I think the four most important ways to incorporate Web 2.0 apps into the classroom/websites would be through communication, planning ahead, making learning fun, and of course grades. These can all be accomplished by using four specific Web 2.0 applications: Tangler, Google Calendar, Quizlet, Scribblar, and Engrade. Tangler is a discussion board/forum app which I will use for allowing parents to pose questions or comments to myself as well as all the other parents in the course. This open communication is essential both for my teaching and for the students to learn so that their parents will be able to help them succeed. Google Calendar will make it extremely easy for me to change the course calendar without having to change my website since it is a part of my gmail account; the calendar will also allow students/parents/principal to see where the class is going and plan accordingly. Since the calendar will be embeded it will be easy for the students as well to just go to the website and check to see if anything has changed. Quizlet and Scribblar are fun ways to actively learn with the student or have the student enter the sites on their own to study. Quizlet is an app that allows the user to make flashcards which for chemistry is great since there are a lot of new terms to understand. Scribblar is an online whiteboard which would allow students not in the classroom to see exactly how I would work out problems if they're having trouble. I've decided to embed the codes to both quizlet and scribblar so that the students wouldn't need a user name and password for these sites. Finally, I will use Engrade for my online gradebook. This is a wonderful app that when the student has a user name and password, they are allowed to view their scores on past assignments as well as see what other assignments are left for the year.
Tangler: http://tangler.com
Google Calendar: http://gmail.com
Scribblar: www.scribblar.com
Quizlet: http://quizlet.com/
Engrade: www.engrade.com
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