Web+2.0+Tools

I was assigned to review set 3 of the websites given to our group.

Flashcard Machine The Flashcard Machine website gives the student interactive flashcards that can be studied and shared with others in the same class.

[|Bubbl] Bubbl is a website that is very easy to use where people can go and organize their ideas into an outline. I believe flashcard machine is better because it provides more interaction with technology and helps to make studying fun.

[|Timeglider] TImeglider is a website where the student can make interactive time lines or the teacher. The reason it is ranked third is because it might be to advanced for a 5th grader to use.

[|Sliderocket] Sliderocket is a tool that can help to make a presentation better and more professional and would be great in an older classroom but being our project is for 5th grade the technology would be much more advanced to them.

[|Techsmith] Techsmith is last on my list because all the site really does is allow you to take a video instantly and share it on the internet quickly and being the students are in the classroom with you there is really no reason to share a video with them after they go home from school.

__Reflection-__ The blue team had selected the the timeglider as one of there main websites. Me wanting to be a high school history teacher, I see this webquest website being very useful to me. 1. It's main function is being an interactive time line, that way you can lay out historical events in an easy to use manner. 2. You can share your time lines with others that have accounts and use someone else's timeline on a subject you may be teaching. 3. Students can also create their own and share them with the class. One of the main disadvantages to Webquest website is if you are having some type of technical problem then there is no way of doing your assignment.