Top 10 Web Tools for Teaching and Learning
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Top 10+ Web Tools to Invigorate your Teaching Lazaros Simeon [email protected] 416-415-5000 x. 3741 @gbcstaffdev
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The Problem…
How often have you found a really great resource on the Web, but just didn’t know how to use it in your class?
Alternately, how often have you been planning a lesson and thought it could be more interesting?
BY THE END OF THIS WORKSHOP, YOU WILL KNOW HOW TO…
Use selected web 2.0 technologies in your teaching
SOME IMPORTANT TERMS
Synchronous versus “A-Synch” learning
Web 2.0
Synchronous Learning
CC D Services
Synchronous Learning
CC Shane Global Learning
“A-Synch” Ain’t New
CC jbcurio
“A-Synch”
CC Ed Yourdon
“A-Synch”
CC Ed Yourdon
Think-Pair-Share
Think of some benefits to “a-synch” learning?
“Web 1.0”
Web 2.0
Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0
Web 1.0 Web 2.0
Non-interactive: e.g: Personal webpage
Passive viewing experience
Restricted access
Promotes interaction with other users: e.g. social media, blogging
Users interact (change, edit, add) with website content
Unrestricted access (usually); “share and embed”.
Chickering & Gamson’s Seven Principles
Good practice in postsecondary education:
1. encourages contact between students and faculty,
2. develops reciprocity and cooperation among students,
3. encourages active learning,
4. gives prompt feedback,
5. emphasizes time on task,
6. communicates high expectations,
7. and respects diverse talents and ways of learning.
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/7princip.htm
Some Web 2.0 Websites
Vi d e o a n d A u d i o C a p t u r e
J i n g C a m s t u d i oA u d a c i t y
J ay C u tS c r e e n c a s t - O - M a t i c
V i d e o A n i m a t i o n sG o A n i m a t e
X t r a n o r m a l i S p r i n g
V i s u a l A p p sVu v o x
T i m e t o a s tC h a r t G i z m o
G r a p h s y
a n d m o r eV i r t u a l To u r s
P i x l rM a n g o L a n g u a g e s
C u i l ’ sG o o g l e
E v e n t B r i t e
M a s h - u p s M a r r o . w s
S n i p iP i p e s . Ya h o o . c o m
C o l l a b o r a t i o n To o l s
S l i d e S h a r eD e l i c i o u sP B w o r k sD o o d l e
C r e a t e l y D r o p M i n d
Te x t 2 M i n d m a pKo n o L i v e
Vo i c e t h r e a dFo r u m o t i o n
P o l l s a n d S u r v e y s
P o l l D a d d yM i n e f u l
S u r v e y m o n ke y
THE HONOURABLE MENTIONS
The Best Web 2.0 Tools for Teaching
GoAnimateAllows people to express
themselves through animation without having to learn to draw or install any software.
goanimate.com
Animoto.comMake a slideshow using your
music and photos.Embed it into any blog or
website.
animoto.com
Mindomo.comOnline mind-mapping toolCollaborate to create mind mapsUpload imagesCollapse and expand nodes
mind map sample
Delicious
Social bookmarking serviceUpload and share all your
bookmarks onlineSee what other people are
bookmarking
delicious.com/Sustainability_GBC/http://melanie1987.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/delicious-in-the-classroom/
PollDaddyCreate surveys and polls
Upload them to your blog and social networking profiles.
polldaddy.com
VUVOXCreate personal, collaborative & emotive
slideshows using your own digital media - including video, photos, music and text.◦ COLLAGE - quickly produce dynamic interactive
panoramas with hot-spots. ◦ STUDIO - build a personalized media presentation...
and, place it in your COLLAGE. ◦ EXPRESS to build presentations with dynamic
content from RSS feeds and online albums. ◦ CUT-OUT Express - use your photos as slideshows
frames.
vuvox.com
Forumotion.comFree discussion forums and bulletin boards
Free and unlimited messages and users Choose between forum versions Image hosting Domain name Customized emails Chat box, gallery, and calendar Customizable appearances
forumotion.com
http://comm1007.free-forums.in/forum.htm
TOP 10 COUNTDOWNThe Best Web 2.0 Tools for Teaching
Bitstrips.comCreate your own comic strip
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/
Trello.comOnline project management toolGraphic user interfaceSet up tasks related to a projectAssign different people to each
task
trello.com
DoodleOnline scheduling tool
Free online coordination tool
Requires no registration or special software installation
doodle.com
Google DocsCreate, store and share
documents within a Google account
free online document management feature
docs.google.com
Diigo.comCollect, highlight and storeCloud-basedAccessible from any platformFacilitates mobile learning
Diigo.com
PBWorksOnline wiki hosting service
“Workspaces” drive engagement and collaboration.
A workspace is a live, evolving document – but gives the administrator user tracking and access controls to monitor the workspace at all times.
pbworks.com
VoiceThreadCollaboration on media
Talk about and share your images, documents, and videos.
voicethread.com
TwitterMicro-blog
Give “followers” (subscribers to your twitter page) updates on your current status
140-character limit.
twitter.com
Your task…Under each of the 7 practices,
write as many of the Web 2.0 apps we looked at that support that practice.
How you could use that website or app?
We looked at…Trello.comGoanimate.comAnimoto.comDocs.google.comTwitter.comPbworks.comPrezi.comYoutube.com
Doodle.comMindomo.comVoicetread.comPolldaddy.comVuvox.comTimetoast.comForumotion.comBitstrips.com
Your homework…Download a copy of this
presentation from slideshare.net.
Questions?
