Web+2.0

=What is Web 2.0?= First generation web technologies are holding places for information that can be accessed by users - static repositories of information that users would access to view. Web 2.0 technologies are different from first generation technologies in that users are able to interact with other users or with the content. Dynamic Web 2.0 technologies provide opportunities for social networking, collaboration, and creation of products by a group. Examples of Web 2.0 technologies include wikis, blogs, social bookmarking, video, podcasting and file sharing sites and discussion boards. Technologies such as these empower the learner through the ability to generate content for one’s own learning. = = = = =Examples of Web 2.0 Technologies= __**Shawn McDaniel**__
 * __Prezi__**– a cloud based presentation that allows you to create more of a canvas presentation instead of a sequential slide presentation. This tool allows you to incorporate not only text and pictures, but videos and other presentation objects. You can create online and then save your final product to a computer or jump drive. By saving the Prezi, you will not need internet connection to open the presentation. I use Prezi in my science classroom. I often encourage the students to view a larger Prezi that’s up before they come to class, and then I will use that same Prezi in class and teach from certain parts. The students really seem to enjoy it. It also allows me to be more organized and less traditional with my teaching.


 * __Wordle__**– a word cloud of key words. I have used Wordle in my science class after teaching a lesson as well as reviewing for a test. Students take turns selecting a word from the cloud and telling what they know. Students like to compete as well to see who knows the most about each word. You can change the fonts, layouts, and color schemes to the word clouds. This is a very neat tool.

= = =Examples of Web 2.0 Technologies= __Lindsey Patterson__
 * __Podcasts__**– Administrators and teachers can update parents and students with a pre-recorded audio or video message. Teachers can use podcasts to record classroom lessons for absent students, or create an archive for students to review before a test or end of the year exams. I have not used podcasts yet, but after researching the tool I plan to use it in my instruction. I think it will be great to use for students who are absent from instruction, especially a lengthy absence.

Glogster.edu - This tool is great for having students explore their creativity and research a given topic. They create educational "glogs" (basically a blog) and are able to decorate the page according to the topic. They can also add links, videos, and pictures. Students can work in groups on their Glogster pages or they can create multiple pages based off of one topic. They must work together with other students to make the page as accurate as possible. Also, when they sign in with their username, they are able to communicate with the classmates outside of the classroom. Students are able to leave comments on each others pages or they can send private messages to help one another.

Fakebook - Fakebook is an educational Facebook. Students are able to create Fakebook pages about important events or figures in history. They add "friends" that people of past times might have had on Facebook had they had the technology. They can collaborate with other students on what types of statuses and friends to have on their Fakebook page. They can also communicate through comments using the alias of other historical figures of the era.

Bubbl.us - This tool is fantastic for creating concept maps. It is very easy to use and concept maps can be color-coded and created in any way that is needed. Students can work together to create a concept map. They can use individually assigned sub-topics that can come together in a concept map to show the topic as a whole and how different things are related. Students must communicate about how the concept map should be set up and the format of the concept map. Presentation is everything and students will have to communicate the topic effectively. = = =Examples of Effective uses of Web 2.0 Technologies in the K/12 Classroom= __**Edmodo**__ - This tool is basically a Facebook for educators. I have used Edmodo alot because we are required to do book studies through this site and pages are set up for each book study. Collaboration with students is possible through Edmodo when the students are allowed to have accounts through the school. Great tool to use if you coach a sport because you can connect through social media with your athletes without having to "friend" the on Facebook. __**einstruction**__ - This is a wonderful line of products that can be purchased for the school because it lets the students respond to questions on the smartboard through their mobile devices or clickers. I use this everyday for a bellringer activity and the kids respond well because they can talk about the question and answer at their own pace. I have a se of clickers in my room but most of them choose to use their cell phones. If you can find a way use cell phones in a positive way I say go for it.
 * __Steve Sawyer__**
 * Teachertube** - This 2.0 tool is a great way to access videos that are appropriate to show in any class. The content is added by educators and no explicit material is allowed. I use teachertube at least once a week when I do what I call Teachertube Tuesday. You may also communicate with other teachers to discuss lesson plans and content. I used it to promote collaboration with my 11th grade students by having them learn the song "We didn't start the Fire" by Billy Joel.

=**Web 2.0 Technology**= Christi George Wikis: A perfect example of this would be the wiki that is used for this course. Since this course is offered online (and not in a traditional classroom), the wiki gives the students the opportunity to poise questions and collect responses for all to view. Since we are researching and reviewing many types of technology to be used in the classroom and we have many different academic backgrounds, individually we are probably looking for different types of technology. With this being the case, everyone is bringing different views to the group for sharing. Different technology, more ideas. More ideas, more to share. More to share, larger enhancement of content knowledge.

Google Calendar: For the past year, my husband and I homeschooled our eighth-grade daughter. We split the lesson plans (so neither of us would be over-worked). After researching various ways to keep up with the lesson plan book, we found that Google Calendar was the best product. All three of us had access to the calendar (only my husband and I could make changes). Students can use Google Calendar to keep up with class projects, assignment due dates, and other information in a calendar format. Attachments can be added to dates (like flyers to an event or an invitation).

edcanvas: Edcanvas is a bulletin board used to collect items that you want to group together by subject. Students can use canvases that were created by an instructor to learn, research, or share information. Items can be search from the various search engines (YouTube, Google, Flickr, etc). Students can also have an account to add items of interest to boards.

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__//**Quantavias Allen**//__


 * //Wiki//**- Wiki can be used in the classroom by allowing students and educators a chance to express their knowledge by creating a wiki page. Students are able to share the information they have learned in class with students, friends, and even the world. Students can create a page and design the page anyway that they want to. Teachers are able to use wiki to help provide information to their students about assignments, events, and information that could help their students learn information they do not understand.


 * //Blogger//**- Blogger can be used in the classroom by giving students and educators a chance to express their ideas about education. Teachers and students are able to post ideas about things that are going on in education and they can also share their feelings about situations that they are experiencing in education. Other students and educators are able to respond to the blog that was posted and also share their ideas when replying to the blog. Some people have a difficult time expressing their ideas in person and they are able to communicate better when writing and typing their ideas.


 * //Twitter//**- twitter can be used in the classroom by helping students learn more information to increase their knowledge in education. There are a lot of educational pages on twitter which help educators and students to remain updated on educational technology and teaching techniques. Students are able to share information they have learned with other students or even educators. Twitter is also a good way for students to enlighten educators about how teachers can better educate students and what type of things the students are interested in doing.

Web 2.0 technologies
Edmodo
 * ====Edmondo is a site that can be used for social networking in the education world. This site can be used by teachers, students, and professionals in school districts. In classroom instruction, the teacher can use Edmodo to interact with the students and the students can interact with their peers by sharing assignments and ideas. Teachers may also communicate with other professionals that are members of the site. Students may also share their work, projects, and ideas with classmates. The teacher can post comments about the students’ work. Teachers may also post updates about the class assignments and events of the school. The students will have access to the site from home. Pictures may also be posted on the page.====

Wallwisher

 * ====Wallwisher is a great way to share ideas. It can be considered a digital Turn-n-Talk. The teacher will create a page by going to the website. During classroom instruction, the students can post ideas relating to the lesson being taught. The post will appear instantly and the teacher can display the wall to allow everyone to see posts from the class. The teacher can also assign work that can be posted from home.====

Wikispaces/Tumblr

 * ====These blogging sites are used to share ideas and comment on others postings. It is a great way to update parents and students about events at the school and assignments. During classroom instruction the students can be assigned group projects. The students can also upload their projects, such as videos.====

=Robyn Shelton= =Examples of Web 2.0 Tools for Classroom Use=

1. ** bubbl.us **- My absolute favorite Web 2.0 tool that I have personally used is bubbl.us. My students and I have used this tool in many different ways in my biology class. We have used it to organize our discussions into a simple concept map. The students have asked to use a laptop and bubbl.us to take their notes. We have also had group projects using this software. bubbl.us is a communication tool in that each group can use the program to communicate their ideas to the other groups when sharing or to me for their grades. It promotes classroom collaboration through our group discussions and group collaboration while complting their projects. One of my other classmates had already listed this program, so I did a little research, and there are similar programs available such as DropMind, Webspiration, and Gliffy. [|bubbl.us] [|DropMind] [|Webspiration]



2. ** Animoto ** - Animoto is a program that allows students to create 30 second videos using pictures and text. My class has enjoyed watching my Animotos that I have created to begin our lessons. They watch intently and quietly during the video. I use my Animotos to introduce new topics, and I feel that has been a tremendous help in communicating what our future days will consist of learning. I have only tried using Animoto with the students once. It was a fairly successful project, but I truthfully have no idea if we infringed on any copyright laws! Ha Ha! The students again worked in small groups and collaborated with one another and with other groups on their specific group project and on how to actually use the software. Sometime I think they can figure the Web 2.0 tools out better than I can. [|Animoto]



3. ** Voice Thread **- Voice Thread is a software program that allows you to insert photographs and videos to make a presentation. You can also add sound or even your voice tot he presentation. I have made a couple of Voice Threads on topics we learn in my class. In truth, they have been no more than an online version of a lecture but with pictures and videos along with my voice. They seem to enjoy this so much more than me actually lecturing. There are MANY ways Voice thread could be used for communication, such as lectures and presenting information about classroom events with parents and students. The students again could create Voice Threads on different topics to share and communicate with the class. It also would promote collaboration among the student in designing and completing the projects. [|Voice Thread]

[|Google Blogger]

Wikispaces

[|Delicious]

[|Prezi]

I also have to add that I plan on implementing a classroom Wiki on ** Wikispaces ** similar to what we are currently completing for this course as well as a classroom blog on ** Google Blogger ** that allows students to ask questions, share information about the topics, and so forth in my class next year. I have found so many Web 2.0 tools that engage my students more than I ever could. By the way, we also use ** Prezi **! My students love how it so much more interesting than PowerPoint. And one other Web 2.0 tool I have fallen in love with is ** Delicious **! It has helped me so much to get my favorite websites organized! Resources, activities, fact pages, and webquests all organized in one location! It is WONDERFUL! I also plan on checking out some of the Web 2.0 tools my classmates have recommended! Some sound really promising!


 * Jerome Franks**
 * __Examples of Web 2.0 Technologies__**

The [|www.blogger.com] is a site where students can post blogs and other students can go look at the blog to either make comments on the blogger or just read the blog to gain more information about a subject. Using [|www.blogger.com] allows the students to collaborate with each other by posting different ideas to help each other in group assignments or just class work in general. Utilizing a blog for classroom assignments can provide a way for students to document what they have learned about an assigned topic as well as share information with their classmates for review.
 * Google Blogger**

The [|www.delicious.com] helps students to keep track of the resource that their groups have been asked to look up. Using [|www.delicious.com] helps the students to be able to collaborate on research projects and help each student to follow each other’s resource as the students look them up. Delicious can be the starting point for group project discussions if each student is asked to find documents to use for the project. By requiring a Delicious account for the students it is possible to use the gathered information as a way to further teach the proper use of internet resources.
 * Delicious**

Twitter allows the students to invite and form groups to communicate about different information. Most students use social media on a regular basis. Using [|www.twitter.com] is a great way for students to collaborate in an open forum. Twitter allows the students to work collaborate through instant communication between each of the students by messaging each other. Twitter is also beneficial for forcing students to express themselves using a small amount of words. Twitter could be used in the classroom by presenting a topic that each student has to place a comment about. Twitter is also a good alternative to the traditional practice of journaling about what was covered in a course each day.
 * Twitter**