Web 2.0 Assignment

Heather Kizziar

EDU 3043: Instructional Technology

10/31/13

Web 2.0 Assignment

I am writing this blog as an assignment for my educational technology class. I will be reviewing seven web 2.0 tools and telling how they could be used in my classroom.

 

Show Document is a web 2.0 tool that allows users to share documents, screenshots, maps, videos, and web pages. This tool allows you to invite others and give them a code to attend meetings. It also allows several people to work on the same project from remote distances. This tool would be useful for me in the classroom for sharing screen shots with my students. I also like the chat feature that it provides.

 

Tube Chop is a tool that allows you to edit videos. Using this tool you “chop” the part of a video that you like in order to share it. It seems like an easy way to edit videos. In my classroom I would use this to edit videos that I wanted to share but had parts that were not relevant or appropriate to show. I could also use it to follow fair use copyright laws.

 

Slide Boom is a tool that allows users to create web presentations using PowerPoint files. It also allows users to embed presentations into blogs or websites. Viewers of your presentations can leave feedback. This tool would be useful for me because of the ability to embed presentations in websites. I would use it for my back to school presentations and embed them into my website.

 

Webspiration is a safe learning tool. It allows teachers to give students assignments online. The assignments are visual, and allow students to brainstorm and develop assignments. I would use this tool in order to give research paper assignments. Students could use this tool to gather all of their information and then write their paper.

 

Creately is a tool that allows users to build diagrams. It also allows for collaboration. Creately has many diagrams for your use. I would use this tool in building my classroom rules flowchart. I would allow use it as an assignment for students to build a diagram.

 

Yacapaca is a quiz building tool. It has quiz’s available for you to use or you can create your own quiz. The quiz’s you give in Yacapaca grade automatically. This tool would be useful to me in the aspect of grading. I would use it as a way for me to not have to grade quizzes.

 

Class Tools allow users to create games, quizzes and diagrams. You can put your finishes product on your blog or website. Class tools also has template available to you. I would create learning games for my students that related to what we were currently working on. The games that I created could be used as a free time reward.

Social Networking

Don't you love getting a friend request from a long lost friend from elementary school on Facebook? But, do you really want to invest time into that "relationship"? Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter can all be a lot of fun, what is social networking really doing to us?
Tim Jarvis writes about social networking In an article for Oprah.com. He argues that Facebook and others like it have us too connected. That we are investing a lot of energy into friendships that are not important at all. I have to say I agree, we are becoming to connected. How many times have you had a Facebook "friend" walk right by you in Walmart? We are focusing on building friendships that do not exist.
Robert Mackey says that social networking can actually be bad for your health in the New York Times blog. He says that is a form of over stimulation. Like when babies senses are too stimulated and they become cranky. He says that the same thing is happening to adults that are perhaps overly engaged in social networking. Ever tried to go a day without your phone? I can see it.
I like social networking, participate in it every day. Not checking Facebook for a whole day makes me feel sad and depressed, cut off from the world. I can certainly see where these authors are coming from, and I even agree with them. But I can also see the good in social networking. Not only is it a lot of fun to stay connected with people that you otherwise may not. I also think about the real time news value of social networking. For example, if a natural disaster happens in your area, isn't is nice to be able to check Facebook , and several news pages at once, from your safe place to see if the danger has passed? 
Social Networking can be harmful. We must learn to use it sparingly, if you will. I guess what I'm trying to say is...

Social Not-Working: The Perils of Too Much Communication

By Tim Jarvis

 http://www.oprah.com/relationships/Negative-Impact-of-Social-Networking-Websites-at-Work#ixzz2ibqy4sEx

Is Social Networking killing you?

By ROBERT MACKEY 

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/is-social-networking-killing-you/

Introduction to my Blog.

Welcome to my blog! My name is Heather Kizziar. I live in Friendship Arkansas. I was born in New Orleans Louisiana. During my life I have live in Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas.
I am Studying to be a 4th-8th grade math and science teacher at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia Arkansas. I want to make a difference in young peoples lives like many teachers did mine.
I am married to Jason, he works at a plywood company in Gurdon Arkansas. We have two children, Audrey who is nine and Zachary who is six. We also have two English Mastiff dogs, Rocky and Echo. they are like children to us also.
MY passion is my children. Every effort to make myself better is for them. Here are a Few pictures of us.

 These are my babies, Audrey and Zachary on the first day of school.

HEre they are with their Daddy, Jason. This picture says everything about my husband, he is such a goofball! He loves to make people laugh, but notice he has a straight face.

Here is Zachary. He takes after his Daddy. He is so full of life and lights up any room that he is in. We found out last year that he has Adhd. Zachary and I spend a lot of time trying to learn self management and anger control techniques. I have really learned a lot about children and why they act the way they do through my baby boy, Zachary.

 

Here is Audrey. She is so into anything sports! I just love watching her do what she loves. Her daddy and I beam with pride when we see her succeed at new skills that she works really hard to learn. In this picture she is pitching in a game for the very first time!
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog and get to know me and my little family!