This document provides an overview of various Web 2.0 tools including blogs, wikis, social networking sites, video sharing sites, and word clouds. Examples are given for tools like Facebook, Wikipedia, YouTube, Google Docs, Wordle, and Tagxedo. The document also lists references and resources for learning more about implementing these tools in educational settings.

1. Web 2.0 Tools
2011 Symposium
May 20th 2011
Mary Asquith
St Richards Kilsyth

2. My PLN
(Personal Learning Network)
• Personal Learning Network for Victorian
Schools project.
• 12 weeks online project
• Collaboration of The State Library of
Victoria and School Library Association
of Victoria
• http://plnteach.global2.vic.edu.au/the-
program/

3. What is Web 2.0?
• Web 2.0 is the term given to describe a
second generation of the World Wide
Web that is focused on the ability for
people to collaborate and share
information online.
• http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/W
eb_2_point_0.html

4. Examples of Web 2.0
• Social networking sites - Facebook
• Blogs
• Wikis - Wikipedia
• Video sharing sites - YouTube
• Hosted services – Google Docs
• Web applications - Wordle

5. Blogs (Web Logs)
• A blog is a type of website or part of a
website. Blogs are usually maintained
by an individual with regular entries of
commentary, descriptions of events, or
other material such as graphics or
video. Entries are commonly displayed
in reverse-chronological order.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

6. Facebook
• Facebook is a social networking service and
website launched in February 2004.
• More than 600 million active users as of
January 2011.
• Users may create a personal profile, add other
users as friends, exchange messages, update
their profiles.
• Users may join common interest user groups,
organized by workplace, school or college etc.
• How many of you have a Facebook account?

7. Examples of Blogs
• http://marya.global2.vic.edu.au/
My PLN blog using Global2
• http://cevn.cecv.catholic.edu.au/iconblog.aspx
CEVN ICON Blog
• http://global2.vic.edu.au/
Global2 Blog
• http://2kmand2kj.global2.vic.edu.au/
2KM and 2KJ Leopold Primary School Class Blog

8. Wikis
• A wiki is a type of website that allows visitors
themselves to easily add, remove and
otherwise edit and change some available
content, sometimes without the need for
registration.
Wikipedia
• Ward Cunningham created the first wiki in 1995. The
name "Wiki" was inspired by the Hawaiian word wiki
or wiki-wiki, which means "quick".
• Wikipedia is probably the most well known example
of a public wiki.
• Many wikis are private, restricted to registered users.

9. Wikis in myclasses
• Example of Wiki in myclasses
• http://home.srkilsyth.catholic.edu.au/my
wiki/Wiki.Page,101112878308541
• Rainforests are Cool!
• Problems

10. Wordle
• Wordle is a toy for generating “word
clouds” from text that you provide. The
clouds give greater prominence to
words that appear more frequently.
• You can tweak your clouds with
different fonts, layouts, and color
schemes.
• You can print out images you create, or
save them to the Wordle gallery to
share with your friends.

11. Wordle example

12. 51 Interesting Ways* to use
Wordle in the Classroom 1
• http://www.ideastoinspire.co.uk/wordle.htm
• Wordle a collection of words that represent
parts of speech. Change the colors to white
words on a black background in Wordle. Ask
students to color nouns one color, verbs a
different color, etc.
• Ask students to predict what the main ideas of
a reading will be.
• Find out what ideas are most important in a
famous speech. E.g. Martin Luther King Jnr’s
speech Ï Have a Dream

13. 51 Interesting Ways* to use
Wordle in the Classroom 2
• Wordle text from the newspaper (online)
looking at bias.
• Use a non-fiction reading and ask students to
use the Wordle to generate a title or headline
before they see the real article.
• Compare two different accounts / essays on
the same theme / event - let them compare
the Wordles generated by each.
• Generate Wordles for two different reading -
let students see if they can match the Wordle
to it's corresponding reading.

14. 51 Interesting Ways* to use
Wordle in the Classroom 3
• Two Wordle tips:
• 1. Once you have created a Wordle
right click a term to remove it from the
results. Wordle will re-compute w/o it.
• 2. Use ~ to connect two (or more) word
into one term Ex: literacy~strategy

15. Tagxedo 1
• Tagxedo turns words -- famous
speeches, news articles, slogans and
themes -- into a visually stunning tag
cloud, words individually sized
appropriately to highlight the
frequencies of occurrence within the
body of text.
• http://www.tagxedo.com/

16. Tagxedo 2
• Make tag clouds and respin, and respin to your
liking.
• Save the tag cloud as images for printing and
sharing.
• Look at all variants of the clouds in a gallery and pick
the one you want for further tweaking or saving.
• Choose from many different fonts.
• Use local fonts (e.g. downloaded from Font Squirrel,
DaFont, FontSpace, or your own hand-drawn fonts).
• Switch between different colors and themes.
• Constrain the cloud to selected shapes (heart, star,
cloud, oval, etc).

17. Tagxedo of Goldilocks text

18. Wallwisher 1
• Wallwisher is a Web 2.0 free online tool where
anyone can build a “wall”. Discussing a new
idea? Taking notes? Giving feedback? Voicing
opinion? Wishing a happy birthday?
• Your students can then go onto the internet
and stick post-it notes electronically onto your
wall. The notes can include linked pictures,
You Tube videos, PowerPoints, PDF
documents, Excel Spreadsheets, or web page
links.
• http://www.wallwisher.com/

19. Wallwisher 2
• http://seanbanville.com/2010/06/26/wallwisher-105-
classroom-ideas/
• Can be used to elicit things students might not
want to express in front of the class. They can
post anonymously.
• Brainstorming writing topics.
• Five Things each Please Students contribute
five things each to a brainstorming session.
This means quieter students contribute
equally.

20. Wallwisher 3
• Students could post images instead of words
as part of the brainstorming session.
• Put the starter in the title of the Wall; students
have to finish them by posting stickies.
• Wallwisher is a great way of polling opinions.
• Students post stickies of their favourite sites.
• Create a special wall for books.
• http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/2010bookweek

21. State Library of Victoria
• http://www.slv.vic.gov.au
State Library of Victoria
• Join the library, use your card and read
newspapers online
• http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ergo/
Ergo: A research and study website for students
that puts Victorian history at students' fingertips
• Study and Research guides

22. Boolify
• http://www.boolify.org/
• To begin your search, move a green keyword
piece to the board. Refine your search by
adding pieces, such as and, not, or, or a URL
to limit your results.

23. Google Docs
• http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html Google
Docs Tour Open a Google Account (Gmail)
https://docs.google.com/present/edit?
id=0AQUP703c_xQrZGZzN25qZzhfMXZiZDVuYmhw&hl=en&
pli=1&authkey=CO6Zp-IG My Web 2.0 PowerPoint posted
on Google Docs

24. References
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0
Wikipedia: a web 2.0 tool itself
• http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/Web_2_point_0
.html
Webopedia.com: a free online dictionary for words,
phrases and abbreviations that are related to computer
and Internet technology.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
Wikipedia: entry on Blog
• http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
Web 2.0 Cool Tools for Schools

25. References 2
• http://www.larkin.net.au/020_web20_links.html
Web 2.0 in teaching & learning ~ links and resources for
teachers
• http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/e
dtools.html
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Teaching Tools
• http://www.onlinedegree.net/100-essential-2-0-tools-
for-teachers/
Online Degree – 100Essential Web 2.0 Tool for
Educators
• http://web2010.discoveryeducation.com/web20tools.
cfm
Discovery Education Web 2.0 Tools

26. References 3
• http://sigilt.iste.wikispaces.net/Favorite+Web+2.0+To
ols
Sigilt - Favorite Web 2.0 Tools 25 Jan 2010 ...
Language Arts students write and embed Web 2.0
tools.
• http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curricu
lum/ict/
WA Education Blogs and Wikis in Education
• http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/schooled/school_th
eme_pages/pid/542
Edna theme page on blogs and wikis
• http://dotsub.com/view/77366331-a04d-48f0-8cab-
cb5e278c4033

27. References 4
• http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/perth04/procs/
augar.html
Explanation of Wikis
• http://boolify.org/
Boolify Simple Search tool using Boolean logic
• http://www.wordle.net/
Wordle
• http://www.ideastoinspire.co.uk/wordle.htm
51 Interesting Ways* to use Wordle in the Classroom
• http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0+Resourc
es
Web 2.0 Guru (Web 2.0 everything)

28. References 5
• http://www.wallwisher.com/
Wallwisher website
• http://teacherchallenge.edublogs.org/2011/03/22/free
-tools-challenge-1-wallwisher-words-that-stick/
Wallwisher demo
• http://seanbanville.com/2010/06/26/wallwisher-105-
classroom-ideas/
Wallwisher - 105 Classroom Ideas
• http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ergo/
State Library of Victoria

29. References 6
• http://2kmand2kj.global2.vic.edu.au/
2KM and 2KJ Leopold Primary School Class Blog
• http://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/02/06/5steps-to-
starting-a-class-blog/
5 Steps to starting a class blog Kathleen Morris (McGeady)
• http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html
Google Docs tour
• https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?
sid=2007026&psid=2010-05-25.2308.D.D7D4C0FD46AE724CE
C153475C9816C.vcr
Elluminate session on Cybersafety
• http://creativecommons.org/
Creative Commons Share, Remix, Reuse — Legally
Mary Asquith St. Richard’s Kilsyth