After exploring the web tools for a while, the two that I came upon are two that I was familiar with prior to this class, but are also two that I feel I would use in a classroom setting. I chose to look at YouTube and Shutterfly.
YouTube is an online video-sharing website where users can upload videos to share with other people. There are videos on everything from political speeches to home videos. In the classroom, videos on YouTube could be used to supplement research projects on famous people in history. There are lots of videos of famous speeches, readings of works of literature of famous writers and playwrights, and documentary pieces. The only risk in using YouTube is that much teacher control would have to be used in order to assure that students did not access videos that are inappropriate for school.
Shutterfly is an online photo sharing website where individual photos can be uploaded or slide shows can be made of special events. These photos and slide shows can be shared with other internet users and other people can even purchase photos directly from the Shutterfly site. This would be a great tool to use in the classroom to share photos with families after special school events or field trips. With a large percentage of working families, there are many family members who cannot always attend special events, but by using Shutterfly, families can see photos and purchase them if the want to.
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