NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING

1. Creating your PLN, Useful Tools & Web 2.0 Applications Presented by: Elinda Gjondedaj Menelaos Agatheris NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING

2. Just take a moment and think... How digital is our life?

7. What is Web 2.0? • The newest version of World Wide Web • Interaction and collaboration among the users • Users: Creators of Content As a result: Creation of Virtual Community

8. WEB 2.0 Active contribution to the content Visitor not only a reader but also an author Differences between Web 1.0 & Web 2.0 WEB 1.0 • Passive reading • Pre-existent/non-changeable content

9. Usefulness of Web 2.0 • Communication • Sharing Information • Creating Content • Easy Use • Commenting • Interaction

10. Web Tools

12. What is a blog? Do you read any blogs or do you have your own one? • Type of a Website or part of it • Maintained by a particular individual or group • Regular entries of commentary, graphics or other multimedia are uploaded (eg.www.magicineducation.wordpress.com)

13. Practice and Develop Reading and Writing Skills Create Digital Portofolios Parents can have an overview of their child's work Why to use a blog in class? • The Motivating Element • Attach Media • Improve Self-confidence • Communication is strengthened 2011/04/03/why-should-i-use-a-blog-in-my-class

14. Class blogs Educators create class blogs in order to use them for class activies. The visitors of such blogs are the students and sometimes parents & other teachers Types of Educational Blogs Educators' blogs Educators create their blogs in order to demonstrate their work, experience and tips to other educators

15. Class Blogs Billings Beta (www.billingsmiddleschool.org/beta/) Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog (yollisclassblog.blogspot.com) 2011/04/14/examples-of-class-blogs Examples of Educational Blogs Educators' Blogs • Larry Ferlazzo Websites of the Day (larryferlazzo.edublogs.org) • The Edublogger (theedublogger.com) 2011/04/18/examples-of-educators-blogs

16. How to Make Your Own Blog • Step 1: Find a provider • Step 2: Choose your template from the available gallery • Step 3: Decide whether you want your blog to be private or public (according to the provider) • Step 4: After that, write a few posts to test it out,make any adjustments to the layout or style that you see fit • Step 5: Visit other blogs to build a blogging circle • 2011/04/10/starting-to-blog

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18. Social Networks

19. Have you ever considered why your students are reluctant to write about anything in class but they go back at home and they just can't stop typing on Facebook?

20. Social Networks are beneficial because they strengthen: • 1. Communication with your friends through instant messaging. • 2. Practice on your writing skills. • 3. Post and Expand your thoughts and ideas • 4. Reading from real-life sources

21. Why a teacher should use Facebook or Twitter: • Getting with the times has never been so easy • Professional development and critical friends • Ideas workshop and sounding board • Virtual staffroom with global professionals 2011/04/13/nine-great-reasons-why-teachers-should-use-twitter

22. Class/Schools Tewks' English Class Mrs. Jenkins' English Class 2011/05/12/examples-of-class-facebook-profilesgroups/ Examples of Educational Facebook Profiles Educators • Marisa Constantinides • Larry Ferlazzo • Magic in Education 2011/05/12/examples-of-facebook-educators-profiles/

23. Class Mrs. Barnett’s Class (@msbarnettsclass) Stubblefield Class (@Kand1stars) The KinderKids (@TheKinderKids) 2011/04/21/examples-of-classes-twitter-accounts/ Examples of Educational Twitter Profiles Educators • Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) • Sue Waters (@suewaters) • NikPeachey (@NikPeachey) 2011/04/21/examples-of-educators-twitter-account/

24. Wikis in Education

25. What is a wiki? • Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Educational Benefits The element that makes the difference is the fact that all the users of a wiki space may edit the content, add media etc if they wish. As a matter of fact, the wiki page is an interactive page where the students can place share their knowledge, thoughts and opinions.

26. Examples of Wiki pages • Techno Tigers • Ms. Lew’s Loony Land and Literacy • 21st century skills teacher course 2011/05/12/examples-of-educational-wiki-pages/

27. How to create your own Wiki pages • 1. Pick up your wiki page's url • 2. Select if your wiki will be public or protected • 3. Select your theme • 4. Optimize your home page • 2011/04/05/create-your-wiki-page/

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29. What is a Personal Learning Network (PLN)? It is a personal network where you can learn from and share with others any information you want (educational or non-educational). In order to create your own PLN you have to syndicate your blog, facebook or twitter account, your wiki page and any other web 2.0 tool you want.

31. Structure of your PLN

32. Some Other Important Web 2.0 Apps... Make your own comic • Motivate your students to read and write • Present new material • Practice material presented

33. Super Hero Squad & Makebeliefscomix

34. Glogster Make your online posters adding multimedia

35. Testmoz Online Test Generator

36. Penzu Online journal

37. Thank you... ….for attending our workshop!!