I am happy to announce the winners of the Web2ThatWorks Contributor Contest!
Category: Summarizing & Note Taking
Contributor: Susanne Nobles
Entry: I used Google Docs to direct my students’ textual annotations. As we read the Bhagavad-Gita, my students had to choose key stanzas on their own for homework and annotate them in preparation for focusing on these chosen stanzas in class through both cooperative-group and all-class discussions. What worked so well with this was we began our discussions with what the students had deemed important, thus placing value on their own abilities as readers. Also, each student had something already prepared to say at the start of each class, thus allowing me to call on people to ensure full participation without seeing that blank stare of fear.
Category: Cooperative Learning
Contributor: John Peters
Entry: Students in my Health Science Technology classes used VoiceThread to support our CT&E Secretary who was nominated for Paraprofessional of the Year at our high school. This was the first project that my students collaborated on and created a nice project. The students took the pictures of all of the teachers who are making comments, then set up the VoiceThread accounts for each teacher, then they took a laptop with a web cam and had the teachers make a comment about our CT&E Secretary.
The result was that not only was our CT&E Secretary awarded the Paraprofessional of the year for our high school, but was also selected as the Paraprofessional of the year for our entire school district!
Category: Setting Objectives & Providing Feedback
Contributor: Louise Maine
Entry: Besides using online survey tools, we have used google spreadsheets to create a form for a survey. Students have surveyed others in school for information on most popular fireworks, resource use at home for conservation exercises, etc. I have used google spreadsheets (forms) to survey students on web 2.0 and traditional class activities that are effective for their learning. Student feedback is important for determining what works in the classroom.
Category: Reinforcing Effort & Providing Feedback
Contributor: Jennifer Clark Evans
Entry: Juniors in my American Literature class create serious comic strips using the graphic techniques of Art Speigelman as they study “Maus I” and “Maus II.” Students publish their final product on a Flickr account. Good work is rewarded by positive comments left by their classmates, which can be more powerful and gratifying than just a comment by the teacher. Students also judge their work as it compares to others by the number of views. More effective works will receive a higher “view” count than lesser effective work.
*** Grand Prize Winner ***
Category: Reinforcing Effort & Providing Feedback
Contributor: Jennifer Clark Evans
Not all categories had entries so winners were selected from the categories that did have contributions during the time of the contest. Over the next several days I will set up the “Hall of Fame” page, create the button for winner’s blogs/websites, and notify all three winners with additional information regarding the virtual presentation.
Congratulations to all of the winners!
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The Web 2.0 that Works Wiki page looks great. Thanks for archiving the master list of Web 2.0 tools. What a treasure trove!
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Thanks Dan! I’m glad you find it useful. Feel free to add more to the wiki if you think something is missing — that’s the best part of this being in wiki “form”
(You can add additional Web 2.0 tools by just adding a comment on the “discussion” tab of the master list of tools page. You can add additional examples of how the tools are used by adding them at the end of each category page where appropriate.)
Stephanie
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