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Web 2.0
  • Real Life Application
  • in the
  • Classroom
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What to Expect
  • Why use Web 2.0
  • Concerns and Guidelines
  • Tools and Applications
  • Examples of the Big Three
  • Collaboration Project



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Why Web 2.0
  • Students already use many of the tools
  • Students can discover, explore, and contribute to topics of interest
  • Students can reflect on learning
  • Students can connect with other students and experts
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Concerns
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Guidelines
  • AUP—Acceptable Use Policy
  • Publishing Guidelines
  • Tool Guidelines
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Web 2.0 Applications
  • Social Bookmarking
  • Wikis-collaborate on document, or presentations
  • Blogs-write, share, comment on any topic
  • Podcasts-training, sharing of ideas
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Example of Tools
  • Blogging: Edublogs, Wordpress and Blogmeister
  • Wikis: Wikispaces, PBWiki, and Wetpaint
  • Podcasting: Gcast and Podomatic
  • Social Bookmarking: Del.icio.us
  • RSS: Google Reader and Bloglines
  • Social Community: Ning
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What is Social Bookmarking
  • Saving bookmarks or favorites to a public web site.
  • Stored sites tagged with keywords.
  • Shared with others
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Ideas for Tagging
  • Categorize lesson plans
  • Connect teachers with common tags
  • Connect students in groups with unique tags for papers and projects


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Uses of Blogs
  • Teacher: homework, parent info, inservice
  • Class or Student: post assignments, showcase work, networking with other schools
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Examples of Blogs
  • Language Arts Class
    • http://www.bloglines.com/public/benwilkoff
  • Social Studies Blog
    • http://waworldcultures.blogspot.com/
  • Computer Class Blog
    • http://blog.woodward.edu/widener

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Uses of Wikis
  • Collaborate with other students to publish, organize and add various forms of media
  • Share content on any subject
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Examples of Wikis
  • Reading Class
    • http://wiki.woodward.edu/animal_farm
  • Social Studies Class
    • http://woodward8.wikispaces.com/
  • Computer Class
    • http://theedutainers.wikispaces.com/

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Uses of Podcasts
  • Teacher: recorded teacher lectures, learning topics, exam review
  • Student: school news, original content, interviews, field trips, audio tours, readers theater, “how to,” oral reports, etc...


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Examples of Podcasts
  • Science on the Wildside Podcast
    • http://scienceonthewildsideshow.libsyn.com
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Examples of Podcasts
  • Web Tech Class
    • http://webtech.podomatic.com/


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Examples of Podcasts
  • Middle School Radio Podcast
    • http://www.berkley.k12.mi.us/index.asp?folder=4814
  • Mabry Middle School
    • http://mabryonline.org/podcasts/

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Collaborate
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Terranova Project
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How
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Resources
  • http://del.icio.us/widenerd/fetcpresentation
  • http://blog.woodward.edu/widener
  • http://www.theedutainers.com/fetc
  • http://wikispaces.com/theedutainers