Web 2.0

1. Web 2.0 7-10 (12:30-3:30) 8-7 (8:30-11:30) • What is Web 2.0? It is just the term for web-based applications and programs that focus on information sharing and user created content and collaboration, such as youtube, Facebook etc. • Why use it in classroom? >> get students excited about writing and thinking>> help students participate in the collaborative community of Web 2.0>> give students practice in using tools that the real world uses>> eliminate walls--school can be anywhere there is a computer and the Internet>> collaborate with anyone, anywhere, anytime

2. Top best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Glogster :Great way to share posters and images you’ve made with friends • Edmodo: Social learning environment and one of the best ways to teach with tech • Bubbl.us : Free application to brainstorm online • WordPress: Content publishing system. It’s gone way beyond just blogging. • Prezi : Innovative way to share presentations without PowerPoint • Wallwisher: An online notice board maker (or bulletin board if you choose) • Animoto: Make beautiful videos from images in a snap • Blabberize: Make your images talk…that’s right. • Weebly: Create your own website or blog, very easy to use • Flickr: Popular photo-sharing site now lets you print • Slideshare: Don’t waste your presentation after it’s over, share it with millions! • Audioboo: Easily record and share audio • GoogleDocs:The top real-time document creating and editing cloud-based system • GoogleSites: Make your own website while knowing nothing about websites! • Wordle: Create a beautiful aggregation of any amount of text • Spicy Nodes: Innovative way to organize your web visits • Voki: Get your own avatar and even have it talk with your voice • Scratch: Create and share stories, games, art, etc. • Pixlr: Cool way to edit picture, and add effect. Free photoshop • Tagxedo:LikeWordle but a step farther as text can be used to build bigger images • LiveBinder: Organize your digital binders from websites to documents • Class dojoClassDojo is an easy way to engage your classroom by recognizing positive behaviors as they happen. • Voice Thread A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos 7-24 (8:30-11:30)

3. Today’s workshop: • Preziwill help you create effective presentations (today, we are creating an open house Prezi) • Edmodo will transform your classroom into a safe social networking to where you can share, access, quiz, and many more • Wallwishercan be used to engage students for brainstorming activity, Vocab-grammar exercises for your whole class • Animoto creates easy to use videos or picture slide shows • Glogster creates easy interactive posters with links, movies and music • Pixlr can help you edit, enhance and transform your pictures • Tagexedo (and Wordle) can help you edit, enhance and transform texts • Class dojo ClassDojo is an easy way to engage your classroom by recognizing positive behaviors as they happen. • Voice Thread A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video

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