WEB 2.0 Tools for The Classroom

WEB 2.0 Tools For the Classroom

iMovie

You can access iMovie at http://www.apple.com/ca/ilife/imovie/

iMovie is an app that allows you to make videos. You can add text to these videos and add the pictures and videos that you have on your iPad already.

Students could use this app when they are doing book reports or presenting to their class. iMovie could be a great alternative to the expected PowerPoint presentation or simple written book report.

In the case where the students are required to do a book report, a student who is a visual learner would be able to use iMovie to do the book report more effectively. This would help them learn better and allow them to learn in the best way that they can.

There does not seem to be an age restriction for using iMovie.

Prezi

You can acces Prezi at http://prezi.com/pricing/?gclid=CPD3x8yXpLoCFWfhQgodbxgAnA

Prezi is a tool that allows you to make a digital presentation. These presentations can include text, pictures, video, and audio clips.

Prezi could be used by the teacher to make presentations for the class or by the students to make presentations for assessment.

This tool could accommodate for the differences between students in the classroom. A teacher who is making a presentation for the class could include audio clips, text, and pictures in the Prezi  to help different learners understand what she is teaching. This presentation would accommodate for auditory and visual learners.

Prezi is licensed for people 13 years of age or older. Children under 13 can use Prezi if their parent or legal guardian made the account; however the parent or guardian is soley responsible for these children.

Skype 

To access Skype you can go to http://www.skype.com/en/

Skype is an app that allows you to communicate via video conferencing, voice call, and instant message.

Skype could be used by students to communicate with other students in different locations. Instead of having ‘pen-pals’ students could have ‘skype-pals’ who they keep in touch with. Students could learn through skype by having projects where they have to talk to people who they cannot see face-to-face.

Skype would allow for all learners to communicate more effectively with group members; it would be like they are actually with the person that they are skyping with and studetns who are not comfortable with talking to a face on a computer screen could turn the video off or even type some of what they want to say.

You must be 13 to get a Skype account but you need to be 18 for the credit account you may need if you want to pay for calls or have a subscription.