The document discusses various web technologies that can be used in classrooms, including classroom management systems, learning management systems, virtual learning environments, workshare sites, social networking sites, and language reference sites. It provides examples of several specific sites for each category, describing their key features and how they could be implemented. The document concludes by suggesting ways to integrate these new technologies into the classroom, such as assigning a teacher to research new technologies, creating sample lesson plans, having teachers pilot some technologies, and allocating a budget.

1. The Dawn of a New Era: Web Technologies for Classroom Usewww.TeacherTube.com(Pay Attention)

2. Tech vs. Teacherunknownknown``…technology has been very effective in studentlearning,`` Zhoo 2003, TESL Journal``…no conclusive evidencerevealed in comparative studies,`` Burston 2003, TESL JournalAgreement: Technologyis no longer a noveltyBlendedlearningenvironmentisideal

3. How could the following sites beimplemented in a regularclassroom?Classroom Management Systems (CMS), Learning Managment Systems (LMS), Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)WorkShare SitesSocial Networking SitesLanguageReference Sites

4. Classroom Managementwww.21classes.comKey features of 21ClassesClass homepage to communicate with studentsIndependent yet inter-connected blog accounts for studentsCentral console to manage students accounts with control over accounts and content (50 student accounts per teacher with FREE version)Multiple Options for registration processReview capabilities of student entriesUpload images or insert videosMake all or selected students' writings privateSelection of templates, customizable headersHosted application – no installation, automatic updates, no hassleFREE SERVICE with on demand upgrade options

5. Classroom Managementwww.moodle.orgModular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment process of lazily meandering, enjoyable tinkering that often leads to insight and creativityOpen source community-basedtoolsYou are allowed to copy, use and modify MoodleAnyone who uses Moodle is a Moodler. 2005 (1,000 registrations)2009 (4,800 registrations)

6. Classroom Managementwww.yola.comBuild a website (free web-hosting & free tools)Business orientedwww.focusongrammarinteractive.com- Each book comeswith a web code

7. Workshare Siteswww.authorstream.comType in subject to search and hundreds of relatedpowerpointslidescanbeviewedAudio isincludedwww.ehow.comwww.delicious.com - the biggest selection of bookmarks in the universe

8. Workshare Siteswww.slideshare.netwww.teachertube.com- sharevideos and audio

9. Social Networking Siteswww.lang-8.com- writesomething in targetlanguage and itgetscorrected and translated by otherswww.voicethread.comgroup conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with no software to install.A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam).

10. Social Networking Siteswww.writeboard.com- share, revise, compare- web-basedtext documents that let yousaveeveryedit, roll back to any version, and easily compare changeswww.ask500People.com -public opinion pollswww.livemocha.com- L’apprentissage de langues en communauté - en ligne

11. LanguageReference Siteswww.visualthesaurus.com $$ - See concise definitions and examples, and learn how words are connected through different semantic relationships. Hear words pronounced correctlywww.allmyfaves.com - categorizedlists of popularwebsiteswww.wikipedia.com

12. LanguageReference Toolswww.britishnationalcorpus.com - a 100 million word collection of samples of written and spoken language from a wide range of British sources

13. Where do we go fromhere?Assign a resourceteacher to investigate new technology and send a quarterly email with linksDevelop a focus group to createsamplelessonplans usingsome of the new technologyFindvolunteerteacher(s) to implementsome of the new technoloy in the classroom and report back on progress and observable resultsAdd money in the budget to sign up for somewebsites (e.g. www.visualthesaurus)