Web20 Brochure
Web20 Brochure
Web 2.0:
site/for/teachers Kids Health Internet Safety
Wetpaint http://www.wetpaint.com/ http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/
Blogs net_safety.html
21 Classes http://www.21classes.com/
ClassPress http://
Love Our Children
http://www.loveourchildrenusa.org/parent_internet
Creating
a case
www.classpress.com/?
safety.php
gclid=CK_P1q784ZsCFQJ2xgod2V7MbA
McGruff Online Safety for Kids
EduBlogs http://edublogs.org/
Social networking sites
Learn Central
http://www.mcgruff.org/Advice/online_safety.php
MediaWise for the
http://www.mediafamily.org/resources.shtml
http://www.learncentral.org/
Whyville
http://www.whyville.net/smmk/nice
NetLingo: Top 50 Internet Acronyms and Lists
Every Parent Needs to Know
interactive
BoomBang
http://www.boombang.tv/eng/
http://www.netlingo.com/top-50/index.php
NetSmartzKids
Internet
Collaborative learning tools
Moodle http://moodle.org/
http://www.netsmartzkids.org/indexFL.htm
NetSmartzTeens http://www.nsteens.org/
in schools
Kidlink Play it Cyber Safe http://playitcybersafe.com/
http://www.kidlink.org/kidspace/index.php
SafeKids.com http://www.safekids.com/
4Teachers http://4teachers.org/
SafeTeens.com http://www.safeteens.com/
Videocasting
School Family Internet Safety Tips
SchoolTube http://www.schooltube.com
http://www.schoolfamily.com/school-family-
TeacherTube http://teachertube.com/
Google Videos http://video.google.com/ articles/article/807-internet-safety-tips-for-
parents
Wired Safety Web Site
By Theresa Quilici
All reference citations and information sources for this http://wiredsafety.org/parent.html and Holly Jones
brochure can be found at
https://why-web2-0.wikispaces.com/
A Case for e b 2 . 0
Web 2.0 Understa n d i n g W
Todays classroom is about information,
collaboration, and about the changing roles of
student and teacher (Britannica.com, 2008). Web 2.0 The interactive, read/write Web.
Teachers feel there is an information overload, so Web 2.0 encourages participation and the
development of collective intelligence. Blogs,
RSS Known as Really Simple Syndica-
to speak, and the accompanying perception is that tion or Rich Site Summary. A feed or
there is superfluous information that needs to be wikis, and social networking sites are popular
channel that provides summarized text,
carefully controlled before being allowed in the examples of Web 2.0.
publishing dates, and authorship information.
classroom. However, if the ever-increasing amount Makes it possible to send content from one
of content is perceived as conversations taking Blog Short for Weblog. A Web site that Web page to another.
place, it becomes imperative that students become
contains an online personal journal with
productive participants in said conversations. In its Folksonomy A system of classification
reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks pro-
Web 2.0 technologies for learning at Key Stages 3 resulting from collaboratively creating and
vided by the writer.
and 4 project designed to investigate the use and managing tags to annotate and categorize
impact of Web 2.0 applications on students be- content. Also called social classification, so-
tween 11-16, Becta offers the following reasons for Wiki A Web site in which content can be
created and edited by a community of users. cial indexing, and social tagging.
integrating Web 2.0 resources into classroom
instruction: They differ from typical Web sites because
Aggregator A tool to combine multiple
Engagement in content creation traditional sites are created, edited, and
Web site feeds by tracking Web page
Authenticity and a sense of ownership maintained by an individual. Wikis encourage
updates and putting the content in one place.
collaboration.
Participation with others who share their Main types are desktop, Web-based, and
interests mobile device-based. Also known as RSS
Openness and access to information leading to
Tagging Attaching descriptive keywords to
readers or feed readers.
greater learning opportunities digital objects for the purpose of future
retrieval. Podcast A term loosely applied to any
Collaboration and the practical value of working
as a group audio file that has been posted on an online
Creativity in various mediums such as video, Tag clouds A textual display of the most platform. What differentiates podcasting tech-
blogs, or wikis frequently used tags for a particular Web site. nology is the Web syndication.
Passionate interest and personal expression in The most popular tags appear in larger sizes
profiles, portfolios, and publications Vodcast Also known as video casting or
Discussion in a variety of environments, video podcasting. The counterpart to audio
Social bookmarking An online podcasting which uses a compressed video
allowing for more openness from shy students
phenomenon that takes tags and folksonomies file delivered via RSS feed. Web television
who might not talk in class
and pairs them with the traditional task of Inter- series are one example.
Asynchronous contribution allowing for greater net bookmarking. Users manage bookmarks of
opportunities to participate with less of a time favorite Web pages with the help of tags.
factor
Proactivity, allowing students to pursue their
own interests and strengths Social networking Online communities
Critical thinking in terms of assessing content. provide a virtual environment where individuals
Students must be able to size up Web sites can interact with family and friends, but they Check out our wiki at
based on authority, reliability, scholarship, and expand the channels to social discovery. Links
currency. are provided to new acquaintances, and
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members can share similar interests.