1. Joy Millam Joy Millam http://booktalksandmore.pbworks.com Teacher Librarian

2. Web 2.0 is interactive and engaging

3. Why Web 2.0 – iGeneration, Gen-Y, Screenagers Search tendencies – all about fortuitous searching – Very haphazard – Often too broad or too narrow – Last minute- not enough time to do it right

4. The iGen kids almost universally reject text heavy directions – They literally look to the images first for context They will spend 20,000 hours on the web (87, Ferritier) – Gaming, YouTube » 20 Hours of new content is uploaded to YouTube servers EVERY MINUTE » We’re dealing with an explosion of visual content

5. The answer is – We can’t afford not to meet the kids where they are… Use portals that they can relate to— – Social media platforms (Edmodo, Edublogs, Collaborize Classroom, etc.)

6. More reasons to choose Web 2.0 Online forums give kids opportunities to participate – Earn intellectual recognition for 1 st time Edit thoughts before posting= less ridicule Challenge their thinking- leads to higher order thinking

7. Presentation Fun Amazing options for creating presentations and projects – Prezi – Glogster – Animoto – Blabberize – Xtranormal – Voicethread, GarageBand, Audacity, Voki Voki– create and animate avatars & more

8. Search Tools Google Wonder Wheel (RIP) Alternatives: – Quintara (English and Russian versions) – Visual Thesaurus - requires subscription – Google Trends Correlate (Google labs grad) – No fancy interface, yet has tons of features to discover

10. More Search Helpers http://Touchgraph.com/seo helps organize links or mind mapping (free demo) http://Touchgraph.com/seo http://kwMap.net free, simple visual help to hone keywords/search terms http://kwMap.net Feed Readers (http://pageflakes.com)http://pageflakes.com – Consume info more efficiently – Constantly updates – Automates the process – Increased accuracy

11. Kwmap.net

12. Image Generators Great listing: – http://tinyurl.com/ImageGeneratorList Big Huge Labs (Flickr) – Motivational posters, trading cards, and more

13. Tools for teaching Quizlet and Memorize.com Wikis and Blogs Wordle Collaboration with others – Use Social networking sites to keep up with the latest trends and tools. – Twitter – CollaborizeClassroom.com – LiveBinders

14. Visuwords

15. Google Sketch Up Big help with kids on the Spectrum

16. Time for Free Play

17. More Information For Tutorials go to my wiki – http://booktalksandmore.pbworks.com http://booktalksandmore.pbworks.com – MovieMaker, Audacity, Word, Airset, and MLA Email: jmillam@pylusd.orgjmillam@pylusd.org Twitter: @jmillam Web 2.0 training – http://schoollibrarylearning2.csla.net http://schoollibrarylearning2.csla.net

18. References Ferriter, W. M., & Garry, A. (2010). Teaching the igeneration: 5 easy ways to introduce essential skills with web 2.0 tools. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press. Harrison, J. (2011, August 25). Back to school with web2.0- list of resources [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.interactyx.com/social-learning-community/back-to-school-with-web20-list-of- resources http://www.interactyx.com/social-learning-community/back-to-school-with-web20-list-of- resources Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin. Solomon, G., & Schrum, L. (2010). Web 2.0 how-to for educators. (1st ed.). Washington, DC: International Society for Technology in Education.