So Little Time.....

I just got back from attending a tech conference for educators. I learned alot! There is so much to know about technology and its application into the classroom and so little time to learn enough to implement it comfortably.

There were many breakout sessions on Web 2.0 tools; many of which I have been exposed to but have not yet implemented. Most of the websites mentioned were free and easy to use. Voicethread.com was one of the main tools along with flicker.com, glogster.com, Jing.com, and teachertube.com. Slide show websites included were tumbler.com which can easily be embedded into a wiki. Prezi.com was a website that many of the presenters used instead of PowerPoint. It was very interactive. The site has an easy tutorial that shows how easy it is to use. Wordle.com is a neat site that, for example, takes all the words used in a speech or news article and the more times the word is used in context the bigger the wordle is in the word cloud. Check it out; it has great potential for use in the classroom.

Other sites mentioned were Quizlet.com which featured already created quizzes for all grade levels as well as a feature that you could create your own quiz for you students.

Social networking sites, such as Ning, and twitter, can have educational uses, but of course, preview them before showing in class first.

All these wonderful websites and so little time to master and utilize them. I guess if I worked on one per week, it might be manageable and I could begin to use them in my curriculum.