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Karla Hoffman EDUC 504 Spring 2014

Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom Online r esources to help your students learn , communicate , collaborate, and create . Karla Hoffman EDUC 504 Spring 2014. What are Web 2.0 Tools?. Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0. Web 1.0- Provide static information for the consumption of readers .

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Karla Hoffman EDUC 504 Spring 2014

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  1. Web 2.0 Tools for the ClassroomOnline resources to help yourstudentslearn, communicate, collaborate, and create. Karla Hoffman EDUC 504 Spring 2014

  2. What are Web 2.0 Tools?

  3. Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0 • Web 1.0- Providestatic information for the consumption of readers. • Web 2.0- ‘Cloud-based’ or remote software thatallowsusers to manipulate and interactwithresources.

  4. Web 1.0 vs.Web 2.0 ”The essential difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 is that content creators were few in Web 1.0 with the vast majority of users simply acting as consumers of content, while any participant can be a content creator in Web 2.0 and numerous technological aids have been created to maximize the potential for content creation.” http://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2125/1972

  5. Why Use Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom? • Wellchosen Web-basedtoolscanaccentuatelearning in anysubject area by fosteringcreativity, communication, and the sharing of information. • Teachers and students are not constrained by software purchasing decisions of administrators • Web-based applications can be accessed from anywhere • Simple applications solve specific problems • Value lies in content, not the software used to display content • Data can be readily shared http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-web-20/

  6. What are the Disadvantages?Carpe Diem – You get what you pay for. • Because the software is remotely held, there is no way to customize settings • “Free” from out-of-pocket costs means incurring the ‘cost’ of pop-up ads that you have no control over • Amount • Placement • Appropriateness

  7. Ways to Utilize Web-based Tools Teachers at every grade level and in everysubject area canfindsomething to use in theirclassrooms, if theychoose to addthesetools to their ‘bag of tricks.’

  8. Where can you find reliable, vetted Web 2.0 tools to use in the Classroom? Just Google the it…

  9. Where can you find reliable, vetted Web 2.0 tools to use in the Classroom? Or check Pinterest, etc…

  10. In the Elementary Classroom Teachers are usinghundredsof educationalapps in theirclassroomseverydayfor everyconceivablelearningopportunity. • Support for emerging readers • Leveled texts for developing readers • Tools to analyze and evaluate text • Creation and publishing apps • Math practice/games/evaluations • Interactive science investigations • Geographical explorations • Cultural exposure • Introducing new art forms • Etc, etc, etc http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/05/apps-to-support-blooms-taxonomy-android.html

  11. In the Middle School Classroom • Interactive content across the curriculum • Engaginglearninggames • Differentiation for variouslearning modes and pace of students • Teaching note-takingskills • Fosteringanalytic and creativethinking

  12. Storybird.com

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