Workshop
- 1. Free & Easy Cool Social Networking Tools for the Classroom Beth & MaryAnn July 10, 2007 Teacher Center of Broome County
- 2. Agenda: Present a number of free, easy to use tools and their applications for education Demonstrate each example Allow time at the end for practice, experimentation and play
- 3. What is the Web 2.0? How does it differ? Read / Write web Culture of participation Collaboration is the key
- 4. Some Web 2.0 Examples: Blogging and vlogging RSS feeds and aggregators Podcasting Wikis VOIP - Skype Social Bookmarking – Calendar sharing Photoblogs - Flickr Folksonomy – “Tagging”
- 5. What is Social Bookmarking? Real power of Read/Write Web (Richardson) Store and share – collaborative process 10 billion pages of info on Web Becomes more difficult to locate info More types of info available Can retrieve favorites from any computer with Internet access
- 6. What is a Folksonomy? Tagging New taxonomy – replace librarians?? Better than indexing – users make own tags – common language Flexible and dynamic – not static Used with websites, documents, photos, presentations, videos
- 7. Why Social Bookmarking? Save favorites easily Share with others – either public or private Share others’ bookmarks Locate by topic or user Access to limitless number of links and photos similar to your favorites Sites, books, music, photos, movies
- 8. Where do I find Social Bookmarks? Furl.net Saves snapshot of page Archives page! Can sort into topic folders Locate other users with common interests Subscribe to other users’ Furl folder! Use RSS or email to subscribe
- 9. Where can I find Social Bookmarks? Del. ici . ous Saves links, not content Simpler than Furl Tag is most important – comments not searchable Can link to tags – del.icio.us/tag/yourtag No email required to register
- 10. Where else can I find Social Bookmarks? 43Things.com Jots.com – Furl and Del.icio.us cloned Can set up private groups ScuttlEDU – connection problems BuddyMarks De. lirio .us Shelfari LibraryThing Reader 2 Last.fm – music tagging Technorati BlinkList Multipost Bookmarklet Tool
- 11. How do I use Social Bookmarks? Assign readings Track student research Build database with students Share with colleagues Research with other schools Send interesting links through RSS feeds Professional development
- 12. Social Bookmarking – Further reading Social BookMarking Faceoff – comparison (2006) Education World - Sites to see
- 13. What is a blog? “ A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order.” Wikipedia
- 14. Why Blog? Staff development Student engagement Audience Comments and feedback Keep families informed Connect with the world
- 15. Where can I create a blog? Google blogspot Think.com Wordpress Squarespace
- 19. How to set up and personalize your blog
- 20. What is a WiKi A wiki is an online collaboration tool that allows multiple users to edit and view changes quickly.Wiki Wiki means = Quickly in Hawaiian
- 21. Why Wiki? Collaboration OM Teams Grant Writing Reports Vocabulary Link Lists Literature Circles KWL’s
- 22. Where can I Wiki?
- 23. What is a podcast? (i POD broad CAST ) An audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player or computer. The "pod" in podcast was coined from "iPod," the predominant portable, digital music player, and although podcasts are mostly verbal, they may contain music. TechWeb
- 24. Why Podcast? Audience Review Reports Interviews Homework Help Class make-ups
- 25. Podcasting Needs Computer Microphone Software – Audacity is free and works well Someplace to put your podcast on the web
- 26. Why Skype? Connect your classroom with the world
- 27. What is Photo Sharing? PhotoBlogging Uses tags to sort and share Discuss and comment Send photos to aggregator, Weblog or Webpage
- 28. Where can Photo Share? Flickr .com Free up to 20MB – 100 images/month Need valid email Can restrict access Easy to upload – w/wo email Add notes to parts of images ! Create albums Create slide shows More current than media
- 29. GeoBloggers – combines Flickr and Google Maps Great Flickr Tools Collection FlickrReplacr Bookmarklet
- 30. How can I use PhotoSharing? Find images to supplement lessons Annotate historical photos uploaded from other sources Photo “field trips” Writing prompts ( Flicktion ) Illustrate digital stories or poetry (“Chicago”, Sandburg) “ Remix” using Paint or photoediting tools Leave annotations blank as test Share field trip and class activity photos with parents Share discussions about photos – subscribe to RSS feed
- 31. What is RSS? Really Simple Syndication Uses Aggregator to tame avalanche of information Like using Netflix vs going to video store “ subscribe” to feeds from blogs, wikis, podcasts,Flickr, del.icio.us, news sources, stores……
- 32. Where can I find RSS feeds? Bloglines feedreader GoogleReader NewsGator My Yahoo
- 33. Can I read more about RSS? AWESOME simple video explaining RSS and how to start! 50+ Ideas for Teachers – with written instructions
- 34. How can I use RSS in the classroom? Monitor student blogs Monitor news, weather, sports Professional development Website searches Del.icio.us Keep research up-to-the-minute
- 35. What are some Future Tools on the Web? Personally-tailored news stories delivered instantly – No more news services Personal shopping – Amazon suggests purchases according to prior choices Second Life – virtual interaction Education through interactive gaming?
- 36. In case you want more…. WebWare Top 100 sites Go2Web2.0 Slideshare
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