For this module, check out the lists of online applications I've put together. Act as a critic and evaluate at least four online applications across the different lists. Try the sites out. Put them through the ropes. Are they easy to use? Would your students be able use them? Write an evaluation for each of the site you check out. Also, explain how you could use the application in YOUR class. Note: If another person has evaluated one of the applications already, you can build off their evaluations. I'd like to have the whole list of links evaluated though. Each evaluation you write should be about 150 words in length.
Note: All of these sites are (or were) FREE. If you come across a site that is no longer FREE, don't review it. For this assignment, I want us to examine only those tools that are freely available to our classrooms! Also, be sure to put your name with your posts.
FlockDraw Wordle
review by beckj909=becky lopez. I chose to use wordle because I have seen many out there but wanted to try it out myself. I also can see using this with students in an activity in describing feelings, or themselves, or just about anything. The goal would be for them to be able to identify their feelings with words so we can then talk about them. So if I had a group describe what they are currently feeling, we would get to see many different options and they would be able to express themselves even more by using the different editing options for font, color, text direction, etc. I see this site being very easily for them to use. It takes less than 5 minutes to figure out all the basics and editing options. One thing I want to look more into is how to download the wordle creating to the computer. I know it gives a link, as I have put mine below for an example. beckys wordle Dabbleboard Scribblar Tikatok MapSkip EveryTrail SketchFu Survs.com
Note: All of these sites are (or were) FREE. If you come across a site that is no longer FREE, don't review it. For this assignment, I want us to examine only those tools that are freely available to our classrooms! Also, be sure to put your name with your posts.
FlockDraw
Wordle
review by beckj909=becky lopez. I chose to use wordle because I have seen many out there but wanted to try it out myself. I also can see using this with students in an activity in describing feelings, or themselves, or just about anything. The goal would be for them to be able to identify their feelings with words so we can then talk about them. So if I had a group describe what they are currently feeling, we would get to see many different options and they would be able to express themselves even more by using the different editing options for font, color, text direction, etc. I see this site being very easily for them to use. It takes less than 5 minutes to figure out all the basics and editing options. One thing I want to look more into is how to download the wordle creating to the computer. I know it gives a link, as I have put mine below for an example. beckys wordle
Dabbleboard
Scribblar
Tikatok
MapSkip
EveryTrail
SketchFu
Survs.com