Transcript Web 2.0 - bookbird

Web 2.0:
Cool Tools For Your
Classroom
Eden Hall Upper Elementary
School
January 19, 2009
Presented by Beth Shenefiel
My Goals Today
•Keep everyone awake
•Keep everyone interested so
that they won’t try to sneak out
•Don’t say anything ridiculous
•Try not to confuse everyone
Just kidding!
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What You Can Expect…
• Introduction to Web 2.0 and the
types of tools that are available
• Brief introduction to how to use
some of these tools
• Examples of how others are
using these tools
• Discussion of issues related to
using Web 2.0
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What is Web 2.0
• Phrase coined by O’Reilly Media in 2004
• “refers to a perceived second generation of
web-based services—such as social
networking sites, wikis, communication
tools, and folksonomies—that emphasize
online collaboration and sharing among
users” *
• AKA the “read/write web”
* "Web 2.0." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 18 Mar 2007, 09:03 UTC. Wikimedia
Foundation, Inc. 18 Mar 2007
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Web_2.0&oldid=115980154>.
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Why Web 2.0
These technologies have transformed
the way our students use the Internet.
They are no longer just reading
content on the Web, but creating,
contributing, and collaborating.
Web 2.0 technologies allow our students
to collaborate with each other, and the
global community.
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Web 2.0: Talk the Talk
• Wikis
• Blogs
• Podcasts
• RSS Feeds
• Streaming
• Gaming
• Embed
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• Folksonomy
• Tags
• Creative
Commons
• Social
Networking
• Widget
• Aggregator
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Getting Started
• Most Web 2.0 technologies are free,
but require registration
• E-mail
• Username/ Password
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Wikis
Wikis
• From the Hawaiian word “wiki” which
means “quick.”
• Build/edit a website with no programming
or HTML.
• Anyone can edit the content and edits are
instantly visible. Many authors determine
the structure and content.
• Can include internal and external
hyperlinks, sound, movies, graphics and
other widgets.
• Asynchronous communication and
community collaboration.
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Educational Wikis
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Group projects
Assignments
Resource Collections
Peer Review
Group FAQ
Parent Involvement
Online Newspaper
Wetpaint. 2008. wetpaint.com, Inc. 12 Jan 2008 <
http://www.wetpaint.com/category/Education--Wikis-In-The-Classroom >
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Wikis In Action
• Bookbird
• The Monster Project
• Morpheus Fortuna
• Project Lemonade
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Editing Others’ Wikis
• Join the space
• Review policy and conventions
• Start editing and type your changes
• Summarize your changes
• Preview before saving
• Save changes
Adapted from “Help:Editing,” Wikimedia Meta Wiki. 2007.
[http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Editing&action=history]
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Blogs
Blogs
• Short for weblog
• An online journal with entries posted
in reverse chronological order (newer
entries first)
• Readers can post comments to
respond to the blogger’s entry
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Blog Hosts
• Edublogs
• Blogger
• Word Press
• iWeb
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Blogging in Education
• Create blogs:
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Online journaling
News and Information
Students response (Exit Paragraph!)
Parent Involvement
• Subscribe to Blogs
– New ideas
– Up to date information
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Blogs in Action
• Bookbird Blog
• Classroom Blogmeister
• Cool Cat Teacher Blog
• Annoyed Librarian
• NeverEndingSearch
• The Fischbowl
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Blogs: Talk the Talk
• Vlog
– a video blog
• Blurker
– a person who reads a blog regularly, but does
not post comments.
• Blogosphere
– a term that encompasses all blogs as a
community or social network.
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1. "Blogosphere." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 14 Apr 2007, 21:06 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 15
Apr 2007 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blogosphere&oldid=122834054>.
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Podcasts
Podcasting
• A podcast is a similar to a radio or
television broadcast.
• Available through the internet
• Sound or video
• Portable
• Subscribe or Stream
• Podcasting involves creating content,
producing the podcast, and then making
the podcast available to an audience.
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Podcasting in Your
Classroom
• Use Garage Band to Record
– File- new
– Create new podcast episode
– Record audio, add sounds, make edits,
add artwork
– Save
– Publish
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Podcasts in Action
• LearnOutLoud.com
• NPR Education Podcast
• Isinglass Award Podcast
• Language podcasts (various)
• NASA Goddard Shorts HD (video)
• Ancient Places TV (video)
• VBB Booktalks-to-Go
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RSS and
Aggregators
RSS Feeds
 RSS stands for Rich Site Summary or Real
Simple Syndication
 Readers "subscribe" to the content using
RSS so they don’t have to visit the site itself
to get the information they want.
 To view the information you use an
“aggregator.” The aggregator checks the
sites you subscribe to, and it sends the new
content to a folder so that you can read it
when you want.
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Aggregators
• A piece of software that allows you to
view new information that is posted
to a website.
• An aggregator could be a website
designed specifically for this purpose,
or a personalized homepage
• Many other programs now
incorporate a feature to display rss
feeds
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Aggregators
• Bloglines- “Online service for
searching, subscribing, creating and
sharing news feeds, blogs and rich
web content.”
• Google Reader- Free to use with a
Gmail account.
• iTunes
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Widgets
Widgets
• A web widget is a portable chunk of code
that can be installed and run within any
separate HTML-based web page by an end
user without requiring additional
compilation.
• Widgets often take the form of on-screen
tools (clocks, event countdowns, auctiontickers, stock market tickers, flight arrival
information, daily weather etc)
"Web widget." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 14 Jan 2009, 21:31 UTC. 16 Jan
2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Web_widget&oldid=264120508>.
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Widgets
• Widgets are “embedded” into
webpages.
• Many embedded widgets require a
live internet connection in order to
work.
• Many widgets cannot be downloaded
or saved.
• Personalized homepages (i.e.
pageflakes and iGoogle) are basically
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webpages that are embedded with
Widgets in Action
• Pageflakes
• iGoogle
• My favorite widgets at
http://bookbird.wikispaces.com/Widg
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Issues in
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Issues
• Privacy
• Copyright
• Tech
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Web 2.0: Safety and Privacy
• Establish and communicate expected
behaviors
• Have a contract
• Involve parents
• Teach students to protect their
privacy
• Cyber Safety Resources
– Netsmartz
– Cybersafety
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Plan, Plan, Plan
• Plan project procedures and outcomes
before starting
• Know what kind of content will be
displayed when using your Web 2.0
tool
• Get administrative permission
• Get parental permission
• Know what tech issues are going to
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Copyright
• Encourage your students to work
ethically
• Respect copyright laws
• Educational fair use does not always
apply when posting projects online,
especially if the projects can be
viewed by anyone
• Use works with Creative Commons
licensing
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Creative Commons
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Want to Share?
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Creative Commons Licenses
• Attribution
• Non commercial
• No Derivative works
• Share Alike
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Tech Issues?
• Yes.
• Make sure that both you and your
students can access tools and
widgets
– Make sure they work on the
Mac
– Make sure they are not filtered
• Have a back-up plan
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What Now?
Next Steps
• Are you sold?
• Are you curious?
• Learn More
–Complete the 23 things
–Visit the k12online Conference
–Investigate more “Cool Tools”
–Play in my sandbox
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Final Thoughts
Remember…. Web 2.0 is about:
• Convenience
• Communication
• Collaboration
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Questions?
Comments?
Nasty
Remarks?
Resources
• 23 things - http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/
• Annoyed Librarianhttp://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/580000658.html
• Blabberize- http://blabberize.com/
• Blogger- https://www.blogger.com/start
• Bloglines- https://www.bloglines.com
• Classroom Blogmeisterhttp://www.classblogmeister.com/index.php
• Cool Cat Teacher Blog- http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/
• Cool Tools For Schoolshttp://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
• Creative Commons- http://creativecommons.org/
• Cybersafety- http://www.cyber-safety.com/
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Resources
• Edublogs- http://edublogs.org/
• Glogster- http://www.glogster.com/
• Google Readerhttp://www.google.com/reader/view/#directorywelcome-page
• iGoogle- http://www.google.com/ig
• iTunes Store
• k12online Conferencehttp://k12onlineconference.org/
• Morpheus Fortuna Wikihttp://morpheusfortuna.wikispaces.com/
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Resources
• Netsmartz- http://www.netsmartz.org/index.aspx
• NeverEndingSearchhttp://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/134000033
4.html
• Pageflakes- http://www.pageflakes.com/
• Project Lemonade Wikihttp://projectlemonade.wikispaces.com/
• Slide- http://www.slide.com/
• Slideshare- http://www.slideshare.net/
• Teacher Tube- http://www.teachertube.com/
• The Fischbowl- http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/
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Resources
• Voice Thread- http://voicethread.com/#home
• Wetpaint- http://www.wetpaint.com/
• Wikimedia Meta Wikihttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Wikipedia- http://www.wikipedia.org/
• Word Press- http://wordpress.org/
• Wordle- http://www.wordle.net/
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Your hidden bonus track…
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