web 2.0 a whole new level of connectedness pascd conference hershey, pa november 23, 2009
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Using Wikis to Make Connections: Teachers to Students –Jay D’Ambrosio – 8 th Grade American History: libertyswiki - home –Joan Son – High School Math sonmath – PreCalculus Locally among students in a district –Erin Prosser’s 4 th Grade Ducks: poffschool - home - Discussion - DUCK PROJECT –Science & English Connection: evolutionintheclassroom09 - homeTRANSCRIPT
Web 2.0A Whole New Level of Connectedness
PASCD ConferenceHershey, PA
November 23, 2009
Did you Know? 2.0
All students deserve interesting and engaging learning
experiences that require high-level thinking.
Using Wikis to Make Connections:
• Teachers to Students– Jay D’Ambrosio – 8th Grade American History:
• libertyswiki - home– Joan Son – High School Math
• sonmath – PreCalculus
• Locally among students in a district– Erin Prosser’s 4th Grade Ducks:• poffschool - home - Discussion - DUCK PROJECT– Science & English Connection: • evolutionintheclassroom09 - home
Using Wikis to Make Connections:
• Nationally among students in different districts reading the same novel.– Kelly Emmett's Blog
Applications of Google Earth
• Google Earth Gadgets–Rome 320 AD–Alaska Field Trip–Climate Change Tours–3D Tour of American Baseball Stadiums
Timetoast – Timeline Creation and Exploration
• Walt Disney• The First 100 Days of Barack Obama's Presidency• Babe Ruth• Elvis• Make Our Own Timeline
Other Web 2.0 Tools
• Glogster – http://edu.glogster.com/• Wordle - http://www.wordle.net/• Visual Thesaurus - http://www.visualthesaurus.com/• Wolfram Alpha – www.wolframalpha.com• National Library of Math Manipulatives -
http://nlvm.usu.edu/
Glogster
• http://lollyb213.edu.glogster.com/glog-9813/
Vis
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Podcasts and Vodcasts
• http://www.mypodcast.com/index.html
• http://htsdwebresources.wikispaces.com/
• www.gcast.com• http://voicethread.com
• rakersmath - Vodcast
Interactive Video Conferencing
• G-20 Summit– Students from all over the country participated in the
Student G-20 Summit hosted at Fox Chapel. In addition to listening to dignitaries share the concerns they wanted the Summit to address, Hampton students were linked to students in the Republic of Georgia to have conversations about global concerns.
Mitzi Emblidge’s First Graders
Photo Story: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx
Dewey Decimal SystemMrs. G’s Section
Curriculum 21
• The Website: http://www.curriculum21.com/
• The Book: http://www.curriculum21.com/index.php?path=/home/book
Clayton Christianson
• Clayton Christensen discusses his model of disruptive innovation and its application to the field of education.
• Disruptive Innovation and the Way We Learn• NPR – Presentation• http://forum-network.org/lecture/disruptive-innovation-and-way-we-learn
Resources:
• http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
Laurie HeinricherCurriculum Director
Hampton Township School [email protected]
412-492-6393