Web 2.0 tools
Below are three examples of some of the many web tools teachers can use with their students.
Click here to visit my blog to read about my experiences with these Web 2.0 Tools.
Click here to visit my blog to read about my experiences with these Web 2.0 Tools.
Word clouds using Wordle
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.
Below is an example of a word cloud on Prime Numbers I created using Wordle.
Below is an example of a word cloud on Prime Numbers I created using Wordle.
BLABBERIZE
Blabberize is a fun, free web 2.0 tool that allows you to quickly and painlessly create talking photos. Simply upload a photo of your choice, select the photo's mouth or jaw, and record your audio. I decided to use the image I created for my word cloud as the image for Blabberize. I simply added the picture of an elephant, and manipulated the mouth to make it look like it was speaking the message I was delivering.
Infographics using piktochart
Piktochart is a web-based infographic software which allows users without intensive experience as graphic designers to create professional-grade infographics, using templates. Below is an example of a Piktochart I created that serves a math word problem.