Handout from Higher Ed. Conference

October, 2006 Extending Classroom Conversations: Using Web 2.0 - Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, & RSS Scott S. Floyd, White Oak ISD, Texas Bluebonnet Writing Project - [email_address] This is just a handout from the Higher Ed conference I presented at in Austin, Texas, in October, 2006, that accompanied the “Higher Ed” ppt.

Web 2.0 - read/write web that focuses on the end-user collaborating and sharing (blog, wiki, RSS, social bookmarking) - http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2006/04/coming_of_age_a.html

Blogs -

Professional Development

Texas Bluebonnet Writing Project - http://www.txbluebonnetwp.org/bluebonnet/Blog/Blog.html

2 Cents Worth - http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/

Speed of Creativity - www.speedofcreativity.org /

Weblogg-Ed - http://weblogg-ed.com /

Student Literacy Development

All About the Word - http://www.classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=26811

Science in Action - http://sxxz.blogspot.com /

Discovering Biology in a Digital World - http://scienceblogs.com/digitalbio/archives.php

Pre-Cal - http://pc4sw06.blogspot.com /

Educational Leadership

Dr. Tim Tyson - Principal - http://mabryonline.org/blogs/tyson/

Jim McNelis - School Board Member - http://openboardblog.wordpress.com /

Dr. Scott McLeod - http://scottmcleod.typepad.com/dangerouslyirrelevant/

Podcasts

Educators - lectures, classroom news, project details, test reviews, modified tests, publishing

Science Friday - http://www.sciencefriday.com/feed/

In Tune, In Texas - http://cfbstaff.cfbisd.edu/troutd/itit/itit.htm

Students - content knowledge, product creation, review, publishing

Talking Science - 8 year old (with father’s help) posting science podcasts and inviting other kids from around the world to add to them http://talkingscience.speedofcreativity.org /

Digital Storytelling - My 5 year old son Christian

Administrators - instruction, subscribable communication with parents/community

Tim Tyson - MabryOnline - http://mabryonline.org/podcasts/

Wikis - collaboration, content creation, content storage, review, publishing

Wikiville: Project Global Village - http://www.wikiville.org.uk/index.php/Main_Page

Irving ISD Professional Development Wiki - http://irvingwikitraining.pbwiki.com /

Holocaust Wiki Page - http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/holocaust/tiki-index.php

Mathcasts - http://www.mathcasts.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

RSS - aggregator

Bloglines - http://bloglines.com /

Netvibes - http://www.netvibes.com /

Google Reader - http://www.google.com/reader/view/

School 2.0 - http://www.school2-0.org /

"School 2.0 is a brainstorming tool designed to help schools, districts and communities develop a common education vision for the future and to explore how that vision can be supported by technology. School 2.0 provides a "big picture" perspective that allows for a common point of entry so that all community stakeholders can participate in this important conversation. While School 2.0 depicts a variety of educational and management scenarios that utilize technology, the examples, information and ideas included are designed to serve as prompts for discussion and should not be construed as a recommendation of any particular technology or scenario. Rather, School 2.0 is purposely a sketch and a work in progress. It is designed to facilitate community discussions and preparations for short and long term educational and management goals."

Additional Useful Links

Free Web 2.0 Online Conference (how-to videos, instructional podcasts, more) - http://k12onlineconference.org /

Wild About Wikis - Article with links - http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=191801354

Wikipedia Versus Britannica - http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051212/full/438900a.html

Teach Digital - Wesley Fryer - http://teachdigital.pbwiki.com / This link will give you pedagogy behind most Web 2.0 tools along with instructions and implementation ideas.