Transcript 10 Web Tools You Should Be Using in Your Grade 4

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Inspiration
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Authentic learning experiences
Grounded in critical thinking
Well scaffolded
Student-centric but teacher-dependent
Firmly grounded in the curriculum
Cross-curricular
Example:
› http://www.polarhusky.com
› http://www.quirky.com/
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Allow you to perform tasks or create objects
without software.
Often known as “Web 2.0” applications.
Often have an element of social
interaction.
Accessible from anywhere.
Usually FREE!
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Applications go up and down.
 Applications get bought out.
 Web applications sometimes allow students
to interact with other people online. Most
tools have privacy settings to keep minors
safe.
 Students’ privacy should be considered.
Some tools can be completely private,
but others not.
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Applications may create thing
that can’t leave the confines of the
particular web site (e.g./ can’t be
downloaded to a disc/dvd/etc…)
 Students with computers at home may get
to spend more time on projects than
students without since
it’s easily accessible.
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Consider room setup.
Consider privacy settings.
Consider parental
permission.
Consider school/district
technology policy.
Consider e-mail addresses and sign-up
logistics.
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Some Web 2.0 sites may be blocked at your
school… you can sometimes
get around this.
 Submit a request to your
technology department.
 Provide a pedagogical justification
for the site to be unblocked at your school
during a certain period of time.
 Describe how you will keep students safe.
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Be safe and legal… use copyright free
items.
 Photos:
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› http://search.creativecommons.org/
› http://www.sxc.hu/
› http://www.wikimedia.org
› http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/
› http://www.stockvault.net/
› http://www.imageafter.com/
› http://pdphoto.org/
› http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/
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Sounds: http://www.freeplaymusic.com
 Videos: http://www.archive.org
 More: Directory of web site with legal
content for schools and companies to use.
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Category:
Content_Directory
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Diigo: Highlight and annotate web sites for
your students.
› http://www.diigo.com/
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Trailfire: Create a path
through the Internet and
annotate web pages.
› http://trailfire.com/
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Evernote: Save content from across the
web with a bookmark.
› http://www.evernote.com/
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LiveBinders: Create digital binders with
content for students.
› http://livebinders.com
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Zotero: Digital archiving
and reference building
(secondary students).
› http://www.zotero.org/
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Have students create a trailfire trail of good
quality research resources.
 Have students use
Diigo to comment on news
articles.
 Have students compile and
share research for a class
project using Evernote.
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Google Bookmarks: Regular bookmarking
› http://www.google.com/bookmarks
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Del.icio.us: Social bookmarking
› http://del.icio.us
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SymbalooEDU: Bookmarking tiles
› http://www.symbalooedu.com/
Share resources with your
young students (no URLs)
 Have students create
research archives
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Google Reader: Subscribe to feeds and
write your own notes.
› http://www.google.com/reader/
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Google Alerts: Get emails sent to you on
any topic.
› http://www.google.com/
alerts
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Protopage: Subscribe to feeds and add
bookmarks and widgets.
› http://www.protopage.com/
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iGoogle: Subscribe to feeds and add
bookmarks and widgets.
› http://www.igoogle.com/
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Pageflakes: Subscribe to
feeds and add bookmarks
and widgets.
› http://www.pageflakes.com/
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Create alerts for topics you’re following in
your social and science courses.
 Create a custom newspaper for your
students using Reader.
 Create a “free time” archive.
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Bubbl.us: Collaborative mind mapping
› http://bubbl.us/edit.php
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Gliffy: Collaborative mind mapping
› http://www.gliffy.com
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Grapholite: Word-like concept mapping
› http://www.grapholite.com
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Mindmeister: Collaborative mapping
› http://www.mindmeister.com/
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Mindomo: Collaborative mapping
› http://mindomo.com/
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Blog Tools
› http://www.blogger.com/
› http://www.21classes.com/
› http://kidblog.org/
› http://edublogs.org/
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Blog by Web or Email
› http://www.posterous.com/
› http://www.tumblr.com/
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Class blog examples
› http://www.balla.ecsd.net/
› http://www.bobsprankle.
com/blog/
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Create a blog from the point of
view of an historic figure.
 Create a blog to track
observations about a
classroom pet.
 Have students do scribe posts
to summarize instructional content.
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› http://edubuzz.org/blogs/s3scribeposts/
› http://816math.blogspot.com/2006/11/scrib
e-post-november-1-2006.html
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Twitter: Microblogging for
everyone
› http://www.twitter.com/
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Edmodo: Contained microblogging
environment made especially for teachers.
Allows easy posting of other items.
› http://www.edmodo.com/
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PLNs
› http://bethstill.edublogs.org/
2009/08/08/looking-for-a-unique
-gift-for-an-administrator-give-em-a-pln/
› http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/
› http://wefollow.com/twitter/k12
› http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p
M_ZE5BS0SgqDabnhl8Z2aA
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Asynchronous discussion
 Reading responses
 Test preparation
 Current events:
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› http://twitter.com/The_Pub_Debates
› https://twitter.com/cnn
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Scientific research:
› http://twitter.com/kidscience
› http://twitter.com/science
› http://twitter.com/MedUpdates
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Wiki tools: Both have educator
account levels with enhanced
features and no advertising
› http://www.wikispaces.com
› http://www.pbwiki.com
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Springnote: Wiki notebook
› http://www.springnote.com/
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Class Wikis
› http://stratford78logos0607.
pbwiki.com/
› http://terrythetennisball.
wikispaces.com/
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School Wiki
› http://meyokumin.wikispaces.com/
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Use a wiki to write a class
“choose-your-own-adventure”.
 Use a wiki to showcase student
work to parents.
 Use a wiki as a portfolio of student
work. Allow parents to join your
wiki so that they can comment
and provide feedback to students.
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Pikistrips: Comics from photos
› http://pikistrips.com/
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ToonDoo: Comics from scratch
› http://toondoo.com/Home.do
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Pixton: Customizable comics
› http://pixton.com/ca/
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Toonlet: Create a character and write text
› http://toonlet.com
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DoInk: Simple Animations
› http://www.doink.com
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Reasons for Exploration
› http://www.toondoo.com/
toondoo/ViewBook.toon?
bookid=12301
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The Importance of Squanto
› http://www.toondoo.com/toondoo/
ViewBook.toon?bookid=11741
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Prince Henry’s Contributions
› http://www.toondoo.com/toondoo/ViewBo
ok.toon?bookid=11706
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Google Sites: Simple student
web sites
› http://sites.google.com/
› http://sites.google.com/a/googleclassrooms
.org/mrs-richau/Home
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Protopages: Highly customizable widgets.
› http://www.protopage.com
› http://www.protopage.com/yzerman19
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Other free web page apps…
› http://www.wix.com/
› http://www.weebly.com/
› http://www.jimdo.com/
› http://www.synthasite.com/
› http://www.yola.com/
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With Ning gone, here are some alternatives:
› http://www.socialgo.com/
› http://grou.ps/
› http://www.spruz.com/
› http://www.mixxt.com/
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Google Docs: Write, share and edit
documents online.
› http://docs.google.com/
› http://www.youtube.com/docs
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Zoho: An alternative to Google Docs.
More features and more complex.
› http://www.zoho.com/
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Flickr is a useful tool
that allows you to
upload and annotate
images that can be
made either public
or private.
 Flickr Notes
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› http://www.flickr.com/photos/stratfordschoo
ledmonton/384040545/
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Flickr can be used for
storyboarding or even
visual storytelling.
 Flickr Stories
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› http://www.flickr.com/
groups/sixwordstory/discuss/72157601185227
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Five Frame Flickr Story
› http://flickr.com/groups/visualstory/
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Have students do a
photo scavenger hunt
of math or science
concepts and have
them upload and
annotate the images on Flickr.
 Have students create an archive of writing
prompts in Flickr and use the annotation
tool to point out interesting questions or
prompts.
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Storybird: Create digital storybooks using
stunning art collections
› http://storybird.com/
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Storyjumper: Create digital storybooks using
clip art and get them printed
› http://www.storyjumper.com/
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My Story Maker: For div 1 kids
› http://www.carnegielibrary.org/
kids/storymaker/embed.cfm
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Glogster: Create multimedia posters
› http://www.glogster.com
› http://metro09.glogster.com/What-I-Like-
About-Myself/?w1
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BigHugeLabs: Make photo objects
› http://bighugelabs.com
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Prezi: Non-linear presentations
› http://prezi.com/
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 http://www.protopage.com/
web2point0forteachers/
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