Using Web2.0

Using Web 2.0 Tools and Technology to Enhance Instruction : 

Using Web 2.0 Tools and Technology to Enhance Instruction

Meet Hayes Potter… : 

Meet Hayes Potter…

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So what is Web 2.0?

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Open source content -- sites get their value from their users Anyone can be a publisher All material is free Web based, so you won't clutter up your hard drive & you can access from any computer Relies on a community that encourages reusing materials Tools for commentary/free expression - text, audio, video Web 2.0 Characteristics

Social Software: The Tools of Web 2.0 : 

Social Software: The Tools of Web 2.0 Blogs Wikis Del.icio.us/Digg/etc. Nings YouTube Podcasting Flickr Twitter Google Docs Google Earth Google Maps PageFlakes SecondBrain SecondLife Slideshare Skype

How can a teacher use Web 2.0? : 

How can a teacher use Web 2.0? Outside the Classroom: Personal and professional development -- Social Networking (Nings, Facebook, LinkedIn) Social Bookmarking   Inside the Classroom: Collaborative learning tools -- Wikis, Blogs, Vlogs, Podcasts

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Outside the Classroom Your Personal Learning Network

Caution: One Foot in Front of the Other : 

Caution: One Foot in Front of the Other Join a professional social network. (Ning sites, LinkedIn groups, Facebook groups, etc.) A great source for everything: (http://socialnetworksined.wikispaces.com/) Find a handful of blogs you like and subscribe to them using RSS feeds, Google Reader, etc. Comment, if you want. Bloggers love comments! Join a microblogging network like Twitter, Plurk or EdModo (see appendix) Watch things quietly for a while, then become part of the conversation.

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Classroom 2.0 NingA great place for building contacts with other educators who are interested in using Web 2.0 tools.  18,600 members. A weekly live show on Saturdays gives members a chance to communicate and learn together. I joined this network for blog ideas. They also have a FaceBook page (2,300 members), a Wiki and a blog. Nings, Anyone? Classroom 2.0 18,000 members

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Special Ed in the 21st Century Ning 35 members Technology in Special Education Ning 150 members

Join Facebook or LinkedIn : 

Join Facebook or LinkedIn Teaching Critical Thinking Group on FaceBook Active Learning Group on FaceBook

LinkedIn : 

LinkedIn My LinkedIn Page Just another way to connect with people who have similar jobs, to network, to share interesting links/presentations, etc.

Inside the Classroom: Wikis! : 

Inside the Classroom: Wikis! www.pbwiki.com www.wikispaces.com www.wetpaint.com www.wikipedia.com Wiki platforms

What you can do with a Wiki… : 

What you can do with a Wiki… Build a school newspaper online Publish student projects and research Manage class documents Use as a presentation tool Debate topics, assigned readings Support service learning projects (build a website around a project)

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Lee County Schools Wiki

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Wikis Across the Curriculum Wikispaces – 100,000 K-12 classroom wikis. Wiki how-to designed for teachers new to setting up their own wikis.

Mr. C.'s Science ClassRaleigh, N.C. : 

Mr. C.'s Science ClassRaleigh, N.C.

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The Iditarod Collaborative Project School in Grand Forks, ND More Wikis are listed in my appendix.

Inside the Classroom: Blogs : 

Inside the Classroom: Blogs classblogmeister.com: gated blogging tool flickr.com: photo blogging community epnweb.org: education podcast network Edublogs -- Wordpress blog tool for educators  Wordpress blogging platform Blogger -- Google blogging platform Blog platforms and tools

What to do with a class blog? : 

What to do with a class blog? Post a writing prompt    Week in Review    Respond to a reading     Find the facts    Current events

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Mr. Smith’s 4th Grade Bloggers (Hannibal, MO)

Glenbrook North High School Business Law Class Blog : 

Glenbrook North High School Business Law Class Blog

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Mrs. Pena's Science Blog

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Edublogs's Student Blogging Challenge

Vlogs : 

Vlogs blip.tv: make your own video blog youtube.com: 100 million videos downloaded daily Teachertube.com: alternative to youtube UstreamTV Vlogit: video production software offered by Adobe Freevlog  Video Toolbox: 150+ Online Video Tools DeafRead (best of deaf blogs and vlogs) Vlogging tools

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Why I Hate Mid-Winter Break -- available on TeacherTube. We Are the Media: Videoblogging in Education  DeafVideoTV Academic Earth  ACTE Video Album on TeacherTube  EcoFacts on ITunes

Who's got a YouTube page? : 

Who's got a YouTube page? Pope Benedict on YouTube (662,000 views) Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard, MIT, etc. The Museum of Modern Art (1.6 million views) Ed in 08 (1.3 million views) Autism Speaks (1.1 million views)  SWBOCES Career and Tech Ed Videos

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Jennifer ESL The New York Times Barack Obama (128 million views) Discovery Channel   Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Techtopia (all technology tutorials) Note: You don't have to create a YouTube channel, but you can use it as a resource. YouTube can be a great resource, used wisely.

Inside the Classroom: Podcasting : 

Inside the Classroom: Podcasting Podcasting Tools and Resources: Audacity (audio recording tool) iTunes  Why Apple in Education The Education Podcast Network

A Few Cool School Podcasts : 

A Few Cool School Podcasts Downs FM Radio Sandaig Radio WillowWeb Room 208 Podcast Room 613 Talk Jamestown Podcast Room 613 Talk

Social Bookmarking : 

Social Bookmarking Web based service where shared lists of user-created Internet bookmarks are displayed. Allows user to locate, classify, rank, and share Internet resources by tagging sites. Diigo, Del.icio.us, Stumbleupon, Digg, etc.

What’s so great about social bookmarking? : 

What’s so great about social bookmarking? Saves links to web pages Web-based so your bookmarks are available anywhere-not just on one computer in your bookmarks or favorites list. Share web page links with others Create “networks” of people with like interests and bookmarks Organize your favorite web pages with tags

Teachers Using Social Bookmarks : 

Teachers Using Social Bookmarks Willowdale Elementary School’s Delicious Page (Omaha, Neb.)

EFL Classroom 2.0 on Diigo : 

EFL Classroom 2.0 on Diigo

Appendix : 

Appendix http://www.ted.com The Common Craft Show (video how-tos)   Kansas State University's Mediated Cultures Website Snipshot (edit your photos online/alternative to Photoshop)  A-Z Glossary of Web 2.0 Terms Google Docs Slideshare Classroom Blogging/David Warlick Westwood Schools Wiki

An Assortment of Cool Things on the Web : 

An Assortment of Cool Things on the Web Blog of the headmaster of the private Summit School

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Noteflight -- music making and teaching website

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Encyclopedia of Life

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Five Freedoms Project

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Soshiku, free online homework management tool

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BigThink

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Ancient Rome at Google Earth

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Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms/Will Richardson School Communications 2.0 MakeUseOf  Common Craft Videos Weblogg-ed   Teach Digital -- Wes Fryer’s wiki about Tech Leadership in Schools The Life That Chose Me -- special education blog  SmartBoard Revolution Ning -- 1,061 members The Never Ending Appendix

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PBS Learning Now Teach Digital -- Wes Fryer’s wiki about Tech Leadership in Schools Google Docs Google Earth Google Mars Google Sky Academic Earth  Ning in Education -- 3,387 members. A great way to get your feet wet. Global Education Collaborative Ning -- 1,300 members

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Doodle4Google contest Google for Educators  The American Storyteller TeachersFirst MakeUseOf  Common Craft Videos  Discovery Education  DeafRead (best of deaf blogs and vlogs)  DeafVideoTV (videos downloaded for the deaf)  Jehanne's Vlog    http://www.youngestblogger.com

Thank you! : 

Thank you! Stay in touch: emccormack@swboces.org Facebook Twitter LinkedIn School Communications 2.0    This presentation can be found at http://www.slideshare.net/evelynmccormack