Web 2.0 Tools
The Web 2.0 Tool that I used was from a website called Flippity. With Flippity, there are several review games that you can use, like Madlibs or Bingo. The one that I used was Madlibs. I used this for a review on parts of speech because you have to fill in the adjectives, nouns, and verbs to get the story. It is a great tool to use after a mini lesson. With the Madlibs, you choose a story type and fill in the parts of speech. After filling in the parts of speech, you can finish the story and read the final project. It looks like it is geared toward teachers to use for a review game, but I could see students using it for their own review or presentation to the class. It is nice because you don’t even need an account, you can just go to flippity.net and have at it!
Using Blooms Taxonomy, I can see this under “Create”. The students and the teacher have the chance to create a story using the terms that have reviewed. I can also see it being used under “Evaluate” because they are inclined to make a decision as a class for that words they want to use under the parts of speech.
Under the TIM (Technology Integration Matrix) I can see this being fairly entry level. I am giving them the technology to use and I use it for quick content lesson. It is collaborative because they are collaborating together to pick the parts of speech as a class.
I loved using it. It is cute and fun and easy to access. But it is very entry level technology, but that isn’t a bad thing. For a quick review, it is a quick and easy resource to use. The kids, especially if they are younger, will get a kick out of the crazy words they can come up with to make the story wild. As just a demonstration tool, there isn’t a lot of creative work involved besides yelling out words to the teacher to put in. If it was an at-home project, or doing it just at their seats, there is a lot of individual creative work involved, but for the sake of time, I would probably do it at the board with them. It can be beneficial for a review, but it doesn’t require a lot of thinking or analysis, so it wouldn’t be used for a new lesson.
