTools has a variety of game formats to choose from.
Many educators have began teaching using a various types of social networks. This is a new creative and convenient way to keep students current and engaged. According to Roblyer and Doering (p,268),"Information now comes to students via email and ebooks; web pages and podcasts; blogs, vlogs, and wikis; instant messages and Twitter feeds; and movies and stgreaming video."
Many of our students are on social networks and it could lend itself as a useful classroom tool."Social networking sites focus on building communities of individually designed web pages consisting of personal profiles, blogs, photo sldeshows, music, videos, podcasts, and a network of connected friends or supporters" (Roblyer & Doering, p.225). It is imperative that we stay abreast and use these current trends within the classroom.
Notice the Web 2.0 resources below on the Blog that I used this week. I thoroughly enjoyed!
You are right that the using the resources from this class will make teaching easy and motivational for students. It has been overwhelming at times since the class moves so fast, but I definitely feel like I could successfully implement what I have learned. Love your Glogster page! Good idea using the four types of sentences. I could see using Glogster for tons of grammar lessons.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the resources this week too. Like you, I plan on letting my students make an Animoto. They will absolutely love making one! I really enjoyed the ClassTools as well. I had never heard of it before, but I am going to use it this upcoming year.
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