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Web 2.0
Lesley Merritt CMASE Science Instructional Facilitator Educators Technology Conference, 2009

Todays Objectives
 Define Web  Review

2.0

the Standards for 21st Century Learners and Teachers 2.0 Tools

 Identify Web  New Web  Explore

Browsers

Gmail & igoogle

 Explore Wikis

So what are you?

 Digital Immigrant

 Digital Native/Intuitive

Framework for 21st Century Learning

Retrieved from http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

Retrieved from http://iste.org

Retrieved from http://iste.org

Churches, A. (2008). Blooms digital taxonomy. Retrieved June 8, 2008 from http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/bloom's+Digital+taxonomy+v2.1.pdf

NSTA and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills Create Framework for Integrating 21st Century Skills into Science Curriculum
NSTA and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills released the 21st Century Skills and Science Map this week at the National Education Computing Conference (NECC). The map provides educators with teacher-created models + how 21st century skills can be infused into of classroom instruction and highlights the critical connections between science and specific core skills such as critical thinking, problem solving and communication

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/21stcskillsmap_science.pdf

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/21stcskillsmap_science.pdf

Web 2.0: The Read/Write Web

 Web

1.0:  Read-only  HTML  Static pages 2.0:  Read/Write Web  The 3 Cs:  Consumers  Collaborators  Creators

 Web

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1. 2. 3. 4.

Top 15 Web 2.0 Applications

Twitter Delicious Google Reader Slide share Google Docs
6. 7. 8.

Microblogging tool Social Bookmarking Tool RSS / Feed reader Hosting Presentations Web-based documents Blogging tool Video hosting/sharing site Instant messaging

Wordpress YouTube Skype

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9. 10. 11.

Top 15 Web 2.0 Applications

Google Search Audacity Firefox PowerPoint
13. 14. 15. 16.

Web search tool Podcasting Web browser and extensions Presentation software Social networking platforms Blogging tool Photo storage/sharing site Collaboration sites

Ning Blogger/Blogspot Flick *Wikis

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CHROME SAFARI

FIREFOX

INTERNET EXPLORER

Which one doesnt belong?

Advantages of Firefox

Less pop-ups Faster browser Less spam

To download, type in in your browser. Google search Firefox then click Free Download. Click Save File.

+ Set up a Gmail Account (or at least another personal email account)

 Keep all

personal and school emails in separate accounts. school email is public domain. Dont let your friends get you in trouble!!!

 All

 Possibly

set up another email account for Business Perks/Accounts (spam/coupons from your businesses)

+ iGoogle
 Your 

personalized Google homepage.

Add news, photos, weather, and stuff from across the web to your page. from any computer in the world

 Access

 Dont lose

your favorites when your on other computers

Sign in to iGoogle
 Decide  Signing

whether to sign in.

in with a Google Account before you start lets you save your iGoogle page across computers. (Certain gadgets, like Gmail and Google Reader, require that you be signed in to a Google Account.) you don't sign in, your iGoogle page is saved just on your computer. in video

 If

 Sign

+ Setting up iGoogle
 The first

time you use iGoogle, you'll see the setup wizard, which will let you 'Create your own homepage in under 30 seconds.' Choose some interests and a theme, and click See your page, and you'll have an iGoogle page.

Add More Gadgets to Your Page

Video
Here's how to add a gadget to your page:
1.

Click Add stuff in the top-right corner of iGoogle. Once you find a gadget you'd like to add, click Add it now.

2.

3.

Click the Back to iGoogle home link at the upper left side of the page to get back + to your page.

You can arrange gadgets by dragging and dropping them on the page (or between tabs).

+ Make igoogle your browsers homepage

To set your igoogle as your browsers homepage, follow the instructions below for the your browser.


Google Chrome (Click the Tools menu, Select Options, Click the Basics tab, In the Home page section, select the option Open this page, then enter http://www.google.com/ig in the text field, Click Close) Firefox (Click the Tools menu, Select Options, Click the Main tab, In the startup sections, type http://www.google.com/ig in the text box, click OK) Safari (Click the Safari menu, Select Preferences, Click General, In the 'Home page' section, type http://www.google.com/ig in the text box, Close the Preferences window

Wikis
 From

the word quick (Hawaiian)

 A3: Anytime, Anyone, Anywhere  Collaboration  Wikis

in Plain English

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. Thats what were doing. -Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder
Richardson, W. (2006). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

+ Why Wikis
 You

may use this as your school website for student documents & such multiple people to work on one document at the same time with colleagues in PLCs and track changes

 Allows

 Collaborate

 As

the administrator of your wiki, you may choose the access level of every user are Administrator, Commenter, or Reader

 Levels

Wikis-Classroom Uses
 Classroom  Allows

Projects

all students to share without drawing attention to themselves in the classroom

 Examples: PBWorks Wiki, WikiSpaces  My

PBWorks (Lesleys)

Create Your Free Wiki

Go to http://PBWorks.com On right hand corner click Get Started Click on the Educational Apple At the bottom of the page click on Free setup in 60 seconds Choose Basic Wiki for FREE (2 gigs of storage) Choose your address and get started Example

Contact Information
Lesley Merritt, CMASE Science Instructional Facilitator University of Arkansas [email protected] 479.575.3875 http://cmasescience.pbworks.com

Social Networking
 Share, connect

and create with others of like minds

and interests
 Collaborative  Continuous

construction of knowledge

conversation with many participating

 Examples: Facebook, SchoolTown,Yahoo!Teachers

Richardson, W. (2006). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Social Bookmarking
 Social

Bookmarking in Plain English a Common Craft Production (from www.teachertube.com) Way to store, search, manage, and organize bookmarks based bookmarks are available anywhere-not just on one computer in the favorites web page links with others people with like interests and

 Web

 Share

 Create networks of

bookmarks
 Examples: deli.icio.us, Furl, Simply, citeulike

Blogging
 weblog:

easily created, easily updateable website that allows author(s) to publish instantly to internet of reflections and conversations

 Comprised  Engage

readers with ideas, questions and links interaction

 Demand  RSS

Feed

Richardson, W. (2006). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Blogging-Classroom Uses
 Class

portals: communicate information about class and archived course materials filing cabinet for student work

 Online  Reflect

on teaching experiences space

 Collaborative  School

websites discussion

 On-line

Richardson, W. (2006). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Podcasting
 Easily

creatable, amateur radio

 Take-out vs Dine-in  Podcasting  The

in Plain English

power of a childs voice

 Audacity

Podcasting-Educator Uses
 Medium  Deliver  Tool

for student creativity

content to students

for Professional Development with parents

 Communicate

 Examples: Elementary-Radio Willow Web, iTunes

Googlea host of FREE apps

 Google  Google  Google  Google

Docs in Plain English Sites Reader Maps

 Google Translator  Blogger  Google

Images start page

 iGoogle: Personalized