NCSTA North Carolina Science Teachers Association November 8-9, 2012 Winston-Salem, NC Surfing the Essential Standards with Web 2.0 Tools - Explore exciting ways to integrate Web 2.0 sites and tools into the Essential Science Standards. Put the power of content creation into your students’ hands as they expand upon the inquiry lab activities you already conduct in your

1. Danita Russell
Instructional Technology
Lee County Schools
Kim Collazo
Ingram Elementary School
Lee County Schools
DanitaRussell@gmail.com
Kscollazo@gmail.com
Surfing the Essential Standards
with Web 2.0 Tools
NC Science Teachers Conference
November 2012

2. Infographics
According to the infographic, if there used to be 100 penguins, now how
many would there be?
What is the main cause of all four of the animals’ endangered status?

3. Infographics
Where can you find them?

4. Infographics
How can your students make them?

5. Pinterest

7. Lino-it

9. Water Cycle Essential Questions Board

10. LiveBinders

18. Ideas for using Livebinders :
1. Have students create an ePorfolio of their work from the year in your class.
2. Have students use a Livebinder to present a research project.
3. Create a Livebinder as a resource for your students, and post it on your web
page.
4. Use Livebinders to organize your electronic resources for the units and courses
you teach.
5. Have students create a Livebinder on a country, or make a Travelogue in a
World Language classroom.
6. Put a set of digital student projects in a Livebinder and share so that students
can see their classmates’ projects.
7. Students can create a binder on a book, or author in a Language Arts class.
8. Create a binder of parent resources, and post it on your website.
From ©Liz’s Lessons by Elizabeth Bucrek

19. LiveBinders

20. Spider Scribe

21. Hannah’s Landforms Spider Scribe

22. Jog The Web

23. JOG THE WEB is a web-based tool that allows
anyone to create a synchronous guide to a series of
web sites.
Its step by step approach of taking viewers through
web sites allowing the author to annotate and ask
guiding questions for each page is unique.

25. Weebly

26. Edmodo
A private social platform for teachers and students
to share files, ideas, events, and assignments.

28. How-to for Edmodo
http://edmodo.pbworks.com
Edmodo Ideas
http://blog.edmodo.com

29. KidBlog

30. ClassTools

35. STORY JUMPER

36. Voki

39. Student Examples

40. StudyJams

41. Danita Russell
Instructional Technology
Lee County Schools
Kim Collazo
Ingram Elementary School
Lee County Schools
DanitaRussell@gmail.com
Kscollazo@gmail.com
Surfing the Essential Standards
with Web 2.0 Tools
NC Science Teachers Conference
November 2012

42. Sites We Visited Today
• Web Wizards Wiki: http://webwizards.wikispaces.com/
•Infographics
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/ Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard that lets you organize and
share what you find on the web.
• Linoit : http://en.linoit.com Virtual Sticky note wall
• LiveBinders : http://livebinders.com Virtual online binder
•SpiderScribe: http://www.spiderscribe.net Easy online graphic organizer tool
• JogTheWeb: http://www.jogtheweb.com/ a web-based collection of a series of sites.
• Weebly: http://www.weebly.com/
• Edmodo: http://www.edmodo.com Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for your
class to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades and school
notices.
•Kidblog: http://kidblog.org
Teacher and student-friendly blog host
•Classtools: http://classtools.net
Free educational games, quizzes, activities and
diagrams
• Story Jumper: http://www.storyjumper.com/
•Voki/Blabberize: http://www.voki.com and http://blabberize.com Speaking avatars
and animation
• StudyJams: http://studyjams.scholastic.com Multi-media standards-based science/math
site (no account required)