1. Mike Warner, EMS Science Teacher Becky Johnson, EMS Library Media Specialist

2. Pre-test: Are you a “Digital Native”?

3. Where we’ve been… Web 1.0 – The Information Web Characteristics of Web 1.0 Users are consumers of information Skills necessary for effective learning: Search strategies (keywords, Boolean operators) Navigation, drill for information Be able to evaluate and analyze sources for relevance, credibility and authority

4. Web 1.0 – The Information Web Examples: Educational Websites Fact Monster Glencoe Online Learning Center Cells Alive Databases – Web based, access through subscription Science Facts On File Student Research Center Applications: WebQuests WebQuest.org Chemistry WebQuest: Chemicals in the Home Research Projects EMS Library Homepage

5. Where we are now… Web 2.0 – The Read/Write Web Characteristics of Web 2.0 Users are producers and creators as well as consumers of information The web is uses as a work space, meeting place and social forum go2web2.0 YouTube - Web 2.0... The Machine is Us/ing Us

6. Web 2.0 – The Read/Write Web Examples: Social Bookmarking Save your favorites on the web-accessible from any computer Tag with multiple labels Share your bookmarks with others and add other’s to yours del.icio.us Wikis =short form of the Hawaiian word wiki-wiki, meaning quick A website where anyone can edit anything, anytime they want Free wikis: pbwiki, wikispaces,pbwikiwikispaces CheetahWiki

7. Web 2.0 – The Read/Write Web Examples: Blogging Free Blogs: Edublogs WordPress.comEdublogsWordPress.com Mike’s Blog linked here Miss Baker's Biology Class Media Sharing Photo Sharing: Flickr BubbleShareFlickrBubbleShare Video Sharing: YouTube Teacher TubeYouTubeTeacher Tube Audio Sharing: ClickCasterClickCaster Document Sharing: GoogleDocsGoogleDocs

8. The Benefits Engages students Connects students to the larger community Students write and create for an authentic audience Student work remains relevant; archived for the future Teaches new “literacies” Constructivist learning The Issues Student privacy and safety Requires careful planning Access to technology (i.e. computers) Teacher buy-in

9. Recommended Reading Blogs, Wikis, Podcasting and other Powerful Web Tools for the Classroom by Will Richardson