Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom

Vocaroo

http://vocaroo.com

This is a web 2.0 tool where teacher can go and record their lecture or anything class related so that students would as access to class material even after class in case they have missed anything. It can be used in may different ways. For example, a teacher can explain a reaction in more detail then he or she has done in class because of time limitaiton in class. It can be used by all age groups.

This tool can be used to help student with concentration problems or reading problem in class because the lecture material will be read to the students. And students can repeat the recording if they missed a certain content. 

Awesome Library

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

Awesome library is a web 2.0 tool where students and teachers can have easy excess to games, problems, solutions, and lesson plans. It is not limitted to only students and teachers, anyone can access this website easily. It also has a extensive amount of imformation provided. It is sorted by age group and subject.For example, Chemistry would be under Teens --> Science --> Chemistry. It is well devided and easy to find information needed. 

This helps studnets who may not have good notes from class to find informaitons from class that they are missing.

There is no age limitation for this website. 

Wolfram Alpha

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Wolfram Alpha is a tool that acts answer engine where students can type in their problem and the website will give students detailed expaination of how the problem is solved. It is a great resourse for students in higher grades (10-12) because they will be working on more complicated problems. There is no age limiation for this website.

This can help students better understand how to solve cerain types of problems and learn from them. This helps those students who need to look at reference and solution in order to understand how to solve a type of problem.