Web 2.0 Instructional Tools

The Web 2.0 tool that I chose to highlight for my presentation is from a site called www.studentpublishing.com. This is an interactive book publishing tool for multiple grade levels. As a special education major and the experiences I have had with students with disabilities, this tool is a great way to incorporate technology and instruction. Studentpublishing.com is an online book publishing tool for grades K-8. Most of the books published are free of charge with certain requirements. Students can log in under their own identity and create books by typing their story into various book templates. They can choose, text, pictures, set-up, layouts, and even color the pictures using a simple MS Paint type technology. I think this is a great tool for students with multiple disabilities who may have trouble writing, speaking, or even using the tools to make and color their own books by hand. For a child with severe Cerebral Palsy to create anything requires the assistance of someone. This tool would allow a child to create and publish a book, who otherwise could not even hold a pencil on his own.