Web 2.0 for Teachers

November 2009

A Collaborative slideshow - use with CC-NC-SATwitter: @damoward

HYPEThere's lots of it!

Fry leaves Twitter

Wikipedia inaccurate

facebook sacking

It's OK if you don't get it, or don't want to

use it*

*If you do, start sharing...

What's a wiki?Why would I ever post on Twitter?

Who reads blogs anyway?Why waste time on facebook?

The Internet has changed so much since version 1.0

The Internet version 2.0 is about it's users...

YouTube.com -- The machine is Us/ing Us 

People have a Digital Life now...

YouTube.com -- HP "The Computer is personal again"

What are your professional challenges?What are others doing? } How to find

answers 

= Web 2.0...be part of the community;

email, comment, chat, share

Where to begin...Start with Blogging

Google's Blogger.com is simply write and publish...

Even easier... Start with Blogging

Posterous.com is based on sending emails to a page

Where to begin...Bookmark your web finds and share

Collaborative pooling of resources, filter from the web, add your own Tags, share with others

Build up a PLN*...Use a social site like Twitter

*Personalised Learning Network

Uses...

Find other teachers to 'Follow' (ie. read their status updates aka tweets)

Post links to share ideas and resources found online

Use it as an online notepad to 'save' ideas and links others have posted

Set up surveys - see 'live' results (example to follow)

Make inquiries - faster and more relevant than asking Google as ideas are pre-filtered and current

Setting up a poll...Use Twtpoll to create a suitable question

Tweet a link to it to your 'stream'...

Ask them to RT (ReTweet or repeat to expand on viewers)

As you can see, @AngelaMaiers re-phrased my awkward question!

Results come through 'live'...

 

More advanced steps...

Edmodo - an educational and safe version of a facebook style site

Etherpad - collaborative live on an online document with 16 others and use a built in message pad

Ning - build your own free social network

Slideshare - post your presentation, share others

A Collaborative effort, many thanks to contributors! Please use freely: CC-NC-SA Twitter: @damoward