Transcript Web 2.0 Pumping up both teaching & learning

http://booktalksandmore.pbworks.com
Joy Millam
Teacher Librarian
• Why Web 2.0
– iGeneration, Gen-Y, Screenagers
• Search tendencies – all about fortuitous searching
– Very haphazard
– Often too broad or too narrow
– Last minute- not enough time to do it right
• The iGen kids almost universally reject text heavy
directions
– They literally look to the images first for context
• They will spend 20,000 hours on the web (87, Ferritier)
– Gaming, YouTube
» 20 Hours of new content is uploaded to YouTube servers
EVERY MINUTE
» We’re dealing with an explosion of visual content
• The answer is
– We can’t afford not to meet the kids where they
are…
• Use portals that they can relate to—
– Social media platforms (Edmodo, Edublogs, Collaborize
Classroom, etc.)
More reasons to choose Web 2.0
• Online forums give kids opportunities to
participate
– Earn intellectual recognition for 1st time
• Edit thoughts before posting= less ridicule
• Challenge their thinking- leads to higher order thinking
Presentation Fun
• Amazing options for creating presentations
and projects
– Prezi
– Glogster
– Animoto
– Blabberize
– Xtranormal
– Voicethread, GarageBand, Audacity, Voki
• Voki– create and animate avatars & more
Search Tools
• Google Wonder Wheel (RIP)
• Alternatives:
– Quintara (English and Russian versions)
– Visual Thesaurus - requires subscription
– Google Trends Correlate (Google labs grad)
– No fancy interface, yet has tons of features to
discover
More Search Helpers
• http://Touchgraph.com/seo helps organize
links or mind mapping (free demo)
• http://kwMap.net free, simple visual help to
hone keywords/search terms
• Feed Readers (http://pageflakes.com)
– Consume info more efficiently
– Constantly updates
– Automates the process
– Increased accuracy
Kwmap.net
Image Generators
• Great listing:
– http://tinyurl.com/ImageGeneratorList
• Big Huge Labs (Flickr)
– Motivational posters, trading cards, and more
Tools for teaching
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Quizlet and Memorize.com
Wikis and Blogs
Wordle
Collaboration with others
– Use Social networking sites to keep up with the latest
trends and tools.
– Twitter
– CollaborizeClassroom.com
– LiveBinders
Visuwords
Google Sketch Up
Big help with kids on the Spectrum
Time for Free Play
More Information
• For Tutorials go to my wiki
– http://booktalksandmore.pbworks.com
– MovieMaker, Audacity, Word, Airset, and MLA
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @jmillam
• Web 2.0 training
– http://schoollibrarylearning2.csla.net
References
Ferriter, W. M., & Garry, A. (2010). Teaching the igeneration: 5 easy ways to introduce essential skills with
web 2.0 tools. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
Harrison, J. (2011, August 25). Back to school with web2.0- list of resources [Web log
message].
Retrieved from http://www.interactyx.com/social-learning-community/back-to-school-with-web20-list-ofresources
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
(3rd ed.).
Solomon, G., & Schrum, L. (2010). Web 2.0 how-to for educators. (1st ed.). Washington, DC:
Society for Technology in Education.
International