LEARN Primary AcademyMay 10, 2010

Agenda

General Overview

Productivity and Collaboration

News and Information

Social Bookmarking and Networking

Other Web 2.0 Tools and Resources

Web 2.0: What is it?

The Machine is Using Us

Productivity and CollaborationGoogle Docs:

Online documents, slideshows, spreadsheets and tools for soliciting feedback

One document, many users and contributors (up to 10 users at the same time)

Wikis: Collaborative site used for sharing documents,

photos, links to Web sites, videos and any other electronic media

Excellent for group projects and sharing information

News & InformationBlogs

A form of online journaling, term derived from “Web Logs”

Bloggers share information/ideas and then allow readers to post comments and provide feedback

RSS Feeds“Really Simple Syndication”- In other words,

subscriptions to news and information (even blogs)Receive regular updates to your favorite sites and news

sources in every way possibleAggregators

A tool used to manage and organize all of the information coming in through RSS feeds

Aggregators allow readers to view multiple points of interest in one customizable space

Social Bookmarking & NetworkingSocial Bookmarking

Internet users store, organize, search, and share bookmarks

Through the use of “tags” users sort their bookmarks so they can be shared with others

Social NetworkingOnline communities set up for connecting with

friends, colleagues and family (think six degrees of Kevin Bacon)

The old adage “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know” has never been more true!

Web 2.0 Greats!Pandora (Online music)

Skype (Instant messaging and video chat)

Animoto (Online slideshow application)

Jogtheweb (Webquest builder)

Picnik (Online photo editing)

Resources to get started…Google Docs (A short video explanation)

Google Docs (Help and tutorials)

Wikis (A short video explanation)

Waystowiki.wikispaces.com (A great place to get started. Created just for teachers!)

Resources (continued)Blogs (A short video explanation)Blogging Resources (Check this out for

classroom examples and an explanation of the various blogging programs)

RSS (A short video explanation)RSS Resources (more videos and ideas for

the classroom)Aggregators to use:

Google ReaderNetvibes

Resources (continued)Social Bookmarking (A short video

explanation)

Social Bookmarking (More ideas and resources to explore)

Social Networking (A short video explanation)

Social Networking (A wiki of educational social networking sites)

http://www.go2web20.net/