web 4 tools

Web tools 4

Wow what a struggle I had with some of these tools, being of the inquisitive nature that I am , I tried my hand at quite a few and hit a few walls while giving them a work out. Tool 4 selection are not the user friendly tools some of the past tools of investigation. 

Interactive Learning Objects and Adobe Flash both require training and a fair bit of time to master, even though the site suggest 4 and ½ hours training and practice of tools I tried to jump on in without the training and yes I failed and achieved nothing except wonting more time to investigate further later when I have more time. What I did get from these tools was, inter active story books that can be created by the user, they really are fantastic and when I get the time I will give it a better work out. For the learning environment you will need quite a bit of time and students would have to be fairly well equipped in the use of itc not for the faint hearted. There are many learning opportunities and the engagement from student would defiantly benefit the students.
The next I looked at was Google Earth and Google Maps Fantastic for the classroom in exchange of the field trips. As I am left left right handed (just go that way) in reading maps, so does my interest in google maps go. Benefits are that is real life connects students to the real world beyond the classroom.
 Google Docx I love especially for group assignments via net. The best advantage is that multiple users can make edits to the same files at the same time. (online collaboration) it part of the computer cloud so anyone can access and change the doc from any computer. So great for assignment usage.
Online concept mapping is an online concept map however I still love to doodl my ideas down on a piece of paper fairly easy to use great to map out assignment ideas same concept mapping idea however online. I did the on below through Bubbl us  https://bubbl.us/
Online timelines this is one that you should take with a grain of salt you may get yourself into a bit of trouble using this one I explored the site and the amount of inappropriate work on this site is somewhat disappointing. You may find yourself in some trouble if you do not explore this site first before letting student use it. Could have legal and ethical issues arise.

My online concept map