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Bring Your Curriculum toLife Using Web 2.0

Dr. Leigh E. ZeitzUniversity of Northern Iowa

Zeitz@uni.eduDrzreflects.com

Web 2.0 is . . .

• Read/Write Web / Participatory• Social• Application Platform• Dynamic

Wikis

http://zeitz.wikispaces.com/Web2.0_Workshopor

http://tinyurl.com/5h246q

TinyURL.com

Dr. Z’s Tipz

Wiki Educational Uses

• Easily create simple websites• Project development with peer review• Group Authoring• Share ideas & resources• Data Collection• Presentations

View Some Examples

Visit our workshop wikihttp://tinyurl.com/5h246q

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Make Your Own Wiki

www.wikispaces.com• Go to K-12 Teacher at screen bottom• Open a Wikispaces account• Watch the tutorials• Begin your wikispace page

Create a 3-Page Wiki

• Select a topic and title the page• Identify how you would use a

“resource page.”• Identify how you would use a “sign-up

page.”• Create a “resource page”• Create a “sign-up page”

Resource Page

• Click Edit button• Title the resource page (Heading 1)• Enter 4 subheadings (Heading 2)• Save your work• Return to edit/enter a resource• Enter a URL as a resource link• Add others if you have time• Save your page

Team Members Page

• Title the team members page• Enter some instructional text• Click the Insert Table icon• Set 3 columns & 4 rows• Enter and bold headings• Align headings• Enter teams and members• Save page

Create Navigation

• Click “Edit Navigation” link• Enter “Home”,”Resources”, & “Team

Members”• Highlight “Home”-click Link icon• “Choose an existing page”• Select Home from drop-down menu• Create links to each page• Save Navigation page

Podcatching& Podcasting

in the Classroom

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Web-BasedAudio Recordings

• Easy to create• Easy to use• Available

24/7/365

Recordings I Have Used

Dr. Larry AndersonNCTP Dr. David Thornburg

TCPD

But . . .

This isn’t Podcasting OR

Podcatching

www.jhfc.duke.edu

What is PodCasting?

Method of distributing multimediafiles, such as audio programs ormusic videos, over the Internet forplayback on mobile devices andpersonal computers. (Wikipedia)

Podcasting is . . .

Narrowcasting

It comes to you thru subscription

It is anytime, anywhere radio foryour pocket.

It has aSubscription Service

Really

Simple

Syndication

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Create a soundor text file

Make it a RSS Feed

RSS RSS RSS RSS

RSS

RSS Feed Readeror Aggregator

Podcatching

Podcatching and iTunes Podcasting

• 5 - 60 minuterecordings.

• Post the recordingsonto a server.

• RSS subscriptionservice.

What do you need to podcast?

• You need a plan What do you want to do? What is the purpose/outcome? How long will this take? How long will it run? What resources do you need? Do you have the support?

What Equipment?

• Computer (or digital recorder)

• Software (Audacity or Garageband)

• Microphone (internal or external)

• Server space (podbean.com)

• Place to post your links (website/blog)

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How Would You

How wouldYOU usePodcasting?

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What is Blogging - Really?

DemocraticPublishingMedium

• By anyone• About anything• Written anytime

Quality Characteristics

• Interactive• Reflective• Clear and Connected• Links to Multiple Sources• Updated Frequently• Read by a Wide Audience• Typically directed by 1 and

responded to by many

Educational Applications

• Class Organization• Communicate with Parents• Student Writing• Organize a Body of Information• Build Classroom Communication• Peer Reactions to Writing• Develop Rousing Discussions• ?????????????????

View Some Examples

View Dr. Z Reflects blogwww.drzreflects.com

Make Your Own Blog

www.blogger.comOpen a Google accountCreate a BlogMake Your First PostingSet the SettingsUpload an ImageMake a LinkBegin to Communicate