Web 2.0 Technologies and sharing electronically in Your class
Librarians, media specialists, and teachers in our days share many ideas about Web 2.0 technologies or Read/Write Web. To master skills in these technologies is important for WBAIS teachers as we approach a new school year, the year of one-to-one laptop program. Blogs, wikis, and social networking allow users to collaborate, share, and co-construct multimedia documents and websites. Students can produce their own documents and receive feedback from their peers. Using web 2.0 technologies in the classroom forces students to expand their problem solving skills because they are required to evaluate information they find online (Lori Langer de Ramirez. “Taking Class Online”. Language Magazine November 2008, 24-27).
Librarians, media specialists, and teachers in our days share many ideas about Web 2.0 technologies or Read/Write Web. To master skills in these technologies is important for WBAIS teachers as we approach a new school year, the year of one-to-one laptop program. Blogs, wikis, and social networking allow users to collaborate, share, and co-construct multimedia documents and websites. Students can produce their own documents and receive feedback from their peers. Using web 2.0 technologies in the classroom forces students to expand their problem solving skills because they are required to evaluate information they find online (Lori Langer de Ramirez. “Taking Class Online”. Language Magazine November 2008, 24-27).
To see how teachers use Web2.0 technologies in their classroom, try Classroom 2.0 (http://www.classroom20.com/).
Blogs can be used as online journals, online literature conversations, and portfolios. We all are familiar with blogs and know that besides text, it is possible to upload there your photos and audio or video files. Try Blogger (http://www.blogger.com/) or ClassChatter (http://www.classchatter.com/).
Librarians and the Tech Department can help you set up a blog in Blackbox . Just let us know!
Podcasts or audio files that you can access through the Internet can be tried in iTunes (www.apple.com/education/itunesu/).
Avatar Creation Cites: An avatar is a digital representation of you. You can design your own avatar to look just like you, or you can take on the persona of a famous celebrity, an animal, or historical figure! Avatar sites often allow users to record their own voice and to send messages to others using the avatar persona. Try Voki (http://www.voki.com/)
VoiceThread (http://www.voicethread.com/) allows users to upload images, documents, and videos to an online album. This site allows for group conversations to take place using materials stored in the user’s album.
Wikis allow users to edit, delete, or change content of the web. It allows users to collaborate, co-author, or edit information. It can also be used as an easy-to-edit webpage. Students can insert audio, video, and images. They can co-author articles and essays, do peer editing of projects and reports, and communicate their ideas to a wider audience. Try WikiSpace (http://www.wikispaces.com/) or PBWiki (http://www.pbwiki.com/). You can set up a wiki in Blackbox. If you want to do it, let Librarians or Tech Department know, and we will help you to set it up.
Video Sharing Sites like YouTube and TeacherTube (http://www.teachertube.com/) house collection of videos. Registered users can upload videos of their own .
Creating Comics and Cartoons combine words and pictures. Children enjoy reading and sharing them. ReadWriteThink.org site provides ideas of how they can be used in the class. Check their website at http://www.readwritethink.org/beyondtheclassroom/summer/grades3_5/Comics/
As you know, the Library is getting ready for the Library Technology Week. You can try some of the activities listed above to support the event. See some examples at ReadWriteThink.org:
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=236 or
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=223
(Grades 3-5)
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=207 (Grades 9-12)
eBooks as online accessible stories like traditional books represent text and illustration. It is easy to work with eBooks and highlight of underline text passages and vocabulary words, changing font size and page format, selecting books and create a bookshelf for your students.
In eLibrary Questia, books can be selected by a Lexile level (check the Library Web page for username and password to access Questia).
The library has subscribed to a trial for BookFlix – a collection of paired fiction and non-fiction books. Low elementary students can listen to books, enjoy animation, and read them along. Try http://bkflix.grolier.com/ User name bookflix, password class valid until December 15, 2008.
Educational links:
You Are Here: The FTC Goes Shopping - This free site uses interactive games and activities to teach kids aged 8-12 key consumer concepts, as well as the role of the FTC in American commerce. Teachers can use the site in classroom activities related to consumer economics, government, social studies, history, language arts, and other related topics.
Free Reading Games:
http://pbskids.org/read/
PBS KIDS IslandThis site provides free reading games and activities for children, parents, caregivers and teachers to use at home or in the classroom.
Don't forget to check
Teacher Resources Page http://wbais.org/~aislibrary/New_Library_Page/library.php?id=486 to see professional links to special free collections online and professional sites.
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