This document discusses technologies that can enhance teaching and learning, including Web 2.0 and 3.0 tools. It explains why these technologies are needed to engage digital native students and prepare them for their future. Several specific tools are described, including Piclits for creative writing, Toondoos for cartoon creation, Dropbox for file sharing and backup, Google Voice for phone services, the Wayback Machine for archiving web pages, and ADrive for cloud storage. The document emphasizes the importance of teachers developing their own learning networks and discussing technical topics with students.
1. The World Wide Wow: Education 2.0
Technologies That Significantly Enhance
Teaching-Learning
2.
3. Content
1. Why do we need it?
2. What is it? Were it is going?
3. Tools:
1. Piclits/ToonDoos
2. Drop Box
3. Google Voice
4. The way back machine
5. ADrive
6. Other Useful Tools
4. Why do we need it?
Responsibilities as a teacher
– Engaging Today's student
– We have to prepare them for their future not our
past.
– Today's students are digital natives
15. The Future
• Web 1.0 delivered the internet and connected large numbers of
people.
• Web 2.0 demonstrated the technology to assemble and manage
large global crowds with a common interest in social interaction
• Web 3.0 will apply online network concepts to industry, politics,
economic development, climate stability, poverty and democracy.
Web 3.0 online networks allow people to see through the
community or market and facilitate collective matching, learning
and consumption in hours (not months
• Web 4.0 achieves a critical mass of participation in online networks
that deliver global transparency, governance, distribution,
participation, collaboration in key industry, political, social and
other community endeavours
16. Our responsibilities to make the
connection
• Creating your own personnel learning network
• Select 2 – 3 blogs to follow, depending on
your interest.
• Discuss the current technical topics with the
class.
• Start a blog on your website or
blackboard, if you can.
19. Piclits
• PicLits is a great creative writing site that
provides attention-grabbing images and word
banks to use to write a caption for the picture or
to write a short paragraph..
• You do not have to have an account to use the
site; however, to save your work you must
register for an account. An email account is
required to set up an account.
• Finished work can be emailed or the provided
code can be copied
and pasted into a blog or other website.
23. Dropbox Features
File Sync
Dropbox allows you to sync your files online and across your computers automatically.
•2GB of online storage for free, with up to 100GB available to paying customers.
•Sync files of any size or type.
•Sync Windows, Mac and Linux computers.
•Automatically syncs when new files or changes are detected.
•Work on files in your Dropbox even if you're offline. Your changes sync once your computer has an Internet
connection again.
•Dropbox transfers will correctly resume where they left off if the connection drops.
•Efficient sync - only the pieces of a file that changed (not the whole file) are synced. This saves you time.
•Doesn't hog your Internet connection. You can manually set bandwidth limits.
File Sharing
Sharing files is simple and can be done with only a few clicks.
•Shared folders allow several people to collaborate on a set of files.
•You can see other people's changes instantly.
•A "Public" folder that lets you link directly to files in your Dropbox.
•Control who is able to access shared folders (including ability to kick people out and remove the shared
files from their computers).
•Automatically create shareable online photo galleries from folders of photos in your Dropbox.
Online Backup
Dropbox backs up your files online without you having to think about it.
•Automatic backup of your files.
•Undelete files and folders.
•Restore previous versions of your files.
•30 days of undo history, with unlimited undo available as a paid option.
24. Web Access
A copy of your files are stored on Dropbox's secure servers. This lets you access them from any
computer or mobile device.
•Manipulate files as you would on your desktop - add, edit, delete, rename etc.
•Search your entire Dropbox for files.
•A "Recent Events" feed that shows you a summary of activity in your Dropbox.
•Create shared folders and invite people to them.
•Recover previous versions of any file or undelete deleted files.
•View photo galleries created automatically from photos in your Dropbox.
Security & Privacy
Dropbox takes the security and privacy of your files very seriously.
•Shared folders are viewable only by people you invite.
•All transmission of file data and metadata occurs over an encrypted channel (SSL).
•All files stored on Dropbox servers are encrypted (AES-256) and are inaccessible without your account
password.
•Dropbox website and client software have been hardened against attacks from hackers.
•Dropbox employees are not able to view any user's files.
•Online access to your files requires your username and password.
•Public files are only viewable by people who have a link to the file(s). Public folders are not browsable
or searchable.
Mobile Device Access
The free Dropbox application for iPhone, iPad, and Android lets you:
•Access your Dropbox on the go.
•View files from within the application.
•Download files for offline viewing.
•Take photos and videos and sync them to your Dropbox.
•Share links to files in your Dropbox.
•Export your files to other applications.
•Sync downloaded files so they're up-to-date.
A mobile-optimized version of the website is also available for owners of Blackberry phones and other
Internet-capable mobile devices.
25. Google Voice
Teach your phone new tricks
• Google Voice enhances the existing capabilities of your phone, regardless of which phone or carrier
you have - for free. It also gives you:
• Use a single number that rings you anywhere.
• Get transcribed messages delivered to your inbox.
• Free calls & text messages to the U.S. & Canada.
• Super low rates everywhere else.
• Use one number to manage all your phones; your Google Voice number is tied to you, not to a
particular device or location.
• Voicemail like email: Save voicemail messages for as long as you'd like, star important ones, and
search through them
• Voicemail transcription: Voicemail messages will be automatically transcribed to text and sent to
you via email and/or SMS.
• Customize your callers' experience (custom voicemail greetings, decide which of your phones ring
based on who's calling, send some callers straight to voicemail, etc.)
• Define which phones ring, based on who's calling, and even ListenInTM on voicemail before
answering the call. We use smart technology to route your calls. So, if you're already on a Google
Voice call, we'll recognize it and use call waiting to reach you on the phone you're on.
• Works with mobile phones, desk phones, and work phones. There's nothing to download, upload,
or install, and you don't have to make or take calls using a computer.
28. Adrive Basic
• ADrive’s Basic plan offers individual users 50GB of online storage and backup for all
file types including access to our basic service features, all for FREE. With our Basic
plan you will have the essentials to store, backup, share, and edit your documents
online.
• The Basic plan is intended for individual or personal use. Business users can view
our Signature and Premium plans for more security, storage, and access.
• Basic Plan Features:
• Universal Access
• 50GB Storage Capacity (per account)
• File Sharing
• Folder/Directory Upload
• File Download
• Easy Search Tool
• Remote File Transfer
• International Character Support
• Zoho® Editor
29. Other Useful Tools
Evernote
• It’s more than a yellow sticky note.
• It can capture photos, grab screenshots or clip
information from webpages.
• All contents are searchable.
• Works with every computing device out there
(as they claim).
Hinweis der Redaktion
Engaging Today's student- means tapping into what is important to them
Technology allows learners get their information when they want it, how they want it, and wherever they want it.
Visual Learners, multi takers, short attention spans, use technology to express, information analysts, content producers, real time learners- instant messages, text messges.
Students live with technology
How many of you think that educators will get replaced by computers. Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer absolutely deserves to be, because they just do not get it.
This is what an employer is looking for.
Web 2.0 refers the second generation of web design and development that facilitates sharing, interoperability, user-centered design and collaboration of information by internet.
Web 3.0 refers the third generation of internet based services using semantic web, microformats, data mining, natural language search, machine learning, recommendation agents and artificial intelligence technologies that emphasize machine facilitated understanding of information to provide more productive & intuitive user experience.
Web 2.0 led the development and evolution of web-based communities & web applications like sites of social-networking, video sharing, wikis, blogs, etc.In brief, web 2.0 emphasize online information collaboration and sharing among users.
Think about how web 2.0 tools help you become a better teacher
How can you work smarter not harder
How can you feel connected to teachers with similar issues , feelings, worries, struggles
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