Web 2 For Teachers

A QUICK GUIDE TO TOOLS YOU CAN USE Web 2.0 for Teachers Lori Franklin Olathe USD#233 April 17, 2009

Web 2.0
Collaborative
Open source editing/sharing
Global
Evolving

Learning
Encompasses all of *Bloom’s Taxonomy
Participatory
Cooperative
Student-led
Teacher-facilitated
*Knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation

Top 10 Web 2.0 sites April ‘09
YouTube - 69.1
Wikipedia – 62.2
Craigslist – 45.2
Photobucket – 24.4
Flickr – 23.7
Wordpress – 22.1
IMDB – 21.3
Digg – 33.4
eHow – 15.2
Typepad - 9.6
Monthly visits in millions eBiz MBZ: http://www.ebizmba.co

Teens and technologies

Links from Olathe Technology Dept.
http://online.olatheschools.com/curriculum/K6symposium.htm

Speaking of top sites:
eBiz MBA provides monthly web rankings
Might be used as a template for creating a class project for ranking information sites for a research project
Don’t miss: Top 20 Science Web Sites 20 Most Popular Political Sites

More on “Open Source”
Shared spaces
Ownership not emphasized
Co-creation with many
Crosses boundaries
Non-proprietary

Blogs
One way to share text/photos/opinions
Many blog platforms
Free
Wordpress for USD#233
Caveat: should be updated frequently
Examples

School Library Blogs
http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=School_libraries
http://blog.schoollibrarymedia.com/
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334.html

Wiki world
Sharing
Gathering
Editing
Publishing
Archiving

Wrap your head around it…
Online space
Anybody can edit
Can password protect
What ways can you use a wiki?

Quick wiki example
From pbwiki:
http://pbwiki.com/content/viewdemo

Creative tools
Flickr Upload photos and share/create slideshows Scroll down and click on: Explore
F.D.’s Flickr Toys Mash up with Flickr lets you create amazing graphics

Warholize it!

Animoto takes it further -
Animoto
Photos, music, motion
Uploads to YouTube, Facebook, iPhone
Very short learning curve
Example:
http://animoto.com/play/VG0JDu0Ksq0iECJlGlflfg

Then you share…

Digital storytelling
Voice Thread
Demo
Example

ToonDoo
Create your own cartoons
Publish and share!

Amazing stuff in no time at all!
Schmoop Try this with students in language arts programs – also covers other subject areas
HippoCampus This math site is comprehensive! Also includes audio read-aloud

More…
Amelia Bloomer Project Looking for books that feature strong female characters? Need storytelling from a feminist point of view?

Self-help can be creative
wikiHow This worldwide writing project lets the users tell the steps and procedures for just about anything. What if you made a wiki like this and asked students to provide the steps in a process? Maybe they could share how to solve a math problem.

Love streaming video?
Streaming Video Services Links, via a wiki, to just about every streaming service/conversion/fix available !

Get the 411
Goog-411 Directory Calling
Demo

Digital Librarian
Librariana Simply a monster site!
Filled with all things libraries, including that awesome Stephen Colbert clip about Wikipedia

Do you know Nancy?
Nancy Pearl’s Book Lust Wiki
Interactive

Like to listen?
Best of iTunes University
Scroll down for suggestions
Great literature for listening

For example…
Lit2go Download pdf of the text to go along with the audio!

Television content…online
Hulu

Read Alikes
Novelist
Literature Map

File Converters
Allow you to transfer from one platform or file format to another
Useful for many reasons:
- students don’t have MS Word
- conflicting versions of word processors
- video/audio applications

Use these…
Zamzar – provides many conversions, including YouTube for playing at school
Vixy – also allows video conversion to MP4 format
PDF to Word – Great for changing PDF files into MS Word formatting
Media-Convert – conversions appear quickly

Think about passwords…
For school use of Web 2.0 products, you could use the same username/password combo that you originally set up for one product – it makes it easier to remember

My favorite…
RoboForm
Will generate usernames and passwords
One-touch entry into sites requiring username/password combo
Stores up to 10 for free

Want to learn more?
100 Helpful Web Tools
100 Free Library Web 2.0 Tutorials

Ready to really dig into Web 2.0?
The Best Web 2.0 Applications for Education
YouTube Sucks: Four Sites that do Video Better
PBS Frontline videos
Seven Things You Should Know
Web 2.0’s Most Ridiculous Sites
Three Ways to Find the Latest iTunes Freebies
Open Office
Google Labs
Google Docs

This presentation…
SlideShare –
Example: http://www.slideshare.net/lfranklinoe
Also on OE Library page http://teachers.olatheschools.com/oelibrary/presentations.html

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