Where To Start With Web2.0

Slide 1: Where to start with web2.0?!? Anne Mirtschin, Hawkesdale P12 College

Slide 2: Web1.0 Vs Web2.0

Slide 3: Conceptual Age Communicate Connect Creativity

Slide 4: About me  Baby boomer  How did I start?  Delicious  Personal blog  Joined social networks  Globalteacher blog  Backyard blog(globalstudent) – sole administrator  Now individual student blogs – joint administration

Slide 5: Where to start with web 2.0 Del.icio.us •Social bookmarking site •Develops networks Great comments on use of delicious

Slide 6: Google applications • google docs – processor, sheet, presentation •Calendar •Reader •Alert •Notes •Igoogle •Google maps and earth

Slide 7: Skype (www.skype.com)  VOiP  Live chat  Audio  conferencing  Videoconferencing  Bookmark and save chats

Slide 8: Voicethread (www.voicethread.com) •User friendly •Digital storytelling •Collaborative work

Slide 9: Global projects  www.youthradio.wordpress.com  www.es1001tales.wikispaces.com  www.ms1001tales.wikispaces.com  From me to you  Flat horizons project Where to find some Classroom2.0 Global school house Projects by jen

Slide 10: .....Blogging.....

Slide 11: My personal blog http://murcha.wordpress.com

Slide 12: My teacher blog http://murch.globalteacher.org.au

Slide 13: Sample student blog Flurogreen Tadfish jimzy honka

Slide 14: http://backyard.globalstudent.org.au

Slide 15: why should students blog  A tool for reading and writing  Authentic audience  Highly motivational  Powerful learning  Students want to share etc 20 reasons

Slide 16: What do I use a blog for?  Online journal  Digital portfolios  Lesson plans  bulletin board  Reflections

Slide 17: How to get started! •Read blogs Sample blogs – sue davis –mobile technology in TAFE Jess Mcculloch technolote Alannahk moturoa (from NZ just lots of bits and pieces) Jenny lucca lucacept Class blogs Grade 5 class in Bangkok Our online ESL classroom Collaboration nation a year 8 blog in USA

Slide 18: Cybersafety  Usernames eg rose, meatballs  Avatars  No last names/addresses/phone numbers/other identifying details  Joint administration rights  Other staff(including principal) regularly comment  RSS feeds to student blogs Tips for Keeping them cybersafe

Slide 19: Global student/teacher  Register for a globalteacher blog  Adding in students = easy now  Give some thought to username or webtitle (cannot be changed) eg murcha  blog title can be changed Eg ejourneys with technokids –backyard -ros0003 -rose etc

Slide 20: Sections to a blog  Posts  Pages  Categories  Tags  Widgets – clustr maps, delicious links  Blogroll  comments

Slide 21: hints  Start blogging – it will find a direction over time  Blog until you feel comfortable before starting with students  Blog regularly  Establish a social network (links, comments, trackbacks, teacher lists, nings etc)  Do not worry about initial appearance – just start.

Slide 22: Resources  Web2 telegraph – a collection of hints, trials, experiences and advice  25 steps – an adventure for web2.0 learning  http://ejourneys.wikispaces.com –my wiki with lots of resources for all things web2.0  Edublogger great tips on getting more out of edublogs

Slide 23: My blogs  http://murcha.wordpress.com (my personal ejourney with gen Y)  http://murch.globalteacher.org.au (my classwork and ejourney with technokids, links to student blogs and other schools with student blogs)  http://backyard.globalstudent.org.au class blog  http://christmas2.0us.wordpress.com class blog for work at Christmas time

Slide 24: wikis  www.ejourneys.wikispaces.com

Slide 25: Contact Me mirtschin.anne.a@edumail.vic.gov.au mirtschin@gmail.com Twitter id = murcha Skype = anne.mirtschin