Presentation+Notes

=**Outline**=

Topic Introduction

 * What is the most powerful learning/teaching tool or strategy?
 * What is Web 2.0? What is Learning 2.0?
 * Definition:
 * A set of
 * ideas,
 * tools,
 * and activities
 * that promote interaction, content synthesis, and relevancy.
 * Related Term: Read/Write Web
 * Why Web 2.0?
 * Show Video Clip
 * Discuss
 * Essential Questions
 * What is Web 2.0?
 * Why is it important to teaching?
 * What are some of the Web 2.0 tools?
 * How do I use them?
 * What are some "real-classroom" applications for them?
 * Philosophy
 * Interaction
 * Sharing
 * Constructivist
 * Experiential
 * Real, Rich, Relevant
 * Make it Meaningful
 * Take it Global


 * Web 2.0 Tools
 * Google!
 * Calendar
 * Reader
 * Custom Search Engine
 * RSS
 * Blogging
 * Wikis
 * Podcasting
 * Gliffy - Online Diagramming
 * Social Networking Tools
 * Many, many other tools


 * Emphasis
 * It's Not about the Tools!
 * Let the Students do it!
 * Relevance

Google

 * Create an account
 * How do you use Google? How can my students use it?
 * Without an account
 * With an account
 * **Custom Search Engine** (No account required - students)
 * Adding Sites to my search engine
 * How would I use this?
 * **Google Docs and Spreadsheets** (account required)
 * Real-time Collaboration
 * Explore Google
 * **Google Books**
 * **Google News** (more on this later)
 * **Google Calendar**
 * **Google Reader** (more on this later)

Blogs & Podcasting

 * Why use them?
 * Reflection
 * Interaction
 * Discussion
 * Relevance
 * Examples
 * Weekly Classroom Podcast - Perfect for Elementary Classrooms
 * Topic Specific Blog - i.e. [|ClassAct Portal]
 * Virtual Classroom Blog
 * Google Blogger
 * Resources
 * [|Will Richardson's Blog]
 * [|The Education Podcast Network]
 * [|David Warlick's Connect Learning Blog/Podcast]

Wikis

 * What are they?
 * Why use them in education?
 * How?
 * Wikispaces.com
 * Free wikis to educators
 * Virtual Classroom
 * Example Uses
 * [|Branching Activities]
 * Spelling/Vocabulary
 * Other Examples
 * [|More Examples]
 * Class WebPage
 * [|A beginning Wiki Project]
 * A excellent example of Wiki use in an English Class

del.icio.us & RSS

 * What are they?
 * [|del.icio.us] - Social "bookmarking" - making it easy to share bookmarks
 * RSS - information delivered to you - Almost like Tivo for the Web
 * Why use them?
 * How?
 * del.icio.us - Free sign up - Get the bookmarklets
 * RSS Reader - bloglines.com
 * Examples Uses
 * Google news feed
 * Project URLs page
 * Go to Google Reader & setup an account

Honorable Mentions

 * [|Gliffy]
 * [|Slideshare]

Conclusions

 * Virtual Classroom helps bring it all together
 * Learning 2.0 is:
 * contextual
 * ideal for project-based learning
 * promotes interaction

Take one idea, one tool (whatever it may) and give it try in the classroom
If you really don't know how to begin, use this [|article] to begin your own Web/Learning 2.0 journey and as you do so reflect how the same cool new things can impact the learning process for your students.