Web 2.0 Tools #4: ECG Simulator from SkillSTAT

Good morning everyone!
Happy Saturday!

Today we are going to be talking about this tool:

Electrocardiogram (ECG) Simulator from SkillSTAT

ECG Simlulator is a tool from SkillSTAT. Although this may not seem to be a "traditional" Web 2.0 Tool, this tool can fall under the category of Problem Solving and Critical Thinking.

When a med student recieves a pathology quiz or worksheet for his or her pathology class, it is possible that the student may have to write a certain test that he or she would like to do for that patient. One of those tests is a Electrocardiogram or ECG / EKG for short. According to Medicine Net, a EKG is a "A recording of the electrical activity of the heart"

A student can use this tool to review the different pathologies that the heart can get due to internal or external factors of the patient's lifestyle. A teacher can also use this tool to teach his students about ECGs and pathogies

I think it will be better if I were to show you how to use this tool. 

Check out this How-To / Screencast Tutorial!

I hope you enjoy using this tool, either if you teach Cardiology or if you are curious and wish to know more about the human body!

Will you use this tool for educational purposes?
Will you add this into your Web 2.0 Toolbox?

Yes or No? Why?

Have a great day!

P.S.
I will not be posting next week, for observance of the Holy Week

Web 2.0 Tool #3: Anki

Happy Thursday Everyone!
Just one more day until Friday!
You can do it!

Today, we will be talking about this tool: 

Anki

Anki is a Web 2.0 Creativity Tool, that is used to make digital flashcards to help you study for an exam.

There are two versions of Anki: one that is used on the computer (a free download), and the one that I will be talking about: The web version.

Like how I said earlier, Anki is used to make flashcards, Anki however uses two princples of education: Active Recall Testing and Spaced Repititon.

    -Active Recall Testing: being asked a question and trying to remember the answer.

    -Spaced Repition: emember things more effectively if we spread reviews out over time, instead of studying multiple times in one session. 

I think it would be better to show you how to make flashcards using Anki, than telling you how to...
Check this Screencast Tutorial

You can also look up different topics in the Anki Manual (Click on the link)

I hope you will enjoy using Anki as I am.

Will you add this tool to your Web 2.0 Toolbox?

Yes or No? Why?

Check back on saturday for another Tool Talk! 

Web 2.0 Tool #2: Dotsub

Good Morning Everyone!
How is everyone doing!
Happy Monday!
Time to start a fresh new week, whether it be at school, work or home!

Today we will be talking about a tool that is one of my personal favorites!

dotsub

Dotsub is a Web 2.0 Communication Tool, that can allow you to integrate captions and subtitles to videos that you have previously downloaded and uploaded to Dotsub's server. 

This tool can help ELLs (English Language Learners) and other (Foreign) Language Learners understand what they hear, since Hearing is one of the four primary skills of learning a language. 

This is what the homepage says:

The only skills that a teacher or instructor needs to have when they use this tool is the knowledge of the Primary Language, and the Target Language. What does this mean? If I am teaching a Spanish class, and I have a video in Spanish, by logic, I must be able to caption this video in Spanish, and I must be able to add English (or other language) subtitles to the video. 

Thanks to this special feature, students will be able to read the captions or subtitles since the video may or may not be in their mother tongue.

Let's watch a short tutorial video! 

This tool is already in my Web 2.0 Toolbox!

Will you put it in yours?

Yes or No? Why?

Here is a little challenge for you guys :D
You have until tommorow at 11:59 PM to caption/subtitle a video and make a "How-To" Video using any of the following tools: Screenr or Screenast-O-Matic, both are free tools that you can use to make these videos.

Submit your videos via comments!

Submit your video along with the name of the tool that you would like me to talk about in the next post!

Best of Luck!

And have a great monday! Come back on Thursday for another Web 2.0 Tool Talk! 

Web 2.0 Tool #1: myHistro

Mystery Logo 1:     is actually: 

How is everyone doing today?

Today we will be talking about myHistro!

First let's see if my hints brought you all to the right answer:

My hints were these

1) This can be used as a Web 2.0 Creativity Tool

2) Teachers and students can use this tool
3) This tool can only be used in one type of class

The answers are Yes, Yes, and Yes

This tool is indeed a Creativity Tool and also a Collaboration Tool

Teachers can use this tool in their classes, and students can use this to make more innovative homework assignments for their class

And this tool can only be used in History or any other Social Science Class (in regards to Education)

myHistro is a Web 2.0 Creativity Tool that is used to create interactive timelines. As I said earlier, this tool can be used in History (World History, Art History, U.S. History, European History, and classes that are similiar), due to its function: the elaboration and creation of timelines.

Here is a slideshare presentation found on the myHistro homepage that gives brief instructions on how to use it to make timelines

These are what the experts say about myHistro: (fragments from myHistro website)

Like Projeqt, another Web 2.0 Creativity Tool, that I will soon talk about in a later post, one can integrate Google Maps (in regards to the location of their story/timeline), Youtube videos that talk about their topic, and  photos that they have downloaded.

Here is an example of what you can do with myHistro:

French Revolution 

Enough writing!
Let's see a tutorial video that will show step-by-step how to use myHistro, and how to create your own timeline.*

Will you add this tool to your Web 2.0 Toolbox?
Yes or No? and Why?

Comment below :)

See you all on Monday, when we look at a new Web 2.0 Tool!

*I will post the video soon, due to technical dificulties with the myHistro Photo uploads

Welcome!

Welcome again to Web 2.0 Tools 4 Every Teacher!
As stated in the Welcome post, and in the title of this blog, I will be talking/showing "How-To" videos/screencasts about Web 2.0 Tools that teachers can use in their classrooms for their needs.
However, even though this blog will have a focus on teaching and education, everyone is welcome to read/use/re-use the content on this blog for their own purposes.

Before I talk about any tools, I need to talk about what Web 2.0 is, and well, what Web 1.0 is as well.

As what this comparative chart (love the visuals, by the way) demonstrates, Web 1.0 was the very first type of "tool" that we have. Website publishers and authors would show off their material, let it bee pictures, music, text, you name it on various websites. However the information would just stay there so that the viewers could see it. Comments, reusing, or sharing the materials provided was not allowed, since there were locks on content. The authors are only able to post, share and delete (let alone report), materials.

When we talk about Web 2.0, however, we get into a whole different subject. Web 2.0 starts off the same, Website publishers and authors show off their material. However, thanks to Web 2.0 tools, the public now has the power to comment, reuse, and share the material. This gives an opportunity to give feedback on the author's work. 

These tools can be divided into many categories: 

We have the pedagogy wheel developed by Allan Carrington (based on Blooms Taxonomy)

This wheel allows us to sort the Web 2.0 Tools seen here into five different categories: Create, Remember/Understand, Apply, Analyze and Evaluate, and then you can see sub-categories.

We also have "The Conversation." We have other categories here as well.

However the easiest way that we can divide our Tools is by having them sorted out with 21st Century Skills. As found here and on again on here (under 21st Century Tools; just the titles) This is the way that we will sort out the tools that I have chosen to talk about in this blog.

I hope this brief explanation helped you gain more knowledge into what Web 2.0 is and how to sort/divide them out.

And without further ado, I now cordially welcome you to... 

Web 2.0 Tools 4 Every Teacher !

Please keep posted on this blog, since every two (24 Hour) days we will be talking about one tool. 

The first Web 2.0 Tool post that we will be talking about will be published on friday. Thus, the schedule would be: Friday - Monday - Thursday - Sunday - Tuesday - Friday and on and on. 

On Friday, I will be talking about: this tool

What tool has this logo?

If you can guess this tool by 11:59 PM Thursday (tomorrow), You will be allowed to submit the name of the next Web 2,0 Tool that I will talk about in the second Web 2.0 Post (corresponds to Mondays post) 

Have a great evening! See you on friday!

Here are some hints: This tool can be used as a Web 2.0 Creativity Tool! And this tool only works in one type of class. Both teachers and students can use this tool

Welcome!

Welcome to Web 2.0 Tools for Teaching

In this blog you will learn about and discover many different Web 2.0 Tools to implement in your classes. Let it be Foreign Languages, Music, Anatomy, Graphic Design, Computer Sciences, there is a Web 2.0 Tool for You!

Keep checking in every week for new blog posts!
If you have a Web 2.0 Tool in mind, please leave a comment, you never know, I might talk about your tool! :D