This document provides an overview of Web 2.0 tools and their use in education. It discusses how K-12 classrooms and higher education are using tools like Google Docs, Dropbox, Evernote, and Mangahigh to create engaged, interactive learning environments. The document also discusses ePortfolios and their purpose in having students develop electronic portfolios for storage, workspace, and showcase. Key considerations for using ePortfolios with students like age, content area, and technology infrastructure are also addressed. Contact information is provided for further questions.

1. Lamar University
College of Education
Educational Leadership
Beaumont, TX
Web 2.0, Literacy and ePortfolios
Cindy Cummings, Ed.D. Diane Mason, Ph.D.
Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D. Kay Abernathy, Ed.D.

2. Web 2.0/Literacy
• K-12 & higher ed are huge consumers of dynamic user-
centered Web 2.0 resources.
• K-12 classrooms & higher ed students using a wealth of
Web 2.0 resources across subject areas.
• Web 2.0 resources are available to students and
teachers to create engaged interactive learning
environment.
• King (2011) observed students’ culture
has dramatically changed
• To align with student’s world,
educators have altered their pedagogical approaches.

3. Web 2.0/Literacy
• New pedagogical approaches are student centered and
are in response to the cultural and literacy demands of
the information age.
• Solomon and Schrum (2007) defined literacy today
“acquiring new skills, including those of using
technology, understanding science, having global
awareness, and most important, having the ability to
keep learning” (p.20).
• Consequently, we have seen huge strides made in
contributing to the growth of literacy with the use of
Web 2.0 tools.

4. Questions: Web 2.0 Tools
• What Web 2.0 tools and resources impact
the way you learn, communicate, and assess
growth?
• How are you currently using Web 2.0
personally and/or with students?

5. Web 2.0 Research
• Enables interaction and collaboration (Parker &
Chao, 2007; Tapscott & Williams, 2008)
• One-fifth of US higher education students actively
contributing content to blogs, wikis, photo or video
websites and 18% contributed regularly to at least
three of these (OECD, 2009)
• Relatively new paradigm which enables
contributions and communication (Mills, 2007)

6. Web 2.0
Promising
Practices
• Collaboration
• Project-based Learning
• Personalized Learning (Choices)
• Standards-based
• Critical Reflection
• Authentic Assessment
• Mentoring, Coaching, and Peer Review

7. Web 2.0 Tools
• EdShelf
• Google Tools, Slideshare, AudioBoo
• DropBox, DropVox, & MediaFire
• Web Conferencing, Skype, Google Talk/Chat Hangouts
• Animoto, Podcasts, Stykz, Audacity, Wordle, Tagxedo
• Assistive Technologies
• YouTube, TeacherTube, SchoolTube, YouTube
Education
• WikiSpaces, Blogger, WordPress
• EdTech Toolbox
• Best Web 2.0 Tools

8. edshelf
Edshelf is a directory of digital tools for educators
• www.edshelf.com
• Discover new tools
• See what other educators use
• Rate and review your favorite tools

9. Dropbox
What is Dropbox?
• Any file you save to Dropbox also instantly saves to your
computers, phones, and the Dropbox website.
• 2GB of Dropbox for free, with subscriptions up to 100GB available.
• Your files are always available from the secure Dropbox website.
• Dropbox works with Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad, iPhone, Android
and Blackberry
• Works even when offline. You always have your files, whether or not
you have a connection.
• Dropbox transfers just the parts of a file that change (not the whole
thing).
• Manually set bandwidth limits — Dropbox won’t hog
your connection.

10. Evernote
Great tool for teachers and students to:
• capture notes
• save research
• collaborate on projects
• snap photos of whiteboards
• record audio
• everything you add to your account is
automatically synced and made available on all
the computers, phones and tablets you use.

11. Mangahigh
• adapt in difficulty to the ability of the student in
order to aid the student to stay in their zone of
proximal development
• overlaying the game mechanic with the core
learning concept
• develop students' ability and curiosity to
observe, hypothesize, test, evaluate, conclude
and refine ideas
• provide powerful contexts that often bring out
the 'real-world' application of the topic at hand

12. Meet your Drive
My Drive is the home for
all your files. With
Google Drive for your
PC, you can sync files
from your computer
to My Drive.
Download Google
Drive for PC
https://drive.google.com/#home

13. Google
Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentatio
ns, Forms, Drawings and Folder
• Google Docs is one of many cloud computing document-
sharing services in Google Drive.
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uoJp40K3FRYjxn
JHVm8uW01Lb10skpxVmSUUI7htDB4/edit
• Its popularity is growing due to enhanced sharing
features and accessibility.
• Google Docs has enjoyed a rapid rise in popularity
among students and educational institutions

14. Questions: Using Eportfolios
• What is the purpose for having students develop
electronic portfolios?
• What are three types of student eportfolios?
– Storage
– Workspace
– Showcase
• https://sites.google.com/site/eportfolioapps/overview/le
vels
Dr. Helen Barrett: http://electronicportfolios.com/

15. Questions: Considerations for You
• What ages are the students?
• What content areas?
• What is your current technology infrastructure (i.e., will
your network keep up with GoogleDocs network
traffic?)?
• What is your computer-to-student ratio?
• How many students will be implementing portfolios?
• Will you use some type of Internet/cloud/Web 2.0
system?
Dr. Helen Barrett: http://electronicportfolios.com/

16. Questions: Eportfolio Answers
• What? (The Past) What have I collected about my
life/work/learning? (my artifacts)
• So What? (The Present) What do those artifacts
show about what I have learned? (my current
reflections on my knowledge, skills and abilities)
• Now What? (The Future) What direction do I want
to take in the future? (my future learning goals)
Dr. Helen Barrett: http://electronicportfolios.com/

17. e-portfolios PK-12
• Web-based or electronic portfolios (e-
portfolios, ePortfolios, efolios, digital portfolios, etc.) are a relatively
new, but quickly expanding, component of teacher education programs
(Strudler & Wetzel, 2005).
• e-Portfolio templates in teacher education programs range
– highly structured(e.g., foliotek) to those that are
– loosely defined by rubric where students
independently organize and construct
format of their own entries using website
design program (e.g., Google Sites).
• Electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) basically
operate as a "content-management system"
(Jafari, 2004, p. 40).

18. e-portfolios PK-12
• Chen and Light (2010) observed, ePortfolios allow students to select a
variety of digital artifacts and assemble them in one place in order to
exhibit presentation skills or reflect, inquire and analyze material
• ePortfolios require students to reflect on their learning.
• Richards and Guilbault (2009) contend that reflection has become as
essential way for students to speak in their own voices.
• Critical reflection at strategic points in the development of the
ePortfolio creates a pathway for the formative examination and
demonstration of learning

19. Contact Information
Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D. Cynthia Cummings, Ed.D.
sheryl.abshire@lamar.edu cdcummings@lamar.edu
Diane Mason, Ph.D. Kay Abernathy, Ed.D.
diane.mason@lamar.edu lkayabernathy@lamar.edu

20. Presentation in slideshare.net
http://tinyurl.com/d53obfm

21. For More Information:
Lamar University
Beaumont, TX
http://luonline.lamar.edu/ACP/graduate/med_edtechleadshp.htm
http://lamar.edu/
http://stateu.com/lamar/