Brenna's+Web+2.0+Tools

Here you will find two Web 2.0 Tools that could be helpful in your classroom possibly. 1. Geogebra I like this Web 2.0 tool because it is like a program that is called Geometer's Sketchpad. I like using that program for making lessons in geometry, the only problem is that I don't have it on my computer. When i found this I thought cool now I can just use this instead of the sketchpad and not have to pay for it. There are the basic commands that it can do, including plot a point, make a line, make a perpendicular to that line, make a circle, have a point or an object be reflected over a line, points and/or objects can be labeled and you can also move things. This is just a glimpse of what can be done in Geogebra. This is how I would use Geogebra for my lesson I would have the students use the quadratic formula to solve for the x values plot them and then make a parabola out of the two point that they found.

2. Tagul This web 2.0 tool is so cool! What you can do is make a bubble of words that pertain to a unit and have students build off of that. It is like a brainstorming web 2.0. The shape of the bubble can change to different things if you want. the way that the words are put on there is by weight so the smaller the number the higher up it will be. Every time you hit the visualize button though the words do change around if they are the same weight. You can also change the font and color.

When you make this bubble you can have links to the words and when you click on them it takes you to that site. I think this is cool because then if you have a picture or an example about something then you just click on that word and it takes you right to it.

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