For my first Web 2.0 tool I selected Toxbox which is a tool that allows students to create an account and very quickly begin creating class presentations and projects. The reason I selected this tool is because I think they would really enjoy the video component of it. You can sync this account with yahoo messenger and several other IM accounts available for chat. I am currently collaborating with another teacher from a different campus who teaches high school and we have been discussing a vertical alignment project for science. This would aid in video conferencing for our students! I can't wait to tell her about this discovery!
We had initially discussed using Skype but had some problems with more than four users on at one time. With Toxbox, you can have a live chat session with four and up to twenty people at one time. I have created my own account and will trial test it to see how many students to see how many students I can get on at one time. My only hope now is that there will be no blocks from our network for the site which is usually what happens when we attempt to go on certain websites, but I am going to keep my fingers crossed on this one. If all goes well, I think that we will be on to something great for our vertical team collaboration project. This would be beneficial for my 8th grade students who will be attending high school next year and can get a "sneak peak" into some 9th grade science concepts. This would also possibly give us the opportunity to allow us to begin an online tutoring or even mentoring program through video chat. Aside from class presentations, I feel that this tool can be of great benefit to my students as it opens up a whole set of many opportunities for them to learn from each other and from other students from different schools as well.
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I would love to hear how this was received and if you are using it! Fantastic find!
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