Wonderful World of Web 2.0

Part 2

Lisa Garofalo

October 12, 2010

Ellington Public Schools

first session follow upO Web 2.0 Apps

O Favorite web 2.0 links to share? O Anyone find anything new and great since

August? O Try out a web 2.0 app with students?

O Personal home pageO Useful?O Widgets?

O BlogsO Favorites to read?O Helpful?

For fun trySporcle.com

Session 2

OBlogsOWikisOPhoto sharing & editing

What is a blog?O Merriam Webster

defines blog as, “a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer”

O short for Weblog O First Known Use: 1999

One of my favorite blogs by author Meg Cabot

What is a wiki?O wiki-wiki - Hawaiian for quick (Richardson, 59).

O “A wiki is a collaborative Webspace where anyone can add content and anyone can edit content that has already been published” (Richardson, 8).

O According to Kathy Schrock a wiki has two main components: 1. Wikis are easy to create and view revisions and 2. Wikis allow anyone to add, edit, remove (Schrock, 29).

Richardson, Will. Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2006. PrintSchrock, Kathy. Web 2.0 http://kathyschrock.net/web20/schrock_web20.pdf Web. 1 October 2010.

Blog vs. WikiO A blog has an administrator (or

administrators) who initiate, organize, and manage the content.

O In a wiki anyone with permission can add, edit, and remove content from the site. Anyone can also start a discussion topic.

O http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=54966

How do wiki’s work? http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour#introduction

50 ways to use a wiki! http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/50-ways-to-use-wikis-for-a-more-collaborative-and-interactive-classroom/

Student Participation Resource Creation Group Projects Student Interaction Classroom News Community Activities

WikipediaO http://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Schools

http://edublogs.org/10-ways-to-use-your-edublog-to-teach/

1. Share materials, news, downloads, links and more2. Facilitate online discussions and collaboration3. Create a class publication that students can easily publish to and you can easily edit4. Replace your newsletter and stay in touch with parents about what is going on in class5. Get your students blogging so that they can share their work and thoughts6. Share your lesson plans7. Integrate videos, podcasts, and other media8. Create blogs for clubs, student groups, events, sports teams, or just about any type of group9. Get feedback or gather information10. Create a fully functional website

Benefits of blogging in schoolshttp://www.slideshare.net/frankcalberg/11-advantages-of-using-a-blog-for-teaching

Too many blogs, not enough time!

Use an aggregator to keep track of posting updates.Google Reader http://www.google.com Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com/

Before you design your own, lets look at some examples.

Blogshttp://blogs.ellingtonschools.org/

http://edublogs.org/community/

http://kathyschrock.net/edtechblogs.htm

(if you don’t know about Kathy Schrock, you should check out her website

http://kathyschrock.net/index.htm or guide http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/ )

http://edublogawards.com/ http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/02/50-best-blogs-for-education-leaders/ http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers http://weblogg-ed.com/ http://www.internetwritingjournal.com/authorblogs/ http://www.djusd.k12.ca.us/harper/jboston/AuthorsandIllustratorsontheWeb.htm http://yabookblogdirectory.blogspot.com/p/ya-book-blogger-list.html http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/allblog.php http://www.techlearning.com/section/Blogs

Wikishttp://linksforteachers.wikispaces.com/ http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis http://www.wetpaint.com/category/education http://salutetoseuss.wikispaces.com/ http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/apwhreview/index.php?title=Holocaust_Wiki_Project http://nutmeg.wikispaces.com/ http://schools.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page http://writeyourstory.wikispaces.com/ http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Wiki_in_a_K-12_classroom http://schools.wikia.com/wiki/High_School_Online_Collaborative_Writing

Use http://www.doodle.com/ to help schedule a day time to meet

Time to set up a blog or wiki!

O For blogs, use the Ellington campus site of edublogs (check your email for account set up)

O For wikis, use Wikispaces

Always check your privacy settings! Who can contribute / edit? Do you have to

approve 1st? Set rules if using student contributors

(see handout)

Need to take a break? Try out the Visual Dictionary at

http://www.visuwords.com/

PhotosO Flickr http://www.flickr.com/

O Picasa http://picasa.google.com/

O Photobucket (+video) http://photobucket.com/ “Upload, manage, and share your photos and videos for free”

O SmugMug (+video) http://www.smugmug.com/ “Your Photos Look Better Here. Billions of happy photos. Millions of passionate customers.”

O Aviary “Photo-editing, logos, web templates, filters, color palettes, screen capture & more”

O BeFunky.com - Photo effects with one click, Turn your photos into artwork. “Edit your photos, add photo effects, text, speech bubbles, frames, stickers and more”

O Dumpr http://www.dumpr.net “Dumpr is where you create marvellous photos to share with your friends”

Please remember: if you use someone else’s photos, images, videos, etc., please give credit where credit is due. Please provide a good example for our students and don’t plagiarize!

http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/2010/10/

With your digital photos try…http://www.yearbookyourself.com/

1960 1966 1968 1976

http://sendables.jibjab.com/

Edmodo http://www.edmodo.com

Video – what is edmodo?