Thing #20

I was pretty familiar with Youtube, so I decided to play with teachertube. Online video sharing site like Teachertube is a great way to engage students in learning . Students can do more than just watch videos- they can create them! Another value I see in Teachertube is that is another way for teachers all over the world to share materials (such as the instructional video here).

Thing #19

I had a great time experimenting and using Wufoo. This tool allowed me to effortlessly create a form. You can create surveys, contact forms, registration forms, and so on- will continue using it for sure! Once you have created the document you want, you can be notified via email, create graphs, view stats and email your form to a group of people, imagine that! I really liked this internet application as it was very flexible and it required little technical knowledge. I am sure that if I had been willing to go further than the free level of serviced provided by Wufoo, I would have been able to do more and see even more benefits. Lastly, one of the benefits I see is that as educators we work with a lot of data, Wufoo can help organize it and understand it.

Thing #18

Open Office is pretty cool, especially considering its price- FREE! This site seems to be able to do anything that Microsoft can do and it supports a wide variety of formats. I will continue to explore this.

Google Docs- This was one tool that I had played with before, and remember thinking at the time that Google had so many “secret” functions (ha!) only to discover that it really does as I go through this 23 Things Journey. As always a question or two- how secure is it to store documents online? What kind of tech support is there?

Thing #17

Has anyone created a Top 100 web 2.0 for educators? Well, whatever the answer is, Rollyo should be included- In my opinion, a constructivist base tool for learning!


I imagine that personal search engine tools like Rollyo will gain popularity when other teachers realize how powerful they can be, or have they already discovered it and I am once again in the dark? I picture teachers creating a list of websites about any topic relevant to their content and students accessing them to do research or just take control of their own learning. The list of web 2.0 tool seems to be endless… Get ready, set, Roll…Yahoo!!!