Web 2.0 Tools
for Inquiry
Web 2.0 Tools for Inquiry
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Web 2.0 Tools for Inquiry
What are web 2.0 tools?
How can they be used as
inquiry tools?
Web 2.0 Tools for Inquiry
Smarter Science Framework
Initiate and Plan
Perform and Record
Analyze and
Interpret
Communicate
Web 2.0 Tools for Inquiry
Observing, Exploring and Wondering
Google Trends - www.google.ca/trends
- plot search trends, draw inferences, develop
more question
Gapminder - www.gapminder.org
- world demographic data visually
Simulations
Gizmos - explorelearning.com
PHET - http://phet.colorado.edu/
Web 2.0 Tools for Inquiry
Action Time!
Simulations and searches can now be used to
answer inquiry questions if appropriate.
Asteroid Impact Simulator http://simulator.down2earth.eu/#
Google Forms - docs.google.com
Combined with bit.ly for shortening URLs.
http://bit.ly/staowebtools
Delicious.com or Diigo.com for social
bookmarking
Web 2.0 Tools for Inquiry
Crunch Time!
Google Docs - spreadsheet, collaborative docs
Wordle.net - word clouds for analysis of text
Bubbl.us - https://bubbl.us/ - mind mapping
Popplet - http://popplet.com/ - visual thinking
Edmodo.com - collaborative space, private,
school focused social network
Web 2.0 Tools for Inquiry
Show the world!
Blogging - Wordpress.com, Blogger.com,
Edublogs.com, Kidblog.org
Animations - Xtranormal.com
Videos - Youtube.com, Animoto.com
Comics - Bitstripsforschools.com
Most of these allow for demonstration of student
thinking, and also allow for continued reflection,
commenting, collaboration
This publication point can mark the START not the end
of the learning process.
Web 2.0 Tools for Inquiry
What could it look like?
Grade 9 Science Astronomy
What would happen if
something from space
were to strike the
Earth?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_karrer/78435906/
Web 2.0 Tools for Inquiry
Web 2.0 Tools for Inquiry
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nechbi/53014709/
Web 2.0 Tools for Inquiry
Thanks!
Colin Jagoe
Email: colin_jagoe@kprdsb.ca
Twitter: @colinjagoe
Web: http://jagoe.ca
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