1. Using Web 2.0 Tools to Support World Language Instruction Jennifer McConnell Michela Tobin

2. Today’s Agenda Overview of Web 2.0 Course Highlight some Web 2.0 Tools Examples of Classroom Application Tips and Discoveries

3. Overview of Web 2.0 course Funded by a Massachusetts DoE Title IID Technology Enhancement Competitive Grant Developed by EDC with input from three partner districts Main course goal: To enable world language teachers to use Web 2.0 tools to support teaching and learning of the five strands of the ACTFL world language standards: Communication, Cultures, Comparisons, Connections, and Communities

4. What is Web 2.0? "Web 2.0” refers to a second generation of web development that facilitates communication, information sharing, and collaboration on the World Wide Web. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0

5. Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0

6. Why use these tools? Generation “C”: students as collaborators, creators, and critical thinkers

7. Which tools to use? Must haves: Be free Require low level of tech expertise Be user friendly and easily available Free of copyright issues

8. It’s about pedagogy, not about technology! Match the tool to your content Enhance curriculum by addressing the standards and increasing the rigor Increase student achievement Use Web 2.0 tools to demonstrate student understanding

9. Our Favorites :) Sample Projects Delicious: Social bookmarking Flickr: Photo Sharing Voice Thread: Collaborative, multimedia slide show Wiki: Collaborative Website Animoto: Videos from user-selected photos Google Earth/Maps: Create annotated maps Exploratree: Interactive thinking guides Podcasts: Series of digital media files

10. Tips and Discoveries Flickr Podcasts Voice Thread Blogs Exploratree

11. Wikimedia Commons: A database of 4,397,663 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

12. Q & A