Web 2.0 in Action!

Who knew that there could be so many ways to use Twitter, Moodle, Wordle, search engines, etc. One thing that really surprised me was presentation about using search engines in the classroom. I never knew that there were so many other ways and kid friendly sites to use to search! Usually everyone just goes to Google. It was nice to see that there are many other options. I also enjoyed the ways to use Wordle. I had previously thought of Wordle as just a fun tool to use. It was great to learn about the ways to use Wordle to teach a class. It works especially well for English teachers. Although Moodle can be complicated, I have actually seen it used as a forum for 6th graders. These students would write about their independent reading books and then their peers would make comments to each other. It worked out really well when they were writing nice things to each other. I have also seen Wikispaces used extensively in a science classroom. They used it as a digital portfolio of each student's research that year. Each student had a page linked to the main class page. The kids enjoy embedding Vokis, GoAnimate movies, Wordles, etc. onto their wiki. Finally, I thought the 103 Ways to Use an iPad in the Classroom was great because many schools today have iPad carts as well as laptop carts. This presentation provided a lot of great ideas to utilize the technology available!

Sarah has some great insight comparing Wordle to Tagxedo in her blog!
Jackie compares Zoho to Google Docs in her latest blog!