discovery education & web 2.0 tools

How does

technology really make you feel?

• Frustrated?

• Excited?

• Overwhelmed?

• Satisfied?

• Uncomfortable?

• Impressed?

• Productive?

• Stressed?

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BE HONEST

Did you know…?

Take the Discovery Education quiz “Fact or

Fiction?” to find out how much you know about

Web 2.0.

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Teachers’ Use of Educational

Technology in U.S. Public

Schools

LEARN MORE ABOUT

Teachers & Technology:

96% of all

students

engage in

social

networking

Web 2.0 – so many

choices, so little time!

With so many Web 2.0 tools out

there, the question for teachers

becomes …

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Discovery Education + Web 2.0

= Teacher & Students

Discovery Education Web2012: Web 2.0 Toolshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/imagine1day/5368024508/

Some of my personal

favorites…Presentation Tools

• Prezi – a neat new way for students to create presentations

• Slideshare – a way to share student created and teacher created presentations with the online community

Collaboration Tools

• GoogleDocs – a site that allows creation, sharing, and collaboratation on the web with documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and more.

• Wikispaces – a social writing platform for students that creates a collaborative classroom workspace

Reference

Discovery Education. “Fact or Fiction?”

http://cdwg.discoveryeducation.com/web2.0/ActivityFacts.pdf

FLICKR photo sources:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcknoell/6004234610/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryryrapz/5911105582/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryryrapz/5911105582/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/imagine1day/5368024508/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/julisuarez

valente/3083877028/

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