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Web 2.0 in the Classroom
Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0
 Web 1.0 was about reading,
Web 2.0 is about reading and writing
Web 2.0 for Designers
 Web 2.0 has arrived
 How can it transform teaching & learning!
Web 1.0 Strategies
Web 1.0 was about reading
 Sites are static. They contain information that might
be useful, but there's no reason to return to the site
later
 Sites aren't interactive. Visitors can only visit these
sites; they can't impact or contribute to the sites.
 Applications are proprietary. Companies develop
software applications that users can download, but
they can't see how the application works or change it.
Is there a Web 1.0?
Web 2.0
 Gives power to the visitor with a new level of
customization, interaction, and participation.
 User-generated content lets everyone have their say
on anything and publish it to the world at large (e.g.,
blogs, wikis and social networking sites).
 These new technologies are changing our
relationship to the Internet.
What can Web 2.0 tools offer educators?
Web 2.0 is here
Web 2.0 & Language Learning
Web 2.0 in Education
Web 2.0 Strategies
Web 2.0 is about reading
 Sites are dynamic. They contain information that is
useful, and there's reason to return to the site later
 Sites are interactive. Visitors can impact and
contribute to the sites.
 Applications are open source. The source code
for the program is freely available. Users can see how
it works and make modifications or even build new
applications based on earlier programs
Is there a Web 1.0?
Examples of Web 2.0
 Podcasts
 Social Networking
Google Earth
 Blogs
 Wiki’s
 Image Sharing
 Social Bookmarking
 Mash-ups
 Virtual Worlds
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Podcasts
 A digital media file, or a series of such files,
that is distributed over the Internet using
syndication feeds for playback on portable
media players and personal computers
 Everett: Emerson Elementary
 Google: podcasts
 iTunes
 Education Podcast Network
 Article: Podcasts: Where's the Learning?
Social Networking
 MySpace
A popular social networking website offering an
interactive, user-submitted network of friends,
personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and
videos internationally
 Facebook
A social utility that connects you with the people
around you (similar to MySpace)
 Other: Xanga, Live Journal
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Uses
 Schools and Online Social Networking by
Nancy Willard
 Elgg - social network software for education
by Steve O'Hear and edited by Richard
MacManus.
 Don't Tell Your Parents: Schools Embrace
MySpace by Robert Andrews
Blog (web log)
 Website where entries are written in chronological
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order; displayed in reverse chronological order
Provide commentary or news on a particular subject
(e.g., food, politics, news; personal online diaries).
Typically combines text, images, and links to other
blogs, web pages, and media related to its topic.
Ability to leave comments in an interactive format is
an important part of many blogs.
Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus
on other media.
Blogging Websites
1. Blogger: http://www.blogger.com
2. Live Journal: http://www.livejournal.com
3. Edublogs - Free Education Blogs:
http://edublogs.org
4. Blackboard: http://courses.wwu.edu
Educational Blogs Examples
 Larabee School Portable C Blog (Bellingham)
 Room 208 Blog (Wells, ME)
 Google: blog subject area
 Math Blog - Mathematics is wonderful!
‘blog’ Resources
 Blogging Techniques for the K12 Classroom
 Weblogs in education
 Use of blogs in online college classes
 Blogs and Blogging: A Home Run for
Teaching, Learning, and Technology
 Instructional Strategies for Blogging
Wiki’s (means “quick quick”)
 Website that allows visitors to add, remove,
and edit content
 Collaborative technology for organizing
information on Web sites
 Allows for linking among any number of
pages
 Ease of interaction & operation makes a wiki
an effective tool for mass collaborative
authoring
Examples of Wiki’s
 Wikipedia: a multilingual, web-based, encyclopedia project
 Wiktionary
multilingual dictionary with definitions, etymologies,
pronunciations, sample quotations, synonyms, antonyms and
translations
 Wikidictionary:
 WikiQuote
another free dictionary, words with definitions
a free online compendium of quotations from notable people and
creative works in every language
Websites for ‘wiki-ing”
 Wikispaces: free to educators
 MediaWiki: Used by the WikiPedia project
------------ Jotspot: Free wiki hosting service; custom
software includes calendars, photo galleries
and spreadsheets (acquired by Google)
 WikkaWiki: a standards-compliant, lightweight
PHP/MySQL wiki engine
Image Sharing
 Flickr: photos, search engine, share photos,
has a blog
 Shutterfly: photo service, share/enhance
photos, organize
 Photobucket: upload, share, search photos,
running count of images
Video Sharing
 User generated sites mostly offer free
services whereby users can upload video
clips & share it with the masses
 Examples:
 YouTube
 TeacherTube
 GLEF Videos
Social Bookmarking:
 A way for Internet users to store, organize,
share and search bookmarks of web pages
 del.icio.us: (pronounced as "delicious")
 a web service for storing, sharing, and discovering
web bookmarks.
 can view others bookmarks, use tags)
 Social Marker: makes social bookmarking of
websites an easier process.
 Top 5 Social Bookmarking Services:
Mashups
 Hybrid application that draws from multiple
sources to create something new.
 Google Mashups Mania
Covers the cool new Google Maps mashups, tools &
applications being created by people over the world
 Google Earth
Pick any where in world to zoom to from space
 Google Maps Help Center
Create mashups and simple applications quickly
A limited test and access is restricted to a few
Mashup Examples
 TED-Hans Rosling Talk: Debunking third-world
myths with the best stats you've ever seen.
 Math and Reading Tests Map: Analysis of
differences between students passing their state
tests versus the national tests in math and reading.
 Google Lit Trips: Using Google Earth, students
discover where in the world the greatest road trip
stories of all time took place... and so much more!
 Lewis & Clark: An historical map of the Lewis &
Clark expedition.
Search Engines
 Google
 Ask.com
 Yahooligans
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