Monday, July 16, 2012

Web 2.0 Education Sites

Storybird for Schools:
Good for teachers who want to make stories and create them for class. The site may seem a little confusing for someone who is new to the site. It allows you to create stories and share or print them. Resembles a youtube video because at the end it gives you the same options.
Symbaloo:
A homepage that allows you to have visuals to your favorite links on your homepage. It would be nice for kids because if you put an image that they want to view then they wouldn't be surfing around the Internet looking for things.
wikispaces:
Website for blogging and discussing things, but different spaces for different business levels. It allows you to upload images and videos and it very secured. Everything that is uploaded must be educational in order to upload. It is a free service and can be upgraded after the terms are over.
Edublogs:
Similar to wikispaces, but it is more organized. Edublogs are for everyone and is used by many students to blog about educational things. In edublogs, the different bundles of organizations such as students, teachers, or campus. 
Bitstrips:
 Students are able to create a journal and a comic strip. Allows students to create things without it having to be strictly about education. It is regulated but not too closely because students can pretty much put whatever they want.
Animoto:
Free with limited video time. It allows you to choose your own images and music. Animoto also lets you share the you videos with people.
Diigo:
Website that is a "bookmark" and allows you to tag websites. It allows you to highlight and add sticky notes on websites instead of bookmarking them and having to reread the paragraph to find out the importance. You can leave the website and return at a later date and still obtain your highlighted information.
Edmodo:
Teachers can set up a site and it appears as a facebook/blackboard sit. It allows you to check grades, date, ask questions about class assignments. It is very secured. Peers are able to interact with each other and help each other on the site.
StoryJumper:
Teachers send assignments to students. Students have to be invited by the teacher and the only way for students to use it is with a parents email. When a story is created it is sent to the parent and the teacher and it can be shared with family and friends.

My two personal favorites of the Web 2.0 Education Sites are the Bitstrip that allows you to may a comic and engage students more into their work. The other website that I enjoyed is Edmodo. Edmodo is a good website that is organized like a facebook, but it helps when needing to communicate with classmates without needed a phone number.

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