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Activity One
Favorite parts of Tapped In:
- So easy to set up!
- Transcripts of all chats
- for K-12 classroom seems very sheltered and “clean”
Activity Two
Compared to other websites Tapped In (TI) is very bleak as far as eye appeal. The website does not take full advantage of web 2.0. With this being said, it is the easy website I have every worked with to set up a class. Teachers, especially veteran teachers, would be attracted to this website. Students on the other hand would find it out dated and bulky. By bulky I mean not sleek and smooth like a flash based website or website that takes advantage of web 2.0 features (i.e. inline color chaning, or object interaction). The other disadvantage to TI is that there is not really a way to integrate media heavy content only links. I find that this is a great disadvantage to other sites that students frequent.
Activity Three
I would use TI as a way to promote 24 hour learning or even for tutorials. I shared this with a fellow teacher this past week as a great tutorial tool. Students must have a computer and internet access, but both technologies can be outdated and still work with the website. The only planning teachers must do to use TI as a tutor is to set up student accounts before tutoring sessions. The teacher I spoke with was excited and wanted to see more.
