Free Web 2.0 Tools for the 21st Century ClassroomShane SturgeonTechnology Mentor, School District 02

21st Century Competencies

• Creativity and innovation• Critical thinking and problem solving• Agility, adaptability and capacity for lifelong learning• Teamwork and collaboration in virtual teams• Initiative, self direction and entrepreneurialism• Effective oral and written communication• Proficiency in the mother tongue• Multiple languages and cultural awareness• Digital competence: the ability to effectively access and analyse information, including digital information

Web 1.0

• Users can only view webpages or retrieve information

• Users cannot reflect on the content of the webpages

• Web 1.0 webpage’s information is closed to external editing

• Made up mainly of text and images

Web 2.0

• Provides the user with more interactivity and storage facilities

• Offers all users the same freedom to contribute

• Rich in user participation & dynamic content

Advantages to Web 2.0 Applications

• Accessibility from any computer with web access (regardless of platform)

• Can usually share or store online

• Personalized • No installation

required

Text Compactor

• Created to help struggling readers process overwhelming amounts of information

• Frequency of each word is calculated

• Most important sentence are collected based on word frequency count

Qwiki• creates interactive, on-

the-fly, multimedia presentations of information.

• Reads automatically selected information from various websites

• Automatically grabs photos and associated pictures on the subject.

Wordle

• Creates word clouds

• Can be created from a generated list or a web address

• Chooses words based on frequency

• Layouts, font, and color schemes are customizable

Gliffy

• An online diagramming service that helps users communicate with a combination of shapes, text, and lines

• Create, share, and collaborate on a wide range of diagrams

Google Docs

• Free office suite• Easily share access

and edit rights• Comment or chat in

real time• View real time edits• Edits made by

multiple people simultaneously

Live Binder

• Stores notes online• Create binders by

subject • Create “tabs” in

each binder

Edmodo

• Social learning network for teachers, students, and parents

• Communicate and notify

• Post/Annotate assignments

• Create groups• Calendar items• Quizzes

Glogster

• Graphical blog (glog)

• Interactive posters• Audio, video, text,

images, etc.• Provides a dynamic

and interactive teaching experience

• Create classes

Scoop.it

• High quality information is shared with you

• You decide what info you publish on your site

• Share you page easily

• http://www.scoop.it/

Diigo

• Social bookmarking• Collect, share and

organise bookmarks, highlights, annotations

• Group based research

• Sticky notes

Socrative

• Student response system

• Quizzes• Exit tickets• Short answer,

multiple choice, true/false

• Works on mobile devices

Dipity

• Interactive timelines

• Visually engaging timelines

• Integrate video, audio, images, text, links, social media, location and timestamps

Screenr

• Record your screen• Narrate • Create tutorials• Store it and share it