It’s Elementary ...
Web 2.0 in the Elementary Classroom
"the real value of blogs What can I do with this “object”?
How can I re-use it?
and wikis is not the
How can I “recontextualize it”?
tool itself. It's what
What is it exactly I can do with it?
the tool enables"
Here is the big answer.
George Siemens
I can link to it.
Alan Levine
Darren Kuropatwa
http://adifference.blogspot.com

What is Web 2.0?
one way web vrs. two way web
attitude
Photo source: http://flickr.com/photos/30153399@N00/245962103/

An Attitude
everything is customizable, personalized,
interactive and constantly evolving
video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4mStrgvzXs

http://www.go2web20.net/

What is a blog?
Howard Rheingold:
"Blogs are publications on the internet
that enable many people to publish
their words in text, or spoken word,
or videos, or paintings, or music.
Whatever form you want to show the
world you can use a blog to show the
world and you can do it everyday.
It’s not static, it changes when you
have a new creation, when you have a
new thought you add that to your
blog and your readers can see it
wherever they are in the world."
source: The Weblog Project http://www.theweblogproject.com/

What is a blog?
Nancy White
video source: http://www.theweblogproject.com//2005/10/28/nancy_white.htm

Two of my blogs ...
http://adifference.blogspot.com
http://am40sw07.blogspot.com

What is a wiki?
One of Kathy Cassidy’s
Class wikis
“My grade ones and twos want to know what 1000
looks like. We are collecting 1000 names. Can you
help us by adding your name to our wiki? Just click
on edit at the top of the page, add the next number
and your name at the bottom, then click save.”

source: Kathy Cassidy’s Grade 1& 2 Classroom Blog

What is a wiki?
Learn more ...
Wisconsin Online Resource Center: What is a
wiki?
See Heavy Metal Umlaut: the movie, by John
Udell

What is podcasting?
Ask a Ninja
video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEmss2lg-ug

What is podcasting?
Learn more ...
From Podcast Alley: What is a podcast?
From the Free Podcast Tutorial: How To
Podcast

K12 Online
The conference that never ends...
March 27, 2007
Hi Darren,
Teachers and staff developers have echoed this thought. I have learned more from
other teachers workshop leaders and bloggers online during the last few years than
I learned in graduate school. This is surely true for me. This network of teachers
are incredibly generous with their time, energy and ideas. The K12 Online
conference stands out as a watershed event. It was there then but continues to keep
on giving. I use the podcasts and video presentations to demonstrate to my high
school students , as well as my graduate students, how to use web 2.0 applications.
They can see teachers experimenting with these tools and student work that
demonstrate the effective use of technology. It also created a watering hole, or if
you wish a cafe, for kindred spirits to meet and learn from each other.
I am sure my experience was not unique. My experience is licensed by Creative
Commons and maybe used without my permission.
Stephen Fink

K12 Online
A Week In The Classroom
Kathy Cassidy
Visit K12 Online
video source: http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=39

Kathy’s Tools
Class Blogmeister
flickr.com
audacity (a video tutorial)
bubbleshare.com
wikispaces.com

The Story of Eddie

Classes That Blog
A quick overview of kindergarten through
grade 8 classes that blog ... hold on to your
seat ...
Photo source: http://flickr.com/photos/igormazic/386777826/

In Kindergarten ...
http://kinderteacher.podomatic.com
Kathy Shields, Alpharetta, Georgia

Kindergarten, Grades
1 and 2 ...
Barbara Cohen, Corte Madera, California
last year they adopted a duck ...
Winner of the 2006
Edublog Star Award http://duckdiaries.edublogs.org/
(Convenors choice)

Kindergarten, Grades
1 and 2 ...
... this year ... trout.
http://mcdsblogs.org/trout

Grade 3
Mark Ahlness, Seatle, Washington
The Mighty Writers Blog

Grade 4
A multi purpose blog - class use, educational dialogue, blog resource and
development. I'm a full time teacher at Glenelg School (Adelaide, South
Australia) with a passion for professional learning, computer games in
education and exploring the role of emerging technologies in education. My
focus is catering to busy teachers with time commitments, crowded curricula
and often elusive lives of their own. The miniLegends are Year 3 and 4 students
- 9 year olds. Look for them amongst the meerkats above.
http://alupton.wordpress.com/minilegends/

Grade 5 and 6
Teresa Almeida d'Eça, Parede, Portugal
http://fwe2.motime.com/
Winner of the 2006
Edublog Award for
Best Teacher Blog

Grade 6
Mike Hetherington’s Social Studies Class, Connecticut
http://hetherington0607.learnerblogs.org
... you can find last year’s class blog here.

Grade 7 and 8
Clarence Fisher, Snow Lake, Manitoba
http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org
This class is doing some remarkable collaboration with 3 other classes:
one in Virginia, one in Cartagena Columbia and one in Kuala-Lumpur
Malaysia ... it’s called The International Teen Life Project.

Did You Know?
video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXbBVY5aZ-I

Thanks