Voki & web 2.0 resources
- 1. VOKI: Voki is a great way to have students share their knowledge of a topic in 60 seconds or less. Makes students organize their thoughts to focus on key details. www.voki.com Lesson Examples: Lesson Title: Composers Subject: Music Grade: 5th Grade Author: Stephanie Bushman Brief Description: Fifth graders begin a journey into classical music in this lesson plan. Each student is assigned a classical composer to research. Students will then create PowerPoint presentations answering questions about their composer and presenting them to the class. Then, students turn to Voki to share an interesting fact about their composer. Lesson Title: Homonyms Subject: ESL/ ELL... Grade: 5th Grade Author: Ashley Chaney Ortiz Brief Description: Students will discover the subtleties of the English language by familiarizing themselves with the 5 categories of homonyms. Utilizing various homonym jokes, Voki avatars, and formal instruction, students will become more attuned to the details of English and hopefully never write 'to' in place of 'too'! Lesson Title: Prompt and Response Subject: Writing Grade: 5th Grade Author: Ashley Chaney Ortiz Brief Description: The teacher writes one prompt a week as part of an ongoing lesson and students have to respond thoughtfully to the prompt using Voki.
- 2. Lesson Title: The Meaning of a Poem Subject: Reading Grade: 5th Grade Author: Ashley Chaney Ortiz Brief Description: The teacher assigns each student a short poem that is relevant to their personality and interests. Students then give a brief presentation on Voki Classroom about what the poem means to them as a supplement to a short essay. Lesson Title: What is your New Year's Resolution? Subject: Public Speaking... Grade: 5th Grade Author: Ashley Chaney Ortiz Brief Description: A new year can bring a fresh start to your class. With this New Year's lesson plan, you and your students can reflect on the last year in class and how this year can be better. Students will learn about resolutions and be introspective in order to bring out the best from within. Lesson Title: Who was Christopher Columbus? Subject: Social Studies... Grade: 5th Grade Author: Ashley Chaney Ortiz Brief Description: Early European explorers and the "founders" of the Americas are often surrounded by myth rather than fact, which has made American history an eclectic mix of fantasy and truth that can often prove confusing for students. Although we celebrate Columbus Day in the U.S., the reasons for celebration are obscure yet remain unquestioned by majority of elementary social studies and history classes. This lesson plan is based on rediscovering the early history of the Americas and specifically focused on rethinking Christopher Columbus and his exploration of the "Indies."
- 3. Web 2.0 Resources TESTMAKER http://www.easytestmaker.com/ Here is an easy way to create online tests. Makes life a little bit easier! TYPING Keyboard for kids: http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games/jumping.swf Good Typing: http://www.goodtyping.com/
- 4. WEB 2.0 The List of Links • Glogster Great way to share posters and images you’ve made with friends • Edmodo Social learning environment and one of the best ways to teach with tech • Bubbl.us Free application to brainstorm online • Twitter The micro blogging service that many love or hate. • WordPress Content publishing system. It’s gone way beyond just blogging. • Prezi Innovative way to share presentations without PowerPoint • Wallwisher An online notice board maker (or bulletin board if you choose) • Animoto Make beautiful videos from images in a snap • Blabberize Make your images talk…that’s right. • Weebly Create your own website or blog, very easy to use • Flickr Popular photo-‐sharing site now lets you print • Slideshare Don’t waste your presentation after it’s over, share it with millions! • Audioboo Easily record and share audio • GoogleDocs The top real-‐time document creating and editing cloud-‐based system • Diigo Popular social bookmarking site • Wordle Create a beautiful aggregation of any amount of text • Wikis Crowdsourcing at its finest. Like Wikipedia, Wikispaces is very helpful • Primarypad Web-‐based word processor • Spicy Nodes
- 5. Innovative way to organize your web visits • Delicious One of the top social bookmarking sites on the web • Myebook Virtually publish your book and sell it • Voki Get your own avatar and even have it talk with your voice • DoInk Create animations using this simple website Bitstrips Make and share your own comic strips with thousands of others http://prezi.com/bs-‐15i7m_3b-‐ /?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy