Productivity, Presentations, and

YouBringing Web 2.0 Tools Into Your Classroom and Library

By: Jeff Harris

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“The definition of information literacy has become more complex as resources and

technologies have changed... Multiple literacies, including digital, visual, textual, and

technological, now join information literacy as crucial

skills for this century.” (Hamilton)

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What?•Web 2.0 creates...

•Productivity and Presentation Tools connect all these skills together

Collaboration

Shared Information

Critical Thinking Connectivity

Empowerment

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“Times have changed; using Web 2.0 tools... students can collaboratively locate, evaluate, and share relevant Web-based

resources... Typical Web 2.0 style services can include blogging, user tagging, RSS

feeds, wikis, user ratings, user comments, video and photo sharing, community

citation services, social bookmarking, and microblogging.” (Berger)

Who?•Librarians

•Teachers

•StudentsYOU!

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“College students, who grew up with technology, are ‘digital

natives,’ while librarians, many having learned technology later in life, are ‘digital immigrants.’”

(Quinney, Smith, & Galbraith)

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When?

•Classroom Lessons

•Ongoing Projects

•Before and after school

•Anytime!

•NOW

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“This is where critical thinking and information technology

skills spell the difference. There had never been a more

opportune time for libraries and librarians to make their

presence felt... than being in the midst of all the chaos brought

by the openness and read/write platforms provided by Web 2.0.”

(Lapuz)

Where?

•Libraries

•Classrooms

•Home

•On the go

•Anywhere!

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“Students can connect via email, Skype, collaborative documents, and discussion

boards with students in other countries. Teachers can reach out to classrooms around the

world through collaborative Web sites, both presenting and

collecting information to bring a global perspective to the local classroom, to each student of

the world.” (Fredrick)

“Today’s electronic documents allow collaborators to work in a synchronous environment on a

single document; groups of students can create, share, and edit them online. Students can

connect with each other and explore how their interests and abilities can be used to enhance

class projects.” (Berger)

Why?•Use of these tools benefits:

CreativityCommunity

Collaboration

Connectivity

Curriculum

Compatibility

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“Technology in and of itself will not create more engaged

students or better students. However, well-chosen technology resources infused into classroom

instruction can create more engaged and better students.

Given the choice of having students create content or simply absorb content through reading, listening, or viewing, I will choose

creating content every time.” (Byrne)

How?

•Start small.

•Start realistically.

•Start with what you know.

•Start organically.

•Start now.

•Just START!

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Productivity Tools:An Overview

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Types of Productivity Tools•Personal Learning Environments

•Information Dashboards

•Bookmarking Services

•Media Editing Tools

•Graphic Organizers

What Productivity Tools Can Do

•Collaboration between groups of media users and creators

•Organize and create visual representations

•Track information from multiple sources

•Sort, tag, filter, and organize information

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Personal Learning Environments

•Uniquely you

•Allow for seamless “following”

•Weave your own web

•Timely time management

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Information Dashboards

•Include widgets

•Customizable

•General or specific

•Single or multi-page

•Personal or professional

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Pageflakes

Netvibes

Bookmarking Services

•Keep tabs

•Create tags

•Annotate

•Share

•Connect

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Delicious

Google Reader

Common Features

•Improve sharing

•Improve organization

•Improve time usage

•Improve accessibility

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Connections to the Classroom

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•Variety of resources

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Presentation Tools:

An Overview

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Types of Presentation Tools•Blogs and Glogs

•Wikis

•Video/photo/audio-editing and sharing

•Screencasts

•Document tools

•Multimedia presentation tools

What Presentation Tools Can Do:

•Easy updates

•Convenient sharing

•Great service for FREE!

•Collaboration

•Common formats

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Multimedia Presentations

•Can include:

•Allow for great flexibility in creating and delivering content

•Range of complexity

•“Show what you know”

VideosPhotos

ChartsGraphs Sound

Narration

280 Slides

Sliderocket

Jing

Slideshare

•Upload

•Embed

•Share

•Tweak

•Access

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Other Resources

•Animoto - http://animoto.com/

•Cacoo - http://cacoo.com/

•TeacherTube - http://www1.teachertube.com/

•VoiceThread - http://voicethread.com/

•Prezi - http://prezi.com/

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Connections tothe Classroom

•Oral Communication/Speech

•Group Presentations

•How-To Guides

•Students as Teachers

•Content Area Connections

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What’s the Point?

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Where Do I Start?

•Start with what you know.

•Start small.

•Start with what comes naturally.

•Start on foundations

•Never stop growing!

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Where Can I Go for Resources?

•Presentation links (FAQs, video tutorials)

•Your students

•Your colleagues

•The Web

•ME!

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The Future starts with YOU.

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Resource Links:• Pageflakes: http://www.pageflakes.com/

• Netvibes: http://www.netvibes.com/en

• Delicious: http://www.delicious.com/

• Google Reader: https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=reader&passive=1209600&continue=http://www.google.com/reader&followup=http://www.google.com/reader

• 280 Slides: http://280slides.com/

• SlideRocket: http://www.sliderocket.com/

• Jing: http://www.techsmith.com/jing/

• SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/