7+-+Wiki+Resources

Did you find any other helpful resources about wiki's? If you did then please share them here with our class. Please include your name with your resource.

Robert Raphael: I also found this site, which really intrigued me and had me looking through its pages for nearly an hour. It's a World History/Map site called TimeMaps, you can [|access it here]. I found the interactive nature of the site fascinating; and also all of the content I previewed seemed very accurate. It gives the information in graphic form, using timelines and maps, with the ability to zoom in and out. The site is still being finished, and has a long way to go before it covers all major events throughout history. This could have been my favorite site, but I'm not sure what part of it qualifies as web 2.0. It is very interactive, but I saw no way to collaborate or to build upon what was there; nor did I see any way to bring my students into the site in a way that I could monitor what they do or evaluate what they have learned. There are lesson plans on the site, and a couple were good, but it's just using the map to answer questions as far as I can see, and I'm not sure if that's the best use of my students' time. One other find was [|Scoop] which is some kind of information gathering/bookmarking site. It looks really cool, but it's in testing and available only by invitation. I just got my invite on 7.17 so I haven't had a chance to look into it very much at this time.

Taylor Massa While researching I found some helpful Web 2.0 sites. Prezi is a online presentation tool. [|www.prezi.com] The other site is [|www.quizlet.com] This site has flash cards, vocabulary, and you can study languages. Best of all both sites are free. Lastly, I found a website that has helpful resources for Web 2.0 tools []

Megan Scoles [|www.280slides.com] This is a free site that you can create presentations. You can upload movies, pictures, and share presentations. It looks like something I would certainly try. [|www.xtranormal.com] This site allows you to create movies. This would be a great option for students for a project presentation. It is free and looks very easy to use.

~Hope Sutton~ http:// www.mynoteit.com/ http://www.notemesh.com/

I found both of these sites while searching for wiki resources for the classroom. Both sites allow students to create and share notes from different classes, as well as, upload the notes, whether written, audio, Word, Open Office, and other formats to be accessed from their mobile phones. It may be most beneficial for college and high school, but I think it will work well for middle school. In middle school I would do this for students who misses a class for whatever reason. This would alleviate unnecessary paperwork and trying to keep track of who needs notes. I know there are still several household without internet access, but most of them have cell phones, so this would work.

Josh Boyd I found this website when I was looking for different Web 2.0 tools. It helped me find my Web 2.0 tool, Mind42, and it also offers 100 other Web 2.0 tools which is awesome because I was having difficulty finding some Web 2.0 tools. It will be helpful when I become a teacher because I will have a great space to start looking for information about Web 2.0 tools! [] The website Mashable.com also is a great tool when you are trying to figure out what wikis are and where you can find them. I found this when I was researching wikis at the beginning of this project. It was helpful! []