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    1. Using Web 2.0 Tools and Technology to Enhance Instruction   Evelyn McCormack Dutchess County BOCES Supt. Conf. Day Feb. 26, 2009
    2. Meet Hayes Potter …
    3. So what is Web 2.0?
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        • Open source content -- sites get their value from their users
        • Anyone can be a publisher
        • All material is free
        • Web based , so you won't clutter up your hard drive & you can access from any computer
        • Relies on a community that encourages reusing materials
        • Tools for commentary/free expression - text, audio, video
      Web 2.0 Characteristics
    5. Social Software: The Tools of Web 2.0 Blogs Wikis Del.icio.us/Digg/etc. Nings YouTube Podcasting Flickr Twitter Google Docs Google Earth Google Maps PageFlakes SecondBrain SecondLife Slideshare Skype
    6. How can a teacher use Web 2.0?
      • Outside the Classroom:
        • Personal and professional development -- Social Networking (Nings, Facebook, LinkedIn) Social Bookmarking
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      • Inside the Classroom:
        • Collaborative learning tools -- Wikis, Blogs, Vlogs, Podcasts
    7. Outside the Classroom Your Personal Learning Network  
    8. Caution: One Foot in Front of the Other
        • Join a professional social network. (Ning sites, LinkedIn groups, Facebook groups, etc.) A great source for everything: ( http://socialnetworksined.wikispaces.com/ )
        • Find a handful of blogs you like and subscribe to them using RSS feeds, Google Reader, etc. Comment, if you want. Bloggers love comments!
        • Join a microblogging network like Twitter, Plurk or EdModo (see appendix)
        • Watch things quietly for a while, then become part of the conversation.
    9. Classroom 2.0 Ning A great place for building contacts with other educators who are interested in using Web 2.0 tools.  18,600 members. A weekly live show on Saturdays gives members a chance to communicate and learn together. I joined this network for blog ideas. They also have a FaceBook page (2,300 members), a Wiki and a blog . Nings, Anyone? Classroom 2.0 18,000 members
    10. Special Ed in the 21st Century Ning 35 members Technology in Special Education Ning 150 members
    11. Join Facebook or LinkedIn Teaching Critical Thinking Group on FaceBook Active Learning Group on FaceBook
    12. LinkedIn My LinkedIn Page Just another way to connect with people who have similar jobs, to network, to share interesting links/presentations, etc.
    13. Inside the Classroom:  Wikis! www.pbwiki.com www.wikispaces.com www.wetpaint.com www.wikipedia.com Wiki platforms
    14. What you can do with a Wiki…
        • Build a school newspaper online
        • Publish student projects and research
        • Manage class documents
        • Use as a presentation tool
        • Debate topics, assigned readings
        • Support service learning projects (build a website around a project)
    15. Lee County Schools Wiki
    16. Wikis Across the Curriculum Wikispaces – 100,000 K-12 classroom wikis. Wiki how-to designed for teachers new to setting up their own wikis.
    17. Mr. C.'s Science Class Raleigh, N.C.
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      The Iditarod Collaborative Project School in Grand Forks, ND More Wikis are listed in my appendix.
    18. Inside the Classroom: Blogs
        • classblogmeister.com : gated blogging tool
        • flickr.com : photo blogging community
        • epnweb.org : education podcast network
        • Edublogs -- Wordpress blog tool for educators 
        • Wordpress blogging platform
        • Blogger -- Google blogging platform
        Blog platforms and tools
    19. What to do with a class blog?
        • Post a writing prompt 
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        • Week in Review 
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        • Respond to a reading 
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        •   Find the facts 
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        • Current events 
    20. Mr. Smith’s 4th Grade Bloggers (Hannibal, MO)        
    21. Glenbrook North High School Business Law Class Blog
    22. Mrs. Pena's Science Blog
    23. Edublogs's Student Blogging Challenge
    24. Vlogs
        • blip.tv : make your own video blog
        • youtube.com : 100 million videos downloaded daily
        • Teachertube.com : alternative to youtube
        • UstreamTV
        • Vlogit: video production software offered by Adobe
        • Freevlog 
        • Video Toolbox: 150+ Online Video Tools
        • DeafRead (best of deaf blogs and vlogs) 
      Vlogging tools
        • Mr. Duey the Math Teacher -- available on YouTube and TeacherTube
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        • Why I Hate Mid-Winter Break -- available on TeacherTube.
        • We Are the Media: Videoblogging in Education 
        • DeafVideoTV
        • Academic Earth 
        • ACTE Video Album on TeacherTube 
        • EcoFacts on ITunes
    25. Who's got a YouTube page?
        • Pope Benedict on YouTube (662,000 views)
        • Carnegie Mellon University , Harvard, MIT, etc.
        • The Museum of Modern Art (1.6 million views)
        • Ed in 08 (1.3 million views)
        • Autism Speaks (1.1 million views) 
        • SWBOCES Career and Tech Ed Videos
        • Jennifer ESL
        • The New York Times
        • Barack Obama (128 million views)
        • Discovery Channel
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        • Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
        • Techtopia (all technology tutorials)
      Note: You don't have to create a YouTube channel, but you can use it as a resource. YouTube can be a great resource, used wisely.
    26. Inside the Classroom: Podcasting
      • Podcasting Tools and Resources:
        • Audacity (audio recording tool)
        • iTunes 
        • Why Apple in Education
        • The Education Podcast Network
    27. A Few Cool School Podcasts
        • Downs FM
        • Radio Sandaig
        • Radio WillowWeb
        • Room 208 Podcast
        • Room 613 Talk
        • Jamestown Podcast
        • Room 613 Talk
    28. Social Bookmarking
        • Web based service where shared lists of user-created Internet bookmarks are displayed.
        • Allows user to locate, classify, rank, and share Internet resources by tagging sites.
        • Diigo, Del.icio.us, Stumbleupon, Digg, etc.
    29. What’s so great about social bookmarking?
        • Saves links to web pages
        • Web-based so your bookmarks are available anywhere-not just on one computer in your bookmarks or favorites list.
        • Share web page links with others
        • Create “networks” of people with like interests and bookmarks
        • Organize your favorite web pages with tags
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    31. Teachers Using Social Bookmarks Willowdale Elementary School’s Delicious Page (Omaha, Neb.)
    32. EFL Classroom 2.0 on Diigo
    33. Appendix
        • http://www.ted.com
        • The Common Craft Show (video how-tos)  
        • Kansas State University's Mediated Cultures Website
        • Snipshot (edit your photos online/alternative to Photoshop) 
        • A-Z Glossary of Web 2.0 Terms
        • Google Docs
        • Slideshare
        • Classroom Blogging/David Warlick
        • Westwood Schools Wiki 
    34. An Assortment of Cool Things on the Web Blog of the headmaster of the private Summit School
      • Noteflight -- music making and teaching website
    35. Encyclopedia of Life
    36. Five Freedoms Project
    37. Soshiku , free online homework management tool
    38. BigThink
    39. Ancient Rome at Google Earth
        • Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms/Will Richardson
        • School Communications 2.0
        • MakeUseOf 
        • Common Craft Videos
        • Weblogg-ed  
        • Teach Digital -- Wes Fryer’s wiki about Tech Leadership in Schools
        • The Life That Chose Me -- special education blog  
        • SmartBoard Revolution Ning -- 1,061 members
      The Never Ending Appendix
        • PBS Learning Now
        • Teach Digital -- Wes Fryer’s wiki about Tech Leadership in Schools
        • Google Docs
        • Google Earth
        • Google Mars
        • Google Sky
        • Academic Earth 
        • Ning in Education -- 3,387 members. A great way to get your feet wet.
        • Global Education Collaborative Ning -- 1,300 members
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        • Doodle4Google contest
        • Google for Educators  
        • The American Storyteller
        • TeachersFirst
        • MakeUseOf 
        • Common Craft Videos 
        • Discovery Education 
        • DeafRead (best of deaf blogs and vlogs) 
        • DeafVideoTV (videos downloaded for the deaf) 
        • Jehanne's Vlog   
          •   http://www. youngestblogger .com
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    40. Thank you! Stay in touch: [email_address] Facebook Twitter LinkedIn School Communications 2.0    This presentation can be found at http://www.slideshare.net/evelynmccormack

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