WEB 2.0 TOOLS IN THE CLASSROOM

A course for teachersGerald Ardito

Fall 2007

What are we up to?

Be able to use Web 2.0 tools to empower learning in our classrooms.

What are Web 2.0 tools?Web 2.0 refers to a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services — such as social-networking sites, wikis and folksonomies — which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users1.

1from Wikipedia

Why do this?

All of these tools are about giving students a voice.

It’s all about authorship

Let’s look at some tools...

BlogsAn interactive, multimedia journal - instant publishing

WikisEasy to edit websites; easy to collaborate

PodcastsAudio or video recordings; available by subscription

FlickrPhoto sharing.

You TubeSharing videos

Teacher TubeVideos by teachers

Google DocsOffice tools, allowing collaboration

Zoho ToolsMore collaboration tools

Voice Threads

Ustream.tvLive personal video broadcasting

GliffyMind-mapping tool

StikkitOnline sticky notes

Where do we go from here?