22. Web 2.0

Madison: Mind Meister is a website like inspiration to make your own concept map and it allows you to show your information in a slideshow. It is a limited version but allows a free thirty day trial. Spiderscribe.net is a free trail that gives an example of a concept map that allows you to add locations and pictures that aid buisiness information. It also allows you to insert a word document whicn can help you prepare you information before adding it to the concept map. Erika: Bubbl.us is a website that allows you to build concept maps where you can insert picture to add to your information. It is easily usable for students. Lino.com is another free website where you can post notes such as word documents, pictures, and videos. There is an app that you can download on your phone and this website also offers a customization to the background. Madeline: Photobucket.com allows you to upload photos to store them. It also gives you the choice to share your photos or view others. It is free up to a certain amount of storage until you have to purchase more space. Quinturakids.com is a kid friendly search engine that allows the inforamtion to be directed to students. Rebecca: padlet.com is a website where a whole class can be on one screen and all leave a respons to the same question. text2mindmap.com is also a concept map that allows you to easily customize the information in a format that you prefer. Brittany: Stormboard.com allows you to invite others and they can post feedback such as voting or answering questions. Ally: Instagrok.com allows you to personalize the information that is being searched. It allows for a journal as well as quiz tool that can be used and shared. Victoria: Slimekids.com is a search engine that lists other possible search engines that may be useful for students. Wikisummarizer offers a visual summary of infromation such as a tree view or keyword cloud. The information is from wikipedia. Tommi: Pearltrees.com allows you to search a topic that you can later come back to by placing a pearl on the link. Netvibes allows you to be organized and gain multiple different forms of information. MaryKatherine: glogster.com offers a timeline that allows you to add information to classify different ideas in an organized way. Audacity is a free open source for software for recording and editing sounds. Lauren: Vimeo.com is a website where you can create and share different videos for different purpouses. Wordpresser.com is a blog spot where explore different topics as well as post your own. Deanna: Evernote allows you to take notes and search your documents for specific topics which makes it easier to stay organized and share your folders to different locations. Nicole: Compfight allows you to locate different images from the web to place in other documents like a blog with creative commons that allows you to use those images for educational purposes with correct copyright usage. Diigo is a multi tool to store information such as documants and images. It also provides a group of people to share different articles with each other. Emily: Blabberize allows you to record sound to place on an image. It could be used for informational purposes to help students get a better idea about the content. Easelly allows you to create and share visual online vhemes. You can create your own templates and add your own information in different ways. Brittnei: Animoto allows you to customize different slides using different backgrounds which you can add your own images and text too. Bookbuilder allows you to create, share, publish, and read digital books accordning to individuals specific needs and interests.You can save and edit your books and images as well as specify the language type.

21. Cyberbullying Website

https://sites.google.com/site/learnmoreaboutcyberbullying/

20. Common Core in Action: How Two Science Teachers are Implementing Common Core

Math and English Language arts are the subjects that use Common Core Standards. It may be challenging for other subjects to implement the use of Common Core State Standards because they aren’t as easy to accommodate. They use reading and writing standards in other subjects. Skills like the use of graphic organizers, outlines, revision, and direct instruction can be integrated into different subjects. It is important to understand the content in other subjects and the reading and writing standards aid student’s skills and well as involving hands on activities. We use reading and writing in every subject. It is important to use these skills to help you learn in other subjects as well. In order to fully understand science you must be able to read and learn the content. Teachers can use different reading standards in the science subject as well as writing. It is important to have good writing skills in order to explain your point of view about different subjects.

19. "Evolving Classroom Education: Where Is K-12 Technology Headed?"

Classrooms have been utilizing the use of technology in their lesson plans. They understand the importance of technology in students’ education. By allowing students to use the technology that the students already own helps the cost of technology more affordable. They also are encouraging Natural user interfaces, NUI. These devices use the body’s movement to provide outcomes and includes devices like the Nintendo Wii, Xbox Kinect, and Iphone’s Siri. The advantage of this technology is that is reaches the blind, deaf, physically disabled and autistic who learn better through still evolving technology that is more recent. Personal learning environments allow sudents to choose resources through different types of electric formats. This allows individuals to use a style and type of learning that is best for them. Each type of technology that is used in the classroom builds on the previous device that came before it. It is important to keep the technology up to date. By allowing tablets, apps, BYOD, NUI, PLEs it helps the schools from falling behind and allowing the students to bring their own devices that they learn best with. Technology is important to integrate in today’s classroom.

18. Voki

17. Bully

Bullying is a serious problem. From the internet to the playground to the classroom, bullying can happen anywhere at any time. There is no one thing that can stop bullying completely, but there are things you can do to lessen the amount of bullying that is happening around you.  One thing we can do is be aware of the problems and stay informed about the students and the bullying. Students aren’t the only ones who need to know about bullying. We can be informed by being aware of the anti-bullying programs, newsletter, meetings, and conferences that are offered by the school. This will allow closer relationships with the students and more likely to notice bullying. It is important to have a relationship with the students to aid the students that are being bullied as well as the students that are causing the problem.

16. "Augmented Reality Snags A Coveted Spot In Classrooms"

Laura Devaney talks about the use of augmented reality apps in the classroom. Her article informs people about how this app can aid students inside the classroom with extra information and enhance their content. While looking through mobile devices, students can experience elements like landmarks in first person as well as receive important historical facts and videos to further inform the student about a specific topic.

Augmented reality apps are very interesting and I think they could do wonders inside the classroom. It gives students such a fun way of learning new facts and in ways they will actually enjoy. It allows them to interact with the facts as well as other students and gives them a chance to learn from something other than the teacher. These apps could be very useful for students as well as teachers when performing lessons.