Web 2.0 Hot Apps Cool Projects Science

Make your Science curriculum come alive with 36 content-specific projects using free Web applications! 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 slideshows, digital scrapbooks, interactive flash books, instant web notes, animated avatars, and real-time collaboration, students evaluate, assimilate, and analyze science concepts using 21st-century skills. These free web applications transform the way students feel about science, giving them a channel for their creativity, and a voice in their own learning and discovery. Aligned with State and National standards! Grades 5 12 Topics: Weather & Erosion Plate Tectonics Natural Phenomena Earth, Moon & Sun Energy and Motion Chemistry Landforms General Science Human Body Cell Biology Zoology Ecology Geology Web 2.0 partners: MixBook Scrapblog Etherpad Voki Tinypast Wordle Animoto BigHugeLabs Features: Step-by-step activity sheets with screenshots (fully customizable) Student planning sheets for each lesson allow students to map out the activity Teacher tips and pitfalls to avoid Completed sample projects Benefits: 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 science activities

Jim Holland-After graduating with a B.S. in Biology from the University of Texas at Arlington, Jim taught junior high science and industrial technology. He now serves the Arlington ISD as an instructional technology specialist. Jim holds an M.S. degree in Computer Education and Cognitive Systems from the University of North Texas. Sun Anderson, also a native Texan, graduated from Georgia Southern University with a BS in Education. Like Jim, she taught in Arlington at the junior high level. She joined the instructional technology staff of Arlington IsD in 2001 and continues to serve AISD employees with technology integragion needs. She teaches several classes including Photoship, Photo Editing, gPS in Education, Google Earth, and others.