Web 2.0 Tools
Evanston Township High School
There are thousands of free web 2.0 tools that are available for classroom teachers. All you need is a computer and an Internet connection. We’ll take a look at some of the more popular ones used in education, complete with examples from ETHS teachers. You’ll walk away with new tools to go with your ideas of how to add engagement and motivation to your existing curriculum. Time/Item
(5 min) Welcome and Overview
The Big Idea - How can I use the Internet to engage students more in my curriculum?
(5 min) What is a Web 2.0 Tool?
Word Clouds
Fresh from ISTE 2010: Next Steps Project (PLIGG) Cool Tools vs. Next Step Projects Common Tools used @ETHS (30 min) Accounts already created: Google Apps (Pilot Project) Get Started: ETHS Google Apps Landing Site, (Username/Password: same as network) Google Teacher Academy - check out Materials, Google Certified Trainer, Google Apps Training Center New and cool?: Google Squared Literacy
WriteOnline (Foreman, Verbrick)
Get Started: Write Online @ETHS, (Username/Password: email, gradebook ID) Media Discovery Education Streaming Get Started: Discovery Education, (Username/Password: email, gradebook ID) Workshop: Discovery Education Streaming/Media Share
Quizzes/Tests Quia (Holmes, VanKrey) Get Started: Request account through IIT Activity: Explore one of the above, brainstorm how it could be useful for your curriculum, share.
(30 min) Accounts on your own: Sharing/Collaboration
VoiceThread (Holmes)
VoiceThread How-To Section (Link)
Get Started: VoiceThread, ETHS accounts coming soon (Username/Password: same as network) Presentations - Alternatives to "Death by PowerPoint"
Animoto (Morris, Chan)
Interviews
Chat
Geo Google Earth/Maps (Cruz, Becker, Chan)
Get Started: Download Google Earth Wikis Wikispaces Get Started: Wikispaces for Education Blogs eduBlogs (link) Wordpress (old Chanatown) Blogger (Chanatown) Google Sites (this site) Activity: Explore one of the above, brainstorm how it could be useful for your curriculum, share. More? Be careful... Annotated List - Phil Lacey Top 1,000 Web 2.0 Search Engine Activity: Search for a Web2.0 tool not listed above, brainstorm how it could be useful for your curriculum, share. |
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