5. Introductions
What do you know about Social Media?
What would you like to learn?
What is one thing would you like to take away from
this session?
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6. Agenda
Web2.0 into your lessons
Introduction to 5 Web 2.0 tools
YouTube Channels – Create a YouTube channel to put all your video resources
in one place and have easy access for you and your students.
QR Codes – Give your students quick access to websites and information
relevant to your lesson.
Twitter – Communicate with your students quickly and easily using Twitter:
remind them of homework, preview the next lesson or foster class discussions.
Pinterest – Think of an ―online bulletin board‖ where you and your students pin
pictures and websites using themes.
Paper.li – Create a classroom newspaper on important topics.
WordPress – Use WordPress to create a classroom website and to blog with
your students.
Where to find more tools when you want them
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Go2Web20
Top 100 Tools for Learning
Adult Educations & Technology Paperli
9. Components of Web 2.0
The Cloud
Use of mobile
devices
Crowd sourcing and
tagging
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10. Why Use Web 2.0 in Education?
Makes tasks authentic &
challenging
Extends time devoted project
Supports collaborative work
Inexpensive, multiplatform
Real life experience
Help break down the digital
divide
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11. Integrating Technology Using SAMR
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/06/samr-model-explained-for-teachers.html
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16. YouTube
Video Sharing website
Owned by Google
since 2006
One hour of video is
uploaded to YouTube
every second
http://www.leadgenix.com/blog/social-media/great-reasons-to-consider-youtube-in-social-media-campaigns/
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17. YouTube in Adult Education
YouTube EDU
http://www.youtube.com/education_channels?level=li
felong_learning
YouTube for Schools
YouTube.com/teachers
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18. YouTube Terms
Playlists: A collection of existing videos that you add
to the playlist. You can have many playlists. Default
Playlists include ―Favorites‖ and ―Play later‖
Channels: You get one per Google account and it is
where your uploaded videos sit.
Share: send a link to a YouTube video using a
number of social media accounts
Add to: Add a YouTube video to one of your
playlists
Purchased: Videos you have bought from Google
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22. Why Use QR Codes?
Helps everyone get to he same place online at the
same time
Supports using video, audio, visual resources inside
and outside the classroom
Teachers and students can create them
Feels like Magic
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23. What are QR Codes
Q R stands for
Developed in Japan to track Toyota car parts in
1994
• You scan a QR
Code and then you
are taken to a tech
based experience
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24. How do I read QR Codes?
QR Codes can be used with a mobile device like a
smart phone or a tablet that has a built in camera and
access to the internet
The device must have an QR Code reader app (also
called scanner) installed
There are many apps to choose from.
Scan for Apple devices
QR Droid for Android devices
NOTE: QR Code Readers should be FREE & should
not require any personal information
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25. QR Code Readers
The QR Code Reader
app uses the
camera on your
device to scan the
code and then uses
the internet to
interpret the
instructions in the
code
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27. Steps to Using in Education
1.
2.
3.
4.
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First consider what is the learning goal
Make sure you and your students have devices
that can read QR Codes
If devices do not have QR Code Readers, take
time out to download the appropriate app some
days before you plan to use QR Codes in class
Create the QR Codes you need
29. Image with Narration
To hear about this photo, go
to this link
http://bit.ly/17nx5bO
or scan the QR Code
Tools used to create this:
https://www.google.com/voice
https://www.dropbox.com/
https://vimeo.com
http://bitly.com/
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30. Make Your Own QR Code
Bitly https://bitly.com/
Google http://goo.gl/
ZXING http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/
Kaywa http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
ScanLife http://www.scanlife.com/en/
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32. Make Your Own QR Code
1.
Copy the link to the website you would like to share
using a QR Code
2.
Paste the link in the shorten bar in Bitly and click
shorten
3.
Copy the resulting shortened Bitly link and paste in
the Address bar on your browser
Add .qr at the end of the shortened link and hit the
enter key on your keyboard
4.
5.
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Your QR code will show up on the screen. Right
click on it to copy or save
34. QR Codes in Education
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Make your own QR Code Scavenger Hunt!
Scavenger Hunt
5 Real Ways To Use QR Codes In
Education
QR Codes Connect Students to Books
Shambles QR Code Resource
Desktop QR Code Reader
QR Codes in Education Livebinder
50 QR code resources for the classroom
38. Why Tweet?
Information is sent to me
I decide who to follow and
un-follow
Twitter is a one way street
Constant feed of the tweets
from the people I follow
waiting for me
Search by
hashtag, keyword, list
Follow organizations
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42. Anatomy of a Good Tweet
Tips
Include hashtags in content of tweet
Include shortened links to more information
Write a headline, leave out unnecessary words, but
try not to use texting shorthand
Use common abbreviations
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43. Finding People to Follow
Search on https://twitter.com/search-home for
people, keywords or hashtags even if you don’t have
a Twitter account
Once you have a Twitter Account
Search hashtags and words #AdultEd
See who follows the people you follow
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45. Sending and Receiving Tweets
Twitter.com
Texts via your cell phone
Applications on computers, tablets & smart phones
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HootSuite
46. What to Do Right Now?
Before you create a Twitter account on twitter.com
Think of a good Twitter handle (short, easy)
Find five people to follow and write down their Twitter
handles
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Search for people using #AdultEd #EdTech
Search for your favorite hobby, writer, singer, actor
47. What to Do in the Next Few Weeks
Create your Twitter accoutn or log into your exitsing
twitter account
Retweet one tweet and create one of your own
tweets. Remember to use hashtags
Spend 15 minutes on Twitter every morning
reading
retweeting
following new people
Try HootSuite or receiving tweets as sms text
messages
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54. Pinterest in Education
Web 2.0 Tools for Educators (Pinterest board)
Is Pinterest a Teacher’s New Best Friend in the
Classroom?
25 Great Educators To Follow On Pinterest
TechChef4U Pinterest
In The Pinterest Of Education
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57. PaperLi
To create a PaperLi account, must use either
Facebook or Twitter
Paper can be published once a day, twice a day, or
weekly
You can create collaborative papers
Search for Twitter hashtags, people on Twitter, large
array of online content from news outlets
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59. Articles & Lesson Ideas
What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and
implications for education
Web 2.0 Tools for Primary and Secondary Education
The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In
2012 — So Far
The 100 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By
You
Web 2.0 Tools for Math Educators
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63. My contact info
Email: nelle@lacnyc.org
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Facebook:
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Editor's Notes
Tags are descriptive keywords that help others find your content. This kind of metadata helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching. Tags are generally chosen informally and personally by the item's creator or by its viewer, depending on the system.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_(metadata)