web2.0

20 WEB 2.0 TOOLS YOU SHOULD BE USING IN YOUR CLASSROOM : 

20 WEB 2.0 TOOLS YOU SHOULD BE USING IN YOUR CLASSROOM Kim Peacock, B.Ed., M.Ed. University of Alberta

A Quick Poll : 

A Quick Poll

My Personal Philosophy of PD… : 

My Personal Philosophy of PD… Inspiration Vs. Perspiration

Project Based Learning : 

Project Based Learning Authentic learning experiences Grounded in critical thinking Well scaffolded Student-centric but teacher-dependent Firmly grounded in the curriculum Cross-curricular Example:http://www.ltspaces.com/geothentic/http://www.polarhusky.com

Part 1 – What Is Web 2.0? : 

Part 1 – What Is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 Is Here… : 

Web 2.0 Is Here… You are probably already using Web 2.0 tools in your day-to-day online life: Facebook Blogs Wikipedia Flickr/Picassa/etc…

What Are Web Applications? : 

What Are Web Applications? Allow you to perform tasks or create objects without software. Often known as “Web 2.0” applications. Often have an element of social interaction. Accessible from anywhere. Usually FREE!

The Web 2.0 Lexicon : 

The Web 2.0 Lexicon RSS feeds Tags Folksonomy Mash-Ups Widgets

Risks : 

Risks Applications go up and down. Applications get bought out. Web applications sometimes allow students to interact with other people online. Most tools have privacy settings to keep minors safe. Students’ privacy should be considered. Some tools can be completely private, but others not.

Risks : 

Risks Applications may create thing that can’t leave the confines of the particular web site (e.g./ can’t be downloaded to a disc/dvd/etc…) Students with computers at home may get to spend more time on projects than students without since it’s easily accessible.

Logistics : 

Logistics Consider room setup. Consider privacy settings. Consider parental permission. Consider school/district technology policy. Consider e-mail addresses and sign-up logistics.

A Note On Blocking : 

A Note On Blocking Some Web 2.0 sites may be blocked at your school… you can sometimes get around this. Submit a request to your technology department. Provide a pedagogical justificationfor the site to be unblocked at your school during a certain period of time. Describe how you will keep students safe.

Part 2 – 20 Web Tools : 

Part 2 – 20 Web Tools

1. Research Helpers : 

1. Research Helpers Diigo: Highlight and annotate web sites for your studentshttp://www.diigo.com/ Trailfire: Create a path through the Internet and annotate web pages.http://trailfire.com/ Snipd: Copy and archive web content.http://snipd.com

1. Research Helpers : 

1. Research Helpers Have students create a trail of good quality research resources. Have students use Diigo to comment on newsarticles. Have students use Snipdto research their nextresearch project.

2. Bookmarking : 

2. Bookmarking Google Bookmarks: Non-social bookmarkinghttp://www.google.com/bookmarks Del.icio.us: Social bookmarkinghttp://del.icio.us Share resources with youryoung students (no URLs) Have students create researcharchives

3. RSS Feeds : 

3. RSS Feeds Google Reader: Subscribe to feeds and write your own notes.http://www.google.com/reader/ Google Alerts: Get emails sent to you on any topic.http://www.google.com/alerts Create alerts for topics you’refollowing in your social andscience courses. Create a custom newspaper foryour students using Reader.

4. Concept Mapping : 

4. Concept Mapping Bubbl.us: Collaborative mind mappinghttp://bubbl.us/edit.php Gliffy: Collaborative mind mappinghttp://www.gliffy.com Mindmeister: Collaborative Mind Mappinghttp://www.mindmeister.com/ Mindomo: Software interactive mind mappinghttp://mindomo.com/

5. Virtual Classrooms : 

5. Virtual Classrooms Ning: Create a closed social network for your class.http://www.ning.com Offer blended delivery rightin your classroom. Consider opening your Ning toparents and have a collaborativelearning community w/ parents.

6. Productivity Suites : 

6. Productivity Suites Google Docs: Write, share and edit documents online. (Video)http://docs.google.com/ Zoho: An alternative to Google Docs. More features and more complex. http://www.zoho.com/

7. Blogs : 

7. Blogs Blog Toolshttp://www.blogger.com/http://www.21classes.com/ Class Blogs http://www.balla.ecsd.net/http://www.bobsprankle.com/blog/

7. Blogs : 

7. Blogs Create a blog from the point of view of an historic figure. Create a blog to track observations about a classroom pet. Have students do scribe posts to summarize instructional content.http://edubuzz.org/blogs/s3scribeposts/ http://816math.blogspot.com/2006/11/scribe-post-november-1-2006.html

8. Microblogging : 

8. Microblogging Microblogging Toolshttp://www.twitter.com/http://www.edmodo.com/ PLNs http://bethstill.edublogs.org/2009/08/08/looking-for-a-unique-gift-for-an-administrator-give-em-a-pln/ http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/ http://wefollow.com/twitter/k12 http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pM_ZE5BS0SgqDabnhl8Z2aA

8. Microblogging : 

8. Microblogging Twitter in the classroom? Asynchronous discussion Reading responses Test preparation Current events:http://twitter.com/The_Pub_Debateshttps://twitter.com/cnn Scientific research:http://twitter.com/kidsciencehttp://twitter.com/sciencehttp://twitter.com/MedUpdates

9. Wikis : 

9. Wikis Wiki tools http://www.wikispaces.com http://www.pbwiki.com Class Wikishttp://stratford78logos0607.pbwiki.com/http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/ School Wikihttp://meyokumin.wikispaces.com/

9. Wikis : 

9. Wikis Use a wiki to write a class“choose-your-own-adventure”. Use a wiki to showcase student work to parents. Use a wiki as a portfolio of student work. Allow parents to join your wiki so that they can comment and provide feedback to students.

10. Cartoons and Comic Books : 

10. Cartoons and Comic Books Pikistrips: Create comic books using photoshttp://pikistrips.com/ ToonDoo: Create online comic books from scratch.http://toondoo.com/Home.do Pixton: Customizable comics (animation soon)http://pixton.com/ca/ Toonlet: Create a character and write simple texthttp://toonlet.com DoInk: Simple Animationshttp://www.doink.com

10. Cartoons and Comic Books : 

10. Cartoons and Comic Books Reasons for Explorationhttp://www.toondoo.com/toondoo/ViewBook.toon?bookid=12301 The Importance of Squantohttp://www.toondoo.com/toondoo/ViewBook.toon?bookid=11741 Prince Henry’s Contributions http://www.toondoo.com/toondoo/ViewBook.toon?bookid=11706

11. Web Spaces : 

11. Web Spaces Google Sites: Simple studentweb siteshttp://sites.google.com/ Sample: http://sites.google.com/a/googleclassrooms.org/mrs-richau/Home Protopages: Highly customizable widgets.http://www.protopage.com Sample: http://www.protopage.com/yzerman19

12. Podcasts and Vidcasts : 

12. Podcasts and Vidcasts Pod-O-Matic: Find and create podcastshttp://www.podomatic.com/ Yodio: Podcast from any phone or the webhttp://www.yodio.com/ Talkshoe: Podcasting and Audio Discussion Forumshttp://www.talkshoe.com/ Student Podcast Samples:http://dreamextreme.us/podcast/http://thedowns.edublogs.org/category/podcasting/

12. Podcasts and Vidcasts : 

12. Podcasts and Vidcasts Teacher Tube: An online video archive like YouTube but safe for the classroom.http://www.teachertube.com/ Ustream: Create a live feed of a school event.http://www.ustream.tv/

12. Podcasts and Vidcasts : 

12. Podcasts and Vidcasts Make a podcast for http://www.kid-cast.com/ Create an “Our City” Podcast forhttp://www.learninginhand.com/OurCity/ Do a weekly class podcast as a review/newsletter. http://bobsprankle.com/podcasts/room208vidcast.mp4 Create a “captain’s log” of a famous historic voyage. Make a series of vidcaststo promote DPA (stretches, exercises, etc…)

12. Podcasts and Vidcasts : 

12. Podcasts and Vidcasts Create an old fashioned radio play. Create a pod/vidcast debate online. Have students create a podcast dictionary of vocabulary words. Have students create a series of vidcasts solving different kids of math problems. Have students summarizecurrent events once a week.

13. Screencasting : 

13. Screencasting Screencast-O-Matic: Capture and post what’s on your computer screen.http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ Examples: Assessment / Peer Feedbackhttp://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/ciQZXIgH Instructional Contenthttp://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/ciQlh3Ap

13. Screencasting : 

13. Screencasting GoView: Record and edit your screen captureshttp://goview.com/ Sketchcast: Capture and post what’s on your tablet or SmartBoard.http://sketchcast.com/ Screentoaster: Record screen captures and upload to YouTube and other sites.http://www.screentoaster.com/

13. Screencasting : 

13. Screencasting Capture and post Smart Board notes online quickly. Create an archive of extra credit work that can be used year after year. Use Screencast-o-Matic to orally assess student work Create videos for parents so that they can help their child with homework. Help assess student difficulties in areas like problem solving (have students talk through their work).

14. Mapping Applications : 

14. Mapping Applications Google Maps: Create unlimited maps with annotated locations.http://maps.google.ca Example: http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=111008165444273296600.000465931a4b0b9fad889&t=h&z=2 Community Walk: Kid friendly maps.http://www.communitywalk.com Example: http://www.communitywalk.com/calgary/alberta/my_first_neighborhood/map/140666

14. Mapping Applications : 

14. Mapping Applications Have students create a mapped journal of an historic trip. Have students create a virtual field trip based on a class field trip. Have students create a map of a science process (e.g./ where garbage goes or the path of a can as it goes to be recycled). Have students complete a reflective health project, mapping places of importance in their life.

15. Visual Representations : 

15. Visual Representations Glogster: Create multimedia postershttp://www.glogster.com Example: http://metro09.glogster.com/What-I-Like-About-Myself/?w1 BigHugeLabs: Make posters and other multimedia content with photos.http://bighugelabs.com Zuiprezi: Non-linear presentationshttp://zuiprezi.com/

16. Video Annotation : 

16. Video Annotation Bubble Ply: Add bubbles and captions to videohttp://www.bubbleply.com/ Examples: http://www.bubbleply.com/player.aspx?pid=b1bf700f-6f47-4364-9dd7-e413706860b9 http://www.bubbleply.com/player.aspx?pid=EE1549C5-E35B-4F64-AA80-D4C1A220102F Note that TeacherTube is a good alternative if YouTube is blocked.

16. Video Annotation : 

16. Video Annotation Use video annotation to havestudents analyze speeches. Use video annotation to havestudents express an opinion ona video or news clip. Use video annotation for formative feedback for student work (e.g./ video recordings of PE). Use video annotation to create an instructional video (with written in steps).

17. VoiceThread : 

17. VoiceThread VoiceThread: Not really like anything else…http://voicethread.com/ Almost like a wiki/blog with audio… it allows users to annotate and expand images with voice recordings. http://voicethread.com/share/407691/ http://voicethread.com/share/4973/ http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/

17. VoiceThread : 

17. VoiceThread Create an oral history archive such as:http://www.ourvoices.ca/ If all of your students have internet access, do a daily homework question on Voicethread. Have students create a talking storybook. Look through the many examples of teacher projects already on Voicethread!http://voicethread.com/#q.b409

18. Interactive Timelines : 

18. Interactive Timelines xTimeline: Historic interactive timelines.http://www.xtimeline.com/index.aspx?t=5&l=en-US Dipity: Interactive timelines with additional multimedia.http://www.dipity.com/

18. Interactive Timelines : 

18. Interactive Timelines Have students create a timeline of a scientific process (e.g./ the lifecycle of an animal). Have students create a year plan for the goals they would like to achieve in your course. Have students add to existing public timelines on xTimeline.

19. Virtual Tours : 

19. Virtual Tours Mapwing: Image based virtual tourshttp://www.mapwing.com/ Photosynth: Create virtual tours from photoshttp://photosynth.net/ Create a virtual tour ofcommunity places. Create a virtual tourafter a field trip.

20. Multimedia & Digital Storytelling : 

20. Multimedia & Digital Storytelling Pixorial: Create and edit video online.http://www.pixorial.com/ Motionbox: Create and edit video online.http://www.motionbox.com/ Jaycut: Create and edit video online.http://jaycut.com/ One True Media: Video montageshttp://www.onetruemedia.com/

20. Multimedia & Digital Storytelling : 

20. Multimedia & Digital Storytelling Funtigo: Create online scrapbooks.http://funtigo.com/?cr=3&rfm=y Vuvox: Make interactive panoramas and movies.http://www.vuvox.com/ Animoto: Upload and assemble shortphoto commercials online.http://animoto.com/

Thank You! : 

Thank You! kim.peacock@ualberta.ca http://www.protopage.com/web2point0forteachers/