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Back =**Web 2.0 and Emerging Technologies for Online Learning**   = //With the advent of Web 2.0 we have seen a [|proliferation of tools] that enable information sharing, collaboration and co-creation of content. With a seemingly endless list of powerful new tools and possibilities, how do virtual school educators identify and make use of the right tool for the right purpose? This hands-on session will provide an overview to Web 2.0 tools and possibilities as well as engage participants in conversation around key virtual school instructional needs. Participants who bring laptop computers will have an opportunity to try out a collection of Web 2.0 tools and think together about strategies for selecting and incorporating the ones that most meet their identified virtual school needs.//

**Presentation Team:**


Kirsten Peterson and Barbara Treacy of [|Education Development Center] (EDC)'s [|EdTech Leaders Online] Bob Fortney, Jenni Keith, Norka Padilla of [|Kentucky Virtual Schools] and e-Learning Kentucky Connie Ratcliffe and Jackie Mangieri of [|Mississipi Virtual Public School] Polly Werner of [|Florida Virtual School]

[|Agenda]
Scott Cloud and Meagan Taylor-Booth from [|Virtual Virginia] made quick use of [|Flip video cameras] to capture quick comments from pre-conference participants (as they made their way out the door at the end of the session) on their favorite web tools. [|View the Compilation]

**Slide Files**
(includes slides on KY Web 2.0 Management/Leadership Issues)

**Tools Explored During Hands-On Experimentation **
[|GCast] [|Audacity] with [|Lame Encoder] [|WizIQ] [|Voki] [|VoiceThread] [|Google Accounts] [|Google Tools] [|Elluminate] [|pbwiki] wikispaces

Participant Recommended Tools (Name, URL, Use/Purpose)
[|Google Applications for Education] (free Google tools for educational organizations - can create custom local URLs) [|Wimba Collaboration Tools] (Pronto, Live Classroom, Voiceboard) for instruction, leadership capacity-buklding, professional development in online learning communities, live presentations. [|Second Life] for professional development in an immersive learning environment [|Pearson Interactive Textbooks] used within Blackboard course management system for quality online text with animation, video, practice problems and assessments [|GoToWeb20] for searchable collection of Web 2.0 tools [|Tek's Treks] wiki for one stop shopping Web 2.0 tools [|NMSU Webinars] (free and focused on Web 2.0 issues) [|Common Craft] for simple video explanations of Web 2.0 tools [|LiveText] for project-based learning and e-portfolios (allows students to work collaboratively and teeachers to access rubrics linked to standards - also collects data and allows administrators to run reports and continuously assess programs) [|Jing Project] for free/simple screen cast creation and publication or off-loading [|Zamzar] for free conversion of video file formats - will email users a link for pick-up [|GCalc] and [|Quick Math] for simple online graphing calculators [|Delicious] for creating bibliography of annotated links to resources [|Ms. Dewey] Search Engine is a humorous search engine that plays prerecorded movie clips of a female actress to entertain you while searches are being performed [|Skype] for working with 150+ schools on the phone - Skype allows for free phone calls while wearing a headset with both hands free to type or search out SIS [|Shmoop] for online study help [|Kudos] for career assessments, exploration and information storage [|Buzzword] for online word processing allowing collaboration and editing [|Univision] for short video clips of Spanish news stories to use for Spanish courses - easily embedded [|YouTube] and [|TeacherTube] for searchable video clips [|Digg] as a place for people to discover and share content - the tool surfaces the best content as voted upon by registered users as well as provides tools for the community to discuss topics they are passionate about [|SurveyMonkey] is a tool that provides an easy way to create, distribute and analyze data [|GoToMeeting] for collaboration and conducting remote training

Web 2.0 Recommended Reading/Writing/Sharing Resources
[|The Machine is Using Us Web 2.0] YouTube video made by [|Michael Wesch] explaining Web 2.0 [|Cool Tools for Teaching Online] from [|SREB Online Teachers] [|Top 100 Tools for Learning] 2008 [|EPN] (Education Podcast Network) Will Richardson's [|weblogg-ed] David Warlick's [|2Cents Worth] [|From Web 2.0 to School 2.0], Lankshear and Knobel [|Steve Hargadon's] Web 2.0 and Open Source in K-12 [|Infinite Thinking Machine] [|Classroom 2.0] social networking site [|How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century], Time Magazine [|Learning 2.0] 23 Things to expand your understanding of Web 2.0 [|Engaging the YouTube Google-Eyed Generation]: Strategies for Using Web 2.0 in Teaching and Learning


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