Web 2.0 Tools for Elementary
and Middle School Classes
Clif Mims


More than 2,000 teachers were recently surveyed about the Web 2.0 tools that they and their students most commonly used. This presentation will provide a hands-on introduction to these tools along with teacher-created and student-created examples. Strategies for implementation will be shared.

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Introduction to Web 2.0

1. An Introduction to Web 2.0
2. Web 2.0's Potential Impact on Teaching and Learning
   
3. Characteristics of Web 2.0
4. Go 2 Web 2.0

Recommendations from Teachers

Before We Begin

1. It's not about the technology. It's about learning.
2. It will be what you make it.
   

Web presence

• Post to your site via email
• Posterous
  
• Website and blog builder - Free and easy!
  
• Webs, Weebly, WebNode
  
• Blog
• Wordpress, EduBlogs
  
• Wiki
• Wetpaint, PBworks
  

Getting Creative

Website/Service	Media Type	Teacher Example	Student Example	Resource
VoiceThread	Audio and images	Internet Safety	Triangle Scavenger Hunt	VoiceThread in the Classroom VoiceThread: An Overview
Wordle	Word clouds	MLK's I Have a Dream Inauguration Speeches My Aim for Classrooms		Wordle in the Classroom Wordle and Google Forms
Glogster	Interactive digital posters		Darfur - by ESL student	How to Embed Glogs
Animoto	Generate "cool" slide shows	Teacher Intro.
Bitstrips and ToonDoo	Create comic strips		History of ID
Tikatok	Imagine a story. Create a book
AudioBoo and PhoneBoo	Audio	Clif's AudioBoo Profile AudioBoo in the Classroom More Examples	Kids Get Creative	Creating an AudioBoo: Quick Demo
Kerpoof				Teacher Page
Shidonni	Virtual pet drawings come to life

Get Connected/Professional Network

• Twiter, Plurk, Skype
  

Teleconferencing

• Skype

Related Resources

1. ISTE's NETS for Teachers and NETS for Students
2. ICOT
   
3. ClifMims.com
4. Wading through Web 2.0