Journal Post #5
I think the most useful Web 2.0 tools are Twitter and Diigo. Twitter in an interesting, interactive way for students to gain insight into new educational trends and projects while interacting with other students. Through Twitter, students can develop their summarizing skills, learn how to use social media safely, and positively interact with others. Twitter allows students a way to explore things they are curious about and learn new information. I find Diigo to be a very useful tool because it lets students share their interests and helpful websites with a group through easy bookmarking. This website develops skills like organization, evaluate websites, and help others in this online sharing fashion. I think the least useful Web 2.0 tool is using Wikis. With Wikis students are able to post content and work in a collaborative atmosphere; however, the lack of control over what students see and the accuracy of the information makes this a questionable tool. Students could be exposed to incorrect information or negativity in such an open platform, which will hinder their learning and the entire point using the website.
A very useful Web 2.0 tool that I found is called Mindomo, a free website that allows students to create unique mind mas. Mind mapping is a great way for students to visualize information and improve understanding, so using Mindomo to let students create these maps and teachers to assign them is fantastic. This website also allows for the students to work together on mind mapping projects, as it lets more than one student edit the map and see others also working on the map at that time. This gives students an opportunity to work in a safe, collaborative atmosphere and positively interact with one another. Teachers also have easy access to monitor student progress and interactions, keep content their students make private and leave notes on the students’ mind map as they are working on it. This collaborative website that permits students to create useful mind maps can be reached using the following link: https://www.mindomo.com
I think that the advent of electronic paper holds the most educational potential. This nearly indestructible paper can substitute most printed classroom item and more expensive technological items, like tablets or e-readers. This new, relatively inexpensive technology lets students read online documents and take online tests in a completely new way. This device removes the need for thousands of sheets of paper, saving the school money and teacher’s time at the copier. Also, it is a more adaptable way for students to read a document. Let’s say a teacher is reading a story in class on the electronic paper, while the teacher reads the students can take notes about the story in varying colors. They can highlight word they don’t know in one color and metaphors in another and have this information be sent directly to the teacher to see student’s issues while reading. Or if a student doesn’t like taking tests on the computer because they can’t write on it, the teacher can put it on electronic paper and the students get to take a test in a style that best suits them and the teacher still gets the teacher gets the speedy results that come with online grading tools. The incredible possibilities of electronic paper will have an incredible impact on the future of education.
A very useful Web 2.0 tool that I found is called Mindomo, a free website that allows students to create unique mind mas. Mind mapping is a great way for students to visualize information and improve understanding, so using Mindomo to let students create these maps and teachers to assign them is fantastic. This website also allows for the students to work together on mind mapping projects, as it lets more than one student edit the map and see others also working on the map at that time. This gives students an opportunity to work in a safe, collaborative atmosphere and positively interact with one another. Teachers also have easy access to monitor student progress and interactions, keep content their students make private and leave notes on the students’ mind map as they are working on it. This collaborative website that permits students to create useful mind maps can be reached using the following link: https://www.mindomo.com
I think that the advent of electronic paper holds the most educational potential. This nearly indestructible paper can substitute most printed classroom item and more expensive technological items, like tablets or e-readers. This new, relatively inexpensive technology lets students read online documents and take online tests in a completely new way. This device removes the need for thousands of sheets of paper, saving the school money and teacher’s time at the copier. Also, it is a more adaptable way for students to read a document. Let’s say a teacher is reading a story in class on the electronic paper, while the teacher reads the students can take notes about the story in varying colors. They can highlight word they don’t know in one color and metaphors in another and have this information be sent directly to the teacher to see student’s issues while reading. Or if a student doesn’t like taking tests on the computer because they can’t write on it, the teacher can put it on electronic paper and the students get to take a test in a style that best suits them and the teacher still gets the teacher gets the speedy results that come with online grading tools. The incredible possibilities of electronic paper will have an incredible impact on the future of education.
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