Web 2.0 Tools in YOUR Classroom!

2010-02-26T14:32:00.000-05:00

Have you heard of Web 2.0? If not, here's a quick overview:

Web 2.0 is the term used to describe the next generation of internet tools. Web 1.0 is what we are all very familiar with: pages with static information, where the interaction with the information is one-way -- the reader reads the information but does not respond to it on the computer. Web 2.0 describes the "new" internet, where users read, respond, upload videos and pictures, and create and share content with one another. It is a very dynamic world, and hard for us of the old guard to get our minds around.

As part of a 7-week on-line PD course through Kentucky Virtual Schools, I've been playing around with a number of Web 2.0 tools: Personal Learning Networks (PLNs), RSS feeds, podcasts, social bookmarking, blogs, wikis, Skype and Twitter.

Last week we learned about Real Simple Syndication (or Subscrption), or RSS, as a means of getting professional development and technology integration ideas "delivered to you door." As part of this, I was to use a feed reader to gather articles of interest to me.

The really cool thing about RSS feeds is that once you find a sources that are useful to you and subscribe to those sources (for free), you never have to visit that site again unless you want to. You simply open the reader and move down the list to read the articles you've recieved. It works like an e-mail inbox, but with professional articles.

I'm going to start posting interesting articles I receive from my feeds on this blog daily. You can even subscribe to this blog and pick up all my postings.

I'm looking for items that will work across all disciplines, so I hope you will either subscribe or check back find items that will help you more effectively reach the students in your classes. This is an adventure for us to undertake together!

Mrs. Cordier's Web 2.0 Blog

Web 2.0 Tools in YOUR Classroom!