GoAnimate is definitely a tool I will use in my future classroom. I took the tour around the site, and it was very easy to create my video. I am sure that students would enjoy creating videos about really anything that they learn about in the classroom. They could create a story in language arts, share information they learned when researching a social studies theme, and even share information about themselves in a sort of interview. It would be another way for them to present their work to the class and even to their parents. The site is user-friendly and students would only have to select a scene, select characters, and type in the text. Below is my own video!
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I also looked at some of the Web 2.0 Award winners and nominees. There were so many that looked interesting, but I chose Netvibes which is a program to create a dashboard with the blogs, news, email, videos, photos, social networks, search, widgets, and applications that matter to you. You personalize your dashboard and will be able to open it up in different computers by logging in your account. I took a very informative tour around the site, and it seems like a great program. There is always so much information to keep up with and very little time to do so, yet with this tool you can look at the information that matters to you in one single page.
I also tried searching for other Web 2.0s and I found Game Classroom, which has math and language arts games, videos, lessons, and homework help for K-6th graders. The site has great resources for teachers, parents, and students, yet it can be a little overwhelming for the younger students. If I were to use it in a K-1 classroom, I would have access the site, navigate to the grade's game page, and then have students choose the game they want to play.
I also created a GoAnimate. I found them to be very easy to make. They are really fun to play with and could be used in many different ways in the classroom.
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