{"id":507,"date":"2014-12-03T19:12:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T02:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studentblogs.viu.ca\/stephanieboychuk\/?p=507"},"modified":"2014-12-03T19:12:13","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T02:12:13","slug":"assessing-web-2-0-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/stephanieboychukeportfolio\/2014\/12\/03\/assessing-web-2-0-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessing Web 2.0 Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first major project of OLTD 507, I created an excel based tool for assessing web 2.0 tools. If you want to take a look at my template and a selection of tools I assessed, just click this link:<\/p>\n

Blank Template and Survey of Cloud Tools<\/a> \"Creative<\/a><\/p>\n

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.<\/a><\/h6>\n

I’ve taken a page from my previous OLTD courses, and have given this tool a creative commons license. I’m sure someone could take this idea and make it so much better, and I want them to share alike when they do!<\/p>\n

My tool focuses first on the three universal design for learning (UDL) principles, giving some guiding questions for teachers to use to rate the tool. Then, my tool has a series of questions to assess the ease of use of the tool. Finally, there are a series of guiding questions around privacy concerns for a tool, and a prompt to consider alternatives. My tool will allow teachers to answer the guiding questions using numbers (with being 0 strongly disagree to 3 being strongly agree), and will automatically give the tool a percentage rating in each segment of the assessment, as well as an overall rating.<\/p>\n

My goal is not for the percentages ratings to lead teachers away from a tool, but to make it easier to see where more investigation may be needed, or where trying to use the tool may require careful lesson design.<\/p>\n

Based on my survey of a few different cloud tools, I have chosen my top 3 tools for teachers and for students. I’ve created a summary of those tools using another cloud tool called MindMeister, a mind mapping tool. Click the image below to check out the mindmap online:\"Clickable<\/a>You should be able to zoom in and out of areas you are interested in, or run through the pieces as “slides” as I have set up “presentation view” as well.<\/p>\n

Of course, nothing is created in a vacuum, so I have added a list of references to a separate sheet in the excel tool (linked above), and to the bottom of this post.<\/p>\n

References<\/em><\/p>\n

bbovard. (2011, April 7). Web 2.0 selection criteria: Save time choosing an appropriate tool.<\/em> Retrieved from: http:\/\/olc.onlinelearningconsortium.org\/Web_2.0_Selection_Criteria_Save_Time_Choosing_an_Appropriate_Tool<\/a><\/p>\n

CAST. (2011). UDL guidelines – version 2.0: Principle I. Provide multiple means of representation.<\/em> Retrieved from: http:\/\/www.udlcenter.org\/aboutudl\/udlguidelines\/principle1<\/a><\/p>\n

CAST. (2011). UDL guidelines – version 2.0: Principle II. Provide multiple means of action and expression.<\/em> Retrieved from: http:\/\/www.udlcenter.org\/aboutudl\/udlguidelines\/principle2<\/a><\/p>\n

CAST. (2011). UDL guidelines – version 2.0: Principle III. Provide multiple means of engagement.<\/em> Retrieved from: http:\/\/www.udlcenter.org\/aboutudl\/udlguidelines\/principle3<\/a><\/p>\n

Hengstler, J. (2014). Social media technology use: Planning & tool risk assessment worksheet.<\/em> [Microsoft Word Document]. Retrieved from: https:\/\/d2l.viu.ca\/content\/enforced\/56545-EDUC_OLTD506_W70_F2014\/tool_risk_assessment_worksheet.docx?_&d2lSessionVal=dlegyWag5rPZkj2KPKTBwTKle&ou=56545<\/a><\/p>\n

Hodges, C. (2011, November 2). Evaluating Web 2.0 Tools for Education.<\/em>[Slideshare Presentation]. Retrieved from: http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/hodgesc\/evaluating-web-20-tools-for-education<\/a><\/p>\n

lctaylor. (n.d.). iRubric: Evaluation of web 2.0 tools rubric.<\/em> Retrieved from: https:\/\/www.rcampus.com\/rubricshowc.cfm?sp=yes&code=N5XA4A&<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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