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3 Inspiration Vs. Perspiration

 Authentic learning experiences  Grounded in critical thinking  Well scaffolded  Student-centric but teacher-dependent  Firmly grounded in the curriculum  Cross-curricular  Example: › › 4

 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! 5

 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. 6

 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. 7

 Consider room setup.  Consider privacy settings.  Consider parental permission.  Consider school/district technology policy.  Consider addresses and sign-up logistics. 8

 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. 9

 Be safe and legal… use copyright free items.  Photos: › › › › › › › ›

 Sounds:  Videos:  More: Directory of web site with legal content for schools and companies to use. Content_Directory Content_Directory 12

 Diigo: Highlight and annotate web sites for your students. ›  Trailfire: Create a path through the Internet and annotate web pages. ›  Evernote: Save content from across the web with a bookmark. ›

 LiveBinders: Create digital binders with content for students. ›  Zotero: Digital archiving and reference building (secondary students). ›

 Have students create a trailfire trail of good quality research resources.  Have students use Diigo to comment on news articles.  Have students compile and share research for a class project using Evernote. 16

 Google Bookmarks: Regular bookmarking ›  Del.icio.us: Social bookmarking ›  SymbalooEDU: Bookmarking tiles ›  Share resources with your young students (no URLs)  Have students create research archives 17

 Google Reader: Subscribe to feeds and write your own notes. ›  Google Alerts: Get s sent to you on any topic. › alerts alerts 18

 Protopage: Subscribe to feeds and add bookmarks and widgets. ›  iGoogle: Subscribe to feeds and add bookmarks and widgets. ›  Pageflakes: Subscribe to feeds and add bookmarks and widgets. ›

 Create alerts for topics you’re following in your social and science courses.  Create a custom newspaper for your students using Reader.  Create a “free time” archive. 20

 Bubbl.us: Collaborative mind mapping ›  Gliffy: Collaborative mind mapping ›  Grapholite: Word-like concept mapping ›  Mindmeister: Collaborative mapping ›  Mindomo: Collaborative mapping ›

 Blog Tools › › › ›  Blog by Web or › ›

 Class blog examples › › com/blog/ com/blog/ 23

 Create a blog from the point of view of an historic figure.  Create a blog to track observations about a classroom pet.  Have students do scribe posts to summarize instructional content. › › e-post-november html e-post-november html 24

 Twitter: Microblogging for everyone ›  Edmodo: Contained microblogging environment made especially for teachers. Allows easy posting of other items. ›

 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/ › › › M_ZE5BS0SgqDabnhl8Z2aA M_ZE5BS0SgqDabnhl8Z2aA 26

 Asynchronous discussion  Reading responses  Test preparation  Current events: › ›  Scientific research: › › ›

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 Wiki tools: Both have educator account levels with enhanced features and no advertising › ›  Springnote: Wiki notebook ›

 Class Wikis › pbwiki.com/ pbwiki.com/ › wikispaces.com/ wikispaces.com/  School Wiki ›

 Use a wiki to write a class “choose-your-own-adventure”.  Use a wiki to showcase student work to parents.  Use a wiki as a portfolio of student work. Allow parents to join your wiki so that they can comment and provide feedback to students. 31

 Pikistrips: Comics from photos ›  ToonDoo: Comics from scratch ›  Pixton: Customizable comics ›  Toonlet: Create a character and write text ›  DoInk: Simple Animations ›

 Reasons for Exploration › toondoo/ViewBook.toon? bookid= toondoo/ViewBook.toon? bookid=12301  The Importance of Squanto › ViewBook.toon?bookid= ViewBook.toon?bookid=11741  Prince Henry’s Contributions › ok.toon?bookid= ok.toon?bookid=

 Google Sites: Simple student web sites › ›  Protopages: Highly customizable widgets. › ›

 Other free web page apps… › › › › ›

 With Ning gone, here are some alternatives: › › › ›

 Google Docs: Write, share and edit documents online. › ›  Zoho: An alternative to Google Docs. More features and more complex. ›

 Flickr is a useful tool that allows you to upload and annotate images that can be made either public or private.  Flickr Notes › ledmonton/ / ledmonton/ / 38

 Flickr can be used for storyboarding or even visual storytelling.  Flickr Stories › groups/sixwordstory/discuss/ / groups/sixwordstory/discuss/ /  Five Frame Flickr Story ›

 Have students do a photo scavenger hunt of math or science concepts and have them upload and annotate the images on Flickr.  Have students create an archive of writing prompts in Flickr and use the annotation tool to point out interesting questions or prompts. 40

 Storybird: Create digital storybooks using stunning art collections ›  Storyjumper: Create digital storybooks using clip art and get them printed ›  My Story Maker: For div 1 kids › kids/storymaker/embed.cfm kids/storymaker/embed.cfm 41

 Glogster: Create multimedia posters › › About-Myself/?w1 About-Myself/?w1  BigHugeLabs: Make photo objects ›  Prezi: Non-linear presentations ›

  web2point0forteachers/ web2point0forteachers/ 43