This week we were supposed to finish creating a Google site or Wiki, create an EyeJot and give some thoughts about Web 2.0 tools and their impact on us and explore a Web 2.0 application that we hadn't explored in class.
The Google Site was the easy part for me since I already use a Google site for my classroom website. I put assignments on there, upload important files, provide screen casts, allow students to submit assignments electronically through a form (JotForm), provide links to web resources, and link Google forms for quizzes and surveys. It is essentially just like a Wiki when you think about how Google Sites are setup. All you really need to do is share the site with others and give them editing rights and now you have multiple users all capable of adding content.
The Eyejot was a babbling mess. I had ideas written down but whenever that camera starts recording I turn into a stuttering fool. I hope at least some of it made sense. Web 2.0 EyeJot
Perhaps the most enjoyable part of this week was finding a Web 2.0 app called Pearltrees. It is basically a hybrid of an idea mapper and a social bookmarking site. The collaboration aspect works great as you are allowed to search other people's "pearl trees" for information and web resources.
Good to see that you have used Google Sites in class. Our school is going all Google so I am planning on using one as well and appreciate seeing the ways that you have used it and it seems like you've made the most of it.
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