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Web Wise. Using the Web to Enhance Classroom Instruction Heather Blount Curriculum Specialist. Web Applications. Blog Wiki Social networking sites Other applications. Blog.

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Web Wise

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  1. Web Wise Using the Web to Enhance Classroom Instruction Heather Blount Curriculum Specialist

  2. Web Applications • Blog • Wiki • Social networking sites • Other applications

  3. Blog • Web publishing tool that allows authors to quickly and easily self-publish text, artwork, links to other blogs or Web sites, etc. • Set up like conventional Web site • Contains daily postings similar to a diary or journal that others can comment on • Accessible on any computer with Internet access • User friendly, minimal technical knowledge to use

  4. Blog: Educational Benefits • Motivating to students • Opportunity for students to read and write in a different context • Forums for collaboration and discussion • Tool for scaffolded learning and mentoring

  5. Blog: Classroom Use • Classroom Management • Collaboration • Discussions

  6. Blog • Blogger www.blogger.com/start • Edmodo (designed for teachers and students) www.edmodo.com • Edublogs (designed for teachers and students) http://edublogs.org • WordPress http://wordpress.com • Tumblr www.tumblr.com

  7. Wiki • A wiki is a collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified language. • Wiki comes from the Hawaiian word for “quick”

  8. Wiki: Educational Benefits • Encourage collaborative learning and information sharing • Increase student engagement and participation • Facilitate communication between teachers, students, parents, and guardians • Decreased use of paper

  9. Wiki: Classroom Use • Group Projects • Assignments • Student Portfolios • Resource Collections • Peer Review

  10. Wiki http://sites.google.com • PB Works www.pbworks.com • Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com www.wikimatrix.org/index.php

  11. Wiki • Administrators (the teacher) • Editors (students, maybe) • Writers (students) • Readers (parents)

  12. Social Networking Sites • Facebook • Free • Students already using it • Facebook in Education www.facebook.com/education#!/education?v=wall • Curriculum Center on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lubbock-TX/The-Curriculum-Center-for-Family-and-Consumer-Sciences/126921104661

  13. Social Networking Sites • Twiducate(Twitter for education) www.twiducate.com • A free resource for educators • Educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners in a social networking environment • Only teachers and students may view classroom posts

  14. Internet Resources and Applications • Glogster EDU http://edu.glogster.com http://edu.glogster.com/classroom-benefits/ • Letter Pop http://letterpop.com • Prezi http://prezi.com • Google docs www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=1209600&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com

  15. Internet Resources and Applications • Google SketchUp http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/index.html • Animoto http://animoto.com/education • Dabbleboard http://dabbleboard.com • Wordle http://wordle.net • Mouse Mischief www.microsoft.com/multipoint/mouse-mischief/

  16. Internet Resources and Applications • Cool Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ • Box of Tricks www.boxoftricks.net/?page_id=29

  17. Before Using Internet Applications • Explore and become familiar with the application (or ask a student to explore) • Check with your technology department and administrators • Set up rules, guidelines, and expectations for use of application

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