Transcript Web 2.0 Tools and Resources - Educational Technology for Catholic

Anita Brady
Technology Administrator
Ascension Catholic School
Why Web 2.0?
 Provide the tools for developing 21st Century Skills
 Creativity, Collaboration and Communication
 Promote higher level thinking skills
 Use technology appropriately
 Adapt to change
The Challenge
 Standards, standardized tests, accountability
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Prepare students for the 21st century , use higher order
thinking skills, apply technology, adapt to change,
acquire workplace skills
“The goal is to provide an education that prepares
students to have 21st century skills and also ace the test
without breaking stride.” Gwen Solomon
How do we do it?
 Use pedagogically sound instructional models
 Provide a structured approach to investigation
 Provide an opportunity to integrate multiple types
of resources
 Increase level of student engagement
 Provide experiences that are inquiry based and
focus on finding an “answer” or a conclusion
 Make the learning scalable for differentiation
Web 2.0 New Tools, New Schools
by Gwen Solomon & Lynne Schrum
When is free, really free?
 Open-source – Software that is “Open-source” is free,
and will REMAIN free
 The open-source copyright protects it
 Can be bundled and packaged and sold, but there will
always be a free option.
 Most of it can run on Windows, Mac, Linux
 Other free software maybe free only for a time, then
charge a fee
Common Web 2.0 Tools
 Wikis – Collaborative online spaces, easy to edit and
add new content
 Wikispaces, pbwiki,
 Blogs – Online writing spaces
 Blogmeister, Wordlines, Blogger
 Podcasts – audio recordings
 iTunesU, many websites
All these tools are online, which makes it easy to share
the student’s work with people world-wide.
Tools:
 Movie Maker
 Storyboard
 Rebus Maker
 Classroom management tools
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Create a class, give students a log in
Construct an activity
Search for existing activities, from other teachers
http://teachersfirst.org
http://teachersfirst.org
 Web Resources
 Downloadable lessons, resources
 Elementary, Reading, Math
 Toon book reader
http://www.professorgarfield.org/pgf_home.html
 Units like:
 The Rock Family – Exploring igneous, metamorphic and
sedimentary rocks using Internet, note-taking, concept
mapping software
http://www.readwritethink.org/
 International Reading Association
 Lesson Plan Index, searchable by grade level, literacy
 Web Resources
 Student Materials
http://www.4teachers.org/
 Tools
 http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
 http://poster.4teachers.org/
 Note Card organizer
 Think Tank - Research organizer
 Track activities
 Resources
Google Tools
 Google Earth, Sky, shows constellations, stars
 Google Maps – Create a Map
 Sketch-up, Picasa, Blogger, Knol,
 Customized home page, links for students