Web 2.0 Applications

November 25, 2009 at 8:04 am | Posted in Helpful Internet Services, Internet Learning, Lesson Plan, Lesson Preparation | Leave a comment
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During our last in-class session we talked about Web 2.0 applications and their use in school. One Blog gives an overview over some of them.

I picked applications, that I thought would be useful in class.

Collaboration

Meebo is a chat- platform that provides the possibility of instant messaging between icq, AOL, Yahoo!, Google and MSN.

Etherpad enables the users to chat in real-time, so collaborative work is possible. I liked this application because it is easy accessable and operable.

Bookmarking and Note-Taking

See delicious post.

Research

One should introduce google scholar and answers.com as alternatives to usual google research.

Study Tools

SparkNotes provides information about various academic subjects including literature and history.

Mind Mapping

Bubble.us and gliffy enable students to create mind-maps or flowcharts without registering.

Various Tools

Applications like google maps, google earth and the interactive periodic table of elements should be familiar to the students.

My group created a Lesson Plan with the applications bubble.us (mind-mapping tool) and answers.com (search engine). Additionally the students had to create a Powerpoint-Presentation.