web2.0

The Internet has changed. It is not just a collection of information posted by mysterious people who know some strange code (ie HTML).You not only READ it, you can WRITE it. That new element is now termed Web 2.0; it is interactive. In mere seconds you can post a web page, respond to a blog, edit a wiki, share photos. This is Web 2.0, an Internet that is controlled by us.
 * //What is Web 2.0?//**

Here are a few of the most popular Web 2.0 sites: [|Wikipedia] - the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit Wikispaces - create web pages that students/teachers/anyone you choose can edit together (No ads for TEACHERS click here) Will Richardson's wiki [|YouTube] - view and post videos on anything YouTube Downloader [|TeacherTube] - YouTube for teachers [|Classblogmeister] -David Warlick. THE BEST CLASSROOM blogging site. FREE. Student posts will have to have approval of teacher. [|SlideShare] - view and post presentations. Easy to post PPT, but only linear. My students' [|Example] [|Flickr] - search, upload, and share photos [|Ning] - a place for social networking (share photos, post photos, view videos, join a forum, etc) [|Facebook] - a place for social networking (share photos, post photos, etc) [|Delicious] - social bookmarking, search, bookmark and tag your favorite pages [|Google Docs and Spreadsheets]- create, share, collaborate on documents and spreadsheets [|Gcast] **Podcast-**Your own audio broadcast, where you can easily record voice messages, mix in your favorite music, and share it all for the world to hear.[|Create your podcast for FREE!] [|Podomatic]- free host for podcasting [|My students.] [|Quia] [|Splasr-] linear presentation- Ex: [|Kevin Jarrett's Second Life presentation] [|Swivel] - upload, explore, graph, and play with data

[|Tumblr] - publish a very simple web page with Tumblr

__Tools__
[|Zamzar] - online file conversion [|Picnik] - online photo editing [|Web 2.0 Backpack: Web Apps for Students] [|Atomic Learning]

[|Scratch] - Snap together blocks to create stories, gmes and animations and shre your creations on the web. AND [|SECOND LIFE] See [|this video] on You Tube
 * Free Software and Fun Learning**

http://opensourceschools.org/
 * Schools and Open Source:**

You can ask for a free educational account for your school. No ads. Loads faster.
 * I Keep Bookmarks Account**: My school's ikeepbookmarks.com account - [|Free Downloads]

//**What Place Does Web 2.0 Have in Education?**// Whether we like it our not, our students are living in a much different world than the world we grew up in. They don't talk on the phone like we used to do; they instant message and text one another, communicating in another language. Do you know what "imho" and "pos" mean? Ask a teenager. While I certainly do not advocate using technology just for the sake of using technology, we must change the way we teach to incorporate Web 2.0 tools. We must do this this to prepare our students to compete in the global world force, a world that requires 21st century skills like networking and information literacy. We cannot simply ignore websites like MySpace, deeming them unsafe for kids. These sites aren't going away! We must educate youth how to network safely and how to be critical of the information they find on web. Here is one example of how powerful Web 2.0 tools can be in the hands of innovative educators. Check out the Flat Classroom Project.

//**Where Can I find More about Web 2.0?**// The Complete Web 2.0 directory -http://www.go2web20.net/ Additional examples of newly open source services include mail systems (for example, Xchange in lieu of MS Exchange), chat tools, survey tools, and now—with the just-released Curriki—learning management systems. The tools (a list is available at [|www.schoolforge.net)]) that educators need are quickly becoming free and open source.

__Various del.icio.us libraries__
[|Will Richardson's] [|David Warlick's] [|Lucy Gray's links in del.icio.us] [|Julie Lindsay] [|Lucie deLaBruere] [|Tami Brass] Gail's http://del.icio.us/lgbraddock/web2.0

//**Be a Joiner:** **[|Google for Educators]

Which ones are we going to use today?**// Trackstar Webworkshop RubiStar*
 * time permitting