Reasons why Web 2.0 tools should be used in classroom; hands on activities for teachers to set up a blog using Blogger and a wiki using wikispaces.

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2. “ You must be the “
change you want to
see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi
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3. Reading
Receiving
Researching
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4. Contributing
Collaborating
Creating
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5. Web 2.0 a term
describing changing trends
in the use of World Wide
Web technology and web
design that aim to enhance
creativity, information
sharing, and collaboration
among users.
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6. Support
individuals
Knowledge is
content specific
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7. Create your own professional blog.
Share using RSS feeds and readers.
Collaborate with a wiki.
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8. Create your own professional blog.
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9. “
What is important to us, as
educators, is the direct and
conspicuous relationship between
blogging and literacy. Blogging
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is about reading, thinking,
writing, and reading some more.
It is about communicating.
--David Warlick
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10. Before you
post….
What Does a
Professional
Blog Say?
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11. Account?
Yes…sign in
No…create one
www.google.com
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13. Share using RSS feeds and readers.
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14. Create your reader.
Set up a folder
Subscribe to your
colleagues’ blogs.
Use your reader everyday.
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15. Collaborate with a wiki.
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16. A wiki is a
web page
you can edit.
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17. Set up a Wikispaces wiki.
http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/
teachers100k
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18. Reflection:
What do you see as professional
and personal challenges to using
Web 2.0 tools? What steps will you
take to overcome those challenges?
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20. This presentation was
created by
Shirley Ann Smith, Ph.D.
www.boldleaps.net
ssmith8153@sc.rr.com
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