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Enhancing Instruction with Web 2.0 Tools

Enhancing Instruction with Web 2.0 Tools. Amy Ballew (aballew@whitfield.k12.ga.us) Westside Elementary School. What is Web 2.0?. The primary function of Web 2.0 involves applications that facilitate interactive information sharing .

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Enhancing Instruction with Web 2.0 Tools

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  1. Enhancing Instruction with Web 2.0 Tools Amy Ballew (aballew@whitfield.k12.ga.us) Westside Elementary School

  2. What is Web 2.0? • The primary function of Web 2.0 involves applications that facilitate interactive information sharing. • Wikis, blogs, podcasts, video conferencing, and multimedia presentations are just a few examples of these programs.

  3. Why use Web 2.0? • Supplement Regular Instruction • Differentiation • Project Based Learning • 21st Century Learners • Increased Interactivity • Increased Home/School Connection

  4. Classroom Applications of Web 2.0 The following slides include actual examples of interaction with Web 2.0 programs in a fifth grade instructional setting. Ideas for classroom use are also provided.

  5. Museum Box (Example 1) • http://museumbox.e2bn.org/

  6. Museum Box (Example 2)

  7. Ideas for Museum Box • Parts of speech • Biographies of famous people • Events leading to the Civil War • Geometry-shape characteristics • Regions of the United States • Periodic table elements • Figurative language

  8. Trackstar • http://trackstar.4teachers.org

  9. Ideas for Trackstar • Use Trackstaras a project or unit organizer. • Students can work at their own pace at school or at home by following the links you provide to complete the learning process. • Links can include tutorials, videos, quizzes, etc. • Modify your units from year to year based on your ‘who.’

  10. Wordle • http://www.wordle.net/

  11. Ideas for Wordle Use Wordle as a vocabulary tool for your unit of study in any content area. It can also be used to motivate writers. Allow them to complete their writing in a word document and copy/paste the text to create a Wordle to print.

  12. Delicious • http://delicious.com

  13. Ideas for Delicious • Use Delicious to tag your favorite sites and organize them by categories for quick and easy access during instruction. • Create a student Delicious page for easy access to content specific sites from home or during class.

  14. Edublog • http://edublogs.org(http://msballew5.edublogs.org/)

  15. Ideas for Edublogs • Post content specific questions, prompts, links, videos, etc. for students to respond to. • Encourage collaboration by requiring students to respond to one or two peers per post.

  16. Classtools.Net • http://classtools.net/

  17. Ideas for Classtools • Use premade graphic organizers with the Activboards for prewriting, content review games, diagrams, charts, timelines, etc.

  18. Other Web 2.0 Sites • http://hubpages.com/hub/Education20 • http://oedb.org/library/features/101-web-20-teaching-tools • http://glovely09.wetpaint.com/page/TopTen+for+Young+Learners?t=anon • http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/ • http://indispensibletools.pbworks.com/

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