Presentation given by Kay Gormley, School of Education, The Sage Colleges, and Peter McDermott, Pace University, during the 2011 THV Summer Institute, Place & The Digital Native: Using Technology & Social Media to Teach the Hudson Valley

1. Using Web 2.0 Tools to
Enhance Learning and
Engagement
in Teaching the Hudson Valley
Kathleen A. Gormley, PhD
Peter McDermott, PhD
Presentation at Teaching the Hudson Valley Conference, Hyde Park, NY,
July 28, 2011.

2. Who is Kay?
• Associate Professor in Literacy, The Sage Colleges
• Secretary of NYSRA, Co-Chair Digital Literacy Committee
• Teach online, ftf and hybric courses on literacy and digital
literacy
• Sloan-C Certificate in Tools and Techniques of Online
Teaching
• Publications

3. Who is Pete?
• Professor at Pace University
• Vice President, NYSRA; Co-Chair Digital
Literacy Committee
• Teaches courses in secondary literacy and digital
literacy
• Publications

4. Want a copy of materials?
Give Kay your email!

5. Social Bookmarking
• Join Us: NYSRA 2010
• More than Bookmarking
• Sharing
• Tags
• Highlighting
• Identify tools/websites
• Commenting
• Following
• Groups

6. Purpose
• To provide practical
ways to incorporate
the new literacies
when working with
students both in place-
based educational
situations and
classrooms focused on
problem solving.

7. Role of Web 2.0 Tools
• Multimedia world reading
• Social nature (Facebook,
MySpace)
• Open Source
• Easily Used used
• Tools for task, not reverse
• Engaging, motivating students
• Complex reading and writing

8. Literacy: Digital, New,
Multiple
• New Literacies (IRA Position Paper, 2009)
• Collaborative
• Read and write differently
• New Strategies
• Donald Leu and Colleagues
• Handsfield, Dean & Cielocha& Moran

9. Digital Images (jpeg & tiff)
Made with FotoFlexer

10. Obscuring Faces
Also made with FotoFlexer

11. Adding Speech Bubbles

12. Flickriver
• Flickriver www.flickriver.com
• Hyde Park, NY
• FDR Slideshow
Option

13. Slideshow with Existing
Images--Picassa
• Hudson River Slideshow
• Vanderbilt Estate
• The Clearwater
• West Point
http://picasaweb.google.com
Image Source:http://
ny.water.usgs.gov/projects/hdsn/
webgrphx/SUMap.jpeg

14. Slideshow Considerations
• Own photos BEST
• Cautions—children’s images
• Creative Commons
• Attribution
• Textbox with URL
• Citations
• Image inserted with word, then capture with textbox

15. Slideshow Options
• Kizoa
• Photo Peach
• Slidestaxx

16. Photo Peach Slideshow
Example (5 minutes to create)
http://photopeach.com/

17. Presentation Options
Best
• Google Choice
• Slideshare
• Example using topic of Slideshare
• Sliderocket ($)
• PC Review “very good”
• Prezi ($)

18. Virtual Field Trips
• http://www.simplek12.com/virtualfieldtrips
• Ellis Island
• Ground Zero
Ellis Island Image Source: http://
www.ourgenealogy.ca/USA/ellis_island.jpg
Ground Zero Image Source: http://
tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/family-
vacations-ground-zero.htm

19. Multimedia: Glogster
• Uses
• Teacher Presentations
• Student Projects
• Book reviews
• Unit summaries
• General understanding
• Interactive Whiteboard
• Video
• Images
Image Source: https://
• Text
magicineducation.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/
• Voice glogster-com-poster-yourselftext-images-music-and-
video/jbq_bor_rou_sha/

20. Sample Glogs on Hudson
• FDR
• Industrial Revolution
• Henry Hudson

21. Wallwisher, Another Poster
Option
• Allows adding of text, image and video
• Go to URL created for this presentation:
http://www.wallwisher.com/
wall/HudsonRiver

22. Animoto
Animoto Features
• Multimedia
• Fast!
• Integrates photos and music
• Visual effects (transitions and animations)

23. Time Lines
• Dippity
• URL: http://www.dipity.com/ (not on handout—
sorry!)
• Example: West Point
• Can add
• Text
• Image
• Video

24. Step by Step: How To Do
• Tildee
• URL: http://www.tildee.com
• Not on handout—sorry!
• Example from Kay with website creation
• Ideas for use

25. Great way for students to
showcase their learnings
Screencasting (e.g., PPt with narration
and websites).
Helpful for making teaching
videos (e.g., how to,
reviews).
Many free Web 2.0 tools for
screencasting!

26. Jing
(Video and Screencasting)
• Recommend for grades
two through four
• Adding images or
short video to PPt, glogs, etc.
• Screencapture too.
• Time limit = 5 minutes
• Safe

27. • Adding images
or short video to
PPt, glogs, etc.
• Screencapture
too.
Note: stored on screencast-
• Time limit = 15 o-matic website
minutes

28. ScreenFlow 2.1
• New Flash Publish
feature.
Screenflow • 64-bit support for audio
capture.
NOT FREE– about $100 with
educator’s discount
Three steps:
• Automatic saving of
documents.
1) Record
2) Edit (Control + • Captures screen,
one button) microphone, computer
3) Export sound, video camera.
4) Optional--SAVE
in DROPBOX

29. Collaboration
• Key Value of
Web 2.0—
Working
with Others
via Internet

30. VoiceThread
Collaborative tool (no longer free):
1) Video
2) Audio (microphone or phone)
3) Typing
4) Doodle

31. VoiceThread Examples
• Eleanor Roosevelt (elementary group project)
• FDR

32. Questions

33. Contacting Us
Kay: gormlk@sage.edu
Peter: pmcdermott@pace.edu
Thank you!
Hope to see you on Diigo!