1. Top 10+ Web Tools to
Invigorate your Teaching
Lazaros Simeon
lsimeon@georgebrown.ca
416-415-5000 x. 3741
@gbcstaffdev

2. The Problem…
 How often have you found a really great
resource on the Web, but just didn’t know how
to use it in your class?
 Alternately, how often have you been planning
a lesson and thought it could be more
interesting?

3. BY THE END OF THIS
WORKSHOP, YOU WILL KNOW
HOW TO…
 Use selected web 2.0 technologies in your
teaching

4. SOME IMPORTANT TERMS
 Synchronous versus “A-Synch”
learning
 Web 2.0

5. Synchronous Learning
CC D Services

6. Synchronous Learning
CC Shane Global
Learning

7. “A-Synch” Ain’t New
CC jbcurio

8. “A-Synch”
CC Ed
Yourdon

9. “A-Synch”
CC Ed
Yourdon

10. Think-Pair-Share
Think of some benefits to “a-synch”
learning?

11. “Web 1.0”

12. Web 2.0

13. Web 1.0 Web 2.0
 Non-interactive: e.g:  Promotes interaction with
Personal webpage other users: e.g. social
 Passive viewing media, blogging
experience  Users interact (change,
 Restricted access edit, add) with website
content
 Unrestricted access
(usually); “share and
embed”.
Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0

14. Chickering & Gamson’s Seven
Principles
Good practice in postsecondary
education:
1. encourages contact between students and faculty,
2. develops reciprocity and cooperation among students,
3. encourages active learning,
4. gives prompt feedback,
5. emphasizes time on task,
6. communicates high expectations,
7. and respects diverse talents and ways of learning.
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/7princip.ht
m

15. Some Web 2.0 Websites
Collaboration Visual Apps
Video and Audio Capture To o l s Vuvox
Slide Share Timetoast
Jing ChartGizmo
Camstudio Delicious
Graphsy
Audacity PBworks
JayCut Doodle and more
Screencast-O-Matic Creately V i r t u a l To u r s
DropMind Pixlr
Mango Languages
Video Animations Te x t 2 M i n d m a p
Cuil’s
GoAnimate KonoLive Google
Xtranormal Vo i c e t h r e a d EventBrite
iSpring Forumotion
Mash-ups
Marro.ws
Polls and Surveys
Snipi
Poll Daddy P i p e s . Ya h o o . c o m
Mineful
Surveymonkey

16. The Best Web 2.0 Tools for Teaching
THE HONOURABLE
MENTIONS

17. Timetoast
 Create and share interactive timelines
on the web
timetoast.com

18. GoAnimate
 Allows people to express
themselves through animation
without having to learn to draw or
install any software.
goanimate.com

19. Animoto.com
 Make a slideshow using your music
and photos.
 Embed it into any blog or website.
animoto.com

20. Mindomo.com
 Online mind-mapping tool
 Collaborate to create mind maps
 Upload images
 Collapse and expand nodes
mind map sample

21. Delicious
 Social bookmarking service
 Upload and share all your bookmarks
online
 See what other people are
bookmarking
delicious.com/Sustainability_GBC/
http://melanie1987.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/delicious-in-the-
classroom/

22. PollDaddy
 Create surveys and polls
 Upload them to your blog and social
networking profiles.
polldaddy.com

23. VUVOX
 Create personal, collaborative & emotive
slideshows using your own digital media
- including video, photos, music and text.
◦ COLLAGE - quickly produce dynamic interactive
panoramas with hot-spots.
◦ STUDIO - build a personalized media presentation...
and, place it in your COLLAGE.
◦ EXPRESS to build presentations with dynamic
content from RSS feeds and online albums.
◦ CUT-OUT Express - use your photos as slideshows
frames.
vuvox.com

24. Forumotion.com
Free discussion forums and bulletin boards
 Free and unlimited messages and users
 Choose between forum versions
 Image hosting
 Domain name
 Customized emails
 Chat box, gallery, and calendar
 Customizable appearances
forumotion.com
http://comm1007.free-forums.in/forum.htm

25. The Best Web 2.0 Tools for Teaching
TOP 10 COUNTDOWN

26. Bitstrips.com
 Create your own comic strip
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/

27. Trello.com
 Online project management tool
 Graphic user interface
 Set up tasks related to a project
 Assign different people to each task
trello.com

28. Doodle
 Online scheduling tool
 Free online coordination tool
 Requires no registration or special
software installation
doodle.com

29. Google Docs
 Create, store and share documents
within a Google account
 free online document management
feature
docs.google.com

30. Diigo.com
 Collect, highlight and store
 Cloud-based
 Accessible from any platform
 Facilitates mobile learning
Diigo.com

31. PBWorks
 Online wiki hosting service
 “Workspaces” drive engagement and
collaboration.
 A workspace is a live, evolving document –
but gives the administrator user tracking and
access controls to monitor the workspace at
all times.
pbworks.com

32. VoiceThread
 Collaboration on media
 Talk about and share your images,
documents, and videos.
voicethread.com

33. Twitter
 Micro-blog
 Give “followers” (subscribers to your
twitter page) updates on your current
status
 140-character limit.
twitter.com

34. Your task…
 Under each of the 7 practices, write as
many of the Web 2.0 apps we looked
at that support that practice.
 How you could use that website or
app?

35. We looked at…
 Trello.com  Doodle.com
 Goanimate.com  Mindomo.com
 Animoto.com  Voicetread.com
 Docs.google.com  Polldaddy.com
 Twitter.com  Vuvox.com
 Pbworks.com  Timetoast.com
 Prezi.com  Forumotion.com
 Youtube.com  Bitstrips.com

36. Your homework…
 Download a copy of this presentation
from slideshare.net.

37. Lazaros Simeon
lsimeon@georgebrown.ca
416-415-5000 x 3741
@gbcstaffdev

38. Question
s?