Web tools for projects
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This document provides recommendations for various web tools that can be used to enhance etwinning projects by enabling collaboration, showcasing work, and engaging pupils. It describes tools such as Padlet for sharing photos, videos and text; Google Forms for creating surveys and collecting responses; Sway for making presentations; and Twiddla, Adobe Voice, and Animaps for interactive activities. Additional tools recommended include apps for creating character voices and animations, SnapGuide for instructional guides, Answer Garden for gathering feedback, and Word Clouds for visualizing frequently used words.
Web tools for projects
- 1. Web tools for etwinning projects Kate Keaveny Twitter: @kojk30 Email: kojk30@gmail.com
- 2. Collaboration Showcase work Engage pupils Enable parental engagement Why use web tools to enhance your project? Internet in real time
- 3. Padlet A shared space where you can add photos, recordings, video clips and text. This can be embedded into a page on your twinspace. bird feeders
- 4. Google Forms These can be used to create questions linked to your project. All children can answer the questions and the information can be shared. This can be embedded into your twinspace pupils can then log in and answer the questions. Older children can also write their own forms for others to answer. The form then produces some charts showing the answers. It is a very useful tool to evaluate the end of the project. Our favourite food
- 5. SWAY This can be used to make nice presentations. Sign in using outlook. You can uplaod already made powerpoints and then embed in your twinspace.
- 6. This can be used as an interactive whitebard. Press the green GO but and invite others to join you. It is simple to add images, web pages, or documents to mark up. The simplistic colour choice tool, and choice of shapes to add, means you can also be annotating with ease. Twiddla
- 7. Adobe Voice This can be used to make photo stories. If you have an ipad use it on that.
- 8. nature sound map This can be used as a way of developing your projects. Animaps Use the features of google maps. But add extra dimension.
- 9. Bringing Characters to life There are plenty of apps available on the app store where children can record themselves as different characters, here are some of my recommendations - Chatterkids Yakit Kids iFunFace Funny Movie Maker Morfo Booth Morfo Booth is my favourite, the ability to enhance the image into a 3D animation and add facial expressions is fantastic for the classroom.
- 10. Tag Galaxy
- 11. SnapGuide Letās you create your own how to guides. Use with photos and text to explain how to make something. Project partner can then follow the instruction and make the same thing. How to make robins
- 13. Word clouds app Word Clouds Insert words from answer garden or a childās piece of work. The most frequently used word will be the largest. Great as a quick visual evaluation tool.