SLS Sharing Day

Web 2.0 Tools:  write back at ya!

 

SLS Sharing Day Handout

 

WHAT IS THE READ-WRITE WEB?

• web-based, interactive, collaborative, can be customized and personalized.
• Instead of paying for software, everything is online, and often free!
• Examples include podcasting, blogging, wikis, social bookmarking, RSS feeds, interactive maps, picture sharing, surveys...and more.
• There are literally thousands of examples now.

 

Today's Tools:  VoiceThread (a multimedia tool) & Glogster (an interactive online "poster-making" tool)

 

 

NYS ELA:  "Students will listen, speak, read, and write for information and understanding, for literary response and expression,  for critical analysis and evaluation, and for social interaction." 

 

Uses of VoiceThread

• Organize resources:  Furoshiki 
• Promote or record special events:  one school's Dr. Seuss celebration
• Prepare Materials for instruction and review:    Photography Tutorial
• Explore Literature:  Mr. G's Shakespeare VoiceThread;
• Create student projects:   Europe VoiceThreads
• Provide differentiation:  Jason & Brooklyn's Words   Aubrey's Words 
• Assess students: VoiceThread Math;  Alaska: What we Know
• Communicate with families:  Mendon Ponds; Library Events
• Have fun!  We're Going to the Zoo

 

Uses of Glogster

• Promote or record special events:  Reading Buddies 
• Prepare Materials for instruction and review: Cinderella in Asia project
• Explore Literature:  The Three Little Pigs
• Create student projects:   Amazon Poster
• Assess students:  Environmental Heroes wiki
• Communicate with families: Bienvenidos!  South America
• Provide Professional Developement: Technology Playground
• Have fun!  Shadows

 

 So...How do I make one?

 

VoiceThread:  log in, upload pictures, video, or Powerpoints; add audio comments or "doodles."  Save & publish.

Glogster:  log in, upload pictures, video, or sound.  Save & publish.