Sunday, June 8, 2008

Thing 16: Online Productivity

As stated, there are many Web 2.0 tools designed to help get organized, create things easily, and share with others. I am using Google notebook to track various Web 2.0 applications as I come across them. I hope to create a web site with list of links and brief descriptions of each application to have a one stop shop for our districts!

I played around with 30 Boxes as this was a new one for me! I like the idea of having my calendar online and easy to access. I also like the idea of creating a calendar to use with the districts I work with on specific events.

One Web 2.0 application that I like to share with people is Our Story (no one ever seems to have heard of it). It is a collaborative timeline where you can save stories, photos, and videos and share with others. You can even embed the code to your web site! Try it out and share your story.

I can see classrooms using this to share what they are learning in history and build the timeline to current days. I plan to use this to create a history of racism timeline to share with districts that I work with on a 9th Grade Diversity initative and include it on my wiki site. Families can use it to share with family and friends things they are doing in their lives - an active scrapbook!

1 comment:

RESA 23Things said...

Our Story looks like fun! Thanks for the link.