Neatchat
Neatchat.com is a secure online chat room by invitation only. The teacher can select students and then provide them with online study groups or homework help. The teacher can also do class discussion through this means trying to draw in students who are less likely to participate in class. During class time students could also invite pen pals, college professors, speakers they have met through other media and students in other classrooms for open topics. Students should take turns leading discussions. This might be a good beginning to looking at twitter.
Features: no software to install, private, ad free, safe, chat can be printed off, can delete or block users
EVALUATION RUBRIC FOR WEB 2.0 COMMUNICATION TOOLS
LACKING
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GOOD
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OUTSTANDING
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Learning Effectiveness
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- Only lower order thinking skills or less than two higher order thinking skills are assessed
- Experiences are limited to only the creator
- The application does not extend learning beyond what the teacher has already taught
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- Assesses at least two higher order thinking skills
- Provides real world experiences
- When combined with teaching, the application extends the student’s learning
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- Assesses higher order thinking skills (create, analyze, apply and evaluate)
- Provides simulations and real world experiences
- When combined with teaching, the application extends the student’s learning
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Reliability & Support
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- Student needs direct support over 50 percent of the time
- The program is slow and lags
- There are no fixes to human error with the exception of starting over
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- Student is able to access the program with limited support
- Efficiency in speed and design
- Easily fixes human error with online help
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- Student is able to access the program with no support
- Efficiency in speed and design
- Easily fixes human error
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Ease of Use
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- Program does not save work, student must print work out
- Students have difficulty learning the tool
- The tool provides only single applications
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- program automatically saves work
- most students easily learn the tool
- student can use up to 3 applications within the tool
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- Program automatically saves work
- Students at all levels are able to learn the tool easily
- Student can use several applications within one tool (video, communication, presentation, audio)
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Safety
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- Academic ads
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Ad free
Academic links
Individual login
Secure environment
Teacher control to share work & interact with other users
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Ad free
Academic links
Individual login
Secure environment
Class roster to share work & interact with other users
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Technology Requirements
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Free student & staff accounts
Internet cloud storage
Collaborate on projects, documents
Web-based
Use on multiple platforms: laptops iPads, iPods, Kindles
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Unlimited free student, staff & parent accounts
Internet cloud storage
Simultaneous collaboration on projects, documents
Web-based
Use on multiple platforms: laptops iPads, iPods, Kindles
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Curriculum
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Common Core aligned K-12
State aligned K-12
Scaffolds
Numerous content areas
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Common Core aligned K-12
State aligned K-12
Scaffolds
Numerous content areas
Taxonomy availability
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