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Surfing the World Wide Web & Web 2.0. World Wide WEb. The Web was invented in 1989 by a British physicist named Tim Berners-Lee. The average American Spends 27 hours a month online (2008).
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Surfing the World Wide Web & Web 2.0
World Wide WEb The Web was invented in 1989 by a British physicist named Tim Berners-Lee The average American Spends 27 hours a month online (2008). The term is often mistakenly used as a synonym for the Internet itself, but the Web is actually something that is available over the Internet, just like e-mail and many other Internet services. www.learntheweb.info www.mashable.com
Brain Pop • Classroom Subscription to Brain Pop & Brain Pop Jr. (K-3) • www.brainpop.com • 3 computers may use at a time. • Teacher only • Log in mgelem, media • Please communicate with each other when it is being used. • When library using Anna will send email to staff.
New teachers see Anna for new user log in. • When using video or clips download to your desktop and show from there. Showing from site results in buffering. • Don’t forget about the resources & lesson plans accompanying videos.
http://www.ket.org/education/ • Digital resources: KET Encylomedia • Cable broadcasted programming – if want schedule for month, see Anna • Online interactive simulations/games: Mission US (history), Scale City (math) • Electronic field trips • Arts curriculum – Anna had copies of all curriculums
Enchanted Learning • http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html • Good place to start internet research with primary students. • Some things in each area free. • If you see something you would like printed out that is for subscribers let Anna know.
quia http://www.quia.com/web • Teacher can create activities, puzzles, worksheets. • Searchable for other teacher created activities. • Requires subscription.
Class Dojo http://www.classdojo.com/ ClassDojo is a classroom tool that helps teachers improve behavior in their classrooms quickly and easily. It also captures and generates data on behavior that teachers can share with parents and administrators. • Basic program free • Can be synched with Itouch for remote entry of data. • Targeted for lower grades.
Word Clouds Wordle http://www.wordle.net/ Top 10 Sites for Creating Word Clouds http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2011/04/top-10-sites-for-creating-word-clouds.html
Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/ • Educational videos on a variety of topics. • Began as a way to help his niece learn Algebra. Created YouTube tutorials for her to view. • Expanded thanks to grants from Bill Gates, Google, Facebook and more. • Scroll down to see the topics. • Art videos provide a good supplement for our school. • Personal note: My son is benefitting from the ACT tutoring videos. They are short and sweet!
Photo Story • http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11132&hash=IUsYhf7PDAYssXpqRSc8DpMtVLVGoBjeXZIdiEKxmb5MxZMrB%2fgjwUA2TEJcSejhRVl64OG1JBhmTbD93I4bXw%3d%3d • Free download. • Use digital photos to create slideshows that incorporate animations and music. Photos can be manipulated. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DV94xff9Ps
Elementary Library Web Links www.ludlow.kyschools.us Go to Elementary Go to Library – in left menu Organized by subject and grade level If you would like a web site added for classroom use let Anna know.
Web 2.0 Web 2.0 is the term given to describe a second generation of the World Wide Web that is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online. www.webopedia.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsa5ZTRJQ5w
15 Most Popular Web 2.0 sites http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/web-2.0-websites
Web 2.0 Sites For education Top 25 Web 2.0 Sites for Education by David Kapuler http://www.techlearning.com/default.aspx?tabid=67&entryid=602 50 Web 2.0 Sites for Schools http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=3962 Web 2.0 Resource Map http://www.mindomo.com/view?m=48511abbfb7e4145a33dbe6453d0f8af
Discovery Education Web 2.0 Tools Discovery organized web 2.0 sites and also addresses Internet safety and media literacy. http://web2012.discoveryeducation.com/web20tools.cfm Go Web 2.0 http://www.go2web20.net/
Today’s Youth are Digital Leaners https://sites.google.com/site/colcomputerstudies/