The Best of Web 2.0 is a Short List of Tried and True Favorite Sites

1. The Best of Web 2.0
Presented to the
California Consortium for Independent Study
Cynthia Sistek-Chandler, Ed D
National University
cchandler@nu.edu
San Diego Computer Using Educators, President
ISTE Outreach, Conference June 24-27th San Diego

2. What is Web 2.0?

3. What is Web 2.0?

4. New Media Consortium, Horizon
Report 2012
The world of work is increasingly collaborative, driving
changes in the way student projects are structured.
Because employers value collaboration as a critical skill,
silos both in the workplace and at school are being
abandoned in favor of collective intelligence. To facilitate
more teamwork and group communication, projects rely on
tools such as wikis, Google Docs, Skype, and easily shared
file-storage sites including Dropbox.

5. The New Evaluation for Students
Students are increasingly evaluated not just on the overall
outcome, but also on the success of the group dynamic. In
many cases, the way an online collaboration tool is used is
an equally important outcome…such sites (Wikis) preserve
the process and the multiple perspectives that lead to the
end results.
(Horizon Report, HE, 2012)

6. Key Concepts: CACC
Collaboration
Accessibility: Where does it live?
Constructivist Pedagogy
Copyright Friendliness (C & P)

7. Web 2.0 Sites Featured
 Google
 Wikis and Blogs
 Voice & Screen Capture: Jing and Voicethread
 Avatars- Voki, Animoto, and Xtranormal
 Edmodo
 Thinkfinity- Comic Creator- Read, Write, and Think

8. Google
 Google Docs
 Google Sites
 Blogger
 Groups
 YouTube

9. Wikis and Blogs
 Masters student Ms. Erica Peppers on her Word Press Blog
http://ericapeppers.wordpress.com/
 CyberCyn’s Café
 Chris Delahanty- Principal’s Communication

10. Voice & Screen Capture
Jing and Voicethread
Jing
http://www.screencast.com/t/kjq6YCTbQ
http://www.screencast.com/t/DxtHNNo5
VoiceThread [http://voicethread.com/]
Generate a discussion around images, documents and videos
using VoiceThread, comments by viewers can be left using
text, using a voice recording or via a webcam.

11. Avatars- Voki, Animoto and
Xtranormal
Voki [http://www.voki.com/]
Create an avatar that you can embed into a webpage with Voki.
http://www.voki.com/mywebsite.php
Animoto [http://animoto.com/]
Create a video from photos and short video clips with Animoto.
Share your video creation with a link or embed it into a webpage.
Xtranormal

12. Edmodo
 Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for your class to
connect and collaborate, share content, and access
homework, grades and school notices. Our goal is to help
educators harness the power of social media to customize
the classroom for each and every learner.

14. Thinkfinity.org

15. Thinkfinity.org
Interactive Websites from:
NCTM
NCTE and the International Reading Association
Read, Write, and Think
Comic Creator
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/c
omic/index.html
Interactive Webbing Tool
http://interactives.mped.org
/webbing127.aspx

16. Thinkfinity.org

17. Other Favorites
 Prezi  Webspiration
 Poll Everywhere  Bublus
 YouTube  Flickr
 Facebook  Picassa
 Slideshare  Piknik
Share presentation
slideshows,
documents and videos
at SlideShare.

18. Resources and Websites
 Dodge Podge 6.0
 Larry Ferlazo's EduBlog List of Best 2.0 Tools and other
Bests
Dr. C’s Presentation and Resources
www.tinyurl.com/ccis2012