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This tool is called VoiceThread and it can be found here http://voicethread.com/. This tool is sed to add notes and to record your voice and project pictures and write notes on the provided wallpaper. This tool is available for iOS devices as well as any web browser. It is considered a web 2.0 tool since it allows the user to create and share their voicethreads as well as subscribe to other creators who made their own
This tool can be used in education by many students. It can be used with students who are shy and do not want to present in front of the class, it can also be used by students who have troubles expressing their thoughts in written formats. This tool requires an age restriction of 13 years old in order to make an account.
This second web 2.0 tool is called lino and it can be found here at this URL: http://en.linoit.com/. This tool allows the user to post sticky notes on a board and share them with a lot of people. This tool is considered a web 2.0 tool since it allows users to create boards, sticky notes and share them with everyone to use. The sticky notes that the user posts can have text, videos, pictures or any other forms of multimedia on it.
This tool can fully be used for educational purposes. It will allow the students to collaborate on boards and it will them to creatively and digitally post notes and organize ideas in a simple fashion. This can students who are good at artistic expressions, students who might not be that organized and students who like to keep similar things in one place. This tool also unfortunately has a teerms of use policy that the users must be 13 years old or older.
Last but definitely not least, this web 2.0 is goanimate.One can access it from here and the URL is: http://goanimate.com/. This tool is considered a web 2.0 tool since it allows for the creation of animated videos and its distribution with millions to see. This tool allows the user to create scenes, add emotion and put their own voice in their, as well as change the environment and add props to scenes.
This tool could have so many uses in education, and it is also a very simple tool for what it does and very fun. It allows students to think creatively and make scripts that could reflect a certain subject that they are learnin right now. Furthermore, this tool can be used in a range of classes ranging from art to communication technology to a language class to drama. The possibilities are endless. This tool can also help students who get anxious from presenting infront of a class and can help students be better at organization.The age restriction for this tool is as follows: users under the age of 13 cannot make an account users ranging from 13-18 need parental or guardian permission, and all others should not need any permission.