Post on 14-Jan-2016
Using Web 2.0 Tools to Support World Language Instruction
Jennifer McConnell
Michela Tobin
Today’s Agenda
Overview of Web 2.0 Course Highlight some Web 2.0 Tools Examples of Classroom Application Tips and Discoveries
Overview of Web 2.0 course
Funded by a Massachusetts DoE Title IID Technology Enhancement Competitive Grant
Developed by EDC with input from three partner districts
Main course goal: To enable world language teachers to use Web 2.0 tools to support teaching and learning of the five strands of the ACTFL world language standards: Communication, Cultures, Comparisons, Connections, and Communities
What is Web 2.0?
"Web 2.0” refers to a second generation of web development that facilitates communication, information sharing, and collaboration on the World Wide Web.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0
Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0
Why use these tools?
Generation “C”: students as collaborators, creators, and critical thinkers
Which tools to use?
Must haves: Be free Require low level of tech expertise Be user friendly and easily available Free of copyright issues
It’s about pedagogy, not about technology!
Match the tool to your content Enhance curriculum by addressing the
standards and increasing the rigor Increase student achievement Use Web 2.0 tools to demonstrate student
understanding
Our Favorites :)Sample Projects
Delicious: Social bookmarking
Flickr: Photo Sharing
Voice Thread: Collaborative, multimedia slide show
Wiki: Collaborative Website
Animoto: Videos from user-selected photos
Google Earth/Maps: Create annotated maps
Exploratree: Interactive thinking guides
Podcasts: Series of digital media files
Tips and Discoveries
Flickr Podcasts Voice Thread Blogs Exploratree
Wikimedia Commons: A database of 4,397,663 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Q & A