Web+2.0+Workshop

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 * 1) What is Web 2.0?
 * 2) Skype... A Howler From Home
 * 3) Wikis .... Riding the Hogwarts Express
 * 4) Blogs .... Who needs Hedwig?
 * 5) RSS .... Donning the Sorting Hat
 * 6) Google... Exploring the secret passages
 * 7) Podcasts... Receiving the Daily Prophet
 * 8) Feeling magical? .... More spells and incantations

=WEB 2.0= [|Did You Know Video]

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Video conferencing with [|Skype] (free!)
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What in the World?
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[| The Real Deal!]

[|Wikis in Plain English] by Lee LeFever
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10 Ways Wikis Can be Used in Your Classroom (From [|Classroomtech])
1. Lesson Summaries 2. Collaboration of Notes 3. Concept Introduction and Exploratory Projects 4. Dissemination of important classroom information beyond the classroom 5. Individual assessment projects 6. Creation of a simple website 7. Sharing of initial thoughts about, and knowledge of a new topic 8. Student portfolios 9. Location to aggregate web resources 10. Collaboration among teachers

Examples of wikis for teachers
Westwood Wiki [|Deep River Elementary] [|Soil Scientists Wiki] (3rd Grade Students' Wiki) [|Becoming Scientists] (6th Grade Unit) [|Middle School Wiki] Wiki Ideas EduWikis 6th Grade Teams Science Alive! Free Stuff for Science Teachers Examples of Educational Wikis

Examples of wikis for students
SanLee Middle School Teacher Wikis West Lee Middle School Teacher Wikis 6th Grade Math - Vincent Pienaar [|6th Grade Math & Science] - Kim Collazo [|6th Grade Science] - Bev Fearns 7th Grade Science - Janet Cameron 7th Grade Math 7th Grade Social Studies - Gregg Halkuff 7th Grade Social Studies - Deborah Unangst 8th Grade Science Wiki Judy Knight Fractions Civil Rights Materials - 8th Grade Language Arts Cynthia McFadden World War 1 Wiki Africa Project

**Examples of wikis by students**
[|Linus Project] - 8th graders at West Lee Middle School [|Collazo's Cove] - 6th graders at West Lee Middle School

Ideas for using Wikis in the classroom
Great Ideas

Wiki Cheat Sheet
For TEACHERS For STUDENTS

Let's Go Build!
http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K By using this free site, you will **not** have the ads on the side.

=BLOGS=

[|Blogs in Plain English] by Lee LeFever
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What is the difference between a blog and a wiki?
A blog is an online journal that allows the owner to post entries that are generally displayed in reverse chronological order.Many blogs allow readers to comment on these posts.

A wiki is a type of website that allows multiple users to collaboratively create and edit page

from [|The English Department] //A blog can be used to://
 * //record your daily life//
 * //reflect on what happened to you//
 * //share links/photos/online materials with others//
 * //comment on articles you have read//
 * //write chapters to a short story//
 * //invite people to react and think about issues you both are interested in//
 * //post tips, advice, and suggestions//
 * //share useful material for the content you are developing//
 * //concentrate on a specific skill//
 * //record classroom experiences//
 * //reflect on the learning process//
 * //post your assignments//

Classroom uses of Blogs
Ideas from workshop Lee County Teachers

Great Ideas for using blogs

from [|Anne Davis] scroll down to October 5, 2004 - Great examples!

Blog [|rubric] Ideas for Blogging [| IDEAS FOR BLOGGING.doc] from Source Unknown

Blog accounts
[|How to set up an Edublog account] - David Warlick [|Educator's Guide to Blogging] - David Warlick [|Gaggle] Blogs, email,digital locker, chat rooms, and message boards

Teacher Blogs
[|Will Richardson] [|Cool Cat Teacher] [|Wesley Fryer] [|Jeff Utecht] [|Miguel Guhlin] [|Danita Russell] Blogs on Educational Blogging [|MHetherinton] [|The English Department] [|EduBlogger List]

Student Blogs
Student Blogs [|Room 613] [|Priestsic6 ·] [|Verrado Middle School] [|Middle Schools Science Student's Blogs] [|Blog Write] [|World Literature]

=RSS=

What is it?
[|RSS Video]

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 * Helps manage information...
 * Allows you to utilize a news reader to subscribe to weblogs, news media, searches, and other rss enabled web content
 * Makes your web experience more focused and richer
 * Saves time...
 * Instead of visiting all your favorite sources, you go to one place
 * News readers summarize content to make it easy to decide if you want to read it or discard it

How can you use it as a professional tool?
Using Google Reader Using [|Pageflakes] Adding Google Reader and Pageflakes to your Google Homepage [|RSS Ideas for Educators] [|Tutorial]

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Making Your Google Homepage!
[|Google]

Google Earth
http://earth.google.com/ free download Kindergarten Example -

Google is more than a Search Engine
Google Workshop

=PODCASTS= Easiest tool on Earth! [|Audacity]
 * record voice
 * manipulate voice
 * import audio clips

What do you need to Podcast?
 * microphone
 * computer
 * recording software
 * distributing program - [|iTunes]
 * [|Lame Encoder] if you want to export the podcasts as mp3s

Directions for Uploading your Podcasts to iTunes:
 * 1) Record your podcast with Audacity
 * 2) Go to File: Export as a wav file
 * 3) Save the file in a folder on your computer (remember where it is!)
 * 4) Open iTunes
 * 5) Go to File: Import
 * 6) Browse and locate your podcast in the folder in which you saved it

If you'd like to add it to your iPod:
 * 1) Insert your iPod into the computer.
 * 2) Open and it will import to music.
 * 3) Click and drag the podcast to your iPod.

Podcast Hosting Sites: [|Podomatic]

Podcasts by kids: [|WillowWeb] - Willowdale Elementary School [|Simple Book Reviews] - Deep River Elementary School

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=Need more ideas?= [|Lee County Schools] wiki web 2.0 teaching strategies wiki web two point o wiki the connected classroom wiki

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