Kim Peacock, B.Ed., M.Ed. University of Alberta Web 2.0 for Writing and Literacy

My Personal Philosophy of PD… Inspiration Vs. Perspiration

Part 1 – What Is Web 2.0?

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!

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 Writing

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

Blogs and Wikis Blog Tools Wiki tools

Blogs and Wikis Class Blogs Class Wikis School Wiki

Blogs and Wikis Create a blog from the point of view of a historic figure. Create a blog to track observations about a classroom pet. Use a wiki to write a class “choose-your-own-adventure”. Use a wiki to showcase student work to parents.

Blogs and Wikis Use either as a portfolio of student work. Allow parents to join your blog or wiki so that they can comment and provide feedback to students. Have students do scribe posts to summarize instructional content e-post-november html e-post-november html

Cartoons and Comic Books Pikistrips: Create comic books using photos. ToonDoo: Create online comic books from scratch. Toonlet: Talking head comics. Pixton: Customizable comics (animation soon)

Cartoons and Comic Books 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 bookid= bookid=11706

Web Spaces Google Sites: Easy web sites Sample: g/mrs-richau/Home g/mrs-richau/Home Other free web page apps…

Part 3 – Web 2.0 for Oral Literacy

Podcasts and Vidcasts Pod-O-Matic: Find and create podcasts Yodio: Podcast from any phone or the web Talkshoe: Podcasting and Audio Discussion Forums Student Podcast Example: ◦

Podcasts and Vidcasts Teacher Tube: An online video archive like YouTube but safe for the classroom. Ustream: Create a live feed of a school event. Student Vidcast Samples: wordpress/?cat=12 wordpress/?cat=12

Podcasts and Vidcasts Make a podcast for Create an “Our City” Podcast for Do a weekly class podcast as a review/newsletter. room208vidcast.mp4 room208vidcast.mp4 Create a “captain’s log” of a famous historic voyage. Make a series of vidcasts to promote DPA (stretches, exercises, etc…) Create a series of podcast book reviews.

Podcasts and Vidcasts Create an old fashioned radio play. Create a pod/vidcast debate online. Have students create a podcast dictionary of vocabulary words. Have students create a series of vidcasts solving different kids of math problems. Have students summarize current events once a week.

Screencasting Screencast-O-Matic: Capture and post what’s on your computer screen. Examples: Assessment / Peer Feedback matic.com/watch/ciQZXIgH matic.com/watch/ciQZXIgH Instructional Content matic.com/watch/ciQlh3Ap matic.com/watch/ciQlh3Ap

Screencasting GoView: Record and edit your screen captures Sketchcast: Capture and post what’s on your tablet or SmartBoard. Screentoaster: Record screen captures and upload to YouTube and other sites.

Screencasting Use Sketchcast to capture and post class notes online quickly. Use Screencast-o-Matic to create an archive of extra credit work that can be used year after year. Use Screencast-o-Matic to orally assess student work Use either to create videos for parents so that they can help their child with homework. Use Sketchcast to help assess student difficulties in areas like problem solving (have students talk through their work).

VoiceThread VoiceThread: Not really like anything else… Almost like a wiki/blog with audio… it allows users to annotate and expand images with voice recordings.

VoiceThread Create an oral history archive such as: If all of your students have internet access, do a daily homework question on Voicethread. Have students create a talking storybook. Look through the many examples of teacher projects already on Voicethread!

Part 4 – Web 2.0 for Multimedia Literacy

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

Copyright Sounds: Videos: More: Directory of web site with legal content for schools and companies to use. irectory irectory

Flickr and Digital Photography Flickr is a useful tool that allows you to upload and annotate images that can be made either public or private. Flickr Notes on/ / on/ /

Flickr and Digital Photography Flickr can be used for storyboarding or even visual storytelling. Flickr Stories groups/sixwordstory/discuss/ / groups/sixwordstory/discuss/ / Five Frame Flickr Story

Flickr and Digital Photography 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.

Posters and Visual Representations Glogster: Create multimedia posters Example: About-Myself/?w1http://metro09.glogster.com/What-I-Like- About-Myself/?w1 BigHugeLabs: Make posters and other multimedia content with photos.

Interactive Timelines xTimeline: Historic interactive timelines. com/index.aspx?t= 5&l=en-US com/index.aspx?t= 5&l=en-US Dipity: Interactive timelines with additional multimedia. OurStory: Personal interactive timelines.

Interactive Timelines Have students create a timeline of a scientific process (e.g./ the lifecycle of an animal). Have students create a year plan for the goals they would like to achieve in your course. Have students add to existing public timelines on xTimeline.

Multimedia & Digital Storytelling Pixorial: Create and edit video online. Motionbox: Create and edit video online. Jaycut: Create and edit video online. One True Media: Video montages media.com/ media.com/

Multimedia & Digital Storytelling Funtigo: Create online scrapbooks. Vuvox: Make interactive panoramas and movies. Animoto: Upload and assemble short photo commercials online.

Others… Letterpop newsletter maker Lulu self publishing

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