1. Pods, Glogs and Toons: The Paperless Social Studies Classroom Ms. Mary Kate Agnew Salisbury Township High School

2. What are Web 2.0 Tools? Enhances teaching through websites & downloads characterized as facilitating communication, information sharing, user-centered design and collaboration Have led to development and evolution of web-based communities

3. Benefits of Web 2.0 tools Classroom moves from a teacher dominated environment to one that is more student centered Students have more control over learning Students’ problem solving & critical thinking skills improve through collaboration Students are motivated, engaged & intellectually curious

4. Examples Blogs Collaborative sites Social-networking sites Video sharing sites Wikis

5. Wiki A webpage that is accessible by anyone with permission It allows readers to collaborate with others on writing the page by adding, editing or changing the contents of the page at any time

6. Blog A web log- set of personal commentaries on an issue the author deems important Contains: text, images & links Readers can reply to the author & thus participate and become part of the information on the page http://edublogawards.com/and- the-2008-winners-are/

7. Social Networking Site Created to build an online community of people who share interests and/or activities Web based You can e-mail, instant message, post pictures, videos & comment on others posts

8. GO2WEB20 Web2.0 directory 2700 services & more are uploaded everyday http://www.go2web20.net/

9. Xtranormal Text-to-movie using different languages & animation http://www.xtranormal.com/

12. Google docs Web based word processor & spreadsheet that allows users to collaborate and share online docs.google.com

16. Ispring PowerPoint to flash conversion Ispringsolutions.com

19. Text2mindmap online text to mind map converter (graphic organizer) takes a list of words or sentences, interprets it & draws a mind map http://www.text2mindmap.com/

24. Glogster A webpage designed to allow users to create online/interactive posters http://www.glogster.com/

28. Toondoo Online comic creating tool Easy to use due to the drag & drop operation http://www.toondoo.com

32. Vocaroo Web service that allows you to: record your voice play it back & listen embed into a webpage or blog http://www.vocaroo.com

35. Picasa Web Albums organizes & edits digital photos to create online albums to share picasaweb.google.com

37. Google earth Offers maps & satellite images for regional searches Can produce tours earth.google.com

40. Ning Online service to create, customize, and share a social network http://www.ning.com/

43. Wordle Tool for creating “word clouds” Clouds give prominence to words that appear more frequently in the text http://www.wordle.net

44. Wikispaces Online service to create a simple, secure workspace a live document that you can track & monitor http://www.wikispaces.com

45. Trackstar/Diigo

48. Animoto Turns your pictures & images into music videos You simply load your pictures add a soundtrack & animoto mixes it for you http://animoto.com/

51. http://agnew.stsd.wikispaces.net