Web 2.0 Tools

A wide variety of tools that allows students to work online from anywhere with an Internet connection (can also work offline and will update when re-connected). Improves productivity and provides access to word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software and a host of other products. Additionally, provides easy collaboration and sharing with others both inside and outside of the organization.Instructional Application Idea: share templates/forms/worksheets online with students- they can complete them and submit them reducing paper copies and lost papers

I consider this the ultimate curator- superior to Symbaloo and others. Information can be organized through color-coded tabs and widgets within each tab allowing the user to connect RSS feeds, use photos, free text, hyperlinks, and many other choices. It gives students and staff quick access to content and information all housed in one location. My site is at www.protopage.com\rinehartInstructional Application: Create a tab research papers. Within that tab place a widget that contains hyperlinks to sources for guidance (e.g. OWL). Place another widget to sources that emphasize avoiding plagiarism. Place another widget for sources that are specific to the current topic. Place another widget for access to databases.

Like Diigo but with an educational platform available, Scrible allows us tosave and bookmark webpagesorganize with tags and create multiple librariessearch our library of saved pagesannotate articles within the browsermake comments on the webpagesshare articles with othersis integrated with Google Docsmakes creating citations easyInstructional Application idea: when involved in any research project, require all students to create a library for that project and to save, tag, and annotate each online source within that library.

Recording and video editing tools are really simple to use. There is a good free version (although I like it well enough to pay for the premier plan at $48/year. Besides capturing your screen and putting audio with it, you can also mix and match recordings with imported video and audio files . I use it primarily for creating tutorials on how to accomplish different tasks using technology. Videos can be published within Screencast-O-Matic and/or Google Drive and/or YouTube. This saves much time for me and for the students and gives them access to the information at any time.Instructional Application: Increase efficiency even more and advance student understanding at the same time by having a contest for students to create the next screencast demonstrating how to use a new Web tool. The best instructional video, as voted on by students, will be added to the site used for sharing resources (in my case, the protopage).

Like a Pinterest board for education. Allows brainstorming with sticky note type postings that allow picture or video anchors, collaboration, and voting- the voting separates it from Padlet. The creator decides how many votes for a board/subject/topic each user receives. It's $25 for 6 months, or free for one board which can be cleared and re-used. The educational version allows for students to participate without creating an account or using an email address. Can turn on or off whether new cards need approval and whether the creator's name (of the new card) is visible. This allows for anonymous contributions for those students who worry about other's who might mock their ideas.Instructional Application: Students can make suggestions for the next books to be chosen for literature circles. They can upload book trailers or other information they think will help increase interest. Comments can be made and questions asked. Then the class can vote

Like a Pinterest board for education. Allows brainstorming and collaboration with sticky note type postings that allow text, website, picture or video anchors, and allows reactions but not voting (unlike Dotstorming). A teacher account is $99 for 12 months, or free for three boards with unlimited posts. The educational version allows for students to participate without creating an account or using an email address. Teachers can also restrict a board to only those invited. Can turn on or off comments, attributions, and a choice of reactions is provided. Allows for moderation before posts are published.Instructional Application: Create a board for a reading genre (e.g. science fiction) and ask students (and staff) to post great books, great authors, great movies, and great websites for further exploration.

Allows voice, text, or video commenting unlike FlipGrid (which just allows video responses). Projects can be created and then commented on by others. Five voicethreads can be created for free.$79 for 1 teacher with 50 student accounts (more students are $2/each). No email needed to create student accounts.Instructional Application: Instead of a PowerPoint presentation/speech in front of the class, have students create it in VT. This give the student the ability to practice what they want to say for each slide. Have students in the class give one piece of praise, ask one clarifying question, and give one small piece of constructive criticism.

Video discussion tool- teachers post questions and students can respond.Teachers give students a code (or use a QR code) so that they can post. Students don't create accounts, just verify their email student id. Children under 13 need parental consent. There is a guest mode for sharing with friends and family. There are moderator controls.Free for all educators with unlimited videos.Instructional Application: After reading and annotating a challenging piece of writing, each student answers 2-3 questions from a provided list and responds to one other student. Students use the responses of others to deepen their own understanding before writing a summary paragraph.

ThingLink allows users to annotate pictures or videos. Over 50 icons are available to give the visitor some guidance. Those icons (or "tags") can be linked to websites, YouTube, other pictures, other videos, audio, and other embedded code.Instructional Application: Using your knowledge of common student questions or interests on a topic of discussion (e.g. the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki), use a related photograph and create connections for students to explore at their own pace while following their own interests. Ask students to create their own within the broader topic (i.e. World War II).

Quizzing- similar to Kahoot! but can be used live or as homework. Can be timed, self-paced, or fastest answer scores more points. Answers appear on device rather than everyone needing to look at one screen. Also has a feature to read the question aloud.Free. Access to hundreds of other games. Now includes a flashcard feature. You can import questions from a test bank. Gives you an individualized report for each student broken down by question.Instructional Application: Obviously this can be used any time you want to do a review of information or get a quick check of understanding. I like it to review the rules of the library in a fun way- especially since I only see students every other week. I have a few versions that I will run at different times of the year, including after long holiday breaks.

Animated videos/presentations.Free gives you up to 3 minutes with access to free soundtracks and objects. A classroom account is $96 and allows up to 60 students with access to pro and free features. Includes privacy controls. Can be exported to YouTube and other platforms.Instructional Application: Powtoons offers templates. For Black History Month, use the Timeline Template to create a timeline of the Civil Rights Movement for students. Have students choose an event and further break it down into it's own timeline in their own Powtoons presentation.

Create your own video by combining video clips and photos, add text, music, and voice. Provides various themes. Easy to use with little or no experience.The education account is free.Instructional Application: have students create multimedia book trailers to interest other students in a book. Students and staff vote on the best ones to share with a wider audience (e.g. play it on morning announcements, embed it on school website, QR code placed on/inside books, etc.)