Personal+Plan

 **My Web 2.0 Personal Plan** A few selected resources: tools I have found useful and have used or plan to use.




 * Collaboration Tools **

[|Dweeber] I liked the Dweeber web site. I think its primary use would be by teachers. They could set up a “virtual classroom” online. Students in the same class would have the ability to talk to one another and a virtual interactive whiteboard to share ideas. This would lend itself to well to peer to peer tutoring. This would be helpful for both sides of the tutoring. Since this tutoring would be online the teacher would be able to check the progress of the students as well as address the most popular reoccurring issues in class. This tool is free so it is user friendly to school systems and the students. [|Virtual Whiteboard] I tried Virtual Whiteboard in class with a few other students. Is name is quite literal. It is an online space where people can meet (online) to post text, but not only text you could also draw shape figures, and non text symbols for many (invited) people to see. This is what set it apart from other tools I tried. I envision this to be most helpful in classes such as algebra, statistics, and since to name a few.

[|Thinkature]

Thinkature is located inside the web browser, so anywhere you can get online you can retrieve your information. I used it by myself to “brainstorm” an idea I had for a class. However one of the best futures is being able to instant message inside the visual workspace. I could see this used for a tool to work on collaborative projects in school or work. I think I will use it to brainstorm for an upcoming essay.

[|Voicethread]

Voicethread allows you to combine images/video and sound/voices to produces a presentation that can be shared. The people that view it are able to make comments in their voice, text, or video. I would suspect that feedback would be more detailed and extensive is people could record their comments in their own voice on a blog. [|Voicethread example]

[|Rubistar]

Rubistar  is an integration technology tool used to enhance the material in the classroom. This tool can help to create teaching material. It would allow teachers to create tests and quizzes that their students could log on to and check their knowledge or take a makeup test. You are also able to search for previously created tests made by other teachers on the same subject. I think I could use this to make up a practice test for a class I am having trouble in. Also it could be used in place of index cards. This can add an interactive dimension to previous curriculum.

[|My Flake page] Instead of checking many different web sites everyday to check if there is new posted information you can just go to your Pageflake page. Once you set up your Pageflake page full of your personal interests it will automatically update itself using RSS feeds. This is a time saver! I will be setting one up for my father since he checks many different web sites in the morning taking him an hour or more daily.

[|Delicious] Delicious is a social bookmarking web site that allows you to store your bookmarks online which is accessible from anywhere you can get online. I think this will be of great help to me in organizing all 122 bookmarks I have by using the tag system. Not only can it help me organize my book marks but I can also share those same bookmarks with friends or family who share the same interest. I can also check and use their bookmarks.

Reasrch

[|Awesome Highlighter] This is especially helpful to me when researching for a project. When I am researching online, I may look at many different pages for bits and pieces of information but because I look at so many I often forget why the particular page was of interest to me. If I highlight it as I read it them I can go back directly to the locations that were of some interested.

**Organization** [|Backpack]

Backpack is an online super calendar. I can’t believe this is free!!!! I love this! I used to make up my own calendar and as things would change I would have to rewrite it or scratch events out. I did not have a color coding system either. I have already shown my sister-in-law how to use it so she can keep her and her two children’s schedules straight. You can also upload pictures and files then section them to different folders. This has replaced my planner. For a brief video sample click [|here].

[|RemembertheMilk]

A supped up to-do list manager. You can use it to create a list and share tasks and set reminders. It integrates well with Google Calendar. You can manage your tasks easily and set due dates. It does offer a wide-range of keyboard shortcuts. Honestly, I think you get far more out of [|Backpack] !

Presentation
[|Slideshare] Slideshare is just what it sounds like. It enables people to share their slide shows (power point) presentations and word documents. It also, has the ability to search other users’ material. I could use this to help me get an idea about what previous people showed in their presentations on the same topic.

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