Let's Communicate in Web 2.0
Midwest Handout Letscomm_CBroos_10_09.doc
Youtube Videos
Lost Generation
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The move from web 1.0 to web 2.0, use the power of communication to connect, collaborate and learn.
The bold denotes really cool features in web 2.0
A lot of people wanted to know about this video, well.. here it is...
Johnny Lee's website
Let's Pay Attention to what students already know
This is the top video on teachertube
Copyright video
How to get started
Figure out a nickname - or a name you will use
gmail account first, for all your social networking. Keep your school address for school matters. Use a nickname
Google - set up an iGoogle page for yourself for rss feeds
Bookmarks - either del.icio.us or diigo
Twitter account - the fastest way to see what others are doing. Plurk account - you can pose questions and get responses
Plurk account, each 140 character post in a thread
Simple webpage to post
Second Life, virtual world and professional growth
Blog - set up a blog
Have a picture ready, a short resume (less than twenty words) that you will use for your profile.
Please fill out your profile immediately, with whom you are, a picture and other important information.
I WILL NOT FOLLOW ANYONE IF I DO NOT KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
Carol Broos’s websites
Top Four Important Threads to a Great Communicator
Know your Purpose
Reliable, KEEP IT UP TO DATE
Answer emails
Know what communication works for each person
emailers website surfers phone handwritten notes
Purpose - What's Yours?
-Informational - Calendars, Cast List, Grades
-Expect a response, HOW QUICKLY?
-Instructional - “Sage on the Stage”
-Presentation versus Handout
-One-to-one instruction versus WHOLE CLASS
Social Networking, multi-media sharing, wikis
Youtube Videos from CommonCraft
Personal Computing
Teaching good internet skills by example - Have an internet presence that is positive and clean
Various forms of Communication - each has a separate use.
Always think 5:00 news.
Snail mail
Website, Blog and eCard
Voice mail
email
IM and text messaging
Personal Phone call
Personal contact
Snail Mail
Use this if it is informational and not time-sensitive
Website
1.0 or 2.0 - do you communicate on it?
Voice Mail
Three days versus one day turn around on email
Have Caller ID. If important, answer directly.
Email
1. re: TELL THE ANSWER
incorrect: Hi
Correct: Re: Here are all the bookmarks
2. Don't send a paper invitation to be printed out - just write out information
3. Two uses of .pdf
-Sign a form
-Keep information intake, no one can change - protected (somewhat)
Set up various accounts for different things
-school
-personal
-web magazines
-communication online for collaboration
IM - Instant Messaging
Skype http://www.skype.com/
Yahoo Messenger http://www.yahoo.com
Google Talk http://www.google.com/talk/
iChat (Apple)
AIM
Personal Phone Call
Personal Contact - nothing can replace personal contact with people
Never search again - check this out. Incredible sites!!
All my Faves http://www.allmyfaves.com/
Incredible web 2.0 http://clifmims.wetpaint.com/page/Go+to+Web+2.0+Directory?t=anon
Web 2.0 resource http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
Web 2.0 tools http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools
Web 2.0 http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listweb20s.html
Web 2.0 websites http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listweb20s.html
My Backpack`` http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/backpack2009d2.htm l
Sharing 2.0 http://sharingweb20.wikispaces.com/
eCards and more
Custom Gift Cards http://www.dltk-cards.com/tags/tag2.asp
Hallmark http://www.hallmark.com/
123 Greetings http://www.123greetings.com/
Geo Greeting http://www.geogreeting.com/
Make Flowers http://www.flowers2mail.com/
Jacquie Lawson http://www.jacquielawson.com/ $8.00 a year - well worth it
Website - Get your "Stuff" out online
Web Design
teacherweb $25 a year http://teacherweb.com
iWeb, apple only http://www.apple.com/ilife/iweb
Wikispaces, free http://www.wikispaces.com
pbwik i , free http://pbwiki.com/
Wetpaint, free http://www.wetpaint.com
Blogs
Great article - 50 useful blogging tools http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/07/21/50-useful-blogging-tools-for-teachers /
Blogger http://www.blogger.com/home
Edublogs http://edublogs.org/
Learnerblogs http://learnerblogs.org/
WordPress http://wordpress.org/
Blogs for classroom http://classblogmeister.com/
21classes (no email) http://21classes.com/
Micro-Blogging
Twitter http://twitter.com/
people to follow pbwiki.com people to follow in education
Twitter4teachers
Plurk http://www.plurk.com/
One-click Micro-blog posting
Ping http://ping.fm
Podcasting
Podbean http://www.podbean.com/
VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/
Family Website
thefamilypost http://www.thefamilypost.com/
myfamily http://www.myfamily.com/
Family Tree http://www.myheritage.com/
Organized all the social networks together
RSS http://www.bloglines.com/
FriendFeed http://friendfeed.com/
The Artist - cool art sites
Wordle http://wordle.net/
Picreflect http://picreflect.com/
Blabberize http://blabberize.com/
Make a cloud http://www.makecloud.com/
Tag Galaxy http://www.taggalaxy.de/
Imagechef http://www.imagechef.com/
Make Flowers http://www.flowers2mail.com/
Collaboration
Social Web Sharing - Bookmarks online
Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/about/
Digg http://digg.com/
Clipmarks http://clipmarks.com
Diigo http://www.diigo.com
Laterthis http://laterthis.com
Wikipedia Complete List of Social Neworking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_software#Social_bookmarking
Sharing of material (also Google docs)
Zoho http://notebook.zoho.com
Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/
Scribd http://www.scribd.com
Groups
Yahoo http://groups.yahoo.com/
Yahoo teachers http://teachers.yahoo.com/
Google Groups http://groups.google.com/
.Mac groups http://www.mac.com/1/learningcenter/Modules/qg_dmGroup_t1.html
Set up Meeting Time
Doodle http://www.doodle.ch/main.html
Google - the way to go....
iGoogle http://www.google.com/ig
Google Earth http://earth.google.com
googlism http://www.googlism.com/
Google apps
Google apps http://www.google.com/a
Google Page creater
Google Docs - I use it for everything!
Google Calendar
Google Sketchup - a wonderful 3D picture
Google Labs
Google Alerts
Google Picasa - online pictures, like Flickr
Multi-media - Pictures
Photo Sharing http://www.flickr.com/
Planeteye http://www.planeteye.com
Pictures for pbwiki http://www.bubbleshare.com/
Pictures, video (youtube) http://www.scrapblog.com/
Picnik http://www.picnik.com/
Smithsonian flickr http://photography.si.edu
Multi-media - Video and Music
Voice Thread http://voicethread.com/#home
GCast http://www.gcast.com/
Skitch http://skitch.com/
Aniboom http://www.aniboom.com/
Scratch http://scratch.mit.edu/
Animoto http://animoto.com/
Kerpoof http://www.kerpoof.com/create
Rockyou http://rockyou.com/
Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/
Sliderocket http://www.sliderocket.com/product/
Social Networking
Ning, teacher "facebook" http://www.ning.com/
Musictechieteachers http://musictechieteachers.ning.com/
Classroom 2.0 , part of ning http://classroom20.ning.com/
Secondlife http://secondlife.com
Twiitter http://twitter.com/
Plurk http://www.plurk.com/
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/
Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/ Professional networking
MySpace
Hi5 http://www.hi5.com/
My single more connecting with techies is Discovery Education
Discovery Educator http://community.discoveryeducation.com/
WishList http://www.wishlist.com/ Make lists of what you want
Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/ Share books you read with others
Post only once on your social network
Ping http://ping.fm
Friendfeed http://friendfeed.com/
Cool stuff for your website
Polls and Surveys
Surveymonkey http://www.surveymonkey.com/ Make surveys online
Polldaddy http://www.polldaddy.com/
Widgets for your Website
Get code, all sites http://www.dbachrach.com/showyourself/
Get code, put polls http://www.polldaddy.com/
Informational VIDEO - Set up an account and share
The tubes - sharing videos
Youtube http://www.youtube.com/
Teachertube http://www.teachertube.com/
Schooltube http://www.schooltube.com/
Godtube http://www.godtube.com/
Edublogs video http://edublogs.tv/
Convert youtube videos for Mac, PC, PSP, iPhone (.mp3, .mov, .mp4, and much more)
converttube http://converttube.com/
I LOVE THIS - Instructional and insprirational, beautiful website
Ted.com http://www.ted.com/
Common Craft http://www.commoncraft.com/
WatchKnow http://watchknow.org/
Streaming
ustreaming http://ustream.tv/
Media-converters for youtube (Converts youtube to iTunes)
Tubesock http://stinkbot.com/Tubesock/
Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org/
Individual Computing
Must Have
Jing http://www.jingproject.com/
Planbook http://www.hellmansoft/com
Multisite for iWeb http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/internet_utilities/multisiteforiweb.html
Sound Studio http://www.freeverse.com/apps/app/?id=5012
Firefox browser add-ons
Colorful tabs - tabs are different colors for different levels
Google Gears - can work on google docs without being online
Foxmarks - Bookmark Synchornizer
Diigo - bookmarks and groups, plus del.icio.us - easy posting to del.icio.us
Google Notebook
PDF download - lets you view PDF's as webpage
Cooliris - Discover the power of google pictures
Smart Bookmarks Bar - condense your bookmarks to icons
Twitter - post to twitter from your address bar
WEB BROWSERS
Flock - Social Network http://flock.com/
Kids'z - Children's browser http://kidoz.net/beta/about.html
Online Magazines, you subscribe
Kim Komando http://www.komando.com/
TechLearning http://www.techlearning.com/
21st connections http://newbay.ebookhost.net/tl/21cc/1/
Education Technology http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/blogger.html
Teachers First http://www.teachersfirst.com/index.cfm
Version Tracker http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/
Women of Web 2.0 http://www.womenofweb2.com/
Resources from other teachers
Charlene Chausis
Internet Resources for the Photo Buff http://homepage.mac.com/charlenechausis/photo_resources.html
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