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Facilitator
David Brear:dbrear@shaw.ca Blog:
http://onlineworkshops.blogspot.com/
Web 2.0
It is an amazing socialization of the Internet. It is a phrase used to describe a change in the way we use the Internet. We are sharing, collaborating and exchanging ideas in ways that were not dreamed of a few years ago.
(began as a brainstorming exercise, thinking about how students learn, what they need to learn for their future, and how our current educational system fits in.)
Resources for shedding light on Web 2.0 - This page will provide you with
Classroom Applications
Zoho Virtual Office - Online office tool that has developed a wide variety of
integrated online collaboration tools.
Google Docs and Spreadsheets - Google has grouped services that include
photo album, email and calendar. You can create and share projects online and access them from anywhere.
gOffice - provides an online office suite which allows customers to quickly create
documents via a web browser.
Joomla - is an award-winning Content Management System (CMS) that will help Creating ePortfolios with Web 2.0 Tools - Dr. Helen Barett, in 2006,
began exploring the use of Web 2.0 tools, and constructed portfolios using these tools. One advantage of Web 2.0 tools is that many of them are free.
you build websites and other powerful online applications. Best of all, Joomla! is an open source solution that is freely available to everybody.
Backpack - is a simple web-based service that allows you to make pages with to-do lists, notes, files, and images. Chalksite - It's the quickest, simplest route to expanding your
classroom onto the internet.
Web 2.0 service offerings grow day by day. The expectation is that new services will continue to surface and develop into narrow online tools that compliment educational experiences. Young students gravitate to Web 2.0 because it recognizes their individual contributions and it validates the essential need to connect. Some of the sites need to be checked out first before they are used in the classroom.
Source : " Web 2.0 Wave Rolls into Classrooms" by Donald Hawkins, April 2007 Classroom Connect Newsletter, Volume 13, No. 7
Facebook - is a social utility that connects you with the people around you. Friendster - is a leading global social network emphasizing genuine friendships and the discovery
of new people through friends. space. world.
MySpace - An international site that offers email, a forum, communities, videos and weblog Scrapblog - is the best place to share your digital scrapbooks with your friends, family, and the
Blogging4educators wiki - electronic village online 2008 Technology Tools - Deirdres Wiki Web 2.0 Teaching Tools - This site lists Web 2.0 websites and webtools that have
potential for use college and university teaching.
Educational Software - On this wiki you will find resources for different educational
applications, Web 2.0 and digital image and video resources.
EdTechWeb2 - This is the common space for educators to list and share their Web 2.0 ideas
and applications for best practice in K-12 education.
School 2.0 in South Africa - How can Web 2.0 transform teaching and learning ? Classroom Blogging - blogging in the classroom.
eLearning Technology Blog - Tonny Karrers blog on eLearning and Adoption of Web 2.0
and eLearning 2.0 revisited.
Go2Web20.net - the complete Web 2.0 directory. Janes E-Learning Pick of the Day - a daily item of e-learning
interest selected by Jane Hart of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies.
Research Council, Institute for Information Technology, in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada and he specializes in online learning, content syndication, and new media.
headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. Our focus is collaborative art and social media applications.
- is the world's largest community for sharing presentations on the
TokBox - Video chat and video message with friends and family for free.
Voice Thread - is an online media album that can hold essentially any type of
media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish.
References
Web 2.0, New Tools, New Schools - this book provides a
comprehensive overview of the emerging Web 2.0 technologies and their use in the classroom and in professional development.
The Invasion of Web 2.0 - The Internet-based software programs that are
generally referred to as "Web 2.0" may have been perceived, as recently as last Spring, as the latest pet technology of the educational uber-geek or the conference presenter. However, Web 2.0 programs are rapidly becoming tools of choice for a growing body of classroom educators, who are discovering that they provide compelling teaching and learning opportunities.
The Web 2.0 Bubble - Why the social-media revolution will go out with a
whimper, article from The Atlantic.com, April 2007