Webware 100 Winners

Looking around at some of the sites, I found a few that I really liked. I would use these sites for my self but also they can be implicated in a classroom environment. The first site that I liked was Flickr. It was really easy to use and very convenient. There are lots of different options that you can chose from to create something with the pictures that you import. For a history class it might be fun to do a collage of pictures from the time period that we are studying. Or if they were doing a project about a famous historical figure they can do it on Flickr. They can upload pictures from the Internet which is great if the students don't have their own pictures. They can create everything on line and save it online so that others can see it. It would be a fun activity to do.
Another site that I always like is Youtube. This site has every video or clip you can imagine. This is a great teaching tool that can make any lesson more interactive and interesting. When you are teaching a specific topic in any subject visuals help emphasize the main points but it also can be a tool to help the students fully understand the lesson. In history classes Youtube is great. Most of the time artifacts and reenactments are hard to bring into the classroom. By using Youtube it is an inexpensive way to make history come to life. When discussing specific battles or wars it is great to be able to pull up and educational clip of the types of weapons used and see how they were fired and the actual damage they caused. For students to actually see this happening it puts things in perspective and they can get the big picture and plus its keeps their interest and draws them in.
I liked playing around with these different interactive sites. It  really got me thinking outside the box of how they could be integrated into a classroom. There are some great ways to keep learning progressing while also keeping students engaged and interested. By using these sites or technology in general I really think that it can improve the classroom environment and engage all students. As a perspective teacher these sites make me a little nervous to use just because I think they are great and I wouldn't want to over use them. There are so many different varieties of web technology to use that I think it can fit into any classroom of any subject. There is a time and a place for everything and balance would be the key element.