Separation of Lanthanides/ Lanthanides and Actinides
Web 2.0 is Elementary
1. Web 2.0 Is Elementary
Presented by Ann Carnevale,
Tawana Graham-Douglas and
Jennifer Murrihy
CECA 2010
2. Your Presenters
from Plainville Community Schools, Plainville, CT
Ann Carnevale Tawana Graham- Jennifer Murrihy
Instructional Technology Douglas Fifth grade teacher
Specialist
Second grade teacher M.Ed., Integrating Arts in
Former first, second and Education
M.Ed., Elementary Education
fifth grade teacher
Advanced graduate studies
Currently enrolled: Sixth
M.Ed., Technology in in Literacy and Intervention
Year program for
Education
Administration
carnevalea@plainvilleschools.org murrihyj@plainvilleschools.org
grahamt@plainvilleschools.org
3. Web 2.0 is the
INTERACTIVE web!
Students can
collaborate,
communicate, create,
and more!
Photo by Ann Carnevale
4. Wall Wisher
http://www.wallwisher.com
Something for those who love
sticky notes!
Photo by Ann Carnevale
Good for any type of task
where students use stickies
to respond to a question,
comment on a topic, or
explain their thinking.
160 characters or less
7. Wikis
Website that allows
multiple users to
collaborate in order to
create and edit
content. Also allows for
viewers to communicate
Photo by Ann Carnevale
their thoughts and
information on the
PB Works: http://pbworks.com
topic through the
comment option. Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com
9. Wikis Cons
Pros • One person per page at a
time
• Moderation to view site
• Ability to disable comments
Tricky things to watch out
• Notification when page is
for
updated or comments left
• Adding pictures to wiki
• Unique student logins
• Explicit instruction of
• Digital footprint
protocol to avoid user
• History restore
error
• Authentic audience =
• Need to teach
increased engagement
commenting etiquette
• Embed Voki, Glogs, images,
• Set expectations for use
YouTube, and more!
12. Glogster Ideas
• Place Value Posters
• Response to Literature or Character Poster
• Book reports
• Social Studies or Science Content Knowledge Poster
(Branches of Government, Electricity/ Magnetism, Life
Cycles, State of CT, States of Matter)
• Synthesizing information from unit of study
• Teacher tool to preview/present information to
students using video, audio, images, text
• Anything that would involve students making a poster!
13. Glogster
Pros Cons
• Engaging and fun for • Time consuming, choices can
students be overwhelming
• Opportunity for • May be too difficult for
younger grade students
creativity, no specific
templates • Formatting quirks take time to
"play with"
• Large variety of images,
fonts, stickers, etc. • Saving can be quirky
• Monitor before finalizing
(ex: Sequayah vs. Sequoyah)
Caution: EDU vs “Regular”
14. Voice Thread
Let's Chat Around Media
Multimedia tool that allows users to collaborate on a
slideshow with images, documents and video.
Audience can comment to build online conversations on
the topic through audio, video, and text.
Easily embedded in a wiki
http://voicethread.com
Photo by Ann Carnevale
15. Voice Thread Ideas
Reading
•Connections to literature
•Character study
•Discussion about themes
Writing
•Persuasive debate
Math
Social Studies
•Explain solution
•Interview famous person in history
Science
•Postcard letter from historical
•Scientific process figure
•School community
16. Voice Thread
Pros Cons
• Comments can piggyback • Picks up background noise
off of another child's
• Management/logistics
comment
• Can be time consuming
• Levels the playing field
for students who have
difficulty with written
response
• Easy to use
17. Wordle and ABC Ya Word Clouds
ABC Ya better for K-2 Wordle better for 3-5
http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm http://www.wordle.net
20. Integrating
Word Clouds
All about me
Spelling
Vocabulary
Math facts*
Paste writing into Wordle to
see the most commonly used
words
Describe character traits
Synonyms/Antonyms
Photo by Ann Carnevale
21. Wordle and ABC Ya
Pros Cons
•Both are easy to use •Wordle doesn't recognize
some symbols such as "="
•Wordle background and
foreground colors can be •Need to screenshot
customized Wordle in order save
•Multiple settings/options in •Beware of Wordle gallery
Wordle
•ABC Ya doesn't have white
•Can copy/paste text from background option
any source to create word
•ABC Ya isn't based on
cloud frequency of use
22. Animoto
Easily combine text, images, and music into
engaging movies without movie editing software!
http://animoto.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13698839@N00/4227185562/
25. Animoto in the Classroom
http://animoto.com/play/TmR0Timwpn7mDpTwzM1zRw
Pulley: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramaswamyn/2336288133/ Fractions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/annmarycarnevale/4285183909/
Moon: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandeepak/3025596013/ Lincoln: http://www.flickr.com/photos/annmarycarnevale/4285357634/
Mountains: http://www.flickr.com/photos/annmarycarnevale/4285121719/ Shapes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/litandmore/2343950942/
Habitat: http://www.flickr.com/photos/annmarycarnevale/4285152827/ Seasons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/annmarycarnevale/4285380834/
School: image by Ann Carnevale
26. Animoto in the Classroom
http://animoto.com/play/TmR0Timwpn7mDpTwzM1zRw
Pulley: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramaswamyn/2336288133/ Fractions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/annmarycarnevale/4285183909/
Moon: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandeepak/3025596013/ Lincoln: http://www.flickr.com/photos/annmarycarnevale/4285357634/
Mountains: http://www.flickr.com/photos/annmarycarnevale/4285121719/ Shapes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/litandmore/2343950942/
Habitat: http://www.flickr.com/photos/annmarycarnevale/4285152827/ Seasons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/annmarycarnevale/4285380834/
School: image by Ann Carnevale
27. Animoto
Pros Cons
•Free “All Access” educator •Email needed to login
accounts = full length videos (Gmail “fake” account
•Intuitive and easy to use naming convention:
•Spotlight feature gives extra emailaddress+1@gmail.com)
attention to specific images
•Appropriateness of music
•Combine text and images
•MP3 copyright issues
•Digital pics
•Anything in jpg format •Only hi-res can be
downloaded ($$$)
•Online help and knowledge
base •Customer support
•Embed in blog/wiki/website •Rendering process is time
•Send to YouTube consuming
30. Voki in the Classroom
• Exploration - Record as explorer to tell about discoveries,
financiers, routes, etc...
• Colonization - Postcard home to family as colonist, telling
about aspects of life in new colony
• Reading - Record text connections, retell story, do book
reviews, practice fluency
• A unique way to give directions to students!
• Leave notes to your students when you have a sub!
31. Voki Cons
•90 second limit
Pros •Recording audio from
computer doesn't always
•Easy to use work the first time
•Engaging
•Advertisements
•Levels the playing field for
•Requires email address to
students with writing
save Voki (teacher vs.
challenges
student email), otherwise,
•Free copy/paste embed code
•Embed in wikis and blogs •Teachers need to monitor
content
32. Primary Pad
Collaborative writing tool, allowing multiple students to
work together on a document synchronously or
asynchronously.
http://primarypad.com
Photo by Ann Carnevale
34. Primary Pad
Pros
Cons
•Each user has own color •Monitoring could be issue
•Time slider to see history •Limit of 5 users per
•Simple formatting document on free version
•Export to variety of •Free version document only
formats, including txt, doc, kept online for 30 days
and pdf
35. Q&A
Feel free to email us after the presentation if you have any
questions. We would love to join your class in a collaborative
project using any of the tools we’ve shared in our
presentation, or others we haven’t shared.
Ann Carnevale: carnevalea@plainvilleschools.org
Tawana Graham-Douglas: grahamt@plainvilleschools.org
Jennifer Murrihy: murrihyj@plainvilleschools.org