Monday, November 12, 2012

Don't Forget the Health Fair On Wednesday @ Schilling Elementary!!

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Palmgren's Symbaloo

Web 2.0 Tools based on Bloom's Revised Digital Taxonomy Explore a few of the tools under each category. In the next assignment you will review and rate the tool of your choice from each category. CREATING 1.EDU GLOGSTER for school use - http://edu.glogster.com Make interactive posters easily. 2.VOICETHREAD http://voicethread.com/?#q.b36941.i200553 3.PROTAGONIZE http://www.protagonize.com [read/write stories] 4.PREZI [for presentations, a change from PowerPoint] www.prezi.com 5.WIKISPACES [collaborative contributions] - www.wikispaces.com 6.JEOPARDY LABS http://jeopardylabs.com POWER WORDS: adopt, arrange, collect, combine, compile, compose, connect, construct, coordinate, create, design, develop, elaborate, establish, explain, formulate, frame, gather, generate, graph, imagine, incorporate, integrate, interact, invent, judge, make, model, organize, plan, portray, product, publish, rearrange, refine, reorganize, revise, rewrite, summarize, synthesize, test, write EVALUATION 1.NOTA - www.notaland.com[whiteboard wiki/mashup] Example of student work: http://notaland.com/boyeramy/76899 2.SURVEYMONKEY - www.surveymonkey.com[survey maker) 3.POLLDADDY - http://polldaddy.com surveys, polls, and quizzes 4.RUBISTAR - http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php [rubric maker] 5.iRUBRIC - www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm[rubric maker] 6.RCAMPUS - www.rcampus.com 7.YOUTUBE [or SCHOOLTUBE] - http://www.youtube.com/ or www.schooltube.com 8.PROTAGONIZE - http://www.protagonize.com/ [read/write stories] POWER WORDS: assess, choose, compare, conclude, consider, construct, contrast, critique, debase, defend, determine, estimate, evaluate, explain, interpret, justify, prioritize, prove, recommend, relate, select, summarize, support, test, verify ANALYZING 1.EXPLORATREE - www.exploratree.org.uk [create thinking guides, analyze, look at different perspectives] video tour: http://www.exploratree.org.uk/movie.php 2.CREATE A GRAPH - http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx no username/password required for use 3.10 x 10 - http://www.tenbyten.org/ [Ten by Ten - interactive words and pictures that define a time, 2004-2011]no username/password required for use; no editors/regulation, based on news feeds] 4.GOOGLE'S PUBLIC DATA EXPLORER http://www.google.com/publicdata/directory a data visualization tool, aims to make datasets easy to communicate and explore. Google has compiled a list of datasets that you can explore and embed into blogs and webpages now, such as government debt in Europe, GDP and personal income of the U.S., mortality rates in the U.S. and cancer cases in the U.S. 5.SCRIBBLE MAPS http://www.scribblemaps.com POWER WORDS: analyze, ask, classify, compare, contrast, correlate, diagram, differentiate, document, edit, examine, explain, group, identify, infer, monitor, observe, order, outline, reason, review, select, sequence, sort, survey APPLYING 1.GLIFFY - www.gliffy.com 2.WIKIPEDIA - www.wikipedia.org 3.GO TO WEB 20 - http://www.go2web20.net/# Find all online tools and applications on one page, get a short description, compare, read reviews, see what people are saying about each one on the web. 4.WOLFRAM ALPHA http://www.wolframalpha.com Wolfram Alpha is more than a search engine. It gives you access to the world's facts and data and calculates answers across a range of topics POWER WORDS: adapt, choose, construct, determine, develop, draw, illustrate, modify, organize, practice, predict, present, produce, select, show, sketch, solve, respond UNDERSTANDING 1.BUBBL.US - http://bubbl.us 2.FOOTNOTE [must be over age 13] - www.footnote.com 3.THE PERIODIC TABLE OF VIDEOS http://www.periodicvideos.com/# POWER WORDS: compare, conclude, contrast, define, demonstrate, describe, estimate, explain, identify, interpret, paraphrase, predict, retell, rewrite, summarize, understand REMEMBERING 1.CREATELY - www.creately.com [diagramming tool - must be aged 13 or older] 2.ZOHO [documents, spreadsheets, presentations] - www.zoho.com 3.DELICIOUS http://www.delicious.com [social bookmarking site] - 4.PINTEREST http://pinterest.com A content sharing service that allows members to "pin" images, videos and other objects to their pinboard. 5.FLICKR www.flickr.com photo sharing/mapping site 6.QUIZLET http://quizlet.com Simple tools that let you study anything 7.VISUWORDS http://visuwords.com/ POWER WORDS: count, define, describe, find, identify, label, list, locate, match, name, outline, point to, select, show, state, study, tell, underline, what, when, where, which, who, why, write