Technology+Skills

Erika Oliva

Below is a website that I created for my Education and Training class. [|E.A.T. Education and Training]

A video that I created during the school year of 2009-2010 for a FCCLA Star Event. media type="youtube" key="d6sI5OYMnpg" height="273" width="336"

[|Free Hugs Facebook Fan Page]

2.0 Web Tools

Prezi Prezi is a web-based presentation tool using a map layout and zooming to show contextual relationships which addresses some of the shortcomings of Microsoft PowerPoint. For more information click on the Prezi Tutorial to learn how to set up an account and get started. Prezi Tutorial

[|Prezi] As you can see I used Prezi like a powerpoint but made it more enjoyable to my audience. Prezi can be used in the classroom to display information and pictures in a way the students will grasp easily and have fun paying attentions because of the smooth transitions.



[|Prezi Website]

Skype Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a nominal fee using a debit-based user account system. [|Skype Tutorial]

As you can see skype is a really neat web 2.0 tool that could be used to communicate with people around the world. Wether you are teaching a history lesson or even an english lesson, you could talk to a professor or talk to someone in the country you are studying about.



[|Skype Website]

Glogster Glogster is a social network that allows users to create free interactive posters, or glogs. Glogster was founded in 2007. Currently this social network has hundreds of thousands registered users. [|Glogster Tutorial]

As you can see Glogster can be used in the classroom by allowing students to think creatively and put together a poster online. Glogster has a wide variety of features that make it that much better to use for the classroom, with so many things to choose from you can use Glogster for posters, flyers, articles, etc. You can add music, videos, pictures, and text.



[|Glogster Website]

Diigo Diigo is a social bookmarking website which allows signed-up users to bookmark and tag web-pages. Additionally, it allows users to highlight any part of a webpage and attach sticky notes to specific highlights or to a whole page. [|Diigo Tutorial]

Diigo is a very useful web 2.0 tool that can be used in the classroom by bookmarking all the educational websites or even highlighting key information on a certain webpage and saving all your information.



[|Diigo Website] My classroom Diigo Website

[|Digital Essay]

[|TeacherTube How to make a poster]