Web 2.0 Resources

Technology is definately something that teachers are trying to add to their daily curriculum. Technology is all around our students and it seems to help keep their attention. This week we were asked to do a number of assignments using technology on the web. My topic for these assignments was the solar system which is a fourth grade concept that my students love. The use of technology on this topic is important for students to visualize what they cannot see exists. The first tool I used was a concept map from http://bubbl.us, which is a great tool for organizing information. Students could use this tool across the curriculum for organizing thoughts and it would be a little more exciting than filling out a concept web with pencil and paper. Here is my concept map on the solar system according to what we have to cover in fourth grade.



The next activity was to create a glog about our topic using http://glogster.com/. This was my favorite activity. I really enjoyed all the neat things you could put on this page. My glog for the solar system is http://alyons06.edu.glogster.com/alyons06-solar-system-glog/. My gifted students would definately be able to show their creativeness using this site. The next tool was a video using http://animoto.com/. This activity was interesting and I liked it, but it would have been a lot more fun to use some of the "added features". My animoto video is at

http://animoto.com/play/70DxwRFYRNdvVOoqBhlioA.

The last assignment was a little stressful and I thought I would have more access to my finished product than an image. I used the site http://bighugelabs.com/. The site would allow you to create graphics, but you have to purchase the actual objects on the site to have them in your classroom. Here are the jpgs of the three projects I created.



Magazine of our solar system

 

Jigsaw puzzle of our solar system

Mosaic of our solar system