Web 2'0 Interactive Learning: Making The Global Connection

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Web 2.0Interactive Learning Making The
Global Connection

• Dr. Howie DiBlasi
• C.I.O (Retired)
• Emerging Technologies Evangelist
• howie_at_frontier.net
• 970-749-0760
• www.toolsfortheclassroom.com

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• Conference LinksTools For The
  Classroomwww.toolsfortheclassroom.comIVC-Class
  Content
• www.drhowie.com
• e-mail howie_at_frontier.net

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What Are 21st Century Learning Skills

• Digital-Age Literacy
• Inventive Thinking (creative)
• Effective Communication
• High Productivity

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Fully half of all teens and 67 of teens who use
the Internet could be considered Content Creators
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Millions of amateur reporters now have their own
digital printing press. They are editors who
blog. ( Pein, 2005)
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American teenagers today are utilizing the
interactive capabilities of the Internet as they
create and share their own media creations.
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What was Web 1.0 ?
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How many of these do you recognize?

• 43 things del.icio.us WikiSpaces Pageflakes
• Classroom 2.0 Gliffy Bubbl.us ChatCreator
• Zoho Creator Slideshare FURL Flickr
• Google Video MediaMax voo2do goowy
• YouOS g.ho.st GetSparc Zamzar
• Peepel Google Docs Writeboard Skype
• skrbl Netvibes Bloglines Educational Podcast
  Network Blogger LetterPop scrapblog
• My Space FaceBook You Tube Teacher
  TubeBlogSpot Google Twitter Photo Bucket
• Jotspot Go2Web20.net drupal

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12 Questions to ask yourself on new
technologiesIs it focused on student
learning?Are there observable results?Does it
meet the standards?Can it show results?Does it
increase research skills?Does it improve
communication skills?Are students
accountable?Does it improve student
collaboration?Does it help students communicate
globally?Does it help students deal with massive
amounts of information?Does it teach our
students to be self-directed and understand how
to organize more of their own learning?Is it
sustainable?
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What Makes a Web 2.0 Application?
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Web 2.0 What Is It Really?

• Web 2.0 is about connections
• The Web 2.0 revolution puts people first
• Web 2.0 is about allowing people to manipulate
  data, not just retrieve data
• Web 2.0 is about doing stuff on the Web that
  can't done in any other medium
• Students as content creators

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Rich User Experience

• Easy to use
• Build social networks
• Rich user interface
• Functions like a traditional application
• User created data and owns their own data
• Providing a service, not a product
• Encourage user contribution (reviews, comments)
• Make it easy to re-use and re-mix
• Customer self-service Community and sense of
  ownership

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Demonstration Videos to understand Web 2.0
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Demo -Talks Johnny Lee Creating tech marvels out
of a 40 Wii Remote Video on Remote Control
White Board http//www.ted.com/index.php/talks
/view/id/245
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The COMPLETE Web 2.0 Directory
Go2Web20.net http//www.go2web20.net/
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GLOBAL CONNECTIONSe-Pals http//www.epals.com/
Getting Started Finding, Choosing and
Collaborating via ePalsBrand New To ePals Tips
for Starting ePals Our ePals Friend from
Arlington Choosing a project Travel Buddy
Exchange e-Pals
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
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Your group will be assigned a topic-research it
and select a spokeperson to present the
materialDiscover the worldand expand yours! On
Geography CentralHuman Rights - ePals Student
Voices are HeardePals Projects for Classroom
Collaboration People and CultureePals Projects
for Classroom Collaboration Global WarmingePals
Projects for Classroom Collaboration
HabitatsePals Projects for Classroom
Collaboration MapsePals Projects for Classroom
Collaboration Natural DisastersePals Projects
for Classroom Collaboration WaterePals Projects
for Classroom Collaboration WeatherePals Search
For Classrooms Available NowePals Search For
Projects for Classroom CollaborationePals
Teacher Forums and Projects ForumsWhat specific
features are a part of ePals? 
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CILC Center for Interactive Learning and
Collaboration (CILC)provides consulting
services and develops tools and resources to
improve learning through Video Conferencing and
Collaboration http//www.cilc.org/
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I.V.C. Interactive Video Conferencing

• Use the Internet to communicate with audio and
  Video
• Take a field trip around the block or around the
  U.S.
• Visit and communicate globally
• Share and communicate student projects
• Get started for 198
• Camera 49.00PolyCom IVX 149.00 H.323
  Standard IVC

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Check out a IVC
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Equipment
Tandberg Videoconferencing Systems
Speaker
Mike
Remote Control
PolycomVSX 7000 Camera
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1st Graders-Seahorse
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SOCIAL Connections NETWORKING BOOKMARKING
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Ning - Ning lets you create new social
experiences for the most important people and
interests in your life.Lets join a Ning and
collaborate http//toolsfortheclassroom.ning.
com/ 
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http//www.ning.com/
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Welcome to Classroom20.comThe social network
for those interested in Web 2.0 and
collaborative technologies in education.We
especially hope that those who are "beginners"
will find this a supportive community and a
comfortable place to start being part of the
digital dialog. http//www.classroom20.com/
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Welcome to Classroom20.com, the social network
for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative
technologies in education.
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Our Weekly Classroom 2.0 LIVE! Show

• PBS Classroom 2.0 Live Webinar
• PBS Teachers and Classroom 2.0, with support
  from Elluminate, are partnering on a series of
  free monthly webinars designed to help preK-12
  educators learn new ways to integrate online
  instructional resources in the classroom and
  engage students in curriculum lessons.

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The Global Education CollaborativeHelping
Teachers and Students Reach the World
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LIST OF GLOBAL PROJECTS
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Taking IT Global http//www.tigweb.org/connectio
ns/ This section of TakingITGlobal focuses on
online community building and cross cultural
dialogue. Total Members 237,543
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• Discussion Boards Discuss everything from the
  digital divide to peace and conflict with
  hundreds of other TakingITGlobal members!
• Member Stories Are you inspired, informed and
  involved? These people are! This section is
  dedicated to showcasing the personal
  perspectives, ideas and issues facing TIG
  members.
• Member Search Browse through TakingITGlobal's
  vast youth network! You can find members based on
  location, language, interests, and more.
• E-Cards Let a friend or family member know
  you're thinking of them on their birthday or
  other special occasion with one of the free
  e-Cards in our collection!

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• 1) Del.icio.us - This social bookmarking engine
  was by far the overall winner. It got the most
  votes by a landslide. I do understand why though.
  Not only does it serve a very basic function
  (online bookmarking), but it connects people to
  troves of websites that are tagged, described and
  organized by freshness. While there are ample
  features built into the site, and more being
  added regularly, the open API has allowed for the
  creation of numerous community built hacks and
  extensions. An RSS feed on every page is just the
  icing on the cake.

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To Blog or not to Blog. That is the Question!
BLOGS
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Blogs The versatility of blogs is what makes
them so valuable. Blogs provide opportunities to
reach out to a range of community stakeholders
including administrators, other teachers and
students, parents, and the community at large.
Blogs have the power to give kids an authentic
audience and It gives students a voice.
https//www.blogger.com/start
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Ideas for using blogs

• Topic discussions
• Share information
• Online Portfolios
• Student Journaling
• Personal Portfolios
• Collaborative Knowledge Base
• Research Coordination and
• Collaboration  Curricular Cross-Disciplinary
  Coordination  

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My First Blog Experience

• I created a blog and in the first 24 hours this
  was posted
• Hey Howie-hows it goin..Im Kristy and I just
  moved to Durango.I would like to meet a nice guy
  like you. I came here 2 weeks ago and I have
  nothin to doI read your profile and youre cute
  and I liked what you had to sayI am 21-f-/single
  and I like a guy who is easy to be comfortable
  around. I really like guys who are a little bit
  older than me and 64 is just about right. I have
  posted my profile and have lots of photos of
  me.come check it out ..OK

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Kinder Blog http//turnerkindergarten.blogsp
ot.com/
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David Warlick's 2 Worth
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• Bloglines Is this your aggregator of choice?
• What about Google Reader may be newer and What
  about the ability to connect people together.
• Bloglines lets you see who else has subscribed to
  a blog you subscribed toyou can also follow the
  trail along to see what they read as well.
• Nice to know what others like Will Richardson
  and Bernie Dodge are reading.

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Bloglines - Aggregator of choice. Ability to
connect people together.Se what people like Will
Richardson and Bernie Dodge are reading, which
really sets Bloglines apart. http//www.bloglines
.com/
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Bloglines http//www.bloglines.com/
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• Google Reader My favorite RSS aggregator early
  this year. I was able to subscribe to certain
  YouTube vidoes and watch them from within the
  app, not having to visit YouTube itself. And the
  fact that there are several Google applications
  listed in my top 10 occur because I only have to
  sign in once with the same login/password.
  www.google.com/reader
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Voicethread http//voicethread.com/homeAudiovi
sual tool that gives users the ability to upload
images or video files and then add audio or text
comments. The power of this is in the commenting.
Sample HERE http//voicethread.com/q.b45226.
i236813Education DEMO HEREgtgt
http//voicethread.com/q.b3352.i28616
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Sample HERE http//voicethread.com/q.b45226.i2
36813
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Del.icio.us - http//delicious.com/ Social
bookmarking engine(online bookmarking), it
connects people to websites
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Google Docs and Spreadsheets - Googles Docs and
Spreadsheets ..its collaborative. While editing
a document, you can invite other people to work
on it with you. Windows or Mac, Firefox or
Explorer, https//www.google.com/
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Scratch - Download the software -
http//scratch.mit.edu/downloadThere are 331,068
projects with a total of 8,597,692 scripts and
2,598,481 sprites created by 51,079 contributors
of our 232,446 registered members. That's a lot
of Scratch-ing!
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http//scratch.mit.edu/
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• Vyew
• This is essentially a free webinar solution,
  similar to WebEx and Elluminate. It does have
  features that youd normally pay tens of
  thousands for, such as the ability to share
  PowerPoints, whiteboarding and the holy grail of
  webinars, desktop sharing.. http//vyew.com/site/
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• Voki, a text to speech generator that has a lot
  of very interesting applications. Animated
  figure being projected on the screen. "What if
  the Voki was reading a list of spelling words?
  What if it was speaking another language? The
  site offers a high level of customization ranging
  from the overall look of the Voki to the sound of
  its voice. http//www.voki.com/

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• GlogsterAn "interactive poster," is, in effect,
  a personal Web page complete with embedded media
  links, sound, and video capabilities. Students
  can work with Glogster individually or as a group
  to create presentations, share information, and
  interact with their peers. Make sure you sign up
  for the "EDU" version, which prevents other users
  from viewing class-specific "Glogs."

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• FlashMeeting http//flashmeeting.open.ac.uk/home
  .html Flashmeeting is an academic research
  project aimed at understanding the nature of
  online events and helping users to meet and work
  more effectively.

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• uStream http//www.ustream.tv/
• LIVE, INTERACTIVE BROADCASTING
• Experience live video. In just minutes, you can
  broadcast and chat online with a global audience.
  Completely free, all it takes is a camera and
  Internet connection.

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QuantumShift TV http//www.quantumshift.tv/

• Quantum Shift TV is a 21st Century storyteller
  renewing the cultural values of community, care
  and interconnectedness through the use of leading
  edge technology and citizen journalism. We have
  been inspired by research from the Max Plank
  Institute in Germany.

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Picnik http//www.picnik.com/

• A image editing sites in the world of Web 2.0,
  but Picnik stands out for a few reasons. The site
  is well laid out, easy to navigate, and
  incredibly intuitive.. Picasa
  http//picasa.google.com/index-new2.html
  Cooliris- photo storage demo http//www.cooliris
  .com/

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Jing Web site for the download
www.jingproject.com

• Snap a picture of your screen.
• Record video of onscreen action.
• Share instantly over the web, IM, email.

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Jing Project
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• Animoto Animoto is an automated presentation
  generator that focuses on using images to
  communicate a message.This tool is great for
  class collaboration and it is easier than using
  PowerPoint. http//animoto.com/
• Check out the education version
  http//animoto.com/business/education
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• Curriki is a community of educators, learners and
  committed education experts who are working
  together to create quality materials that will
  benefit teachers and students around the world.
  An online environment with free distribution of
  world-class educational materials
  http//www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/
  Lesson plans, teaching activities, works
  Register to Join Curriki

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• MeBeam. http//www.mebeam.com/ It allows you to
  have up to eighteen people on the same video
  conference call, and its all browser-based. But
  you can participate in the call if you only have
  a microphone Go to the site and give your
  virtual room a unique name. Then others can
  log-on, too. Up to eighteen people can
  participate in the call.

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from the book The Backdoor to Enlightenment
Eight Steps to Living Your Dreams and Changing
Your World
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Will you be the 10th person?

• For every nine people who denounce innovation,
  only one will encourage it. For every nine people
  who do things the way they have always been done,
  only one will ever wonder if there is a better
  way. For every nine people who stand in line in
  front of a locked building, only one will ever
  come around and check the back door. Our progress
  as a species rests squarely on the shoulders of
  that tenth person. The nine are satisfied with
  things they are told are valuable. Person 10
  determines for himself what has value.

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Contact Information

• Dr. Howie DiBlasi
• Emerging Technologies Evangelist
• Digital Journey
• howie_at_frontier.net
• www.toolsfortheclassroom.com
• 970-749-0760

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