Web 2.0 Projects - a Celebration of Student Learning
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Introduction
Blogging
VoiceThread
Wikis
Animoto
Xtranormal
Photopeach
Glogster Edu
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Web 2.0 Projects - a Celebration of Student Learning
Tab 0 -- Introduction
From East Middle School in Grand Junction, Colorado...a sampler of student projects and products created with a variety of Web 2.0 Tools and Toys. Enjoy!
--Becky Johnson, Teacher Librarian, East Middle School
Twitter: @librarybecky
Tabs open with a student project, subtabs (more projects) are shown as blue links at the top of the page.
The Blogs O' Persuasion is a collaborative project with BeckyJohnson, School Librarian; Ashley Doss, Bryan Smith, and Ann Hanson, 6th grade Literacy teachers, and…142 6th grade students from East Middle School in Grand Junction, Colorado.
The Blogs O' Persuasion are a set of blogs devoted to 6th grade student viewpoints on a variety of controversial topics. We are using blogging as the platform for students to share their persuasive writing with other students, teachers, and the world! We would welcome any comments for the students’ posts, so please let them know what you think. The skills and knowledge that we are addressing through this project are:
Evaluating websites and other online resources to gather research and data to support their persuasive position on a topic
Collaborating with others and sharing research sources – we used a Google Form to gather sources and posted all the useful links in the Link Library of each blog
Writing persuasively!
Writing in a digital space. We taught the students how to use hypertext as linktribution and as a means of enriching the readers’ experience. Some students also learned how to add CC licensed images to their posts and give proper attribution.
Being good digital citizens. We taught the students about using comments appropriately to communicate with their peers about their posts.
These blogs are a forum for 8th grade classmates to have a conversation about a variety of self selected short stories. Working with their groups in GoogleDocs, the students chose specific literary elements to blog about. They explored the author’s use of language, mood and tone. They wrote about the relationship between the characters, how the characters were described, the conflicts that they faced, the actions they took, and their emotional reactions. They investigated the setting – paying attention to descriptive words and details that were used to describe the place and time of the story.
Finally, they identified an element of the story that grabbed their interest and investigated it in depth in order to develop a well written post. The students learned to use hypertext to connect to ideas and provide context for their writing. As they and their group members contributed posts, they read each others’ ideas and made thoughtful comments.
Kaylin, Abby, Jada and Kaylin are all East students who started their own book review blog. This is NOT a school assignment, but the girls got their first taste of blogging during a 6th grade blogging unit. Give them the tools and they will use them!
http://ink-kaja.blogspot.com/
Tab 2 -- VoiceThread
Noah's Geometry VoiceThread
Noah's math class took a field trip to downtown Grand Junction to find Geometry. They took digital photos and then used VoiceThread to explain and illustrate the Geometry concepts they found.
http://mesakids.ed.voicethread.com/share/894105/
Subtab 0 -- Mummification by Julia and Rhiannon
Julia and Rhiannon's VoiceThread
A nice example of how VoiceThread can be used to demonstrate a step-bystep process. And Barbie makes a great mummy!
http://mesakids.ed.voicethread.com/share/800998/
Tab 3 -- Wikis
EMS Digital Poetry Wiki
The EMS Digital Poetry Wiki is an example of a "showcase" wiki from a small group of students in a digital poetry enrichment class.
http://emsdigitalpoetry.wikispaces.com/
Subtab 0 -- EcoCheetah Wiki
EcoCheetah Wiki
The EcoCheetah Wiki is a collaborative Library research project for 7th grade science students. Each group of students is responsible for researching a threatened ecosystem and designing wiki page to present their research findings. To see the student created pages, scroll down the left navigation bar to Student Pages, click on a class, and then an ecological topic.
http://ecocheetah.wikispaces.com/
Subtab 1 -- Cheetah Writing Wiki
Cheetah Writing - Liz's Page
The Cheetah Writing Wiki, created by Mr. Mason's 8th Grade Literacy classes, features portfolio pages created by each student. Liz's page is a great example of using a wiki to demonstrate student learning and growth.
http://cheetahwriting.wikispaces.com/Liz
Tab 4 -- Animoto
Guadelupe's Mexican Immigration Animoto
This Animoto was created for an Immigration research project in the Library. Guadelupe is herself a Mexican immigrant, so her Animoto about the Mexican Braceros has a great deal of personal meaning for her.
Animoto is a natural fit for digital poetry. The text frames allow for 30 character titles and 20 character subtitles, which forces the writer to choose each word very carefully.
http://animoto.com/play/OHJnYC3gx67vB6AVXTVWEw
Subtab 1 -- Animoto - The Famine
The Famine
Eric tells the story of Irish immigration through a 9 year old immigrants eyes.
Xtranonormal is an amazing animation program that turns typing into speech and allows the creator to animate characters with camera angles, gestures, facial expressions, and as you will see, dance moves. In this Xtranormal movie, Einstein raps about relativity, busts a move, and expresses remorse that his theories led to the development of the atomic bomb.
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6400659/
Subtab 0 -- Just Another Vaccine Test
Jonas Salk - Just Another Vaccine Test
Here, Andy's portrayal of Jonas Salk does quite a good job of explaining Salk's vaccine trials and also demonstrates an awareness of HIPPA laws ;-)
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6424957/
Tab 6 -- Photopeach
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William Ferrel drops in from the 19th century to tell us about his contributions to Science.
http://photopeach.com/album/l7unjm?ref=more
Subtab 0 -- My Digital Life by Tanner S.
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Tanner refelects on his digital life. Where isn't technology?
http://photopeach.com/album/ujquyx?ref=more
Tab 7 -- Glogster Edu
Glogster
Anna's Glog
Glogster EDU (not to be confused with Glogster, which is not safe for school) is a wonderful Web 2.0 tool that allows users to create electronic posters. Text, video, audio and animations can be added to the poster. I love Anna's Music Glog, especially the samples of her own music that she embedded (click the flowers)!
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