1. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers

2. Web 2.0 “While the first wave of the Web was closely tied to the browser, the second wave extends applications across the web and enables a new generation of services and business opportunities.” Tim O’Reilly (2004)

3. Web 2.0 Social Applications Technology

5. Today’s Students

6. “Digital” Students:  Continuously multi-tasking  Work in teams  Create and consume content  Handle lots of information  Google everything  Are always connected

7. Learning?

8. Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.” Mark Prensky http://www.markprensky.com/writing

9. Learning with Web 2.0 Tools Web 2.0

10. Learning Today  Happens Anywhere  Experiential  Relevant / Real World  Engaging, Active  Problem Solving  Critical thinking  Collaborative  Produce, Consume, and Organize Knowledge  “Figure it out” attitude

11. Learning in a Web 2.0 World  What do you want to learn?  Where does the data /information come from?  How can it be shared?  What do we know?  What connections can we make?

12. Memorize

13. Analyze, Synthesize

14. Tools for Engaging Today’s Students

15. Whose class is it?

16. Whose class is it now? Wikis Google Sites

17. Surveys Made Simple: Google Forms

18. Live Polling Embed on Blog or Web Site Include in PowerPoint Some offer Cell Phone Polling HomeHome | Prices | Developers | Blog | WikiPricesDevelopersBlogWiki beta

19. Create Web Video: viddler.com Video for your Blog or Web Site

20. Live Blogging: coveritlive.com Create a “backchannel” Ask students to take notes Post questions

21. Slide Sharing: slideshare.net

22. Collaborative Browsing: twiddla.com

23. Live Video Streaming: ustream.tv Turn your PC into a TV Studio Chat with your viewers.

24. Desktop Sharing: crossloop.com Download the Crossloop client. Yuuguu.com is another browser based desktop sharing tool

25. Micro-blogging: Twitter Twitter Find people like you to follow Twhirl Twhirl client on your PC Build a social network! Twitter Educators to followEducators

26. How cool was that? Mark Frydenberg Twitter: @checkmark Email:mfrydenberg@bentley.edu