WEB 2.0: A Network of Possibilities Blair Inabinet

Welcome to WEB 2.0 On your postcard, please answer the following, and put the card on the front table. Feel free to take a yellow hand- out!  What is Web 2.0? (Feel free to put “???”)  On a scale of 1-5 (1 least, 5 greatest), how often do you use Web 2.0?  What do you MOST hope to get out of this session?

What in the World Wide Web is “Web 2.0”? Any tool that is:  Web-based  Interactive  User-specific And may be used to:  Explore  Adapt  Modify  Organize  Present Designed to:  Engage and Stimulate  Promote collaboration  Match learning goals with product possibilities

Why in world would I jump on this bandwagon? NOT a bandwagon Effective for engaging today’s learners Educate and/or entertain  Learning Styles  Product Preferences Adaptable and versatile  SMART technology friendly Differentiation’s newest best friend

Well, then why in the world would she be using PowerPoint??? Unreliable & inconsistent Technology requirements/hidden fees Use for use’s sake “Bells & Whistles” obscure authentic assessment

So how can I use Web 2.0? Exploring  Pinterest  Teacher Tube Organizing  Bubbl.us, Gliffy Online Bookmarking (Diigo, Delicious)

Other avenues for Web 2.0: Presenting  Stupeflix, Animoto Reflecting  Tumblr, Blogger Word Clouds (Wordle, Tagxedo)

The best of the best… Some of my top picks:  Weebly  Edmodo/Moodle  Glogster  Tagxedo  Museum Box  Pinterest  Animoto

Specifically SCIENCE & MATH Explore Learning (Gizmos) Google SketchUp MyExperiment Skoool Celestia FreezeRay BioInteractive Lab “Virtual” + younameit…

Other great sites to know Digital Learning Environments: Tools and Technologies for Effective Classrooms  Outstanding Science Web 2.0 Tools Web 2.0: Cool Tools for School  An all-encompassing list of the best of Web 2.0, neatly organized by type of tool Edudemic’s Top 100  2011’s Top 100 Web 2.0 Tools, as recommended by fellow educators Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators: Web 2.0  Education Guru Schrock’s Top Picks

What could you do TOMORROW in your classroom? PREPARE  Teacher/Student Sites or Electronic Portfolios on Weebly or Wix ACTIVATE  Display a word cloud made using Wordle or Tagxedo and ask students to predict the day’s topic SUMMARIZE  Voki or Go!Animate to explain class lesson to absent student

More, please… VOCABULARY  Animoto to create movies of real world application of terms  Prezi or ExploraTree to represent the connections among vocabulary used so far this year LAB DATA  Wall Wisher to post initial observations among group members  Google Docs/MyExperiment to prepare report

Helpful Hints Know your goals. Research options. MAJORITY OF WORK IS DONE IN ADVANCE  Always inquire about educator codes/discounts Go for it! Reflect and RECORD!

Logistics of Web 2.0 Unequal access to technology resources requires that we get creative.  Plan (VS create)  Beg & Borrow Submitting student work requires a plan  Electronic Portfolios = Excellent Option!

Student Weebly Site/EP

Student Work Samples Glogster embedded on EP Wix

Other Student Examples ANIMOTOTAGXEDO

Your personal favorites?

Feel free to contact us! Brooka Hutcheson Robin Loden  Telfair County High School Telfair County Public Schools Blair Inabinet  Youth Middle School Walton County Public Schools