FOUR: Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is the term given to describe a second generation of the World Wide Web that is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online. The internet has made a transition from being "static", point and click, to "dynamic", meaning interactive and collaborative. Many of these dynamic Web 2.0 web sites are great tools for classroom use.

Assignment:
Below is a list of Web 2.0 sites that have been identified as being great for classroom use. Please explore all of them.  You are being given no direction as to the use of each one of them but if you need help, many of them have "tours" or help sections.  You can also find tutorials for many of them on You Tube.  Once you have done that, choose three to blog about. In your blog please include a description of the site, how it works (generally) and how you feel it could best be used in the classroom. We will discuss these at our  next class.

WEb 2.0 Sites:

Build Your Wild Self

Bubbl.us

Wordle

Google Docs

Teacher Tube

Porta Portal

Create a Graph

Bibme

Gizmos This one is a paid subscription, but click Browse Gizmos at the top...and you can look a many of them for a few minutes for free.

Google Earth

Net Smartz

Tagxedo