Web Tools 2.0 Examples
By: Sabrina Nixon
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Videolicious
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WordPress
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Google Docs
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Videolicious (https://videolicious.com/)
What is the tool?
This app allows users to quickly and easily create videos using photos and videos on iPads and iPhones. Users can even upload photos or videos from other devices, such as cameras, as well.
How can it be used in education?
Teachers could allows students to use this app when creating projects to help student's express their ideas with their own voices and images. The students could use it to demonstrate solving a problem, teaching a concept, expressing what they know, and even make creative video projects.
How this tool can reduce barriers?
Student's who find it difficult to express their thoughts through writing could use this tool to explain their ideas through images, videos and their own voices. It is also a tool that is easy to use and can be accessed on the go, without the need for a large expensive camera or expensive video editing software.
WordPress (https://wordpress.com/)
What is the tool?
It is an easy to use site that allows users to create a website or blog.
How can it be used in education?
Wordpress can be used to foster reflection by getting students to write blog posts reflecting on their work. It can be used to start class discussions, post study guides, and gather all one's information in one place that can be accessed on any computer, tablet or smartphone.
How this tool can reduce barriers?
This tool could be especially useful for students that have a hard time writing with a pencil. As well, students who thrive when using technology could benefit from the use of WordPress.
The required age of users is 13.
Google Docs (https://www.google.ca/docs)
What is the tool?
A free web-based tool that allows individuals to collabrate, share, edit, and write documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
How can it be used in education?
This application can be used to facilitate group collaboration without the need for students to sit right next to each other or even be in the same classroom. It is also a tool that can be used to create reports, essays, charts, and presentations that can be easily shared.
How this tool can reduce barriers?
Google Docs allows for easy organization of work to help students who may have difficulty keeping their assignments in place. It can create an environment that allows for easy collaboration in group projects for those students that prefer working in partners and groups.
The required age of users is 13.