Using Technology To Support Di July08

Lunenburg School District July 7-11 th 2008 Mary Marotta Note: Upload to Slideshare.net Welcome to Integrating Web 2.0 to Support Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom blogs wikis Google Reader Skype Critical Thinking Innovation Collaboration Lifelong Learners

Welcome to Integrating Technology to Support Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom

Registration and Sign-ins

About me

About the Class

Introductions

Connected Classroom – YouTube Video

Jumping in ..

21 st Century Teaching - Link http://www.doe.mass.edu/edtech/standards.html http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/route21/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43&Itemid=37

ISTE NETS and Massachusetts http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NETS

the next generation of NETS for Students, which focuses more on skills and expertise and less on tools. Specifically, they address:

Creativity and Innovation

Communication and Collaboration

Research and Information Fluency

Critical thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

Digital Citizenship

Technology Operations and Concepts

Web 2.0

What is Web 2.0? The Machine is Us/ing Us past and now … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g

Web 2.0 "The term Web 2.0 (pronounced "web two point Oh") was conceived in 2005 to describe a new breed of websites that use newer web authoring tools, are low learning curves (for the user) and support a collaborative environment ... usually free and usually just all done in a web browser" from Shambles June 2006 Big Mouth Media News "Web 2.0 isn't about a sudden single new development, but instead the gradual emergence of a new type of practice. Web 2.0 is an ongoing transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of web pages into a fully functional computing platform. In other words, instead of the internet just being a place with lots of websites, the Web 2.0 concept is its change into an over-arching application that you will be able to use seamlessly and which is integral to the concept of 'Search' in the future." - 2006 Big Mouth Media News

Terms and Tools for Class

Blogs Blogger.com or Edublogs

igoogle

Wikis

Podcasts / itunes

Skype

Other Web 2.0 tools

TeacherTube and YouTube Photo – (PhotoStory, MovieMaker)

SlideShare

RockYou

VoiceThread

Jing

School Site – School Center

Other Technologies

Tablet PC’s

Digital Cameras

Recording (Headset, Microphone)

SmartBoard

Clickers

blogs wikis Google Reader Skype

What is a Blog? A blog (an abridgment of the term web log) is a website , usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog Are you a visual learner? - http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs

Class blog - using Blogger.com http://techdi.blogspot.com/

Posting a Comment to the blog

Creating a Blogger account

Note: you must confirm in email

Edublogs http://mmarotta.edublogs.org/

Edublogs signup http://edublogs.org/

Blogs to Read

Google Blog Search http://blogsearch.google.com/

Curt Shilling http://38pitches.com/

Blogs to Review

The following Blogs are maintained by people or organizations that are dedicated to integrating the Read/Write Web and new technology tools in education. Explore the content in some these blogs and online publications to learn more about how the web is changing and how these changes can impact teaching and learning in the classroom. As you read, examine how the content is organized and take the time to read some of the comments that other people make in response to the bloggers' initial posts. Notice how the authors often include hyperlinks in their texts and think about how this form of writing differs from traditional journaling.

Weblogg-ed : Will Richardson

The Fischbowl : Karl Fisch

Learning.Now : Andy Carvin

Moving at the Speed of Creativity: Wes Fryer

2 Cents Worth: David Warlick

Teach42.com by Steve Dembo

The Tech Savvy Educator

Subscribing to Blogs Using - RSS What is RSS? RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication". It is a way to easily distribute a list of headlines, update notices, and sometimes content to a wide number of people. It is used by computer programs that organize those headlines and notices for easy reading . What problem does RSS solve? Most people are interested in many websites whose content changes on an unpredictable schedule. Examples of such websites are news sites, community and religious organization information pages, product information pages, medical websites, and weblogs. Repeatedly checking each website to see if there is any new content can be very tedious. Email notification of changes was an early solution to this problem. Unfortunately, when you receive email notifications from multiple websites they are usually disorganized and can get overwhelming, and are often mistaken for spam. RSS is a better way to be notified of new and changed content. Notifications of changes to multiple websites are handled easily, and the results are presented to you well organized and distinct from email. How does RSS work? RSS works by having the website author maintain a list of notifications on their website in a standard way. This list of notifications is called an "RSS Feed". People who are interested in finding out the latest headlines or changes can check this list. Special computer programs called "RSS aggregators" have been developed that automatically access the RSS feeds of websites you care about on your behalf and organize the results for you. (RSS feeds and aggregators are also sometimes called "RSS Channels" and "RSS Readers".) Producing an RSS feed is very simple and hundreds of thousands of websites now provide this feature, including major news organizations like the New York Times, the BBC, and Reuters, as well as many weblogs.

RSS in Plain English