WEB 2.0 PD INTRO
This video illustrates the relevance, importance & purpose of Web 2.0 in today's classroom,
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1. Define WEB 2.0 & understand it's purpose in the classroom
2. Discover elementary-specific Web 2.0 tools readily available through Staff site 3. Hear ways South Staff are using Web 2.0 in their classrooms 4. Discover content-specific resources organized in Livebinders on our Staff website 5. Become familiarized with various Web 2.0 tools through a hands-on activity |
WHAT IS a WEB 2.0 TOOL & WHAT DOES IT DO?
- "WEB 2.0 TOOLS provide teachers & students with revolutionary new ways of CREATING, COLLABORATING, EDITING & sharing user-generated content online.
- WEB 2.0 TOOLS are the various individual internet-based platforms that allow creativity & collaboration to occur
- WEB 2.0 is about ease of use. There's NO NEED to DOWNLOAD - Teachers & students can master many of these tools in minutes.
- There are SO many Web 2.0 tools out there that it's easy to feel overwhelmed
*It's also impossible to show you all available Web 2.0 tools because there are
just so many out there, with new tools being created all the time.
*It's really about doing a bit of RESEARCH and finding what works best for
you & your students.
BUT. . . DON'T STRESS!
This is where I, as your Building Tech, come into play:
- I have taken the "leg work" out of it by researching the most appropriate Web 2.0 tools for South & organizing them into one easy to access place. . .our Staff website
- You can easily find these chosen Web 2.0 tools in 2 places within this website: