Feb.+18+Agenda

= Using Web 2.0 Tools to Makeover Literacy Lessons =

The web is no longer just point, click, and gather information. Web 2.0 is interactive and full of opportunities to read, write, publish, and be an active learner. Teachers can utilize web 2.0 tools to add interest to their lessons and engage students. In this session, participants will be introduced to a variety of web 2.0 tools that can be used to makeover their existing literacy lessons.

// "What happens when the writer trades the pen for an electronic tool that can connect the writer with the reader throughout the writing process, and when the writer can link a picture or a video to the writing?" ( Stephens & Ballast) //

Agenda
 Introduction  Joe's Non Netbook  Bloom's Verb Wheel  Web 2.0 Tools
 * Wikispaces
 * Stixy
 * Piclicts
 * Wordle
 * Photostory

Ten Quick Ways to Change One Part of a Lesson or Unit Plan

 * 1) Use a YouTube or TeacherTube movie in the introduction to hook the learner.
 * 2) Create a blog for you and your students to engage in dialogue.
 * 3) Create a wiki for student groups to work on a collaborative project.
 * 4) Show students how to use Son of Citation Machine (www.citationmachine.net) to create bibliographies for research papers and reports.
 * 5) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Set up a classroom in Nicenet (www.nicenet.org) or Moodle (www.moodle.org).
 * 6) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Include a podcast from www.notepods.com.
 * 7) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ask students to use Photo Story 3 (free download) to create a digital story.
 * 8) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Use a social bookmarking site like del.icio.us (http://delicious.com/) to make selected websites available from any computer.
 * 9) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Find three copyright-free photo websites for students to use to find images for projects.
 * 10) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Do an online survey using a free online tool like www.surveymonkey.com.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Resources
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ballast, K. & Stephens, L. (2011). //Using Technology to Improve Adolescent Writing//. NewYork: Pearson

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Solomon, G. & Schrum, L. (2007). Web 2.0 new tools, new schools. Eugene: International Scociety for Technology in Education.