Tuesday, September 24, 2013

After reading through the list of the best Web 2.0 Applications for Education, I came across the sitehoover website.  Sitehoover gives users the ability to make a homepage to keep track of go-to sites.  The site also gives users the opportunities to make folders for specific themes.  This website can help students with and without disabilities.  It gives students with disabilities the extra organizational support that is often needed.  When students start a research project, they can create a folder to house the websites used for that specific assignment.  This site would also be great for when it’s time to type the work cited page. 
On my sitehoover page I put together some of my favorite websites.  On my page I have two folders. One houses some of the math websites and videos I like to reference and use, and the other has ELA videos I like.  I also have some of legitimate sites I use for searching topics.  

While the numbers given in the “Do You Know” video were impressive, they did not take me by surprise.  For years society has become increasingly internet centered.  Schools have started to transition to e-books.  Often times, e-books are cheaper than textbooks.  They have also made the switch from tradition black boards and white boards to interactive smart boards.

2 comments:

  1. Sitehoover sounds like a great way to keep organized. Unfortunately when clicking on your link it opens to a login page.

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  2. Thank you for your insight and ideas for this Web 2.0 tool. Unfortunately, it didn't allow me to view anything...I would love to see what you put together. I guess this is a lot like the social bookmarking tools we reviewed in an earlier module.

    With that said, I think there are some additional ways this could be used other than just 'hoovering' websites for projects or themes-- can you think of any additional ways you might use this as a compilation tool (and specifically how it would benefit students with disabilities?).

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