2. Learning Outcomes
• Describe what Web 2.0
is
• Identify several Web 2.0
tools for teaching and
learning
• Select the Web 2.0 tools
that can be used to
enhance teaching and
learning
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3. What is Web 2.0
Web 2.0 is here (2:15)
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5. • Think of one Web 2.0
tool/platform/application that
Activity 1
Explaining Web 2.0
you have used.
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6. Poll
Web 2.0 tool/platform/application
Web 2.0 used Reason
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7. • Go to as many resources as
Web 2.0 Tools for the
teacher
you like (see the next set of
Explore, Experiment and Use slides)
• Explore, experiment and
try to think of how it would
work for you and your
students
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8. Original slides filename: studentendoflinewhatilearned-
Original set of slides by
Cheryl Corrigan
November 2009
Northwood Elementary
091116085549-phpapp02.ppt
Media Specialist
from slideshare (repurposed)
WEB 2.0 TOOLS FOR THE
TEACHER
TO BE USED AS A RESOURCE FOR
DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
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12. Web 2.0 Class Assignment
November 9, 2009
This slideshow represents an attempt to organize and annotate the
21 items I viewed online from Tony Vincent’s “21 Ways to Reach 21st
Century Students,” his presentation at the GETC November 6, 2009.
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13. IMAGES!
• Create online jigsaw, reading poster, magazine cover,
cartoon. Add frames and text. Resize pictures
(resizeimages.org) for web page use.
• Speechable.com – add speech bubbles to pics
• READ poster – ala.org
• Chocolate bar www.glassgiant.com/chocolate_bar/
• www.Redkid.net – put image on a hot dog, bowl of
soup, etc.
• More on next slide …
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14. More IMAGES!
• Dynamic Einstein picture – place text on b&w chalkboard
• Wanted poster – glassgiant.com
• Newspaper clipping – fodey.com
• Badge maker – bighugelabs.com
• Befunky.com – fun photo effects
• Jigsaw puzzle – jigsawplanet.com
Free image sources:
• Wikimedia commons
• Openphoto
• Freefoto
• Image*after
• pics4Learning
• Flickr Creative Commons search
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15. VIDEOS!
YouTube videos:
• They are in flash (.flv) – you need to convert to a
different file type and then you can put them on an
iPod, Powerpoint, or MovieMaker.
• Use Zamzar.com to convert to mpeg-4
Paste YouTube url into Zamzar. Select format. They will email you the link
to download.
• Use RealPlayer to download, but it doesn’t convert
• Use KickYouTube.com (and others like it)
Find video. Click “Watch in HD.” Type “kick” in front of url.
Skype – need webcam hookup
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16. HIP SLIDESHOWS!
Animoto
• Free 30-second shows – about 12 images
• Upload photos; insert music; show is created
for you
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17. PECHA KUCHA!
• Japanese - means “chit chat”
• 20 slides for 20 seconds each
• Fun and fast-paced presentation
• Encourages brevity and time for Q&A
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18. ZOOMING PRESENTATIONS!
• Prezi.com – a free online zooming editor that zooms
in and out on details of a slide or video
• Prezi.com/mohshuoe-qcf – Prezi presentation on
Google search tricks
• http://prezi.com/prezi/27/try/ - learn Prezi in 4
minutes
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19. CO-CREATING RUBRICS!
Students help design assessment rubrics online
before a project begins
• RubiStar
• Recipes4success
• Teachnology.com
• Kathy Shrock’s Guide for Educators
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20. ASSESSMENTS!
6 sites for creating your own online quizzes. Some
online tests are graded for you and the results sent
via email.
ProProfs - Create a scored quiz or personality test.
MyStudiyo - Make quizzes to put on your website or blog. Really
simple multiple-choice assessments for lessons!
Yacapaca - Online quiz making service for teachers and
students.
Mobile Study - Create quizzes for mobile devices.
Class Marker - Quiz site designed for giving graded tests.
Quiz Star - More advanced quizzing site with full statistics
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21. PODCASTING!
(my favorite idea)
WOW idea! Eliminate in-class lectures, use class time for
hands-on activities. Use lectures as HW.
OR create study guides, recorded by teacher. Post a link
on class website for students to review.
Addressing the digital divide:
no internet? – copy the podcast to a flash device
no computer? – burn podcast to DVD for TV use
Download 34-page how-to booklet
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22. WIKIS!
3 good places to start a wiki:
Pbworks.com Note from Cheryl: I could have
Wikispaces.com spent hours in the wiktionary Tea
Room reading discussions about the
Google sites format of entries. I love words!
Ideas for the media center: collaborative book
reviews or author information; virtual tour of
the library; Where in the World is WikiWanda
or My Teacher? (geography)
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23. WIKIS, cont’d!
• Wiktionary - Free dictionary that almost anyone can edit
• Teampedia.net - team-building activities and icebreakers for groups
• Anchoractivities.wikispaces – links to fun educational activities for kids to do on a laptop
computer when their classwork is done
• Shareski.wikispaces - links to geography activities using Google Earth
• Cooltoolsforschool.wikispaces - easy-to-use interface of index to Web 2.9 websites by
type (presentation, drawing, slideshow, audio, etc.)
• Webtools4u2use.wikispaces – created by and for Media Specialists!
• Web2thatworks.com - links to tools + strategies + curriculum
• Math247.pbworks.com - Library of over 500 mathcast projects (with audio)
• Educationalnetworking.com – listing of social networking sites for educators
• Dictionary.k12opened.com – An open dictionary where kids contribute the definitions.
Can input vocabulary words and their meanings.
• EduWiki.us.com – educational sites organized by grade level; class wikis
• Doccamsined.wikispaces.com – short list of ideas for using document cameras
• Copyrightconfusion.wikispaces.com - Resources by law professors for teachers
• Engagethem.pbworks.com – contains examples of classroom projects using wikis
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24. ORGANIZE WEBSITES!
• Diigo
• Deli.ci.ous
• PortaPortal
Websites for teachers:
• Freetech4teachers.com
includes an ESOL site – “Learn English for Kids”
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25. COLLABORATE!
Documents:
• Googledocs – we have our Media Specialist
handbook done this way
• Etherpad – no sign-in, real-time collaboration
• Scriblink – write-on whiteboard, real-time
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26. SHARE DATA!
• Google docs is a way to share info with others
• Can share data collection on a shared
spreadsheet
• Use wufoo.com for shared forms, surveys, and
invitations
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27. VIRTUAL STICKY NOTES!
Wallwisher = online bulletin board
Students can post notes on prior knowledge, or
what they have learned, or questions, or a
critique, …
Wallwisher.com/build
Select image; title and subtitle; create url or
leave blank; theme; Done.
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28. GAMES!
• Powerpoint games
• Classroom game templates
• Jeopardylabs.com
Add music from freeplaymusic or
soundsnap.com
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29. COMIC STRIPS!
Can also add speech bubbles to photos – a good language arts
activity
Places to make comics online:
• Pixton
• Comiqs
• Make Beliefs Comix
• Speechable
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30. TALKING CARTOONS!
• Blabberize - Upload a photo and select the
mouth. Then record your voice.
• Voki - Create a talking avatar.
• Xtranormal - Type what you want our
characters to say.
• Gizmoz - Upload a photo and then select
background and hair.
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32. Roving Reporters!
Kids take photos and create quick articles about the day’s events
or a special field trip or activity
Examples:
• The Daily Planet - Tony Vincent's 5th Grade Roving Reporters from 2003-
2004.
• Fairbury, NE 6th Grade Roving Reporters
• The Daily Blog - 5th graders in California
• The Learning Zone Blog - 4th graders in California
• Graduate Class Log - Roving reporter articles from Handhelds in Teaching
& Learning.
• Also read their individual blogs.
• Google Docs - A great place for students to type their article and to share
it with the teacher.
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33. LET YOUR STUDENTS DECIDE!
Endless choices of end products:
• Create a slideshow in PowerPoint, OpenOffice, Google Docs, or SlideRocket.
• Use Word or a graphics program to design a brochure or poster.
• Create an interactive game in PowerPoint.
• Make a presentation using Prezi.
• Tell a story using Microsoft PhotoStory (free for Windows)
• Author a comic strip using Comiqs, or Super Action Comic Maker.
• Make a movie using MovieMaker.
• Create a narrated slide show using PhotoStory or VoiceThread.
• Record a radio show using Audacity.
• Author a website, blog, or wiki. Places to do this include Google Sites, Blogger, and PBwiki.
• Create a glog, a virtual online poster at Glogster.
• Combine voice with an image at Blabberize or StoryBlender.
• Draw an animation using Ajax Animator, Xtranormal, or Aniboom.
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