Web 2.0 Tools

 Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom

Popplet is an app that can be found in the Apple Store, however, it can also be used online. 

Popplet is used to help create virtual mind maps, using words, images and videos that can be found on Youtube into topics. It can be used in an education setting to share different mind maps with classmates. 

It may help students that have trouble organizing their thoughts into specific ideas or topics or students that have trouble with higher level vocabulary. The feature that I like the most is the 'add image' feature where you can connect an image to the main topic and not just words. 

For the safetly of younger children, however, the terms of services does not encourage children under the age of 13 to use the app. 

Google Slides is a web tool through google that students can create presentation slides on. Like Microsoft Powerpoint, you can add title pages, images, texts, audio files, videos and have every image or slide come in with a different transition. 

Education wise, it gives students an easy and organized way to present to a class or even online, what they have learned. 

Like Popplet, Google Slides can help those with trouble in higher level vocabulary present what they have learned in as minimal words as possible. It is also very organized and can help students organize their thoughts into a title and pictures/little texts that go with the title. 

However, in order to use Google Slides, one must have a google account, which means, there probably is an age restriction. 

AjaxTrans:Ajax Translator is a web link to a translator. Sometimes google translate can be grammatically incorrect. This translator seems like it may work better than google translate, however there is a downside. It only translates a certain amount of langues: Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Greek, Dutch, and Arabic. 

Education wise, it can be used for students that have just started learning the English language and is still trying to master their English reading skills. They can use the translator to translate into their language to understand words and statements better. 

There's no regulations to age of use, however, students need to be able to read and write to be able to use this web translator.