Kim Peacock, B.Ed., M.Ed. University of Alberta Web 2.0 for Research and Information Management
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My Personal Philosophy of PD… Inspiration Vs. Perspiration
Part 1 – What Is Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 Is Here… You are probably already using Web 2.0 tools in your day-to-day online life: Facebook Blogs Wikipedia Flickr/Picassa/etc…
What Are Web Applications? Allow you to perform tasks or create objects without software. Often known as “Web 2.0” applications. Often have an element of social interaction. Accessible from anywhere. Usually FREE!
The Web 2.0 Lexicon RSS feeds Tags Folksonomy Mash-Ups Widgets AJAX
Risks Applications go up and down. Applications get bought out. Web applications sometimes allow students to interact with other people online. Most tools have privacy settings to keep minors safe. Students’ privacy should be considered. Some tools can be completely private, but others not.
Risks Applications may create thing that can’t leave the confines of the particular web site (e.g./ can’t be downloaded to a disc/dvd/etc…) Students with computers at home may get to spend more time on projects than students without since it’s easily accessible.
A Note On Blocking Some Web 2.0 sites may be blocked at your school… you can sometimes get around this. Submit a request to your technology department. Provide a pedagogical justification for the site to be unblocked at your school during a certain period of time. Describe how you will keep students safe.
Part 2 – Web 2.0 for Research and Information Management
Research Ottobib: Create bibliographic references using ISBN numbers. Trailfire: Create a path through the Internet and annotate web pages.
Research Snipd: Copy and archive web content. Evernote: Collect everything
Bookmarking Video Google Bookmarks: Non-social bookmarking Del.icio.us: Social bookmarking
RSS Feeds Google Reader: Subscribe to feeds and write your own notes. Google Alerts: Get s sent to you on any topic.
RSS and Widgets iGoogle: Add widgets to your start page. Protopages: Highly customizable widgets. Student Sample: com/yzerman com/yzerman19
Microblogging Twitter: What’s the point? PLNs: /08/08/looking-for-a-unique-gift-for-an-administrator- give-em-a-pln/ /08/08/looking-for-a-unique-gift-for-an-administrator- give-em-a-pln/ SgqDabnhl8Z2aA SgqDabnhl8Z2aA
Microblogging Twitter in the classroom? Asynchronous discussion Reading responses Test preparation Current events: Scientific research:
Mind Mapping Bubbl.us: Collaborative mind mapping Gliffy: Collaborative mind mapping Mindmeister: Collaborative Mind Mapping meister.com/ meister.com/ Mindomo: Software interactive mind mapping
Mind Mapping Exploratree: Thinking Guides Text2MindMap: For students who prefer text. Mappio: Large online archive of mind maps.
Social Networking MyNoteIt: Collaborative classroom notes Ning: Create a closed social network for your class.
Notebooks Zoho Notebook: Multimedia texts incorporating images, video, text, sound and more. Google Docs:
Web Spaces Google Sites: More in depth Sample: googleclassrooms.org/ mrs-richau/Home googleclassrooms.org/ mrs-richau/Home ThinkQuest: Online Learning Projects index.html index.html
Web Spaces Other free web page apps…
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