Web+2.0+Resources+(Interactive)

The Web 2.0 Resources for Collaboration page will include the name of the resource tool, a link to the resource tool, and a brief description of the resource tool which would be appropriate for collaboration or demonstration of learning. Examples of use, pertaining to the subject matter of mathematics, may be included as well.

__Chart Gizmo__ (www.chartgizmo.com) A website for creating charts and graphs. This site could be used to construct graphs or to track the progress of say the Gamma Food Drive.

__Dvolver__ (www.dfilm.com/live/mm.html) A movie creation site. Students can add characters and word bubbles in different scenes.

__Edmodo__ (www.edmodo.com) An educational version of Facebook. I love the site as a class page or even used by all the teachers in the unit. Videos can be posted, articles can be linked, assignments can be posted, polls can be created. I believe students would buy into using it. Groups can be created and privacy options are available. I checked it out as a place to put all the documents and links for a unit, but find it isn't great for that type of thing. (Upon first glance that's my thought. However, I did find a teacher in my building who uses it quite frequently along with a vareity of other Web 2.0 tools. I will be stopping by to see him to chat about all these tools. Finally someone to talk to who uses them daily, and with limited school accessibility.)

__Glogster__ (edu.glogster.com or www.glogster.com) An interactive poster. It allows users to input pictures and text as well as to change the background. //Examples// --Students could compare different mathematical things. For example, students could compare different linear equations, different exponential equations, or show the Triangle Congruence Theorems.

__GoAnimate!__ (www.goanimate4school.comor www.goanimate.com) A movie creation site. Creators can choose different scenes and different characters. It even allows text-to-voice. However, it only allows a maximum of two minutes and sometimes character extras cost 'coins.' Not really sure thought how to obtain 'coins' for free. Some of the characters are questionable. The same movie creator has a animator specifically for education. However, the school has to register and is only allowed one teacher for free with one hundred student accounts. //Examples// --Use to demonstrate learned concepts in a lesson or unit. Chapter Seven Introduction Movie (see Technology in the Classroom--Student Examples page).

__Geogebra__ (www.geogebra.com) A free downloadable program. It has the same benefits as Geometry Sketchpad which would benefit students at home. With the advancement of society, it's not necessary for students to construct circles by hand, find the midpoint of a segment, or construct the perpendicular bisector. All of these things can be done on the computer and it's the method most architects and engineers are using today.

__Juxio__ (www.juxio.com) A poster creation site. It allows users to input pictures and text into a poster formate. //Examples// --Students could compare different mathematical things. For example, students could compare different linear equations, different exponential equations, or show the Triangle Congruence Theorems.

__Mathalicious__ (www.mathalicious.com/) A website separted by levels and topics which includes a vareity of project ideas as well as current events. A savor for an uncreative teacher!

__MyDeco__ (www.mydeco.com) It allows students to construct a floor plan including furniture. It would be an excellent online resource for a Geometry project where students create their own house with furniture given particular areas and volume parameters. The students would have to furnish the house on a budget as well. Although a more formal plan would need to be established, rather than creating a 3-D model, this tool might be more 21st century connected. This project would be very real-world. It has an architect connection, home-owner connection, and teaches students to live on a budget all while incorporating areas, volumes, and unit conversions.

__National Library of Virtual Manipulatives__ (@http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html) A website filled with manipulatives to be used on the computer. It is sorted by grade level and NCTM standards.

__Penzu__ (www.penzu.com) An online journal/diary site. It is easy to use and allows individuals to keep it private or make it public. It also allows individuals to post pictures and so forth. Although most people are going to online diaries, I wouldn't suggest it for personal thoughts. Handwritten in a hidden journal is most likely more private. Plus sometimes hand written things have more meaning. //Examples// --Use to have students reflect about their learning of a particular lesson or unit. Allows the teacher to then assess student knowledge or struggles as well as what else the student may need. --Allows students to work on communication skills as well as to articulate themselves better.

__TokBox__ (www.tokbox.com) A video communication platform. Does not require anything to be downloaded. It alows one-to-one live conferencing, many-to-many live conferencing, recorded video email messages. //Examples// --Use as an interactive video learning diary. Students could email the clip about what they learned that day. For students this may seem less formal than the online journal. The videos could be kept as a record of student growth. //Where do I have the time to watch 100 videos?// --Use to allow one-to-one time with students. --Send students a tip of the day. //Maybe just use this to create a link on a class webpage rather than an email?//

__Wordle__ (www.wordle.net) A word cloud site. Wordle is SO easy to use. Words are simply imputted and the program generates a word cloud. If a word is imputted multiple times, then it shows up larger in the word cloud. You can change the layout and the colors. //Examples// --Use at the beginning of the year for students to contribute their thoughts about a subject. If I said the word math, what do the students instantly think. I gives the teacher at starting point about their knowledge and their feelings. //I did this at the beginning of the semester. It was interesting to see how many students thought multiplication and hard.// --Use as an introduction to a new chapter. //I did this with my Geometry Chapter Seven lesson. Students really caught on. And then we just expanded about the concepts. For example, you think it's about triangle congruence theorems. Well what's congruent again?//



--Use at the end of a chapter or unit as a review. Discuss each word and it's meaning in the subject. --Use at the end of the year to summarize students thoughts/feelings about the year or about the subject matter. //I plan on having each student contribute a word about the Gamma Unit and putting it in our final slideshow video.//