Web 2.0 Hot Apps Cool Projects Language Arts

Grades 3 - 12 Aligned with State and National Standards Beyond social networks, blogs and wikis, Web 2.0: Hot Applications and Cool Projects motivates and inspires students by using free web-based applications to instantly create and publish media-rich content directly to the web while keeping the focus on relevant curriculum. Using tools to build dynamic slide shows, digital scrapbooks, interactive flash books, instant web notes, animated avatars, and real-time collaboration, students evaluate, assimilate, and analyze language arts concepts using 21st-century skills. These free web applications transform the way students feel about language arts, giving them a channel for their creativity, and a voice in their own learning and discovery. Topics: Web 2.0 partners: * Grammar Mechanics * Poetry * Writing Tools * Analyzing Stories * Characterization * Writing Composition * Vocabulary and Word Usage * Wordle * Animoto * Tikatok * MixBook * Scrapblog * Voki * Tinypaste Features: Benefits: * Step-by-step activity sheets with screen shots (fully customizable) * Student planning sheets for each lesson allow students to map out the activity * Teacher tips and pitfalls to avoid * Completed sample projects * Highly motivating to capture and hold student attention * Free web applications: nothing to install * True curriculum integration: students learn useful technology skills while engaged in meaningful language arts activities Hybrid CD ROM