Web+2.0

== After exploring all the different tools and methods Web 2.0 contains, I found this site as an excellent source for students of all ages to use within their education. The featured tools range from presentation to graphing, to audio to a variety of other effective tools. Not only are there categories that are pertinent for students to use but once you click the specific tool of interest, you are able to view other sub-categories within it. Again, I view this as a fantastic outlet for students to draw their creativity and express freely through the use of technology design. The following tools below are the five featured tools from Web 2.0 that I would consider using when teaching a class. ==
 * 1) == 1. Prezi Presentation Tool: Prezi is a fresh and creative tool to access when building a presentation for a meeting. Three words that describes Prezi is fun, creative, and simple. After viewing the tutorial it appears far more advance than the typical Microsoft Powerpoint. If and when I become a teacher I would like to have the students create their own Prezi about their life five years from now. We would first go over Prezi tutorial as a class, and start the first project within class that way if they have any questions, I will be able to answer. By using Prezi, they will be able to use images, creative words, and design their powerpoint matching their personality and their future goals. ==
 * 2) == 2. Viddix Video Tool: Viddix is a tool that all students must get their hands on! We are all capable of learning the basic tool in uploading/publishing videos online. Not only would this tool prepare students on how to publish their work in any webpage, but develop an understanding on how online technology works. If and when I become a teacher I would have the students plant their own flower seeds in a pot, during the growth of the seed everything will be recorded. By the end of the project the students will be able to have a video of their own seed growing into a plant in a few weeks. They will learn how and when life started from these seeds and upload it online in to their own portfolio. ( Just as we are doing now=)) ==
 * 3) == 3. Tagxedo Drawing Tool: Tagxedo is fantastic tool for students to use when making “famous speeches, slogans and themes.” If students become familiar with the tool Tagxedo, they will be able to create their own beautiful and artistic words by simply designing, turning their regular font words to stunning texts. If and when I become a teacher, I would ask everyone to create a name banner to be hung on each of their table. The banner will be 20 inches by 8 inches, and be printed on thick paper. The banner will be created through Tagxedo Tool on Web 2.0 and everyone will design by using their preferences, personality, and creativity. ==
 * 4) == 4. Mixturtle Music Tool: Mixturtle is a simpler, easily accessible site that can compile a list of songs by your favorite artists. Instead of using google and clicking through numbers of site, Misturtle will take you there by one click. If and when I become a music teacher I would ask all students to use Mixturtle, to search a list of famous songs by Beethoven. However, a twist to this search is that it will be a pop quiz. I will ask specific questions about who is the artist of “Gone with the Wind?” The first to seek the artist will get the credit. ==
 * 5) == 5. StudentPublishing Writing Tool: The StudentPublishing is a great way for students to be serious and realistic about their work. By using this tool students are able to develop their own free books for their classroom where each student is titled the author and illustrator of his or her book. This practical tool will encourage students to build their own work from ground-up. If and when I become a teacher, I would ask the students to become deep thinkers about the subject on Vietnam War. After reading and discussing the topic, I would instruct them to imagine being a soldier in the war writing a book about his everyday life as a fighter for his country. The students are able be in the shoes of the soldiers and write to his or her family, friends, or anyone that may get their hands on the book. They will also be instructed to illustrate the appearance of the novel to how they interpret it would look at the time period. ==