The document discusses Web 2.0 tools and widgets that can be used for education. It defines Web 2.0 as the second generation of web-based communities and hosted services like social networking sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies that aim to facilitate creativity, collaboration and sharing among users. It explains that widgets are portable pieces of code that can be embedded into web pages to add functionality without additional compilation. Some examples of Web 2.0 tools and widgets mentioned include blogs, wikis, Google Docs, Flickr and their use in the classroom.

1. Ann Nicholson Technology and Curriculum Integration Facilitator Cedar Rapids CSD Cedar Rapids, IA [email_address]

2. Web 2.0 is a trend in World Wide Web technology, and web design , a second generation of web-based communities and hosted services such as social-networking sites , wikis , blogs , and folksonomies , which aim to facilitate creativity , collaboration, and sharing among users. (from Wikipedia)

6. PB Wiki Wikispaces Wetpaint

10. Blogger Edublogs Class Blogmeister Sandaig Otters Weblog A Really Different Place

11. Ten Ways to Use Edublogs to Teach Check Out Our Class Blog List Video Tutorial

12. Del.icio.us MySpace Diigo

13. Presentations and Picture Sharing Flickr Picasa Web Slideshare VoiceThread

14. Google Docs ZOHO Windows Live

20. According to Wikipedia, a widget is “widget is a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate HTML -based web page by an end user without requiring additional compilation .”

21. In other words, a widget can be a component of one web 2.0 tool embedded in another. For example, a slideshow or quiz embedded in a blog or wiki.

22. Some widgets can be selected from a Web 2.0 tool such as Google’s Blogger Example of a Blogger Blog with Widgets

23. Web 2.0 and Widgets My Blog

25. Some widgets come with an embed code that can be pasted into almost any Web 2.0 tools Example of a Google Site with widgets Example of an Edublog blog with widgets Steve Dembo’s Blog

26. Google Gadgets

27. Embedding Widgets

28. Embedding Widgets

29. Embedding Widgets

30. Web 2.0 for the K-12 Classroom http:// www.wiziq.com /educational http://k12learning20.wikispaces.com/ 100 Web 2.0 Ideas for Educators http://www.scribd.com/doc/3273/100-Web-20-Ideas-for-Educators Using Web 2.0 Tools for writing: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/writing_novlet_portrayl_ficlets_unblokt.php

31. Flickr For Education: http://www.flickr.com/groups/33384223@N00/ Wikis in Education: http:// tep.uoregon.edu/shared/blogswikispodcasts/WikisBiblio.pdf Using Flickr in the Classroom: http:// www.jakesonline.org/flickrinclassroom.pdf Classroom 2.0 http://www.classroom20.com/

32. Handouts http://wiki.ties.k12.mn.us/053 [email_address]