spring09reviews

=** Web 2.0 Tool "Reviews" ** - from Spring 09 Participants= Add your ideas for using the Web 2.0 tool you explored to support classroom learning (or other professional or personal learning) and/or productivity.

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[|http://30boxes.com]


 * You could have a class calendar or even a school online calendar.
 * You could let everyone in the building know where you are and/or what meetings (ARDs) they have to be at. I LOVE IT!
 * Calender could include due dates and class syllabus.
 * To do list could be used to organize students group so each student would know what they are responsible for.


 * Gliffy** [|http://www.gliffy.com]


 * You could create thinking maps for the class to use.
 * Your students could create their own thinking maps showcasing what they've learned.


 * JigZone** [|http://www.jigzone.com/]


 * I created a puzzle, of a food chain that I created with Gliffy. The students put it together, based on the order of the producers and consumers.

**LetterPop**
[|http://letterpop.com/]


 * Classroom Newsletters
 * Student Created Presentations of research conducted.
 * Teachers/Sponsors could create flyers for upcoming events like Prom, Senior Breakfast, etc.

**MixBook**
[|http://www.mixbook.com]


 * Pictures from field trips, parties, experiments etc.
 * Adapt grade-appropriate texts for TLC and SC class use.

TimeGlider
[|http://mnemograph.com]


 * Tracking the events of the Civil War etc.
 * track the beginning of just about anything for example newspaper history

**Picnik**
[|http://www.picnik.com]


 * Creating your own story with a comic
 * Create projects with personal photos or with graphics that correspond to a current lesson or subject matter.
 * Great way to show students photography pieces even art work

PollDaddy
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 * Poll students on your blog to get an idea of how they feel about certain topics or their level of content understanding.
 * Having students decide on a class project.
 * Using the survey to have students complete a peer review

**Quizlet**
[|http://quizlet.com]


 * Make a class vocabulary set and use it for weekly review.
 * Fabulous study tool and how about no grading for us
 * Multiple Science TAKS reviews.
 * Metric system
 * Elements and symbols
 * FOrmulas for solving problems
 * Identifying chemical and physical changes
 * etc.

**SketchCast**
[|http://sketchcast.com]


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**Ta-da List**
[|http://www.tadalist.com]


 * Students create a list of writing topics
 * Have a class list of things they would want to accomplish in a six weeks or for the week

**ToonDoo**
[|http://www.toondoo.com]
 * Student can design their own cartoons demonstrating understanding of a concept
 * Teachers can design fun cartoons to help reinforce the understanding of a concept (HOW FUN)


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Weebly
[|http://weebly.com]


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**Writeboard**
[|http://www.writeboard.com]


 * Replace me with your own text
 * Nice way to be able to work in groups outside of class

**Wordle**
[|http://www.wordle.net]


 * use in a presentation for the new ELAR TEKS to show teacher how they are student centered
 * students copy and paste a paragraph from a composition to check for repeated words
 * create birthday posters
 * students list character traits for their assigned character
 * students describe physical attributes of an element, landform, country, etc.
 * students create with their spelling words
 * create a list of important key terms in a science passage
 * students describe their own personal feelings about a particular subject/skill
 * students introduce themselves (or a classmate after an interview) with character traits
 * teaching adjectives
 * great way to hook students on the lesson of the day

[|**http://blabberize.com/**]
 * Blabberize**
 * A great way to grab a student's attention
 * Connect information to a picture to help the students remember the info
 * Have a drawing and allow a new student each week to add the blabberize to the wiki or blog that would go with the lesson