Wild about Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom!

1. Wild about Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom! Free web tools that can enhance instruction, provide opportunities for differentiation, and motivate students to take an active role in their own learning. Patricia McGonagle 7th grade ELA teacher Lawrence, MA

2. Today’s Objectives: • Examine a wide variety of free (or nearly free) web tools for use in the classroom. • Learn how web tools can help to differentiate instruction in a diverse classroom.

3. What is the Web 2.0? • There is no set definition of Web 2.0, but it generally refers to the use of the web as a more interactive, social form of media. Users participate by creating their own content, collaborating with others, remixing material, and sharing alongside the content provided by the websites. • Many of the Web 2.0 sites are free and are “in the cloud,” meaning you don’t need to be tied to one specific computer to access your files, sites, etc.

4. Implications for using web tools in the classroom • Allows for differentiated instruction: • Differentiate by interest • Differentiate by learning profile • Differentiate the content (what you teach, what you use to teach) • Differentiate by process (the activities/strategies you use to teach) • Differentiate by product (how students show what they learned)

5. REMEMBER! Effective use of instructional technology must first be grounded in well-planned and sound teaching practices, not the technology itself.

6. Can be an effective tool for differentiated instruction by providing academic support for struggling learners as well as challenging activities for more advanced learners. • More engaging and motivating for students when traditional textbook, paper and pencil tasks are usually dull.

7. First steps… • Take some time to discover what these web tools can offer you and your students. Don’t be intimidated by all that is out there. • Pick a few that interest you and try them out. I suggest using the same username and password for all of them because it makes it easier to remember. • You don’t have to be a pro using the tools. Your students can be great at helping you figure things out. They’ll love it!

8. Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy

9. Keeping up with it all… • RSS/Atom feeds: RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. Basically these keep up with all new content that you subscribe to automatically without having to visit each site separately. • Reader: the place where all your updated content is sent to. Common ones include: • Google Reader • Bloglines • My Yahoo! • Technorati

10. My Google Feed Reader

11. Presentation Tools • Google docs: http://tiny.cc/nft57 • Zoho: http://www.zoho.com/ • Prezi: http://prezi.com/ • Animoto: http://animoto.com/education • Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/ • Glogster EDU: http://edu.glogster.com/ • Kizoa: http://www.kizoa.com/ • Movie Maker, PhotoStory: free downloads from Microsoft • Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/

13. Cyberbullying

14. Robert Frost Educational Technology and Differentiated Instruction

15. Blogging Platforms • Edublog: http://edublogs.org/ • Blogger: https://www.blogger.com/start • Wordpress: http://wordpress.com/ • Classblogmeister: http://classblogmeister.com/ • 21Classes: http://www.21classes.com/

16. Wikis • Wikispaces for educators: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers • http://differentiate-with-technology.wikispaces.com • PB Wiki: http://pbworks.com/

17. Social Networking • Edmodo: http://www.edmodo.com/ • Schoology: https://www.schoology.com/home.php • Edu 2.0: http://www.edu20.org/ • Twitter: http://twitter.com/ • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ • MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ • Ning: http://www.classroom20.com/(check out my DI w/technology wiki for a huge list of Ning sites)

18. Social Bookmarking • Delicious: http://delicious.com/ • My Delicious bookmarks: (http://delicious.com/pmcgonagle) • Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/education • My Diigo bookmarks: http://www.diigo.com/user/Pmcgonagle

19. My Delicious page

20. My Diigo page

21. Word Clouds • Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/ • Tagul: http://tagul.com/ • Wordsift: http://www.wordsift.com/ • Word It Out: http://worditout.com/ • Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/

22. Message Board/Notes • Wallwisher: http://www.wallwisher.com/ • Stixy: http://www.stixy.com/ • Spaaze: http://www.spaaze.com/ • Stickyscreen: http://www.stickyscreen.org/ • Linoit: http://en.linoit.com/ • Listhings: http://listhings.com/ • Jjot: http://jjot.com/ • Postica: http://www.posti.ca/ • Stickr: http://stickr.com/ • Evernote: http://www.evernote.com/ • Springnote: http://www.springnote.com/en • Livebinders: http://livebinders.com/

23. Wallwisher

24. Evernote

25. Livebinders Web 2.0 Projects - a Celebration of Student Learning Mrs. Knight~S9GS Ancient Egypt Poetry

26. Photos/Photo Editing • Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/ • Photopeach: http://photopeach.com/ • Splashup: http://www.splashup.com/ • Smilebox: http://www.smilebox.com/ • Picnik: http://www.picnik.com/ • Image Chef: http://www.imagechef.com/ • Photosnack: http://www.photosnack.com/ • Dumpr: http://www.dumpr.net/ • Shape Collage: http://www.shapecollage.com/ • Mixxbook: http://www.mixbook.com/

27. Flickr in the Classroom http://tiny.cc/ba86e Spell with Flickr http://metaatem.net/words/

28. Comics/Cartoons • Pixton: http://pixton.com/ • Toondoo: http://www.toondoo.com/ • MakeBeliefsComix: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ • Go Animate!: http://goanimate.com/ • Pikistrips: http://www.pikistrips.com/

29. Music • Garageband: http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/ • Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ • Jamstudio: http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm

30. Screencapture • Jing: http://www.jingproject.com/ • Screenr: http://screenr.com/ • Screenjelly: http://www.screenjelly.com/ • Screencast: https://www.screencast.com/ • Screentoaster: http://www.screentoaster.com/ • Camtasia: http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp (free for 30 days)

31. Mindmapping • Webspiration: http://mywebspiration.com/ • Mindomo: http://www.mindomo.com/ • Edistorm: http://www.edistorm.com/ • Mind42: http://mind42.com/ • Cacoo: http://cacoo.com/ • Bubbl.us: http://bubbl.us/ • Lovely Charts: http://www.lovelycharts.com/ • Text2Mindmap: http://www.text2mindmap.com/

32. Web site creators • Webs: http://www.webs.com/ • Weebly: http://www.weebly.com/ • Wix: http://www.wix.com/

33. Polling • Polldaddy: http://polldaddy.com/ • Survey Monkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/ • Poll Everywhere: http://www.polleverywhere.com/ • Poll Code: http://pollcode.com/

34. Video Resources • YouTube: http://www.youtube.com • ViewPure: http://viewpure.com/(watch videos without the distraction of comments, suggestions, etc. • QuietTube: http://quietube.com/(no distractions) • TubeChop: http://www.tubechop.com/ (cut the section you want from a video) • TeacherTube: http://www.teachertube.com/ • SchoolTube: http://www.schooltube.com/ • WatchKnow.org: http://www.watchknow.org/ • FedFlix: http://www.archive.org/details/FedFlix • Learner.org: http://www.learner.org/#(PD and teacher resources/) • SnagFilms: http://www.snagfilms.com/ (free documentary videos)

35. Miscellaneous • Voki: http://www.voki.com/ • Blabberize: http://blabberize.com/ • Drop.io: http://drop.io/ • Voicethread: http://voicethread.com/#home • Skype: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home • Aviary: http://aviary.com/

36. Closing • Questions? • Contact information: • pmcgonagle@lawrence.k12.ma.us • patriciamcgonagle@gmail.com • Blog: http://learninginthedigitalera.blogspot.com/ • Twitter: MsTeacher • Wiki: http://differentiate-with-technology.wikispaces.com • Delicious: http://delicious.com/pmcgonagle • Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/user/Pmcgonagle