Don't+Be+Afraid+of+Web+2.0

=**Don't be afraid...**=

It's here and it's growing fast...faster than fast...its wild... its out of control...

Web 2.0 technologies are coming to a school near you.

What's it all about? I've been tinkering with all of these technologies since the spring when I took a "podcasting in education" class. These new technologies allow teachers, students, and anyone else to communicate and collaborate with each other toward a common goal. The internet is no longer just a place to retrieve information or order your favorite book. Now eveyone can contribute. The information that is available to us and our students is increasing exponentially. New technologies seem to popping up every day. Just when I get comfortable with one technology I'm introduced to another.

It's confusing, and exciting.

So...where do you start? Try this presentation which I created for the Beaver County Regional Library Group. It's geared toward libraries, but it will provide you with a basic overview.



It may be better to save this file rather than opening it. When you click on the external links your back button will not take you back to the the previous slide, you end up at this page instead. Please let me know if you experience any other problems.

toc = = =Taming Web 2.0 (AKA the Read/Write Web)=

The cool thing about a lot of these technologies is that they foster the skills that we are trying to teach in the schools, but the technology make the tasks..well... much cooler! Reading, writing, presentation skills, arts, critical and creative thinking, the lists go on and on. Every time I read a blog or a wiki, I can't help thinking how these technologies make preparing for standardized tests a lot more interesting. And you know... many of our students are already using this stuff!

Check out these new tools, nicely review by Alan Levine.

Blogs

 * [|Edublogs awards] Want to see how real educators are using blogs in their classrooms? Visit the edublogs awards site.

Wikis

 * k12wiki- This is a wiki project that I worked on in early fall as part of the k12 online conference. My contributions come on wiki #10 Technology. (We just happened to win the "Best of Conference" award.) What's really interesting is that we created this wiki in a span of about 4 days. I personally knew absolutely nothing about the topic and most of my group members were in the same boat.
 * Beaver Regional Group-
 * BCASL

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=Barriers to Web 2.0=

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