Web+2.0

=Using Web 2.0 to Enhance Literacy= The web is no longer just point and click to gather information. Web 2.0 is interactive tools full of opportunities to read, write, and publish, encouraging students to become active learners. Teachers can utilize web 2.0 tools to add interest to their lessons and engage students to enhance literacy development. 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.

=Agenda=

What is Web 2.0? Video: "Joe's Non Netbook Experience" Reflective Writing: What do you teach that you lack motivation because it is just so boring? Bloom's Verb Wheel with Web 2.0 Web 2.0 Sites: Let's Check Some Out! Reflective Writing: How could you enhance your boring lesson?
 * Stixy
 * Wordle
 * Piclits
 * School Tube & Teacher Tube
 * Read Write Think
 * Wikispaces
 * LetterPop
 * Doodle

**10 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 your 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 & reports. 5. Set up a classroom in Nicenet (www.nicenet.ort) or Moodle (www.moodle.org). 6. Include a podcast from www.notepods.com. 7. Ask students to use Photo Story 3 (free dowload) to create a digital story. 8. Use a social bookmarking site like del.icio.us ([]) to make selected websites available from any computer. 9. Find 3 copyright-free photo websites for students to use to find images for projects. 10 Do an online survey using a free online tool like www.surveymonkey.com.

=Resources= Ballard, K., Stephens, L. //Using// //technology to improve adolescent writing: Digital make-overs for writing lessons.//