Web 2.0 Tools

Web 2.0 Classroom Tools

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Big Huge Labs is a web 2.0 tool that can be used to make many different projects using the students digital photos. Students can create motivational posters, guessing games with pictures, slideshows, and many more photo related projects. It is free to sign up for a BHL account and some stock photos are provided for free. The age restriction is for 13 and older or with consent from a teacher.

I could have students work in groups and organize a slide show for a science presentation. This could help the students make friends and add another side to science. The students who do not excell when working with numbers might have an easier time doing an oral presentation.

Science Buddies is a web 2.0 tool designed to help students k-12 come up with ideas for science projects. They have a list of possibilities or a survey that the student can fill out to narrow down those possibilities. The survey  takes into account grade level, time constraints, reading comprehension and contains less than 30 multiple choice questions. Science buddies is open to all ages.

This would be an excellent starting point for my students' science projects. I could provide the students the link and they could find over 1000 ideas on the site! After the found an interesting topic I would have them discuss it with me before the got started on the project. The site can help students that may struggle with coming up with ideas for experiment and begin to enhance their understanding of the scientific method.

Google is an all encompassing Web 2.0 tool. Its free to sign up for an account. The services it offers are numerous and including webmail, Googledocs, google chrome, many different apps, the list goes on. With such a repitoir of tools it would be silly not to use Google. The age requirement for a Google account is 13 years of age or older.

I could have students work on group assignments using Googledocs, create science videos and upload them to a youtube channel for educational purposes, the possibilities are endless. Google Chrome has many apps that can help students that have difficulty with reading comprehension or even physical disabilities such as being deaf. Such apps can convert text into sound or condense long complicated readings into shorter easy to read paragraphs.