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Thursday Oct. 14, 2010 For our in-service today we are going to be examining some Web 2.0 sites and reporting on them to each other. Below is a brief definition on what Web 2.0 is and a tag cloud on Web 2.0 to help us better understand it.

Our Task - today - to work collaboratively to investigate and report on a number of Web 2.0 sites and their possible application to the Social Studies classroom. You will be assigned a section of the sites below the tag cloud picture that you can go and investigate. After you do please write a brief description (put your name and then your description for each site you check out) you could if you want to put a link or embed a pic./vid. of a project from the site. In your description try to share how you think this site might work well in a JC Social Studies class. This page will be permanently displayed so if you are ever looking for ideas/projects/web 2.0 tools you can come here and check out any of these sites and see what works for you.

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**Web 2.0**
What is Web 2.0 The term **Web 2.0** is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive [|information sharing], [|interoperability], [|user-centered design], and [|collaboration] on the [|World Wide Web]. A Web 2.0 site gives its users the free choice to interact or collaborate with each other in a [|social media] dialogue as creators ([|prosumer]) of [|user-generated content] in a [|virtual community], in contrast to websites where users (consumer) are limited to the passive viewing of [|content] that was created for them. Examples of Web 2.0 include [|social-networking sites], [|blogs], [|wikis], [|video-sharing sites], [|hosted services], [|web applications], [|mashups] and [|folksonomies]. ([] )

A [|tag cloud] (a typical Web 2.0 phenomenon in itself) presenting Web 2.0 themes

Our SITES are all listed in categories below (also please feel free to add more sites - just try to make sure you put them in the correct category - or if you find that a site is in the wrong category feel free to move it to a different category or create a new category all together). And yes before you say it ...I already know - not all the sites below are technically web 2.0 sites (but those that are not can definitely be used in collaboration with other sites and have strong potential to engage the learners in our classrooms).



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[] //this is a great site, basically it is like an online poster - so you could have your class each do a different topic and then share it with the others. Students can create, share, and even comment on each others glogs. You can embed video, voice, maps, and more right on to the poster. Students could do a biographical sketch on famous people in the 20's, or have them do different countries in the Muslim world, or be partners on one and each student does a battle from the Civil War, below is an example of what one of my students did for the Alamo.// media type="custom" key="7189273" width="184" height="184"
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[|http://www.Animoto.com]

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//1.)// //this is a great site to make easy slide shows -I have made plenty - here is one from a field trip our class took to Gettysburg this year...// //2.) Easy, Easy, Easy movie creation tool. 1. Upload pictures (add text too) -> 2. Upload MP3 -> 3. Create Movie// //(make sure you sign up for a teacher account as you then get unlimited access - where as the kids will probably only be able to get 30 second clips)//

[] [] //Incredibly easy format on how to give a not boring speech t for students -. 20 slides, 15 seconds each, auto-timed, 5 minutes total, done! Even more tantalizing there are Ignite shows all over the country (last one in Baltimore was at Walter's Art Gallery) - so it is real world stuff the kids love - check some out at ...// []

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//2.) my students were given the assignment below and then had to create an xtranormal video where after doing some research two people debated back and forth about who was the 'better' Civil War general - Lee or Grant. (click here for the https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxqYWtlaG9sbGlufGd4OjI4YWU3ZDE1MTQ3Y2QzYzQ)// //They loved the project and after the videos were turned in we did have a 15 question mini-test on information about Grant or Lee (the person with the 'best' video - we had perameters - got an automatic 100% on the quiz (though they didn't know who that was until after they had taken the quiz. Anyhow here are some examples the students created....//

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[] [] //Great for getting to main ideas of story, news article, or anything you can copy and paste. Words that show up the most are bigger. Kind of artsy too.// [|http://www.sketchcast.com] [] //We practiced doing this in our meeting - here is the voicethread// [|//https://voicethread.com/?#e1397796//]

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**//__Webquests__//** [] //an excelllent site that has ready made webquests for History classes. I would particularly suggest using the Dustbowl Webquest and also the DDay one.//

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Google Docs – [|http://www.google.com] (click on docs under more) or [] Google Earth – [] Google Sites - [] Google for Educators - [] Google Classroom Activities - [] Google Blogs (Blogger) - []
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[|dropbox.com] //I use this personally for my personal and school file backup. If my computer blows up it doesn't matter, everything is always automatically backed up.// []
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[] //1.) Non-linear presentation program. Great for presenting information that is not Point 1, Point 2, Point 3.... What if Point 2 impacts Point 15 and helps explain the cause/effect? Information is not always a straight line and Prezi helps break from the norm in giving presentations.// //2.) love the Prezi format - higher nicer quality presentations - don't want to watch PowerPoints anymore - you can easily embed videos, pics, and info. below is a link to a Google Docs. presentation I made on how my class how to make a Prezi on Lincoln and then there is an embed example of the Lincoln Prezi...//
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[] //1.) I use todaysmeet.com during documentaries. It's kind of like twitter but no accounts needed and it's usually not permanent.// []
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**//__ Virtual Field Trip Sites __//** [|http://www.mnh.si.edu/panoramas/#] [] [] [|http://www.google.co.uk/help/maps/streetview/gallery/#landmarks] []

[|http://www.mission-us.org]
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=__// Examples of Web 2.0 and Emerging Tech //__= http://couros.wikispaces.com/emerging+technologies