web 2.0 summary

Web 2.0 Rocks My World!

“Any activity becomes CREATIVE when the doer

CARESCARES about doing it right,

or doing it better.”

John Updike

Sharing online gives students more of a need to “get it right”

Web 2.0 Class AssignmentNovember 9, 2009

This slideshow represents an attempt to organize and annotate the 21 items I viewed online from Tony Vincent’s “21 Ways to Reach 21st Century Students,” his presentation at the GETC November 6, 2009.

IMAGES!

• Create online jigsaw, reading poster, magazine cover, cartoon. Add frames and text. Resize pictures (resizeimages.org) for web page use.

• Speechable.com – add speech bubbles to pics• READ poster – ala.org• Chocolate bar

www.glassgiant.com/chocolate_bar/• www.Redkid.net – put image on a hot dog, bowl

of soup, etc.• More on next slide …

More IMAGES!

• Dynamic Einstein picture – place text on b&w chalkboard• Wanted poster – glassgiant.com• Newspaper clipping – fodey.com• Badge maker – bighugelabs.com• Befunky.com – fun photo effects• Jigsaw puzzle – jigsawplanet.com

Free image sources:• Wikimedia commons• Openphoto• Freefoto• Image*after• pics4Learning• Flickr Creative Commons search

VIDEOS!

YouTube videos:• They are in flash (.flv) – you need to convert to

a different file type and then you can put them on an iPod, Powerpoint, or MovieMaker.

• Use Zamzar.com to convert to mpeg-4 Paste YouTube url into Zamzar. Select format. They will email you

the link to download. • Use RealPlayer to download, but it doesn’t

convert• Use KickYouTube.com (and others like it) Find video. Click “Watch in HD.” Type “kick” in front of url.

Skype – need webcam hookup

HIP SLIDESHOWS!

Animoto

• Free 30-second shows – about 12 images

• Upload photos; insert music; show is created for you

PECHA KUCHA!

• Japanese - means “chit chat”

• 20 slides for 20 seconds each

• Fun and fast-paced presentation

• Encourages brevity and time for Q&A

ZOOMING PRESENTATIONS!

• Prezi.com – a free online zooming editor that zooms in and out on details of a slide or video

• Prezi.com/mohshuoe-qcf – Prezi presentation on Google search tricks

• http://prezi.com/prezi/27/try/ - learn Prezi in 4 minutes

CO-CREATING RUBRICS!

Students help design assessment rubrics online before a project begins

• RubiStar

• Recipes4success

• Teachnology.com

• Kathy Shrock’s Guide for Educators

ASSESSMENTS!

6 sites for creating your own online quizzes. Some online tests are graded for you and the results sent via email.

ProProfs - Create a scored quiz or personality test. MyStudiyo - Make quizzes to put on your website or blog. Really simple multiple-choice assessments for lessons! Yacapaca - Online quiz making service for teachers and students. Mobile Study - Create quizzes for mobile devices. Class Marker - Quiz site designed for giving graded tests. Quiz Star - More advanced quizzing site with full statistics

PODCASTING! (my favorite idea)

WOW idea! Eliminate in-class lectures, use class time for hands-on activities. Use lectures as HW.

OR create study guides, recorded by teacher. Post a link on class website for students to review.

Addressing the digital divide:

no internet? – copy the podcast to a flash device

no computer? – burn podcast to DVD for TV use

Download 34-page how-to booklet

WIKIS!

3 good places to start a wiki:Pbworks.comWikispaces.comGoogle sites

Ideas for the media center: collaborative book reviews or author information; virtual tour of the library; Where in the World is WikiWanda or My Teacher? (geography)

Note from Cheryl: I could have spent hours in the wiktionary Tea Room reading discussions about the format of entries. I love words!

WIKIS, cont’d!

• Wiktionary - Free dictionary that almost anyone can edit • Teampedia.net - team-building activities and icebreakers for groups • Anchoractivities.wikispaces – links to fun educational activities for kids to do

on a laptop computer when their classwork is done • Shareski.wikispaces - links to geography activities using Google Earth• Cooltoolsforschool.wikispaces - easy-to-use interface of index to Web 2.9

websites by type (presentation, drawing, slideshow, audio, etc.)• Webtools4u2use.wikispaces – created by and for Media Specialists! • Web2thatworks.com - links to tools + strategies + curriculum• Math247.pbworks.com - Library of over 500 mathcast projects (with audio) • Educationalnetworking.com – listing of social networking sites for educators • Dictionary.k12opened.com – An open dictionary where kids contribute the

definitions. Can input vocabulary words and their meanings. • EduWiki.us.com – educational sites organized by grade level; class wikis• Doccamsined.wikispaces.com – short list of ideas for using document cameras • Copyrightconfusion.wikispaces.com - Resources by law professors for

teachers • Engagethem.pbworks.com – contains examples of classroom projects using

wikis

ORGANIZE WEBSITES!

• Diigo• Deli.ci.ous• PortaPortal

Websites for teachers:• Freetech4teachers.com includes an ESOL site – “Learn English for

Kids”

COLLABORATE!

Documents:

• Googledocs – we have our Media Specialist handbook done this way

• Etherpad – no sign-in, real-time collaboration

• Scriblink – write-on whiteboard, real-time

SHARE DATA!

• Google docs is a way to share info with others

• Can share data collection on a shared spreadsheet

• Use wufoo.com for shared forms, surveys, and invitations

VIRTUAL STICKY NOTES!

Wallwisher = online bulletin board

Students can post notes on prior knowledge, or what they have learned, or questions, or a critique, …

Wallwisher.com/build

Select image; title and subtitle; create url or leave blank; theme; Done.

GAMES!

• Powerpoint games

• Classroom game templates

• Jeopardylabs.com

Add music from freeplaymusic or soundsnap.com

COMIC STRIPS!

Can also add speech bubbles to photos – a good language arts activity

Places to make comics online:• Pixton • Comiqs • Make Beliefs Comix • Speechable

TALKING CARTOONS!

• Blabberize - Upload a photo and select the mouth.  Then record your voice.

• Voki - Create a talking avatar.

• Xtranormal - Type what you want our characters to say.

• Gizmoz - Upload a photo and then select background and hair.

ONLINE POSTERS!

• Glogster.com – no ink, paper, collaborative. Can add video and hyperlinks

Roving Reporters!

Kids take photos and create quick articles about the day’s events or a special field trip or activity

Examples:• The Daily Planet - Tony Vincent's 5th Grade Roving Reporters from

2003-2004. • Fairbury, NE 6th Grade Roving Reporters • The Daily Blog - 5th graders in California • The Learning Zone Blog - 4th graders in California • Graduate Class Log - Roving reporter articles from Handhelds in

Teaching & Learning. • Also read their individual blogs.• Google Docs - A great place for students to type their article and to

share it with the teacher. 

LET YOUR STUDENTS DECIDE!

Endless choices of end products:

• Create a slideshow in PowerPoint, OpenOffice, Google Docs, or SlideRocket. • Use Word or a graphics program to design a brochure or poster. • Create an interactive game in PowerPoint.• Make a presentation using Prezi. • Tell a story using Microsoft PhotoStory (free for Windows) • Author a comic strip using Comiqs, or Super Action Comic Maker. • Make a movie using MovieMaker.• Create a narrated slide show using PhotoStory or VoiceThread. • Record a radio show using Audacity. • Author a website, blog, or wiki. Places to do this include Google Sites, Blogger,

and PBwiki. • Create a glog, a virtual online poster at Glogster. • Combine voice with an image at Blabberize or StoryBlender. • Draw an animation using Ajax Animator, Xtranormal, or Aniboom.

This is but a brief snapshot in time of a current assortment of

Web 2.0 tools available to educators.

Submitted by Cheryl CorriganNovember 2009

Northwood Elementary Media Specialist