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Merging Literature with Web 2.0

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Why Web 2.0? ·Paradigm Shift ·Teach to ANY standards/content ·Highly motivating ·Multiple learning styles ·Multi-sensory ·Interdisciplinary ·Key to collaboration ·“Gen Me”, special needs, enrichment

·Provide a rational, pedagogical justification for the site to be unblocked at your school during a certain period of time. ·Describe how you will keep students safe. A Note On Blocking ·Some Web 2.0 sites may be blocked at your school… you can sometimes get around this.

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Wordle Forty-three Interesting Ways To Use Wordle Word Clouds Tagxedo

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Google Earth - Google Lit Trip Traveling The Novel by Melissa Wert & Scottie Girgus Google Lit Trips

·How did you use Web 2.0 tools for collaboration? ·How did Web 2.0 change the way you did assignments? ·How did using Web 2.0 tools enhance or detract from your learning? ·How has the use of Web 2.0 changed the way you use the web? ·What were your concerns regarding this? What Do You Think?

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Google Earth The Interface Inf ormation in Google Earth is presented in placemarks. These are the push-pins or other icons that you click on when you are using Google Earth. Clicking on a placemark opens a placemark window, and displays the associated content. Placemarks can hold many different types of information: Text Image Hyperlinks to other Web content YouTube video (only on PC machines) Other specialized Web content, such as podcasts (from Evoca.com) and PowerPoint files (Slideshare.net)

Adding text to Placemark: Once you create the placemark, right click on the placemark and click on Get Info. Type in what you ʼ d like to be seen once one clicks on the placemark. Adding a Hyperlink to Placemark: As with adding text, right click on the placemark and click on Get Info. Paste in the URL of the hyperlink, which means you need to go to the site first copy the url then go back to your placemark in Google Earth. Once one clicks on the hyperlink, the viewer will see the blue hyperlink. Creating the Link to the Picture on the Web: 1. Find the picture on the web. NOTE: In order to avoid scrolling, avoid using file sizes over 600 x Right click on the image and click on Copy Image Location 3. Right click on the placemark and click on Get Info. 4.Type in <img src=” and then paste in the URL (Control / V) and finish the link by adding “> at the end of the URL. Ex: Google Earth Cheat Sheet

Saving Your Tour: (Saving as a.kmz will embed the images!) 1. Click on tour folder or placemark. 2. Click on File / Save / Save as (Pick the location and save it!) Embedding Video: For those sites that display embedding code, simply copy the code and paste it inside the placemark. For example, YouTube posts the code on the right side of the screen under the url of the video. Copy this html and paste it into the placemark in Google Earth.

Now it's time to jump over to Google Earth. Open up Earth, locate the area in the world where you wish to place the placemark, and go to the upper menu bar, and create a new placemark.

T his is the placemark, drag it to its location. E xact positioning of the placemark can be done through latitude and longitude P aste the content from the online Web editor here T his is the placemark, drag it to its location. T ype the name of the placemark here.

Some other Simple HTML Ad ding a line break: Add a at the end of the line after which you want a break. Italicize: Add right before anything to be in italics and at the end of what is to be in italics. Bold: Same as above but use and Underline: Same as above but use and Centering: PICTURE or WORDS Linked words: Word Resizing picture: (The height will change proportionally! HTML Quick List

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