Sunday, November 15, 2009
bp14_2009113_Researching and Blogging of Web 2.0
My Media Asset of my new Web 2.0 resource. I found this tool to be interesting and useful. I hope others also find this tool as useful as I did.
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CyberSleuth Kids – Search The Internet
An Internet search guide for the k-12 student
This resource provides a variety of topics of interest. The teacher, students and parents will find this resource enriched with a wealth of information for the different academic areas. This resource has clipart and games available to be used for reports, to enhance bulletin boards, and other projects.
This resource tool can be used and is geared toward elementary, middle, high school and college. It can be used by anyone.
As an educator, I found this resource to be very helpful. I can use it as a class resource lesson; assign partners or a group activity as well as an individual assignment.
This resource allows students the opportunity to surf and learn the Internet in a safe environment.
Ebooks are also available. Students have the opportunity to view videos to enhance the lesson you are teaching such as in Language Arts. I chose Fables and a Story. I wanted to see what the lesson entailed as well as to see if the information would be useful with what I was teaching on theme. It was interesting, however I could not use it this week. I did find that it could be used in the future.
For teachers, it offers resources in classroom management, resources for the classroom, teaching tips and tools and professional development ideas. It can be very useful, however it requires patience and researching. Some of the links are not working.
The only problem I may have with CyberSleuth as a teacher would be the links. I would have to go and make sure the links I want to use are working. I would also go to the topic and choose a variety of areas I would want my students to go or set the links for my students to follow to ensure they, the students, focus and go where I need them to go.
CyberSleuth is a good site as with any web tool they have their faults we must check them out to ensure safety; they are working as well as is what we want to use them for in our classroom.
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http://www.e-learningforkids.org/
This is a fabulous site and if you have or teach young children (ages 4-12) you too will love this site! The founder, Nick van Dam, created this site in 2004 for the sole purpose of educating children. He wanted to share great courseware for free to children around the world. The site is free. There are many group and individual sponsors. One is welcome to donate through Paypal.
The site has some very good games to play and you can choose according to age. All the games have good graphics and sound. It is all very kid-friendly. There are also learning clips, which are similar to Brain Pop. The themes for the clips vary from how one hears and how a hearing test is given, to explaining HIV/Aids. There are some topics that are obviously important for children especially who might be living with and dealing with these issues first hand.
I am going to make sure this site is not blocked the school I teach. If it is, I will write the webmaster. This is wonderful site and it should be utilized in the classroom.
BP11_2009113_ comment on YacaPaca
bp14_review3_20091115_YacaPaca and Course Management Tools
There are quite a few Web 2.0 tools that deal with course management. Yaca Paca does a really good job and has an easy to use interface. As I was reading some of my classmates blogs, this is the post that brought me to the Yaca Paca site.
originally posted on:RESEARCHING AND BLOGGING ABOUT WEB 2.0 TOOLS
So I decided to research the Web 2.0 tool "Yaca Paca!" This is basically a course management system. It is entirely free, and allows you to form your own lessons and quizzes.
Here is the marketing copy from their website.
"Create quizzes, surveys, tests, eportfolios and more
Discover modify and share assessments
Set work for the whole class with a few mouseclicks
Mark automatically
Analyse with tools that improve your teaching"
I was very impressed at the ease of use for this site. I was able to create a quiz in mere moments as well as build a lesson for my class. I am very excited to see what my students think of the site and the lessons/quizzes.
POSTED BY BENWALTHER AT 5:03 PM
Pamela Rivers said...
I was interested in this tool when I began to research what it offered to the teachers. I thought it would be helpful to those who were teaching the various subjects. I found some of the tools to be useful to me which I may try to use in the future.
bp10_2009113_Comment on Chris Carboni's BP
BP10_2009113_Researching and Blogging about Web 2.0 Tools-Week 3
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POSTED BY CHRISTINA CARBONI AT 1:29 PM
1 COMMENTS:
Pamela Rivers said...
That was neat. I like that Chris. It could be used to send students a message when you are not there or to enhance an assignment. I plan on checking that out and using it.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
bp8_2009112_Comment on Chris Carboni's BP4
BP4_2009112_Researching and Blogging About Web 2.0 Tools
The Web 2.0 tool I used is called Storybird. (Storybird, 2009) I was attracted to the site because of the storytelling element, which tied into my technology curriculum. We complete different digital storytelling project throughout the year and Storybird (2009) offers a creation element that students can use. They are provided with a group of pictures and they create a story using the photos in a unique way. I saw the photo of the killer whale and immediately thought of a student in my class named Alex. His dream job is to work at Seaworld and train the killer whales. He is obsessed with them, and I wanted to write a story about his love of sea creatures. The pictures were limiting, and my creativity was eventually stifled. Basically, the pictures dictated my story, not me.
As far as the educational benefits the tool provides, it is a way for students to have varying exposure to writing using graphics as the generator of the story. We could not use the tool during class, but I could offer it as an at home opportunity. We do not have access to this tool, as I tried it already and the site is unfortunately blocked. The graphics were very artistic and expressive. My students would have enjoyed looking at the pictures and trying to figure out a theme. It would have been a great project to select the photos or graphics and then ask them to create a story to tie them all in, like a story thread. We could pass the slides around and they could add their own pages to create a whole. Again, the photos were limiting and if you had a special need, I did not see a way to upload your own images to complete your unique story. Also, manipulation of the graphics and text is cumbersome and controlling.
I did get an idea to use this basic tool to teach students how to write their own children?s book digitally, whereby they would create their own graphics. Students have become very creative with tools like Paint and using their Microsoft Office graphics.
Storybird-Alex the Boy Who Loved All the Creatures of the Sea. (2009). Storybird. Retrieved November 2, 2009, from http://storybird.com/books/alex-the-boy-who-loved-all-the-creatures-of-the-se/
POSTED BY CHRISTINA CARBONI AT 11:13 PM
1 COMMENTS:
Pamela Rivers said...
I liked this idea. It is another to get students to write on their own. Students will be having a good time writing without knowing it is work. This is the kind of lesson that I am looking for to incorporate with the writing process. The idea of passing the slides and having the students add their own idea to enhance the story was and is a great idea. Thanks for the idea and I hope you don't mind me using it.
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