Teaching+Web+2.0


 * Love the title for the course! We need to start refining this to submit to Paul.**

Nov. 6 From 3:45- 6:15 or no class on the 6th and 2.5 hours of h.w. (this is my preference) || Lisa || Web 2.0 applications allow you to interact with the Internet in a whole new way. Come join the class and learn how to personalize the Internet to suit your needs as an educator, as well as enhance your daily life. Blogs, wikis and podcasts are three Web 2.0 interactive technologies that are transforming the way our students communicate. Learn about these applications and many more in this introductory class. Participants will be introduced to dozens of Web 2.0 applications, signing up and participating in quite a few of them, become knowledgeable about the latest terminology and usage of the Internet, and learn the benefits of Web 2.0 apps for your students. This class is appropriate for all staff, K-12. No prior knowledge is necessary for this introductory class. ||
 * COURSE DATES/HOURS/LOCATION || INSTRUCTOR(S)/ENROLLMENT INFO || COURSE DESCRIPTION ||
 * Intro to Web 2.0 - Oct 2,9,16,23,30,


 * Web 2.0 puts the WE in WEB.**

Are the words, "Wikis, Blogs and Podcasting" foreign to you? Blogs, wikis and podcasts are three interactive technologies that are transforming the way our students communicate. By attending our course, we'll help you to become more familiar with these tools. Let us open your eyes to the possibilities of 21st century teaching and learning.
 * Course Description:**

Here is my tentative outline for the web 2.0 course I proposed to Paul: (3 credits) Focus Areas/Objectives:** Participants will become familiar with Web 2.0 technologies and social networking and how they are being incorporated into teaching and learning by educators at all levels and within all disciplines. Participants will access and create weblogs (blogs), consume and publish blog feeds using really simple syndication (RSS), subscribe to an RSS aggregator. Participants will set up a del.icio.us bookmark account. After learning how to use the technology, participants will discuss and document potential instructional uses of blogs and social networking within their instructional disciplines.
 * COURSE 1

Participants will create a blog, publish a minimum of five blog entries, make blog RSS feed available and consume RSS feeds of other class participants. Participants will read blogs published by other educators and describe how these blogs support classroom instruction. Participants will identify potential uses of blogs within their disciplines. Participants will set up an account on del.icio.us and explore other del.icio.us accounts. Participants will become familiar with several image sharing applications and create a slide show which will be incorporated into a blog entry.
 * Evidence of Accomplishment:**

Reading Assignments/Socratic Seminar: Participants will read assigned articles and readings on Web 2.0 and blogging. All readings are available as links on our course website. During the week between classes each participant will enter five or more blog entries before the next class meeting. One blog entry will include a slide show created with a web-based image sharing application. Each participant will use Bloglines or Google Reader to subscribe to RSS feeds of other class participants and three additional sources: i.e. New York Times, other educator blogs etc. Participants will identify and post a reflection on the potential uses of blogs and RSS. A common online meeting time will be identified – all class participants will join in an online discussion – questions, reflections etc. using //VYEW// – a free web-based conferencing tool.
 * On-line Component # 1**

Focus Areas/Objectives:** Participants will share their reflections on Blogging, RSS and image sharing. Opportunity will be provided for questions, comments regarding Week 1 Focus. Participants will access and create WIKIS. Participants will learn what an avatar is and will create an animated avatar using //Voki// .*** After learning how to use the technology, participants will discuss and document potential instructional uses of Wikis within their instructional disciplines. Participants will be introduced to multiple resources for image sharing. After subscribing to image sharing services (3 minimum), participants will incorporate images, image slideshows etc. into their Wikis and blogs. Participants will be introduced to podcasting, options for creating podcasts using both web-based and desktop tools. Participants will embed or link podcasts in their blogs and Wikis. Participants will subscribe to RSS podcast feeds.**
 * COURSE 2

Evidence of Accomplishment:
 * Participants will create a WIKI, publish a minimum of five entries and three pages and add content to each participants WIKI. Participants will read Wikis published by other educators and describe how these Wikis are being used to support classroom instruction. Participants will identify potential uses of WIKIS and within their disciplines. Participants will become familiar with several image sharing applications and create a slide show which will be incorporated into a blog entry. Participants will identify potential uses of Wikis and podcasting within their disciplines. Participants will create podcasts and learn how to use Audacity and Gcast and Podomatic.**

On-line Component # 2
 * Reading Assignments/Socratic Seminar: Participants will read assigned articles and readings on WIKIS and podcasting. All readings are available as links on the course website. During the week between classes each participant will enter five or more WIKI entries before the next class meeting. Each participant will add content to another participant's WIKI. One WIKI entry will include a slide show created with a web-based image sharing application. A Wiki entry will include a podcast. Participants will identify and post a reflection on the potential uses of WIKIS and podcasting. A common online meeting time will be identified – all class participants will join in an online discussion – questions, reflections etc. using VYEW – a free web-based conferencing tool.**

COURSE 3 Focus Areas/Objectives:
 * Pulling it all together – participants will share their thoughts on using blogs, Wikis, RSS, image sharing and podcasting. Finally, participants will be introduced to several forms of online collaboration available from Google, including Google Docs and Spreadsheets, Google Groups and Google custom search engines.**

Evidence of Accomplishment:
 * Participants will create an account in Google, start a Google doc and invite others in the class to it, and create a Google custom search engine for one unit or subject they will be teaching. Participants will also identify and/or create media -- images, podcasts, video -- to be included in their website, wiki, or blog.**

On-line Component # 3
 * Reading Assignments/Socratic Seminar: Participants will review several web-based Google applications created by other educators and librarians. Sufficient time will be allocated for: identifying potential uses for Google education tools; creating a custom search engine for a lesson or unit of study, collecting / creating multiple media to be included in a website, blog or wiki. A common online meeting time will be identified – all class participants will join in an online discussion – questions, reflections etc. using VYEW – a free web-based conferencing tool.**

Just when you thought you’d seen everything…
 * From my friend and MidLink Editor, Brenda Dyck-

Here’s a free online tool called Voki that allows you to create an animated avatar that you can customize and supply your own voice to (and embed it into a blog). You can use a microphone and record it directly, you can upload an audio file to their server, you can type out a message and have a digitized voice read it, or you could even do it by phone. http://www.voki.com/

It didn’t take long for a teacher long to figure out how this tool could be connected to the classroom. Geography teacher, Rich Allaway has been making excellent use of SitePal (there’s a cost for this site) http://www.sitepal.com/ characters for a while in producing excellent online resources for his Geography students. Here are two examples of Rich’s geography projects using an animated avatar. CHECK OUT THESE LINKS: http://tinyurl.com/3azhsu http://tinyurl.com/3435rx THIS IS SO COOL!!!!! IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES!