Thing # 12 Discovering Web 2.0 Tools

I used Blabberize to create the talking photo. However, when I saved it the mouth didn't move anymore. I tried a couple of times without success. Not sure how to use this efficiently in the classroom. You could just shoot video to begin with or do a voice over. Maybe you could use it to have the organisms in a food web explain their positions. It takes a while to get the mouth selected so it moves correctly and then of course you would have to see if it works in the end. This site is open to comments so it has a social aspect in that way.

I created a to-do list in Ta Da and I checked out 30boxes but I would never use them. I already have a to-do list and calendar in Outlook and I'm trying to simplify my life not complicate it. I need everything in one place.

I created a poll in Poll Daddy but can't get it to post here. I use polls and surveys all the time in my job to find out what teachers need or want. I can definitely see using them in the classroom also. You could do a pre-class and post-class science attitude survey. I'll probably stick to using the survey option in Goggle Docs though unless I need a different type of functionality.

I thought Gliffy was going to be a homerun since collaborative concept maps are a standard in science instruction. It only has a 30 day free trial though and then you have to subscribe. So, it is out.

I really like Wordle. I can see having students come up with terms that relate to science and then having to defend their choices. They could print their final product to decorate the cover of their science notebook. I could not get this to post here though using the html so I had to print it to pdf and then convert the pdf to a jpg file and upload it as an image.

I think Weebly has possibilities too. I need to have a website for the Science Resource Center. Right now we are talking about putting up a wiki for it in the district wiki site. I don't know if that is what we really need though. Wiki's are for collaboration and for the SRC site, I just want to post information.