1. Web 2.0 tools For the 1 – to – 1 Classroom ThinkQuest: online platform for project-based learning Diigo: web research, annotation and collaboration tool Animoto: video production tool Wallwisher: online notice board maker
23. Download diigo Go to: www.diigo.com Get Started Now (complete user details) Activate your account Select Option 2 Install Feature Rich Diigo Toolbar Select Internet Explorer Option Save file Go to Programs – Search for Diigo Yes – I Agree Sign in
24. animoto A web tool that creates videos by analysing the nuances of user-selected photos, video clips and music. Free for educators for use in the classroom with students
25. What can I do with it? Send the video out as a video greeting. Post it to your Facebook, YouTube or Twitter. Embed videos in your website or blog. Create unique videos each time – no two videos are ever the same.
26. Ideas for classroom use Digital storytelling Capture experiences from field trips, camps etc Biographies through images Showcase experiments or projects Student reflections Book trailers to pique students’ interests Memoirs or tributes through images
27. Ideas for classroom use Timelines Stimulus for creative writing Advertisements or marketing Video flashcards Start of day/lesson teaser of what’s to come Vocabulary activities Reality TV Animoto Video
28. wallwisher Free, online notice board maker with a multitude of applications and uses What can I do with it? Create walls Post text, images, sound and videos to walls Moderate/approve posts Set up a feed to allow participants to view the ‘action’ on the wall without entering the wall itself Embed the wall’s unique URL into any website for easy access
29. Ideas for classroom use Multimedia projects – videos, music, pictures, websites, blogs Brainstorming Feedback, evaluations and reviews Notice board Resource sharing Storytelling Quizzes
30. Ideas for classroom use Journals Essay planning Note taking Vocabulary lists Match-up Activities Web quests
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34. Some feedback about today’s workshopUse Diigo to bookmark the websites for ThinkQuest, Animoto and Wallwisher Visit the 1 – to – 1 NT site for teachers to download an overview of ThinkQuest (pdf)
35. websites Wallwisher: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/tues6th 1 – to – 1 NT site: https://portal.ntschools.net/sites/NTSites/1to1/Pages/default.aspx
Editor's Notes
Briefly describe how ThinkQuest is the central idea of this workshop and the other tools could all be utilised when creating and producing projects.Plan: introduction to each of the web tools with time in between to explore them or sign up.Have allowed 1 and a half hours but we may finish early.
Authentic learningWorking collaboratively – local, national and international groupsStudents are creating the learning and knowledge themselves
Teacher or school administrator needs to register the school and await approval.Teachers then adds students to their school’s account and the site creates student accounts.Teachers can then assign students to projects.Content be made for public or members only viewing.Teachers are required to monitor content created by students regularly.Access to a library of projects which can serve as research and as models of projects.
The shared online space offers these publishing and collaboration tools, as well as a message tab for communicating with other project members.
The interaction tools allows teams to obtain information or feedback from others. We’ll have a look at how some of these have been used by teams on the website in just a moment.
Projects tab: Enrolment; exploration of “How to “ videos – Flash DemosCompetition tab: Recent Winners 16 and Under The River Speaks1. A little River with a Big problem – photos, text, links to video2. Is there really a problem? – Interview questions and responsesLibrary tab:Browse by age group or category or countryNow it’s their turn to explore.
Research websites, bookmark them and use Diigo to help you organise them.Share your bookmarks with othersGet a discussion going using the comments annotation tool.
Feedback:On blogs students have writtenOn annotations they’ve made on websitesOn discussions they are having via groups in DiigoProfessional learning:The groups you can join provide opportunities to share resources and to access professional reading.
May not show the video???Go to How to Use ThinkQuest in the Classroom website and demonstrate how to:Use the highlighter toolUse the comment toolBookmark the site(hover over the other options as well)Go to My Diigo:Show how the newly bookmarked website is now in My Library. Open to show the annotations.Edit the website to show the use of ‘tagging’ the site so that it can be easily located (when searching) in the futureMy GroupsTo illustrate the types of groups available and that you can create groups yourself.CommunityTo show the “Hot Bookmarks”
Sign up and explore.
Show the first 30 seconds of the video.ORKarin’s video!
Maths teacher created this wall.Students’ task is to match the image, with its properties and its name.Stickies are movable, but not permanently.
Go to my wallwisher account and demonstrate how simple it is to build a wall.
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