This document discusses the use of Web 2.0 tools to engage and educate students. It describes various Web 2.0 tools like blogs, wikis, podcasts and social bookmarking that can be used in classrooms. These tools encourage collaboration, participation and user-generated content. The document also addresses how students today are digital natives who are motivated by technology and how Web 2.0 can support 21st century learning by promoting higher-order thinking skills.

1. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Web 2.0New Web, New Tools, New Schools

2. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department New Web, New Tools, New Schools New World Video Did You Know? Have you ever blogged, podcasted, wikied, shared photos, or commented online? Welcome to the New Web, most often called Web 2.0. It is all about the free new tools such as blogs, wikis, photo and video sharing, and social networking that people are talking about and that many are using already.

3. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0 Application based Isolated Offline Licensed or purchased Single creator Proprietary code Copyrighted content Web based Collaborative Online Free Multiple collaborators Open source Shared content

4. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Web 2.0 Definitions collaboration/participation/collective intelligence safety in numbers personal connections--from words, pictures, video, and audio transparent selves…transparent Web harnessing collective intelligence second generation of services “democratizes” media authentic, peer-to-peer channel of communication open, flexible collaboration collective power community participative Web Web as a platform Web changing from “medium” to “platform” collective judgments user actions provide value architecture of participation human-computer interaction interactive, community-based Internet applications the wisdom of crowds bookmarking >>> social bookmarking authentic, peer-to-peer channel of communication user-generated content amoral data and applications opened to creative use by the public creative amateur is cherished

5. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Students and Learning21st –Century Learners Students are setting trends with their use of technology both in school and out of school. Communication is a key motivator for students and drives their use of technology for learning and for personal use. Students are strong believers in the power of technology to enrich their learning experiences.(NetDay’s Project Tomorrow)

6. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Digital Natives 84% of teens own a computer, cell phone or PDA MySpace: 3rd most popular site in the US behind Google and Yahoo 94% use the Internet for school research; 71% used the Internet as the major source for their most recent major school project or report

7. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Why reach out to your digital natives? Over half of students say technology has had the largest impact on their learning Teachers agree that technology makes lessons more engaging, richer, more timely and more accurate Only 28% of 12th grade high school students believe their schoolwork is meaningful

8. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Students and learning21st –Century Learners Creating Evaluation Bloom’s Taxonomy Evaluating Synthesis Analyzing Analysis Applying Application Comprehension Understanding Knowledge Remembering New Version for 21st Century Learners Old Version

9. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Teachers and LearningProfessional Development Technology Literacy Training Professional Development and new Web 2.0 tools Professional Learning Communities Project-Based Learning

10. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department New tools

11. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Web 2.0 - New tools Tagging and Syndication (RSS – Simple Syndication) Blogs and Wikis Podcasts Social Bookmarking Photo Sharing Photo Editing Video Showcasing Web 2.0 Versions of Desktop Tools Web 2.0 Management Tools Other Web 2.0 tools for Education iTunes U

12. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Web 2.0 - New toolsTagging and Syndication (RSS – Really Simple Syndication) Folksonomies are keywords or “tags that convey meaning about the content Google Reader

13. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Web 2.0 - New toolsBlogs Blog = short for “web log” Easy to read and write Search for posts on your subject: http://www.technorati.com Read top educational blogs: http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs Something for everyone: As of December 2007, Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs Suggested uses for a classroom blog: Post materials/resources Online discussions Class publications Class newsletter Student blogging Sharing lessons Sharing multimedia Replace the need for a website

14. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Web 2.0 - New toolsWikis A wiki is an open, free, constantly updated knowledge base similar to an encyclopedia Described as a “perpetual work in progress” Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org is the best known wiki Ways to use wikis: Encourage free writing and collaboration Debate course topics and readings Share resources, references, writing samples Discuss trends and innovations in instruction Encourage students to add or enhance Wikipedia articles Create lesson plans collaboratively

15. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Web 2.0 - New toolsPodcasts Short, audio or video commentary on a subject Term comes from “iPod + broadcast” Search: iTunes Google: “<your subject> Podcast” You – or your students – create your own! Easy to make! All you need… Computer Microphone Recording software, such as the free program Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net)

16. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Web 2.0 - New toolsSocial Bookmarking

17. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Web 2.0 - New toolsPhoto Sharing and Photo Editing Photo Sharing Search for images, or share images you’ve produced Creative Commons license allows you to use images in noncommercial or properly attributed ways Document an elementary-school field trip, upload the photos and use the slideshow to review what you saw and learned. (Make it publicly available to let others enjoy your experience virtually!) Photo Sharing Websites flickr - Share photoshttp://www.flickr.com/ Photobuckethttp://photobucket.com/ Photo Editing Photo Enhancing software Google’s Picasahttp://picasa.google.com/index.html Apple’s iPhotohttp://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/ Microsoft’s Photo Storywww.microsoftcom/photostory/

18. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Web 2.0 - New toolsVideo Showcasing Google Video, YouTube, TeacherTube Search for videos (lesson enhancement, even professional development!) Produce your own - most modern digital cameras also take video

19. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Web 2.0 - New toolsWeb 2.0 Versions of Desktop Tools Google Apps www.zohowriter.com http://us.ajax13.com/en/ajaxwrite/

20. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Web 2.0 - New tools Web 2.0 Management Tools Other Web 2.0 tools for Education iTunes U

21. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department New Schools What should we expect from new schools? Ideas Collecting educational data Educational Materials The Vision and the reality Professional Development Toward a Smart Future Brainstorming about schools and 2.0 School of tomorrow www.school2-0.org

22. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Online Safety and Security Keeping students and data safe and secure in an online environment Copyright and Intellectual Property www.techlearning.com/hot_topics/copyright.jhtml www.creativecommons.org Security Solutions Acceptable Use Policies Ethical Behavior District Administrative Procedures Code of Student Conduct Parental Involvement http://kids.getnetwise.org/safetyguide

23. Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department Summary Many Web 2.0 tools for education Creates rich, engaging & exciting learning environment Users become information producers, not simply consumers Promotes student-centered learning Educators become more efficient Reference: Web 2.0 new tools, new schools - by Gwen Solomon and Lynne Schrum

24. Let’s Create a Blog Google https://www.blogger.com/start Create an account Name your Blog Choose a template Engage, Empower and Educate our Students for Life in a Digital World. ~DCPS Instructional Technology Department