Let's join 'em!

Now that you know a little bit about Web 2.0 tools, how might you use these tools to engage students in 21st Century learning in your classroom?

What do we think it means to prepare students for the 21st century? What skills do students need to survive and thrive in this new era?

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Fun Post!

After reading the cat and dog blogs, please comment on how you might use blogging get your students involved in group discussion, or how you might post a picture that could serve as a writing prompt?

Blogs and Wikis

Now that you know a little bit about wikis and blogs, think about how you might use one of these web 2.0 tools in your classroom.

Purpose = content + tools

What do you want to accomplish with a blog?

Community Relations - allow your stakeholders to communicate directly, respond to posts and have access to current information.

Administrators and Curriculum Directors might want to:

• Post highlights of a project
• Focus on a staff member
• Present new methods/programs
• Request volunteers

Incorporate video, podcasts, slideshows, links to supporting sites, promote giveaways, discuss an issue.

Professional Development - "Web 2.0" your meeting

• Post meeting agenda with background sites, links and prep beforehand
• Post pdfs, video tutorials, Powerpoints, etc to view during the meeting
• Link to handouts
• Create a series of posts to foster discussion

Pofessional Networking - expand your professional world

• Share experiences
• Present research
• Ask for advice
• Link to others' blogs
• Link to professional sites
• List vendors and resources
• Join a professional networking group
• Contribute and link to wikis

Present Modified and Accessible Curriculum for your Students

• Use a blog to extend the classroom discussion
• Post homework and needed documents
• Link to supportive sites and content
• Use a feed to convert text to speech
• Incorporate video and podcast to expand the curriculum
• Add links to student blogs for writing

More about Blogging

La, la la.....

Blogging in the Classroom

what could students do with a blog?

What could a student create?
What could a student demonstrate?
What could a student explain?
With whom could a student communicate?
What could a student teach?

Now that you know a little bit about blogs, how might you implement blogging in your classroom?

Let's Blog!

How can I use this blog to promote technology integration in the K-12 classroom? What do teachers and students need and want to use a blog to facilitate and enhance learning?

A very good question....