Web+2.0+and+Education

Web 1.0 • Static Web pages, the use of search engines, and page surfing. • Read Web • Producers needed: • HTML coding skills • Graphic design skills []

Web 2.0 = = =Communicate, Collaborate, Compose, Create, and Contribute=

• dynamic web pages where the content is created by users of the website • Web Read/Write • Two way interaction • Creativity • Collaboration • Technical know-how unimportant • Usually publicly accessible • [] [|http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/]

[] web 1.0 vs. web 2.0

Educators should know how… • to join groups and collaborate • to share evaluated resources • to have access to information • to be able to conference • to reflect on the use of information

lists of 2.0 tools - [] []

vocab

Web feed / news feed - a url that allows the user to subscribe to their content RSS - Really Simple Syndication - the ability of web content to be shared and republished Aggregator / News Reader - web based or computer based program that allow you to have your subscriptions delivered automatically and all to one place tag - the subject given to web 2.0 based information which can also be used to search out items of interest

- [|www.google.com/reader] An easy-to-use agggregator which is part of the Google suite of apps. - [|www.netvibes.com] - A online RSS aggregator/newsreader with all types of plug-ins.
 * aggregators**

[|- prezi] - alternative to powerpoint - [] - [|bubbl.us] - An online collaborative concept-mapper. – [|http://letterpop.com] - Online Publication Tool - [|www.gliffy.com/basic.shtml] The no-cost version of this online collaborative organzational tool. - [|skrbl.com/] A collaborative, online whiteboard - [|www.photoshop.com/...landing.html] An online photo-editing and sharing tool brought to you by Adobe! [|- XTimeline]- fantastic online timeline creation tool. It's got built in discussion, abilities to embed images/video, and it's free [| -Librivox] - provides free audio books from the public domain. Want Aesop's Fables in mp3 format for your little ones? How about War of the Worlds for older readers. They're all at Librivox. [|- Glogster] is a fun, interactive, poster maker for the web. Students can create multimedia posters to tell stories. [|- Sketchup] - drawing and 3D-modeling program (it's downloadable software, not web-based like most of the other resources here)
 * Collaboration and online Tools**

A Wiki is simply a web page that's meant to be edited by multiple users in a quick and easy way. The page you're looking at now is a Wikipage. You could edit this page with me, and you can see the history from the very first edit until now by using the Tabs at the top of the page. Here's a good video tutorial called [|Wikis in Plain English]. .
 * Wikis**


 * [|Wikipedia] is the world's largest Wiki. Despite its controversy, I believe it has a solid role in the curriculum. What better way to teach the benefits and risks of collective intelligence, social responsibility, ethics, etc.?
 * [|Wikibooks] is an open content collection of Wiki materials structured in online, living book format.
 * Here's a sample of a Winchester class setting up a Wiki on wikispaces
 * Here are some thoughts on [|Wikis in the Classroom]
 * http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Articles+and+Resources

Making your own Wiki is easy, fun, and free. There are lots of Wiki types available, although I'd suggest starting with either Wikispaces or [|PBWiki]. Both are free, very easy, very basic, and offer special features for K-12 (such as helping teachers get students enrolled, even if the students don't have email addresses). If you are a K-12 educator, you should use [|Wikispaces.com] to create your advertisement-free Wiki.

For ideas on how you can use Wikis in the classroom, these are just a couple of sites available on the net:


 * []
 * http://42ways.wikispaces.com

Browse the various topics, share a possible reason you'd make a Wiki

• Assign Wikipedia entries to students • Students examine entries’ accuracy • Use multiple sources to correct entries • “Final” version given seal of approval

A blog (web-log) is an ongoing journal, hosted online. A blog writer posts a topic and solicits feedback. Unlike a Wiki, in which users edit each other's actual content, a blog's original postings can only be edited by the author. Blog writers want feedback from their readers, but want their original posts to remain protected. Typically, you'll see the Blog title, a snippet of the text, followed by a "click here to read more" link. Below the post itself, you'll see replies or responses from readers to the author about the blog post. If you're looking for classroom blogs, check out [|Anne Davis's PB Wiki] (click the sidebar on the right).
 * Blogs**

More often than not, schools block Blogs for safety and other concerns. But, many schools and districts have tools like Google, Blackboard, Moodle, etc. that have some blogging features built right in. A good place to start playing with classroom-focused blogs is a place called [|Edublogs]. It's a hosting site, a support site, and a warehouse of sorts for lots of educational blogs.

Heard of microblogging or twitter? It's the quick, short text-message version of updating friends, colleagues, and students. Read [|Edutopia.org] for a description. Visit these:
 * [|Middle School Blog Issues]
 * [|A free site for student-friendly (and unblocked!) blogs]
 * [|Edutopia Mind Maps Blog Entry]

browse each: [] [] [] []

Classroom Blog Tools [] [|http://www.edublogs.org]

[] [] [] []
 * Online Student Publications**

• [] • [|http://youtube.com] • http://www.teachertube.com/ [|www.jingproject.com] - Brought to us by TechSmith, this tool allows active screen capture and audio recording and posting and embedding all within seconds! [|skype.com] - Not really a Web 2.0 application, this Web-based computer-to-computer calling service is wonderful! You can even use video.
 * Visual Literacy**

Google Maps is an easy tool to incorporate math, visual arts, social studies, science, reading, and writing. It's free, web-based, and easy to use.
 * Maps Across the Curriculum**
 * [|Google Maps]
 * [|Google Maps Overview/Tutorial]
 * [|Classroom Example of Google Maps in Action - Oral Histories]
 * [|100 Things to do with Google Maps (Mashups)]
 * [|http://earthquakes.tafoni.net]

• Ning - [] - [|www.classroom20.com] A ning.com social network dedicated to educator discussion of Web 2.0 tools
 * Social networking**

– Independent School Educators Network • [] Educational **Network** For Exploration, Discussion, and Collaboration

- [|http://docs.google.com] – Free online word processor, presentations and spreadsheets from Google - [] - [|https://login.microsoftonline.com/login.srf]
 * Google Docs and live@edu**