Thursday, November 20, 2008
Social Bookmarking - Creating Hot Lists
Del.icio.us - http://del.icio.us
Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site. After login the site, you can create an account and add your bookmark list to the site. Thanks to the site, you can save and access your bookmarks from anywhere and any computer. For example, you are doing research on a topic and you are using Internet for search. When you access to Internet at different places you can easily reach your bookmarks on any computer and add new sites to your list with the help of del.icio.us. Another point which should be highlighted about this web site is its social side. Many people have their bookmark lists on the site and you can share your own bookmarks and also access to others’ bookmarks. There is also a research option on the site and you can search del.icio.us to find links related to your research topic. Lastly, you can sort your sites in your bookmark list with tags. So you can easily reach the site you want to visit by just looking at your tags. It is really user-friendly; all options and features of the del.icio.us are easy to use.
WebQuests - www.webquest.org/
WebQuests are like lesson plans prepared online with resources from Internet. With WebQuests web site, you can prepare learning activities step by step for your students. To create WebQuests, first you should log in the site and then you can use QuestGarden, a program designed to create WebQuests by Bernie Dodge. Unfortunately, it is not free; it costs $20 per a 2-year-subscription, but you can try its 30-day-free-trial version to have an idea about it and if you like you can purchase it. In QuestGarden what you will do to design a WebQuest is told in detail and step by step. You can add your WebQuest your documents in MS Word, Power-point, and Excel. Besides creating your own WebQuest, you can also search for other WebQuests prepared by others on a specific topic and in the proficiency level of your learners. I mean you can share your WebQuests and reach others, so it is a social environment, too. You can also make changes on your WebQuests as the time passes. Finally you can publish your WebQuests. I think it is a bit complicated to use because it is really very detailed and you should spend some time on it to prepare a good WebQuest, but it is very good at the end. You can design lesson in a web site format and find already prepared ones on the topic you want to teach.
Podcasting - www.podomatic.com
You just need a microphone, a webcam, and a headphone to record your voice or to record yourself. Then you have created an audio and a video digital-media file. A podcast means publishing audio or video digital-media files on Internet. A podcast differs from other digital-media formats with its feature of being syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically. So what is Podomatic? It is a web site in which you can design, find, and share podcasts. By signing up, you can create a free Podomatic account and create your podcast. You can upload your audio and video files from your computer and share them with others. Also you can browse the site to find files on a specific area. You can comment on others’ podcasts and sort out your podcasts with tags to reach them easily by just looking at the categories. You can do all these free. You can use this site just for fun or to be informed about a topic and to share your works with people easily.
Filamentality - www.filamentality.com
With Filamentaliy, you can create lesson plans like you can do with WebQuests. Its usage is easier than WebQuests. You are provided a web-activity template. I mean it prepares the web page for you and publish it on Internet. You can also find new topics, search for something and write questions with the help of its online support. To create a web page, you just fill in the blanks provided and Filamentality prepares it for you. It starts with a topic, chooses a format suitable for your goals, gathers links and turns them into learning activities. There are also already prepared ones and you can make use of them, too.
Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site. After login the site, you can create an account and add your bookmark list to the site. Thanks to the site, you can save and access your bookmarks from anywhere and any computer. For example, you are doing research on a topic and you are using Internet for search. When you access to Internet at different places you can easily reach your bookmarks on any computer and add new sites to your list with the help of del.icio.us. Another point which should be highlighted about this web site is its social side. Many people have their bookmark lists on the site and you can share your own bookmarks and also access to others’ bookmarks. There is also a research option on the site and you can search del.icio.us to find links related to your research topic. Lastly, you can sort your sites in your bookmark list with tags. So you can easily reach the site you want to visit by just looking at your tags. It is really user-friendly; all options and features of the del.icio.us are easy to use.WebQuests - www.webquest.org/
WebQuests are like lesson plans prepared online with resources from Internet. With WebQuests web site, you can prepare learning activities step by step for your students. To create WebQuests, first you should log in the site and then you can use QuestGarden, a program designed to create WebQuests by Bernie Dodge. Unfortunately, it is not free; it costs $20 per a 2-year-subscription, but you can try its 30-day-free-trial version to have an idea about it and if you like you can purchase it. In QuestGarden what you will do to design a WebQuest is told in detail and step by step. You can add your WebQuest your documents in MS Word, Power-point, and Excel. Besides creating your own WebQuest, you can also search for other WebQuests prepared by others on a specific topic and in the proficiency level of your learners. I mean you can share your WebQuests and reach others, so it is a social environment, too. You can also make changes on your WebQuests as the time passes. Finally you can publish your WebQuests. I think it is a bit complicated to use because it is really very detailed and you should spend some time on it to prepare a good WebQuest, but it is very good at the end. You can design lesson in a web site format and find already prepared ones on the topic you want to teach.Podcasting - www.podomatic.com
You just need a microphone, a webcam, and a headphone to record your voice or to record yourself. Then you have created an audio and a video digital-media file. A podcast means publishing audio or video digital-media files on Internet. A podcast differs from other digital-media formats with its feature of being syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically. So what is Podomatic? It is a web site in which you can design, find, and share podcasts. By signing up, you can create a free Podomatic account and create your podcast. You can upload your audio and video files from your computer and share them with others. Also you can browse the site to find files on a specific area. You can comment on others’ podcasts and sort out your podcasts with tags to reach them easily by just looking at the categories. You can do all these free. You can use this site just for fun or to be informed about a topic and to share your works with people easily.Filamentality - www.filamentality.com
With Filamentaliy, you can create lesson plans like you can do with WebQuests. Its usage is easier than WebQuests. You are provided a web-activity template. I mean it prepares the web page for you and publish it on Internet. You can also find new topics, search for something and write questions with the help of its online support. To create a web page, you just fill in the blanks provided and Filamentality prepares it for you. It starts with a topic, chooses a format suitable for your goals, gathers links and turns them into learning activities. There are also already prepared ones and you can make use of them, too.
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