Classroom 2.0
“If All My Classes Did This”
Wendy Wolfe
Saint Paul, MN, USA
Blog: http://notimetosleep.wordpress.com/
Description
Recognizing that educators want students to engage in and enjoy learning and to have the opportunities for success and that reality often brings hardware and budgetary constraints, this presentation explores free Web 2.0 tools focusing on student learning activities and engagement.
Cartoon Creator http://www.toondoo.com/ provides for
Alternative methods of presentation and provides a place to post. Useful for any assignment where you need to tell a story.
You could publish only to friends, or keep the cartoons private.
The other cartoon creator is called Comic Creator. http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/
Final product is not published to the internet, but can be printed, and or scanned.
Graphic organizers- http://www.gliffy.com/ allows you to flow charts, diagrams, floor plans, etc.
Allows collaboration, to edit together from two different locations. Can publish publicly, or privately.
Online productivity suite called Zoho, allows word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, database, etc.
Zoho Show is a great alternative to Powepoint. Can publish to internet. No sounds or animations can be inserted.
Free podcasting tool called gcast. Create audio clips, cool! Can not edit within the application. For basic podcasting, even over the phone.
