Digital+Toolbox+for+Science+teaching+and+learning


 * Session A4:** "Would you and your students like to use free Web2.0 tools to create cartoons, quizzes, videos, surveys, word clouds, flashcards and other digital products in your science classes? This workshop session will enable you to explore a range of tools, including Wikispaces, QuizRevolution, Quizlet, Tagxedo, Padlet and Thinglink to engage and extend student learning. Links to all these resources have been collected at the Digital Toolbox wiki:http://digitaltoolbox.wikispaces.com"

Share your ideas about how to use each of these tools on the Google Document, Digital Toolbox Ideas for Classroom Use.

You can customize the look of your Padlet wall and change the privacy settings, so that it is open to all, with a hidden link or open to view but not edit. ||
 * [[image:padlet_logo.jpeg width="131" height="94"]] || Padlet || Padlet (formerly Wallwisher) allows users to post notes on a board - find out what students have learnt, what they want to know or what they want help with. Use it as a collaborative pinboard or as you might use 'sticky notes'. Great for exit slips and brainstorming. Try it out here.
 * [[image:Tagxedo.jpeg]] || Tagxedo || Create beautiful, coloured and shaped word clouds to summarize a topic or to find out what students already know. See some examples at the Tagxedo Page . ||
 * [[image:bubbl.us_logo.jpg width="209" height="48"]] || Bubbl.us || Free, online mindmapping tool. Ask students to create a mindmap that demonstrates their understanding of a topic, for example, Simple Machines, Forces, Nutrition, Body Systems. Check out some examples here: Bubbl.us Page ||
 * [[image:thinglink_logo width="228" height="54"]] || Thinglink || Thinglink is like a 'digital bucket' to collect resources - you can add videos, images, websites and any other digital content and save them online with a single URL. Here is one I made. ||
 * [[image:blendspace-logo-dialog.png width="250" height="54"]] || Blendspace || Formerly Edcanvas, this is a 'digital bucket' where you can save a variety of different digital content under one URL. Create lessons by curating YouTube or Vimeo videos, images, web pages and other digital content and embedding them into a single space. ||
 * [[image:quizlet.jpg]] || Quizlet || This is a very simple tool that allows teachers and students to create flashcards and interactive quizzes using a database of terms and definitions. I regularly use this with my VCE Biology and Environmental Science students who sometimes have difficulty remembering terms and definitions. Ask them to create their own digital flashcards and post them on a blog or wiki. Here are some of mine.  ||
 * [[image:quiz-revolution_logo.jpg]] || Quiz Revolution || This tool allows you to create free multiple choice quizzes with images. A good task for Year 7 to 12 students as revision of a topic or as an assessment task. My quizzes are here. ||