1. Kim Peacock, B.Ed., M.Ed.

2. How Familiar Are You With Web 2.0?

3. What Are Web 2.0 Applications?  Allow you to perform tasks or create objects without software  Often have an element of social interaction  Accessible from anywhere  Usually FREE!

4. RSS? Feeds?Widget? Social Networking?Tags?Folksonomy? Open Source?Ajax?Mash Up? How Familiar Are You With the Web 2.0 Lexicon?

5. What Are the Possible Downsides of Using Web 2.0 Applications?  Applications: ◦ may go up and down ◦ may get bought out and thus change ◦ may create things 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 some may get to spend more time on projects than students without since it’s easily accessible. ◦ will have to sign up for services.

6. A Note on Blocking  EPSB and ECS block many Web 2.0 sites  To solve this: ◦ Submit a written request to your technology department which provides a rational, pedagogical justification for the site to be unblocked at your school and even between specific times. ◦ Describe how you will keep students safe.

7. Web 2.0 Covers a Range of Tools…  As a teacher, you need to consider: ◦ student motivation ◦ learning styles ◦ literacy and communication skills. ◦ enrichment ◦ special needs (cognitive and motor skills)

9.  Popular blogging tools: ◦ Edublogs Edublogs ◦ Blogger.com Blogger.com  Classroom Blog: Mr. BallMr. Ball  Classroom Wiki: Terry the Tennis BallTerry the Tennis Ball  School Wiki: Meyokumin SchoolMeyokumin School Blogs and Wikis

10.  Del.icio.us: Social bookmarking Del.icio.us  Note Mesh: Collaborative classroom notes Note Mesh  Delver: Social searching Delver Social Networking

11. Images  Flickr Flickr ◦ Flicker notes sample Flicker notes sample  Flickr Stories Flickr  Five Frame Flickr Story Five Frame Flickr

12.  Gliffy: Collaborative mind mapping Gliffy  Mindomo: Software interactive Mindomo Mind Maps

13.  Pod-O-Matic: Find and create podcasts Pod-O-Matic  Talkr: Blog to podcast converter Talkr  Good student podcast sample Good student podcast sample Podcasts

14.  Google Pages: Easy website Creator Google Pages ◦ Student Page Student Page  Pageflakes: Website creator and aggregator using widgets and tabs Pageflakes  Protopages: Website creator and aggregator using moveable widgets Protopages ◦ Student Page Student Page Web Spaces

15. Bubble Ply  Bubble Ply Bubble Ply ◦ Pop-up-video example Pop-up-video example ◦ Translation example Translation example  Good assessment / feedback tool for video assignments!  Good for language learning and translations.

16.  ToonDoo ToonDoo  Some good examples: ◦ Reasons for Exploration Reasons for Exploration ◦ The Importance of Squanto The Importance of Squanto ◦ Prince Henry’s Contributions Prince Henry’s Contributions ToonDoo

17.  Screencast-O-Matic Screencast-O-Matic ◦ Assessment / Peer Feedback Assessment / Peer Feedback ◦ Instructional Content Instructional Content ◦ Good for students with social issues for presentations and research !  ScetchCast ScetchCast Screencasting

18.  Google Maps Google Maps  Google Map Mashups: ◦ Community Walk- My Neighborhood Community Walk ◦ Google Lit Trips – Literature version Google Lit Trips Google Earth and Maps

19.  VoiceThread VoiceThread  Some good examples that are like a wiki with audio which allows users to annotate and expand with voice recordings: ◦ http://voicethread.com/view.php?b=3352 http://voicethread.com/view.php?b=3352 ◦ http://voicethread.com/view.php?b=409 http://voicethread.com/view.php?b=409 ◦ http://voicethread.com/view.php?b=4973 http://voicethread.com/view.php?b=4973  Similar Oral History Archive http://www.ourvoices.ca/ http://www.ourvoices.ca/ VoiceThread

20.  SceneCaster: Create 3D web spaces SceneCaster  Mapwing: Build and share virtual tours Mapwing ◦ St. Joseph’s College St. Joseph’s College 3D Spaces

21.  Interactive Timelines: xTimeline Interactive Timelines

22. Multimedia Presentations  SPresent SPresent  Empressr Empressr  Animoto Animoto  Funtigo Scrapbooks Funtigo Scrapbooks

23. Others  Letterpop Newsletter Maker Letterpop  Geni Family Tree Maker Geni Family Tree Maker  Trailfire Internet Path Trailfire Internet Path

24. Last But Not Least…  Web 2.0 for teachers: This is my website created to share some of what I think are the most powerful Web 2.0 applications for teachers. Web 2.0 for teachers:

25.  If I can share more information, please contact me: kim.peacock@ualberta.ca