Post on 12-May-2015
Transforming the Secondary Classroom
with Web 2.0 Tools
Stephen C. VelizSwift Creek Middle SchoolTallahassee, FL
Florida Educational Technology Conference2012
http://todaysmeet.com/fetcweb20
Great Back Channel Tool
Put absent students back in your class
The Basics
What do we mean by Web 2.0?
Web 1.0 Web 2.0
Put your head in the CLOUDS
Classroom 1.0 Classroom 2.0
Content Consumers Content Producers
It's not about the Technology.
It's about the Content!
The Basics
Why should we use Web 2.0 tools
with our students?
A Vision of K12 Students TodayClick Here
No generation in history has ever been so thoroughly prepared for the industrial age.
David Warlick
http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/?p=298 dangerouslyirrelevant.org
Why Web 2.0?
Motivate Students
Why Web 2.0?
Easy to Monitor
Why Web 2.0?
Students Create Content
Why Web 2.0?
Encourages Participation
Why Web 2.0?
Open Lines of Communication
In 2011, is it possible to be a good teacher and not integrate these tools into your teaching?
Getting Started
We can't meet students there,
unless we get there ourselves.
The Power of the PLN
Please do not add yourown soundtrack!
Click Here
Click Here
How do you connect with your PLN?
Get Started: Follow me, and so on, and so on . . .
Start Slow, but Be a Joiner
Establishing an Online Presence“The Digital Footprint”
➔ Teacher Website
➔ Blogging
➔ Micro-Blogging
➔ Social Networking
➔ Social Bookmarking
➔ Social Media
Do you have a “home” online?
… and many more!!
The Case for Google Apps
Google Forms● Have a Gmail account? If so, you’re in.
● Google Docs – A great, cloud-based MS Office alternative.
● Student Info, Assessments, and . . .
Now for a few tools . . .
DropitTome
Livebinder
Share
Social Bookmarking in Plain English
Content CreationNow on to the Kids!!
Encourages Higher-Level Thinking
What about Digital Storytelling?
● Which program will you use?– PC – PhotoStory 3 for Windows– Mac – iMovie
● Works across the curriculum● Replaces those tired PowerPoint projects
A Word On Tools and Money
● Microphones– Go Cheap
● Digital Cameras– Point and Click
● Video Cameras● Digital Wish
Need additional help?Just contact me:
stephenveliz@gmail.com
http://stephenveliz.wikispaces.com/
Blogging @ www.StephenVeliz.com
On Twitter - @stephenveliz