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Kim Peacock, B.Ed., M.Ed. University of Alberta Web 2.0 for Research and Information Management

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A Quick Poll Are you willing to shift your thinking about some technology tools in your classrooms? http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_pol ls/LTExOTk0NTIxNzA http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_pol ls/LTExOTk0NTIxNzA

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My Personal Philosophy of PD Inspiration Vs. Perspiration

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Part 1 What Is Web 2.0?

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Web 2.0 Is Here You are probably already using Web 2.0 tools in your day-to-day online life: Facebook Blogs Wikipedia Flickr/Picassa/etc

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What Are Web Applications? Allow you to perform tasks or create objects without software. Often known as Web 2.0 applications. Often have an element of social interaction. Accessible from anywhere. Usually FREE!

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The Web 2.0 Lexicon RSS feeds Tags Folksonomy Mash-Ups Widgets AJAX

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Risks Applications go up and down. Applications get bought out. Web applications sometimes allow students to interact with other people online. Most tools have privacy settings to keep minors safe. Students privacy should be considered. Some tools can be completely private, but others not.

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Risks Applications may create thing that cant leave the confines of the particular web site (e.g./ cant be downloaded to a disc/dvd/etc) Students with computers at home may get to spend more time on projects than students without since its easily accessible.

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A Note On Blocking Some Web 2.0 sites may be blocked at your school you can sometimes get around this. Submit a request to your technology department. Provide a pedagogical justification for the site to be unblocked at your school during a certain period of time. Describe how you will keep students safe.

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Part 2 Web 2.0 for Research and Information Management

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Research Ottobib: Create bibliographic references using ISBN numbers. http://ottobib.com/ http://ottobib.com/ Trailfire: Create a path through the Internet and annotate web pages. http://trailfire.com/ http://trailfire.com/

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Research Snipd: Copy and archive web content. http://snipd.com http://snipd.com Evernote: Collect everything http://www.evernote.com/ http://www.evernote.com/

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Bookmarking Video Google Bookmarks: Non-social bookmarking http://www.google.com/bookmarks http://www.google.com/bookmarks Del.icio.us: Social bookmarking http://del.icio.us http://del.icio.us

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RSS Feeds Google Reader: Subscribe to feeds and write your own notes. http://www.google.com/reader/ http://www.google.com/reader/ Google Alerts: Get emails sent to you on any topic. http://www.google.com/alerts http://www.google.com/alerts

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RSS and Widgets iGoogle: Add widgets to your start page. http://www.igoogle.com http://www.igoogle.com Protopages: Highly customizable widgets. http://www.protopage.com Student Sample: http://www.protopage. com/yzerman19 http://www.protopage.com http://www.protopage. com/yzerman19

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Microblogging Twitter: Whats the point? http://www.twitter.com/ http://www.twitter.com/ PLNs: http://bethstill.edublogs.org/2009 /08/08/looking-for-a-unique-gift-for-an-administrator- give-em-a-pln/ http://bethstill.edublogs.org/2009 /08/08/looking-for-a-unique-gift-for-an-administrator- give-em-a-pln/ http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/ http://wefollow.com/twitter/k12 http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pM_ZE5BS0 SgqDabnhl8Z2aA http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pM_ZE5BS0 SgqDabnhl8Z2aA

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Microblogging Twitter in the classroom? Asynchronous discussion Reading responses Test preparation Current events: http://twitter.com/The_Pub_Debates https://twitter.com/cnn http://twitter.com/The_Pub_Debates https://twitter.com/cnn Scientific research: http://twitter.com/kidscience http://twitter.com/science http://twitter.com/MedUpdates http://twitter.com/kidscience http://twitter.com/science http://twitter.com/MedUpdates

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Mind Mapping Bubbl.us: Collaborative mind mapping http://bubbl.us/edit.php http://bubbl.us/edit.php Gliffy: Collaborative mind mapping http://www.gliffy.com http://www.gliffy.com Mindmeister: Collaborative Mind Mapping http://www.mind meister.com/ http://www.mind meister.com/ Mindomo: Software interactive mind mapping http://mindomo.com/ http://mindomo.com/

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Mind Mapping Exploratree: Thinking Guides http://www.exploratree.org.uk/ http://www.exploratree.org.uk/ Text2MindMap: For students who prefer text. http://www.text2mindmap.com/ http://www.text2mindmap.com/ Mappio: Large online archive of mind maps. http://mappio.com/ http://mappio.com/

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Social Networking MyNoteIt: Collaborative classroom notes http://www.mynoteit.com/ http://www.mynoteit.com/ Ning: Create a closed social network for your class. http://www.ning.com http://www.ning.com

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Notebooks Zoho Notebook: Multimedia texts incorporating images, video, text, sound and more. http://notebook.zoho.com/ http://notebook.zoho.com/ Google Docs: http://docs.google.com/ http://docs.google.com/

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Web Spaces Google Sites: More in depth http://sites.google.com/ Sample: http://sites.google.com/a/ googleclassrooms.org/ mrs-richau/Home http://sites.google.com/ http://sites.google.com/a/ googleclassrooms.org/ mrs-richau/Home ThinkQuest: Online Learning Projects http://www.thinkquest.org/en/projects/ index.html http://www.thinkquest.org/en/projects/ index.html

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Web Spaces Other free web page apps http://www.wix.com/ http://www.weebly.com/ http://www.jimdo.com/ http://www.synthasite.com/ http://www.wix.com/ http://www.weebly.com/ http://www.jimdo.com/ http://www.synthasite.com/

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Thank You! kim.peacock@ualberta.ca http://www.protopage.com/web2point0forteachers/