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Web 2.0 Tools :​
__ Charles Ives Timeline: Tool: [|www.timetoast.com] __

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Timetoast.com is a very unique web tool because of its specific purpose to create neat, accessible timelines. I used my example alongside the children’s picture book biography: What Charlie Heard by Mordicai Gerstein. This book is a brief biography about the modern classical music composer, Charles Ives. I created a timeline that followed some of the most important landmarks and events stated in the book from the life of Charles Ives. Some additional research was required, but the final product turned out to be very informative. This tool would be a great addition in a classroom to any non-fiction historical or biographical book read at any age. The program is easy to figure out and the visual are bright and functional. I would suggest that students create their own timeline about a book they read. It requires comprehension and reviewing the material throughout the story. If I could change one piece of this site, it would be that they offer the editor options on how to label time. The only options given are specific Month, Date, Year dates and not all storylines are completely applicable to that. If students could create their own way to measure time, fictional stories could be added and students could create a timeline from any book. Using this on a biography also opens up a writing jumping-off point and potential guidelines to creating an outline for a paper.

__What Charlie Heard: Phonics, Vocabulary, and Writing application slideshow Tool:__ [|www.onetruemedia.com] media type="custom" key="5753819"

Onetruemedia.com is a program with a detailed format that can be used to do just about anything with pictures in a slideshow. The above example is what the site offers free to anyone. Again, I incorporated the book What Charlie Heard by Mordicai Gerstein. If one were to purchase the “premium” package, words can be added and in the setting of classroom, questions can be asked below the pictures.

If you would like to view my complete version that incorporated questions that would be asked in a RLA classroom please visit __maria.bacher@cuw.edu__ ; Password: onomatopoeia. This presentation is much more involved and offers many options.

In this format I asked: What is your favorite kind of music? Do you have a favorite instrument? Where do you hear instruments play? List 3 adjectives describing sound. Find 4 onomatopoeias found in this book. Your turn: create a unique way to present your answers. This program could also be used to present pictures of the students in the classroom on a field trip or as a fun way for the students to create their own slideshow either involving their family or their own topic of presentation.

__**Cast Book:** [|Bella the Bunny Plants her First Garden] __