Engage+Student+Learning+with+Web+2.0

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**//"Most teachers are eager to embrace new technology, as they have seen their students' excitement and motivation increase when they do so" (Pitler, Hubbell, Kuhn and Malenoski, 2007, p. 1).//**

**//"All learners will have engaging and empowering learning experiences both in and out of school that prepare them to be active, creative, knowledgeable, and ethical participants in our globally networked society" (U.S. Department of Education, 2010, p. xvi).//**  //The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) drafted a position statement in 2010 that focuses on the use of technology in classrooms that serve children from Birth though Age Eight.// **//By Kindergarten, children should be://**   **//By Age 8, children should be://** 
 * //Able to explore touch screens//
 * //Navigate Flash-based websites and search engines with a mouse and keyboard//
 * //Be exposed to digital media, ebooks, digital storytelling, and video conferencing//
 * //Able to explore interactive media experiences, beyond drill and practice, on a variety of platforms//
 * //Able to use Web 2.0 Tools for writing, collaboration and play//
 * //Able to use geometry software to learn concepts of shape//
 * //Be proficient at using digital tools including editing software//

//**Featured Web 2.O Tools with Examples: **// Create wall announcements, notes, projects & more: Wallwisher Example (Please click and participate during this session) <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Educational Wiki Site - can be or do nearly anything! Wikis are easy to create websites that can be used to collaborate with others, as a teaching tool, for your teacher website, a school's PTA website or for e-portfolios. <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Instead of always using PowerPoint try using Prezi <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example 2 <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example 3 <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Try these simple poll / quiz creators that allow for varied questions: Google Forms (part of Google Docs) and Survey Monkey <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example of Google Forms (Please click and participate in this FETC 2012 Survey for the Closing Session - App Shoot Out) <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example of Survey Monkey <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Quizlet allows educators to create and share their own Flashcards (ties in with iPad app Flashcardlet*) <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Explore the world of QR codes with a QR reader and create your own with CreateQRCode <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Create word documents, projects & posters, evaluate student writing and more using tools like: Tagxedo -or- Wordle <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example 2 <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Using your photos add a voice & music: Blabberize <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Classroom collaboration is easy with the Bubbl.us brainstorming website <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Interactive Posters in private (public) world: Glogster (for Education) <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Create videos using your pictures and music or free copyright with cool effects: Animoto <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Example <span style="color: #f8883c; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: center;">Please provide your Feedback by completing the session evaluation at:@http://www.edmodo.com/fetcsurvey

**//<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"> "The Internet is like an automobile one hundred years ago. It is still being improved upon" //****//<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"> (Draves, 2007, p. 10). //**



<span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">//**Additional Favorite Web 2.O Tools to use in the Classroom:**// <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Talking Avatars for vocab, sharing concepts, and more. Now includes lesson plans: Voki <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> For a meaningful discussion of images / concepts: Voice Thread <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Lesson plans, videos, quizzes & more: BrainPOP <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Additional Collaboration Tools: Linoit and TypeWithMe and TodaysMeet <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Edit your photographs with effects, fonts, & frames: Picnik Photo Editing <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wix is an easy to use website design software with basic to advanced features <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Collaborate and gain information NOW: Twitter <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Create your own CommonCraft videos to demonstrate complex topics in an easy to follow video demonstration <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Additional free QR code Creator sites include: Delivr and SparqCode (also has App available to scan codes) <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">From the Disney Company - Elementary level students can create their own stories using Kerpoof <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Take a poll with your cell phones: Poll Everywhere

<span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">//**For Additional Web 2.0 Resources and Links:**// <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Education Tricks 'n Treats Educational Blog <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">EducationTnT Training Wiki and Web 2.0 Tools <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Professor Shaw's Training Wiki and Web 2.0 Tools <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher : Hotlist <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Go 2 Web 2.0 Tools and Applications Web 2.0 <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Wiki-Centric Learning from THE Journal <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Web 2.0 Guru Wiki <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Top Web 2.0 Tools from T.H.E. Journal <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">T.H.E. Journal Article Wikis: Pulling It All Together <span style="color: #040440; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Blogs and Wikis and Podcasts! Oh My!

References: Draves, William A. (Ed). (2007). //Advanced teaching online//. River Falls, WI: LERN Books. Pitler, H., E.R. Hubbell, M. Kuhn, & K. Malenoski. (2007). //Using technology with classroom instruction that works.// Denver, CO: McREL. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology. (2010). National Education Technology Plan. //Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology//. Washington, D.C.