Pre-conference workshop at Innovations 2009 - part one

1. Engage Your Students With Free Web 2.0 Tools Britt Watwood, Ed.D. Virginia Commonwealth University

3. Welcome !

4. Some initial thoughts on instructional technology…

6. “ I believe that the motion picture is destined to revolutionize our education system and that in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks.” ~Thomas Edison (1922) )

8. " New technologies are always used to do old tasks--until some driving force causes them to be used in new ways." ~Marshall McLuhan

9. How Have Recent Changes on the Web Opened Up Opportunities for Teaching and Learning?

10. 2004 2004 2008 1998 2007 2005 2003 2001 2003 2005 2008 2004 2006 2008 1999 2005 2005 2005 2004 2007

12. What do we know about Today’s students ?

16. Student Preferences for IT use in Courses

17. Small Loosely Pieces Joined

18. Who Here Saves Websites? Favorites Bookmarks

20. Making Meaning From Tags Wordcloud based on Gettysburg Address

21. It’s deliciously simple!

22. Find Website You Like & Click “TAG”

23. Add Comments Add Tags Suggested Tags Your Network

24. Saved By 170 Other…

25. Note

26. Social Connections Interconnections between Gabriela Grosseck, Eduardo Pierano, and myself http://twoantennas.com/projects/delicious-network-explorer/

27. = Organization

28. Who Here Reads Newspapers?

29. How Does One Read a Newspaper?

30. RSS is like reading newspaper

31. What is RSS?

32. From “ Push ” to “ Pull ”

33. RSS in Plain English http://snipurl.com/1w8wi

35. “ My” Google Reader

36. 133,000,000 blogs

39. How Could Blogs Be Used Instructionally?

40. Blogs Wikis LMS Content

42. How Could Micro-Blogging Be Used Instructionally?

43. Do Small Pieces Loosely Joined Have Instructional Potential?

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