Using+Web+2.0+tools+in+the+classroom

=  ﻿ Using Web 2.0 tools in our Classrooms  =

**//Examples of Web 2.0//**

 * Blogging as a natural tool for writing instruction.
 * Wikis and their role in project collaboration.
 * Podcasting as a useful means of presenting information and ideas.

// Positive effects of using web 2.0 in the classrooms. //

 * Stimulates classroom discussion
 * Reinforces lectures and reading
 * Provides common base of knowledge among students, and
 * Helps them teach more effectively.

//Wikis//
//How can I use Wikis? // Wikispaces, PBWorks, Wiki Basics: [|Teachers First]
 * Group projects
 * Homework assignments
 * Group question and answers
 * Online newspapers

//Blogs//
//How can I use Blogs?//


 * A way of linking writing, reading, and connecting information and learning together.
 * It provides your students with a “live” audience.
 * The focus will be more on content
 * It provide extra reading practice for students.
 * Blogs can be used as online student learner journals
 * To guide students to online resources appropriate for their level.
 * To encourage shy students to participate.
 * To create a space for pre-class or post-class discussion.
 * To encourage a process-writing approach.
 * As an online portfolio or even an archive of student written work.
 * To help build a closer relationship between students in large classes

Langwitches Blog Article: Blogging Unit for Elementary School - Langwitches

//Presentation tools//
//How can I use Prezi ?//
 * This web-based tool allows the user to create a single canvas of text, images, videos, etc. online.
 * The presenter flies from location to location on the canvas, sometimes turning elements upside down, sometimes zooming in or out, to explore the relationship between ideas.
 * Like a painter, the canvas draws the developer to choose visual imagery to create the presentation.
 * Painting a larger point composed of its constituent elements.
 * Zooms in and out during the presentation to illustrate the complex relationships that exist at different levels of the topic.
 * Online meetings.
 * Collaborative Presentation editing.

[|Prezi] Work collaborative in real time with Prezi Meetings Article: Prezi: A Better Way of Doing Presentations [|Zoho Show] [|Slide Rocket] [|Animoto]

//﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿Digital Storytelling//
//How can I use Digital Storytelling?//
 * The inclusion of multimedia makes stories come alive.
 * A script is extracted from the narrative and then improved by including video, music and voice.

Storyjumper.com [|Storybird.com/] Glogster.com [|Tikatok.com/] Kerpoof.com

//Social Bookmarking//
//How can I can use del.icio.us?://
 * Share bookmarks across many computers
 * Allows us to "Tag" our bookmarks
 * Backs up our bookmarks externally (safe in computer crashes)
 * Allows us to share our bookmarks with fellow teachers and students.

[|Delicious.com], Delicious Bookmarking Basics [|Shelfari]

//Podcasting//
//How can I use Podcasting?//
 * Read aloud a variety of materials to report, discuss, and analyze. News papers, novels, school newsletters, jokes, scripts, their own writing etc.
 * Have students emphasize on the clarity, and emotion. Read according to the theme of the article they are reading (is it funny, serious, sad, dramatic?).
 * Retell, Relate and Respond to various pieces of literature.
 * Novel responses, critique and recommendations.

Radiowaves.co.uk [|Youtube.com] [|EdTechTalk] [|Kidcast] VoiceThread Article: Educator's tips for podcasts and podcasting

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//RSS//
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Syndicated feeds can be used to follow multiple student postings, facilitate collaborative writing, share images associated with group projects, and track news topics related to a subject area.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">//How can I can use RSS?://
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Create resources and research to share (del.icio.us)
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Collate student writing from many blogs
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Track student collaboration on wikies and blogs.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Share quality RSS feeds with staff
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Grab content specific resources and deliver them to students.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Use peer networks to develop knowledge
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Track the authors, journalists and news that are important to you.

//Google Apps Education Edition//
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Google Apps Education Edition offers a free (and ad-free) set of customizable tools that enable faculty, staff and students to work together and learn more effectively. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">//How can I can use Google Apps?://
 * [|Communication] – Enhance your community's dialogue with hosted email, shared calendars and integrated video chat.
 * [|Collaboration] – Google Docs and Google Sites enable students and teachers to share documents online, at any time and from any location.
 * [|Customization] – Easily integrate your existing IT systems with Google Apps while keeping your school's domain safe and secure.

Google Apps