Web+2.0+Tools+Collection



** Web 2.0 Collection **


 * Name of Web 2.0  Tool  ||  Link and Thumbnail Picture  ||  Description  ||  Pros and Cons using the tool in the classroom  ||  Classroom Implementation Ideas  ||
 * Glogster || []

|| A website that allows you to add text, pictures, and videos to create an online poster. || Pros It is free. There are endless options of ideas. Students can be as creative as they want. Information can be displayed in a more appealing way.

Cons It can be overwhelming with too many options. It can become time consuming. || In **Social Studies** it can be used to explain, introduce, or teach a specific standard. In **Math** it can be used to introduce students to a topic by showing pictures and videos of examples. In **Reading** it can be used to post vocabulary with pictures and videos explaining each word. In **Science** it can be used to explain, introduce, or help teach a specific standard. ||
 * Prezi || []

|| A website that allows you to create and share presentations. || Pros It is more appealing to the eye than PowerPoint.

Cons It can be challenging to create. || In **Math** it can be used to create a Math Trail. In **Language Arts** it can be used to remind the students the different types of speech with examples. In **Reading** it can be used instead of having the students write a traditional book report. The students can create a Prezi with everything a book report would have in it and more. In **Science** it can be used to display the different steps of an experiment being done in class. ||
 * AudioPal || []

|| A website that allows you to record or text to speech a short audio clip that can be posted to websites or blogs. || Pros It is user friendly. You have the option to text to speech or record your own voice.

Cons There is a time limit on how much audio you can record. || In **Social Studies** the students can use this to tell about a specific region or state. In **Reading** the students can use this to record themselves reading a short story or poem with animated voices. In **Math** the students can use this to explain step by step how to solve a problem and see if another classmate could solve the problem with their instructions. In **Science** the students could use this to record data from an experiment. ||
 * Big Huge Labs || [|http://bighugelabs.com]

|| A website that allows you to manipulate photos. || Pros It is user friendly and fairly simple. Many options.

Cons It can become time consuming. || In **Reading** it can be used to display the main idea of a story. In **Language Arts** it can be used to display a rule. For example “I before E except after C.” In **Math** it also could be used to display an important rule or explanation. In **Social Studies** it can be used to display a historical figure. ||
 * Bubbl.us || [|https://bubbl.us]

|| A website that allows you to make concept maps. || Pros It lets students organize their thoughts.

Cons It can be difficult to use. || This Web 2.0 tool can be used in **Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, and Reading** to help the students get the ideas in their heads onto paper so they can better explain themselves. This also helps the students when they begin to write a paragraph or even an essay. ||
 * Loose Leaves || []

|| A website that allows you to blog or write notes about any topic and email or share with others. || Pros It is very simple to use.

Cons There are not many text or background options. || In **Spelling** it can be used to distribute the list of words each week for the students to study. In **Math, Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts** it can be used to list the students’ homework for the day. In **Reading** it can be used as a blog post for the students to write their feelings on a book they just finished reading. ||
 * Voki || []

|| A website that allows you to create an Avatar and add audio to it. || Pros It is a creative and interactive way to give directions. You can create your own Avatar. There are many choices for characters.

Cons It can become time consuming with all of the different choices for characters. || In **Social Studies** it can be used to explain about a historical figure or event. In **Science** it can be used to inform the class of the requirements and due dates of an experiment. In **Reading** it can be used to create a main character in a book and tell about the character. In **Homeroom** it can be used when a sub is in the room and the teacher has a special message for the class. ||
 * TripWow || []

|| A website that allows you to create a slide show of a place with pictures and music. || Pros It is user friendly. It is simple and formats your pictures for you. All the students would have to do is upload photos.

Cons There are not many design layouts to choose from. || In **Social Studies** it can be used to create a slide show of an assigned region or area. In **Science** it can be used to show the different habitats of animals. In **Reading** it can be used to show pictures of the setting that the book or poem is written in. In **History** it can be used to show the different historic sites of a particular topic. ||
 * Wordle || []

|| A website that allows you to make a collage of words with different text and colors. || Pros It is creative and appealing to the eye.

Cons It can become confusing typing the words in with sizes. Most computers have a missing plug in that must be installed to view the finished product. || In **Homeroom** it can be used as a way for the students to get to know each other by typing words that describe themselves. In **Reading** it can be used to type words that describe a certain character or theme in a book. In **Language Arts, Science, and Math** it can be used to play the vocabulary game SPLAT. In this game words are displayed on the board and when the definition is read the first student to smack the right word wins a point. Wordle allows the words to be jumbled in an appealing collage. ||
 * SlideShare || []

|| A website that allows you to upload a PowerPoint presentation to the web, so it can be viewed anywhere. || Pros It allows a PowerPoint to be viewed online without having to have Microsoft Office or something like that.

Cons You cannot create a PowerPoint from this site. || This tool can be used in any subject. In **Math, Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts** PowerPoints are used. SlideShare provides an easier way to access these presentations. The students can share their presentations with classmates but also outside their classroom. ||

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