Examples of Web 2.0 Tools
Vuvox
http://www.vuvox.com/collage_express/detail/03c1b92c85?showSlide=menu
Vovox is a website for people to sign up for an account of even do a free trial to make a collage. This is a site that anyone can use with a creative mind and want to make an idea of what they want, or basically a topic. The collage is not a page it is something that runs horizontally kind of like a slide show.
What can you do on Vuvox?
VUVOX gives you the power to create one of a kind story in an instant. All you need to do is provide whatever cool content you have. Take pictures, video, audio and text. Mix it up. Choose backgrounds, colors, textures that create your vibe and then you are ready to share your piece with the world.
How it can be used in Teaching?
This site can be used to any grade. For younger grades can be a good tool for teachers to be able to put something together to show the class or to cover a topic. As for older grades they can use this for basically any content class and can have different project regarding that content class.
Steps to start the collage.
-Download pictures, videos, music that you want to use.
-Next you drag your pictures up to the area provided to put them and sort or organize how you want them to look and order.
-Can choice the background you want.
-Next you can rotate your pictures (have the option to crop the pictures)
-Have a setting option also, that have to do with colors of things and the speed that you collage funs.
-Have option on top right the Letter A to add text boxes also and can change and mess with different things with text box, same as the options you had for pictures.
-Can mess with audio and videos if wanted. Have option for playback things and also volume of them.
-Once you have what you want test how the collage looks and if needed you can make changes.
-Once your done, you can save your collage and even publish it and get the link and can share in this case your teachers, friends, or family.
Lesson Plan
*Today class, we will be making a collage to represent what Early Childhood Education means to you.
*You will be able to add pictures, text, music and even videos.
*Go to this website and create a free account. Vuvox.com
*You will have a week to get this assignment done.
*Reasons for this is for you to be able explore this Web 2.0 site as
well as to incorporate a project for this class.
*Today you will have the day to be able to play around with the site and think of ideas for this topic.
*What you don’t get done in class you have to work on it outside of class.
Glogster
http://trubey1414.glogster.com/ed-tech/
Glogster is a website for people to be able to create their own poster. This has free accounts for people to be able to access and save their work online. Where people can be creative on several topics, really anything they want. The poster or Glog as they call it is bigger than a normal 8.5 x 11 in piece of paper.
What you can do on Glogster
Simply put, a Glog is a kind of poster —fully designed by you! A Glog is a unique creation made up of text, images, music and video. It can be colorful or rock—it’s up to you to make your Glog stand out. Glogs are a perfect way to express who YOU are!
How it can be used in Teaching?
This site can be used really in any grade. For the younger maybe more for teachers to be able to be creative for the classroom setting. As for older students can you this for any class to incorporate different content.
Steps to start Glog/Poster
-First you have to sign up for a free account.
-Then you have to download pictures, music, or videos that you want to use.
-Next you can decide what wall you want. (Meaning the background)
-At this time you can drag the pictures around to where you want them to be on the page. Same as Vuvox can mess with pictures rotate and change things just have to mess with them to know all the different options you have.
-Also you can add graphics off of the website also have a variety of them.
-Next you can add text to the page, have title, quotes, name, whatever you want.
-Also can add audio & videos. Can also check out the options to these once added.
-After your done you can save and publish, after you publish you can have the link to share this site with family and friends also and be able to show them the kind of things you can do on it.
Lesson Plan
*Class, today we will be making your own Glog. Many of you might be wondering what a Glog is? This is a site that you can use to create a poster.
*The topic of your Glog can be your choice, meaning school appropriate.
Examples:
-Favorite band
-Favorite show
-Favorite quotes
-Favorite anything!!
-Family vacation
-Place of a dream vacation
*The website you will use is Glogster.com
*You will have two days to complete this assignment.
*Today will be a workday for you to be able to think of topics and explore this site so you know how you want your poster to be.
*What you don’t get done in class you will have to finish outside of class.
Similarities
*Have pretty much the same edit choices. Meaning for pictures, videos, and music you can pretty much do the same things on both sites.
*They are similar in the way that you can make collages and basically choice anything you want it to be about.
Differences
*One is a poster other being a collage (which was in a video slide form)
*the set up for them are different and Glogster has graphics already on there you can put on your page without downloads.
http://www.vuvox.com/collage_express/detail/03c1b92c85?showSlide=menu
Vovox is a website for people to sign up for an account of even do a free trial to make a collage. This is a site that anyone can use with a creative mind and want to make an idea of what they want, or basically a topic. The collage is not a page it is something that runs horizontally kind of like a slide show.
What can you do on Vuvox?
VUVOX gives you the power to create one of a kind story in an instant. All you need to do is provide whatever cool content you have. Take pictures, video, audio and text. Mix it up. Choose backgrounds, colors, textures that create your vibe and then you are ready to share your piece with the world.
How it can be used in Teaching?
This site can be used to any grade. For younger grades can be a good tool for teachers to be able to put something together to show the class or to cover a topic. As for older grades they can use this for basically any content class and can have different project regarding that content class.
Steps to start the collage.
-Download pictures, videos, music that you want to use.
-Next you drag your pictures up to the area provided to put them and sort or organize how you want them to look and order.
-Can choice the background you want.
-Next you can rotate your pictures (have the option to crop the pictures)
-Have a setting option also, that have to do with colors of things and the speed that you collage funs.
-Have option on top right the Letter A to add text boxes also and can change and mess with different things with text box, same as the options you had for pictures.
-Can mess with audio and videos if wanted. Have option for playback things and also volume of them.
-Once you have what you want test how the collage looks and if needed you can make changes.
-Once your done, you can save your collage and even publish it and get the link and can share in this case your teachers, friends, or family.
Lesson Plan
*Today class, we will be making a collage to represent what Early Childhood Education means to you.
*You will be able to add pictures, text, music and even videos.
*Go to this website and create a free account. Vuvox.com
*You will have a week to get this assignment done.
*Reasons for this is for you to be able explore this Web 2.0 site as
well as to incorporate a project for this class.
*Today you will have the day to be able to play around with the site and think of ideas for this topic.
*What you don’t get done in class you have to work on it outside of class.
Glogster
http://trubey1414.glogster.com/ed-tech/
Glogster is a website for people to be able to create their own poster. This has free accounts for people to be able to access and save their work online. Where people can be creative on several topics, really anything they want. The poster or Glog as they call it is bigger than a normal 8.5 x 11 in piece of paper.
What you can do on Glogster
Simply put, a Glog is a kind of poster —fully designed by you! A Glog is a unique creation made up of text, images, music and video. It can be colorful or rock—it’s up to you to make your Glog stand out. Glogs are a perfect way to express who YOU are!
How it can be used in Teaching?
This site can be used really in any grade. For the younger maybe more for teachers to be able to be creative for the classroom setting. As for older students can you this for any class to incorporate different content.
Steps to start Glog/Poster
-First you have to sign up for a free account.
-Then you have to download pictures, music, or videos that you want to use.
-Next you can decide what wall you want. (Meaning the background)
-At this time you can drag the pictures around to where you want them to be on the page. Same as Vuvox can mess with pictures rotate and change things just have to mess with them to know all the different options you have.
-Also you can add graphics off of the website also have a variety of them.
-Next you can add text to the page, have title, quotes, name, whatever you want.
-Also can add audio & videos. Can also check out the options to these once added.
-After your done you can save and publish, after you publish you can have the link to share this site with family and friends also and be able to show them the kind of things you can do on it.
Lesson Plan
*Class, today we will be making your own Glog. Many of you might be wondering what a Glog is? This is a site that you can use to create a poster.
*The topic of your Glog can be your choice, meaning school appropriate.
Examples:
-Favorite band
-Favorite show
-Favorite quotes
-Favorite anything!!
-Family vacation
-Place of a dream vacation
*The website you will use is Glogster.com
*You will have two days to complete this assignment.
*Today will be a workday for you to be able to think of topics and explore this site so you know how you want your poster to be.
*What you don’t get done in class you will have to finish outside of class.
Similarities
*Have pretty much the same edit choices. Meaning for pictures, videos, and music you can pretty much do the same things on both sites.
*They are similar in the way that you can make collages and basically choice anything you want it to be about.
Differences
*One is a poster other being a collage (which was in a video slide form)
*the set up for them are different and Glogster has graphics already on there you can put on your page without downloads.
