Web 2.0 Tools Powerful Learning Practices (PLP)

What is Web 2.0? Web 1.0Web 1.0 –One dimensional –Strictly the delivery of information –Static Web 2.0Web 2.0 –Collaborative –Interactive –Ability to harness collective intelligence –Fluid

(Free) Web 2.0 Tools: Wiki’sWiki’s GlogsterGlogster Digital TimelinesDigital Timelines Google EarthGoogle Earth VoicethreadVoicethread AnimotoAnimoto Museum BoxMuseum Box PreziPrezi

Wiki’s What it is?What it is? Web-based (24/7 access), collaborative document with “hot” links to information. How to Use:How to Use: Can attach images, video, links to personal files or the Internet, widgets and text editing

Wiki’s cont.: Ideas for use:Ideas for use: - pathfinders for research projects - club information (book club, ski club, etc.) - class discussion (novel, article, test review) - online portfolio or “container” for web- based projects EXAMPLE:

Glogster What it is?What it is? Online, interactive poster How to use:How to use: Can attach images, video, audio, personal files, graphics, data, personal drawings. **Unlimited creative capabilities**

Glogster cont.: Ideas for use:Ideas for use: - country projects - biographies - events projects (Kennedy assassination) - time periods (1920’s) - cultures (Ancient Rome, Greek Gods) EXAMPLE:

Digital Timelines What it is?What it is? –Online, interactive timeline of information How to use:How to use: -Can attach images, video, audio, and text along specific dates -Can include concurrent timeline to highlight specific periods in history

Digital Timelines cont.: Ideas for use:Ideas for use: - biographies - historical events (battles in a war, key moments of a presidency, bill becoming a law, women’s suffrage movement) - art history - religious history EXAMPLE: le+Pissarro/ le+Pissarro/ le+Pissarro/

Google Earth What it is?What it is? Virtual globe, map and geographic information program. How to use:How to use: - Virtual zooming and gliding over the Earth - Ability to zoom in on specific locations - Can create “Google Tours”

Google Earth cont.: Ideas for use:Ideas for use: - trace immigration routes - battles in a war - potential college choices - track tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunami’s - wonders of the world - trace epidemics/pandemics - migration patterns of hummingbirds/sea turtles - track journeys in novels (“Grapes of Wrath”)

Voicethread What it is?What it is? Online communication/storytelling How to use:How to use: Add text (comments) to a single picture or tell a story through multiple pictures. Can also include background music.

Voicethread cont.: Ideas for Use:Ideas for Use: - digital storytelling - book reviews - art review/criticism - explaining a process in mathematics - explaining how to use a database or conduct an advanced search EXAMPLE:

Animoto What it is?What it is? Online music video How to use:How to use: Add images, music and text boxes and Animoto does the rest.

Animoto cont.: Ideas for Use:Ideas for Use: –book reviews –biographies –historical events –science experiments –ancient cultures EXAMPLE: P1cuJ9mQ P1cuJ9mQ P1cuJ9mQ

Prezi What it is?What it is? Think Powerpoint with everything on one screen and you “zoom” in and out of each piece of information How to use:How to use: Add images, Youtube, text, and brackets (frames) to group things together and then set your “path.”

Prezi cont.: Ideas for Use:Ideas for Use: –book reviews –biographies –country reports –science experiments –any information needed to be “presented” EXAMPLE:

Just for Fun LibraryThingLibraryThing - Online personal book library - Online personal book library Wordle/TagxedoWordle/Tagxedo - Fun Word Clouds Evernote or DiigoEvernote or Diigo - Online “Favorites” - Online “Favorites” Big Huge LabsBig Huge Labs - Magazine covers, trading cards, movie posters

Final Point…. Web 2.0 tools should enhance….not replace….content.Web 2.0 tools should enhance….not replace….content. Don’t let the “bells and whistles” outshine the substance of the project.Don’t let the “bells and whistles” outshine the substance of the project.