Kim Peacock, B.Ed., M.Ed.University of Alberta

Web 2.0 for Research and Information Management

A Quick Poll…Are you willing to shift your thinking about some

technology tools in your classrooms?http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_po

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My Personal Philosophy of PD…My Personal Philosophy of PD…

Inspiration

Vs.

Perspiration

Part 1 – What Is Web 2.0?Part 1 – What Is Web 2.0?

What Are Web Applications?What Are Web Applications?Allow you to perform tasks or create objects without

software.Often known as “Web 2.0” applications.Often have an element of social interaction.Accessible from anywhere.Usually FREE!

RisksRisksApplications go up and down.Applications get bought out.Web applications sometimes allow students to

interact with other people online. Most tools have privacy settings to keep minors safe.

Students’ privacy should be considered. Some tools can be completely private, but others not.

RisksRisksApplications may create thing

that can’t leave the confines of the particular web site (e.g./ can’t be downloaded to a disc/dvd/etc…)

Students with computers at home may get to spend more time on projects than students without since it’s easily accessible.

A Note On BlockingA Note On BlockingSome Web 2.0 sites may be blocked at your school…

you can sometimes get around this.Submit a request

to your technology department.

Provide a pedagogical justification for the site to be unblocked at your school during a certain period of time.

Describe how you will keep students safe.

Part 2 – Web 2.0 for Research and Information Management

ResearchResearchOttobib: Create bibliographic references using ISBN

numbers.http://ottobib.com/

Trailfire: Create a paththrough the Internet and annotate web pages.http://trailfire.com/

ResearchResearchSnipd: Copy and archive web content.

http://snipd.comEvernote: Collect everything

http://www.evernote.com/

BookmarkingVideo Google Bookmarks: Non-social bookmarking

http://www.google.com/bookmarksDel.icio.us: Social bookmarking

http://del.icio.us

RSS FeedsGoogle Reader: Subscribe to feeds and write your

own notes.http://www.google.com/reader/

Google Alerts: Get emails sent to you on any topic.http://www.google.com/alerts

RSS and WidgetsiGoogle: Add widgets to your start page.

http://www.igoogle.comProtopages: Highly customizable widgets.

http://www.protopage.comStudent Sample: http://www.protopage.com/yzerman19

MicrobloggingTwitter: What’s the point?

http://www.twitter.com/PLNs: http://bethstill.edublogs.org/2009/08/08/looking-for-

a-unique-gift-for-an-administrator-give-em-a-pln/http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/http://wefollow.com/twitter/k12http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pM_ZE5BS0

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MicrobloggingTwitter in the classroom?Asynchronous discussionReading responsesTest preparationCurrent events:

http://twitter.com/The_Pub_Debateshttps://twitter.com/cnn

Scientific research:http://twitter.com/kidsciencehttp://twitter.com/sciencehttp://twitter.com/MedUpdates

Mind MappingMind MappingBubbl.us: Collaborative mind mapping

http://bubbl.us/edit.phpGliffy: Collaborative mind mapping

http://www.gliffy.comMindmeister: Collaborative Mind Mapping

http://www.mindmeister.com/Mindomo: Software

interactive mind mappinghttp://mindomo.com/

Mind MappingMind MappingExploratree: Thinking Guides

http://www.exploratree.org.uk/Text2MindMap: For students who

prefer text.http://www.text2mindmap.com/

Mappio: Large online archive of mind maps.http://mappio.com/

Social NetworkingSocial NetworkingMyNoteIt: Collaborative classroom notes

http://www.mynoteit.com/Ning: Create a closed

social network for your class.http://www.ning.com

NotebooksZoho Notebook:

Multimedia texts incorporating images, video, text, sound and more.http://notebook.zoho.com/

Google Docs:http://docs.google.com/

Web SpacesWeb SpacesGoogle Sites: More in depth

http://sites.google.com/Sample: http://sites.google.com/a/googleclassrooms.org/mrs-richau/Home

ThinkQuest: Online Learning Projectshttp://www.thinkquest.org/en/projects/index.html

Thank You!Thank You!kim.peacock@ualberta.cahttp://www.protopage.com/web2point0forteachers/