1. Elementary School
Web 2.0 Tools
Mary Beth Truluck
Spring 2012

2. Importance of Web 2.0 Tools
Click on the picture to view a video about 21st
century learners.

3. English/Language Arts
 ThinkMap VisualThesaurus
 ZooBurst
 Storynory
 ToonDoo
 FreeRice

4. Science/Social Studies
 National Geographic Kids
 National Geographic Little Kids
 Maps.com
 CIA – The World Factbook
 EcoKids
 Kinetic City

5. Math
 National Library of Virtual
Manipulatives
 Kids’ Zone Create A Graph
 Math Playground
 MathGameTime

6. What does this mean for
educators?
 Continuously check for new web 2.0
tools by following:
◦ Blogs
◦ Wikis
◦ Twitter

7. Blogs to follow
 Classroom 2.0
 Your Smarticles
 Blogging about the Web 2.0
Connected Classroom
 Langwitches Blog

8. Wikis to follow
 Twitter4Teachers
 Twitter for Education

9. Twitter accounts to follow
 @curriculum21
 @w2e
 @teachers20

10. Supporting Articles
 Ash, Katie. (2011). Classroom-tested tech tools used to
boost literacy; to improve reading skills, many teachers
are harnessing the technology they already have.
Digital Directions, 04.02, 22.
 Kist, W., Doyle, K., Hayes, J., Horwitz, J., & Kuzior, J. T.
(2010). Web 2.0 in the Elementary Classroom: Portraits
of Possibilities. Language Arts, 88(1), 62-68.
 Kist, W., Doyle, K., Hayes, J., Horwitz, J., & Kuzior, J. T.
(2010). Web 2.0 in the Elementary Classroom: Portraits
of Possibilities. Language Arts, 88(1), 62-68.
 Online tools. (2012). School Administrator, Dec. 2010,
50.
 The class that never sleeps; The Flat Classroom Project
has turned to social media to make education relevant
in a global setup, finds Malvika Tegta. (2010). DNA
[Daily News & Analysis], Apr. 2012.