Web 2.0 Digital Tools for Digital Kids
NCTIES 2009 Conference Session – Digital Tools
Howie DiBlasi shared numerous online tools during his NCTIES session. His website contains additional links, handouts, and powerpoints that I hope to find time to explore in the not too distant future.
He began by showing a revision of Karl Fisch’s Did You Know video.
Following a brief discussion about how students today are living in a digital world, he shared the following Web 2.0 resources:
- probably not completely up-to-date
- only one source – students should use additional sources for information
- suggests that students find out something in their community that is not already written up and post and article about it
After asking how many people were using blogs, wikis, and VoiceThreads, he noted that these tools are being used much more often now than a year ago. (See previous posts about blogs, wikis, and VoiceThreads.)
- create your own network and decide who you invite
- similar to a social network but used for professional reasons
- very useful for administrators
- should create ning for their school
- use as communication device
- put all teachers in it
- upload docs, videos, collaboration group
- need to unblock
- then could open up to community and let parents communicate within the site
- a social network for kids
- monitored by adults
- designed as home or school site
- crossposts to several networking sites at once
- send videos, messages, and texts from mobile phone
- teachers could use to post homework assignments every day
- parents can follow and get news and homework daily
- instant communication
- interactive flash utilities for math and science
- keep students materials and sites organized by tags
- use as network for older kids to share links
- online physics game
- create a podcast using your cell phone
- use Audacity to change pitch to make it sound like you’re having a conversation with a different person
- free email
- 191 countries and over 11 million students
- walled garden (safe for students)
- emails are all monitored
- projects are already set up, like people and culture, global warning, habitats, etc.
- free screen capture
- screencasting tool
- make instructional videos
- like powerpoint
- can upload powerpoints and save back to computer
- web2.0 based
- make cool videos with music from photographs
- see example here
- make quizzes online
- can embed into web site
- create interactive online posters
- make sure you use ed version
- fun effects for use with photos
- add music, text, glitter and more to slideshow
- another online slideshow for photos
- numerous music choices to add to photo show
- done by Roxio
- will be creating an ed version
- combine photos and videos
- add special effects
- safe place to upload videos for kids
- record video of presentations
- live stream so others can watch in real time
- can upload videos
- stories about people who are changing the world
- connect members of group
- live talk
- messags
- combine powerpoints, web pages, documents
- add your voice to presentation
- share with friends
- create your own comics
- special are for schools
- have to pay for the education part
You can download the entire PowerPoint from Howie DiBlasi’s web site if you’d like to see even more!
More NCTIES Posts:
Opening Keynote
Photography Problems
Digital Tools for Digital Kids
Assessment with Technology
SmartBoard in Upper Elementary
Skype in the Classroom
More Than YouTube
Closing Keynote
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