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Google Docs & Web 2.0 in the 21 st Century Classroom

Google Docs & Web 2.0 in the 21 st Century Classroom. Presented by: Sandi Willis. What is Google Docs? . Google Docs is an application within Google that can be used to share files among chosen members of a group Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, and Forms

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Google Docs & Web 2.0 in the 21 st Century Classroom

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  1. Google Docs & Web 2.0 in the 21st Century Classroom Presented by: Sandi Willis

  2. What is Google Docs? • Google Docs is an application within Google that can be used to share files among chosen members of a group • Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, and Forms • Members can be allowed to edit or just share the information

  3. Google Docs Opening Page

  4. Some Tabs…

  5. Spreadsheets

  6. Presentations

  7. Sharing files

  8. Google Search Engines • Create your own specialized search engine within Google • Tag websites that you choose to be searched • Add them to your web page for student/parent access

  9. Web 2.0 • What is web 2.0? • Web 2.0 is defined as an online application that uses the World Wide Web (www) as a platform and allows for participatory involvement, collaboration, and interactions among users. Web 2.0 is also characterized by the creation and sharing of intellectual and social resources by end users.

  10. Some Web 2.0 Applications • Wikis • Blogging • Virtual Worlds • YouTube • Social Networking • Chat rooms • Playing interactive games

  11. Wikis • Most well-known wiki is wiki-pedia • www.wikispaces.com • www.wetpaint.com • www.pbworks.com • http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/ • All 3 wiki hosting sites offer free, ad-free educational wikis

  12. What is a wiki?

  13. Who uses wikis?

  14. Wikis vs. blogs

  15. Blogs • A blog (contraction of weblog) is a web site with frequent, periodic posts creating an ongoing narrative. • They are maintained by both groups and individuals, the latter being the most common. • Blogs can focus on a wide variety of topics, ranging from the political to personal experiences. • Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_blogs

  16. Social Networking • MySpace • Twitter • Facebook • Whyville.net – virtual world for children, safer for younger children than others listed above (www.eschoolnews.com)

  17. YouTube • Upload your own videos to share with the world • Download videos of interest • Some good, some not so good… • Many good instructional videos out there • TeacherTube is a site dedicated to teachers sharing videos

  18. Chat rooms • Students can share ideas or homework questions with a group through a chat room • A google search found many sites stating they were ‘safe’ for kids…. • Using a moderator and only allowing students in the group or class to enter the chat room

  19. A few more…. • Virtual worlds (whyville.com is a virtual world) • Interactive games • Web-conferencing (Adobe Connect Pro)

  20. Open Source Software • Office Live

  21. References and Websites • Lemke, C., Coughlin, E., Garcia, L., Reifsneider, D., & Baas, J. (2009). Leadership for web 2.0 in education: promise and reality. Culver City, CA: Metiri Group. Commissioned by CoSN through support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. • www.teacherfirst.com

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