lc fti 2008 getting started with web 2.0

Start Teaching with

Web 2.0 Tools

Randy Thornton

You need different strategies for teaching and learning

in a world of abundant over-information

than in a world of scarce information.

The Three Arrows

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Activity

Audio-Visual

Textual

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The Three Arrows

Web 1.0

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The Three Arrows

Web 1.0

Web 2.0

Three Must Have Tools

A Tagger        delicious

An RSS Aggregator        Google Reader        

Firefox        Firefox addons

Let’s Go Exploring

Advice for Exploring

Be Self-Reliant

These tools are designed to be easy to use

Free yourself from tech support

Use Web 2.0 tools to learn Web 2.0 tools

Be Part of a Community

Ask your colleagues what they are doing

Ask your students what they are doing

Share with everyone what you are doing

Use Web 2.0 tools to learn Web 2.0 tools

Start Off On the Beaten Track

Blogs for personal voice

Wikis for collaboration

Forum, Chat, Twitter, Ning for building community

Tagging for knowledge discovery and sharing

Audio and Video for multiple modes of expression

Practice “Digital Slash and Burn”

Invest lightly and move on if it fails

There's lots more tools out there

Have a Backup Plan

• 50 Tools for Digital Storytelling

• Top 100 Recommended Education Tools 

• Go Web 2.0 Directory

• The MaricopaTech Educational Tools Wiki

• Socialtext RSS Resources

• The In Plain English Videos

• Poducateme

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