OK I know the title of my post is pretty lame but please be assured the Web 2.0 tool Issuu is not! Issuu ” turns your documents into beautiful online publications. Publish to an audience of millions and get your message across to anyone anywhere. It only takes a minute and it’s free.” This may ( or may not be….please read the complete post) be a great way to post material on your classroom site wiki or blog. Parents colleagues and students will be impressed with the presentation of your material when you use Issuu.
Some of the things I really liked about this online presentation tool…
Registration is fairly quick and easy though it does require a valid email address and verification.You can liIf I could change anything about this web tool it would be…
a management feature would be developed that could be used by teachers so students could also take advantage of this great tool. Currently the tool is only open to users 18 and older. the addition of an option that would block students from liI have torn feeling about this web tool. On one hand it offers some excellent presentation options (and online storage options). On the other hand there is room for abuse by students since the site includes a number of social features. We can’t protect students from social aspects of many of the sites that truly valuable on the web (though we try to through the use of heavy filtering). Sites like this do offer wonderful opportunities for sharing and collaborating. I do feel we need to teach students how to handle social sites responsibly but also 70dknow that there will always be students who take advantage of resources and/or abuse them. I would suggest that you work with this resource site share it with your technology committee if you are in a K-12 environment and make a determination as a group as to whether you feel this site (or similar sites) offer sharing opportunities for students that you are comfortable opening on your network.
If you work at the college level…go for it! This site is a marvelous way to share lecture notes PowerPoints readings and more. The em
Samples I uploaded as I explored this site…