Exploring Web 2.0

Web 2.0 – What is it? Why should I care? How can I use it?

by Jerry Fort (Summer Mace 2008) http://www.cchs.ccsd.k12.co.us/teacher-resources/index.html

Videos of interest

• thewebisus.mov or thewebisusingus
• airplane.mpg (video)
• injuredbad.mov
• National Geographic podcasts (excellent video quality) — example: Polar Bears, Tornadoes, Insect Candy, Lizard Wrestling
• video – stuck on escalator (and not taking initiative to get off)

Web 2.0

• read/write web
• tag cloud – web 2.0

Web 2.0 sites

• Digg
• Wikipedia
• YouTube
• Citizendium
• Wikispaces, pbwiki
  • http://www.budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_page (individual wiki)
  • http://trailfirstpeopletechers.wikispaces.com (collaborative wiki)
• Maps
  • Google maps / Google earth
  • http:/labs.reuters.com/newsmaps — interactive live map of current news stories
  • Flickr Maps — get photos based on location
  • http://www.epodunk.com/top10/diaspora — where people went after Katrina
• Blogs
  • Journal format
  • Chronologically arranged
  • Usually one person’s writings
  • Technorati – search engine for blogs
  • Business — http://businessweek.com/technology/byteoftheaple/blog/
  • New York Post Blog
  • Gateway Pundit — politically oriented blog (gatewaypundit.blogspot.com)
  • Big Lead – sports blog
  • Teacher Magazine Blogboard — http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/blogboard
  • Gawker — culture
  • Daily Kos
  • Official Google Blog http://googleblog.blogspot.coom
• Social Networks (go to Wikipedia to see list of ones available)
  • classroom 2.0 — for teachers
  • linkedin – business social network
  • facebook
  • my.9rules
  • ning – lets you create a social network
  • xanga
  • classmates.com
  • humblevoice
  • friendster
  • myyearbook
• Video
  • Google Video
  • YouTube
  • University videos
  • Admission videos
  • Brightcove
  • Zippy Video
  • Flixya
  • Jumpcut
  • Eyespot
  • Crackle
  • Flixya
  • Vimeo
  • Photobucket
  • TeacherTube
  • zamzar.com — submit video url / get downloadable video
  • Real Player – latest version will let you download YouTube videos also
• Beyond Video
  • hulu — full length tv shows and movies
  • Joost
  • veoh — network tv / documentaries
  • free internet tv — more international flavor
  • Photos
• Photos
  • Picassa
  • Photobucket
  • Webshots
  • Bubbleshare
  • KodakGallery
  • Flickr
  • Shutterfly
  • SnapFish
  • KoffeePhoto
• Online Apps
  • Zoho — Projects, Meeting, Invoice, Creator, DB & Reports, People, Business, Wiki, Planner, Chat, Writer, Sheet, Show, Notebook
  • Google Apps
  • Gliffy — Flowcharting, diagrams
  • Mindomo — free tool like Inspiration
  • Office Live Workspace (must own MS Office – possibly 2003 or greater)
• Podcasting
  • Podcast.net
  • Podcasting news
  • Podcasting tools
  • Podscope (search engine for podcasting)
• Communication
  • Yahoo! Messenger
  • Skype — chat / transfer files / video
  • Jabber.org
  • Aim.com
  • ICQ
  • iChat – 4 way video allowed
  • Google Talk
• Social Bookmarking
  • Digg
  • Del.icio.us
  • reddit
  • blinklist
  • StumbleUpon
  • furl
  • spurl.net
• Rss
  • Bloglines
  • iGoogle
  • Google Reader
  • Netvibes
  • Pageflakes
  • Top 100 Most-subscribed to RSS Feeds (http://radio.xmlstoragesystem.com/rcsPublic/rssHotlist)
• Tags (tagCloud – visual of what site is about)
  • http://www.tagcloud.com
  • http://tagcrowd.com
  • http://www.petefreitag.com/item/396.cfm
  • http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/11/07/tag-clouds-gallery-examples-and-good-practices
  • http://chir.ag/phernalia/preztags
  • presidential speeches site — http://chir.ag/phernalia/preztags — creates tag cloud from presidential speeches — current thru historical
• Second Life

What Makes a Web 2.0 Site

interactive feature

http://www.go2web20.net

http://web2.ajaxprojects.com

http://www.webware.com/heml/ww/2007.html

http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0

http://web2magazine.blogspot.com/2007/01/thanks-for-web-2.html

Web 2.0 Ideas for the Classroom

Physics Phun

Amusement Park Physics - Design your own roller coaster and then see how it rates for both safety and fun. This is just one of the Interactives available on the site

Fear of Physics - Interactive visual simulations

Football Physics - Featuring videos by Dr. Tim Gay that are produced for showing during the University of Nebraska’s football games.

Ippex Online– Interactive Shockwave physics modules covering matter, electricity and magnetism, energy and fusion. User may also operate a virtual Tokamak

Java Applets on Physics: Waltr Fendt - Physics demonstrations

Little Shop of Physics - Experiments and computer simulations

MIT Classical Mechanics- Features video demonstrations by Prof. Walter Lewin. These videos are part of Watch MIT- on-line video of courses taught at MIT

Newton’s Laws of Motion – includes graphical animation of Newton’s laws

Physclips - Animations and video clips

Physics Applets - Virtual laboratory

Physics Science Gizmos- Variety of Shockwave demonstrations covering a variety of physics concepts. Gizmos available for math and science grades 6 to college

Physics Demonstration Videos

Physics of Sports - Discussion of physics behind various sports

Physics World Teaching Resources - Virtual Physics Laboratory

Skateboard Science: Mid-Air Maneuvers - Physics behind skateboarding maneuvers on Skateboard Exploratoreum

Speedlinking

Discovery Education Webinar Archives — Includes tutorial (scroll towards bottom) on how to use Movie Maker and Discovery Education’s (United Streaming) videos to create a personalized movie.

2007 Awards of Excellence – Reviews of software programs and web sites that received recognition for their excellence in incorporating 21st century skills in the classroom.

Digital Photography Contest — Although this information is for the 2007 contest, this would be a good contest for art or journalism students to enter. View the 2007 winners for ideas

Study Curve — Social Networking site for homework help.

Cyberbullying Articles

• Terror in the Classroom: What Can Be Done – Part 1
• Terror in the Classroom: What Can Be Done – Part 2
• Terror in the Classroom: What Can Be Done – Part 3
• Terror in the Classroom: What Can Be Done – Part 4

Livening Up Foreign Language – Tips on using Internet audio, videoconferencing, Flickr and other resources

Rubistar – Need to create a grading rubric? Rubistar provides the ability to quickly create a rubric using one of their rubric templates. Curriculum areas covered include science, research and writing, music, and multimedia.

Integrating YouTube Video segments into curriculum – With YouTube blocked for students, they cannot view educationally appropriate videos directly from YouTube’s site. However, teachers can make these same videos accessible to students by embedding (copying/pasting) the link in a blog, wiki, Moodle class, or powerpoint posted on the web.

RSVP Technology – Tool to improve reading by displaying text briefly, in sequential order, using a small amount of space. For those wanting to experiment with this technology, there is a free plug-in to Firefox that can be installed.

Need for Right Brain Skills – The book, A Whole Mind: Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, argues that right-brain skills – particularly creativity – are the skills that will be the skills needed by employers in the future. The author, Daniel Pink, has an online presentation at Discovery Education’s Webinar archives.

Getting Certified — Certiport offers Microsoft and Adobe tests to become certified users of their software.

Ramping Up Reading – 14 tips on how to use technology to improve reading comprehension

CITEd – Center for Implementing Technology in Education – wide variety of links to lesson plans, tutorials and other resources

Free Webinars on technology related topics – sponsored by Don Johnston, Inc.

Resources for Science Learning – Including Franklin Institute’s History of Science and Technology site

Battle Lines: Letters from America’s Wars — Featuring letters written home during over 200 years of American history

Library of Congress on Flickr — Over 3000 original photos from the 1910s and the 1930s

Mind Meister — Free online mind mapping tool that allows for collaboration. (requires user to create an ID; premium service has more features)