What You Already Know?

We will be sharing a lot of information with you about Web 2.0 or the Read/Write web during summer academy, but first we want you to tell us what you already know about it. Click on the Comments link below this post to get started!

Day 1

Introductions

• ITSCO introductions
  
• Overview of ITSCO
• Sign-up for eNews
  
• Participant introductions
  
• What do you teach?
• Explain one way you've used technology or would like to use technology in the classroom.
  
• Graduate credit
• What you already know about Web 2.0
• Slideshare

Online Bookmarking

• Advantages and Overview
• Sign-up for Diigo account
• Add Diigolet Applet
  
• Overview of how to use Diigo
• Discuss with a partner how you might use Diigo as an instructional tool in your classroom.

Overview of Differentiated Instruction

Information Literacy & Media Literacy

Definitions (Awareness & Access)

• Define Information Literacy and Media Literacy on your own paper
  
• Bookmark sites in your Diigo account that define these terms
• Group definitions and sharing
  
• Click on ITSCO Diigo account link
  
• In the Search box type: Information Literacy and then Media Literacy
• Media Literacy Framework
• Handout
  
• Search engine and strategies used to find definitions

Searching (Awareness & Access)

• Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web
• Choose 2 lessons to complete on your own

Information Literacy (Awareness & Access)

• Information Literacy Quiz
• Quiz results
• Web site Validation

Lunch

Media Literacy/Integration (Analyze)

• Find a piece of media (website, article, picture, video, audio) to use in your classroom
• Answer the Five Key Questions of Media Literacy
• Discussion - how will you use the Five Key Questions with your students?
  

Media Literacy/Integration (Evaluate)

• Review the 2 websites below
  
• Photographic Truth in the Digital Era
• Campaign for Real Beauty
• Group discussion - When is digital manipulation acceptable/unacceptable and under what conditions should viewers or readers be notified that an image has been digitally altered?
  
• Take the Fake or Photo Online Quiz with group (if time allows)
  

Media Literacy/Integration (Communicate)

• Media Literacy Framework definition

Discussion/Wrap-Up

• 3-2-1 Exit Card
• Three things you learned
• Two questions you have
• One thing you would like to learn more about
  

Day 2

Blogs

• Slideshare presentation
  
• Blog activity
• Set-up Google account
• Google Reader
• Set-up Blogger account
• Begin to create a blog
  

To remove the "Next Blog" at the top of Blogger do the following:

1. Click on the Template tab (when you are logged in!)
2. Next, click Edit HTML
   
3. Under the first */ paste the following:
   
   #navbar-iframe {
   height: 0px;
   visibility: hidden;
   display: none;
   }

Lunch

Wikis

• Wiki video
  
• Slideshare presentation
• Wiki activity
• Set-up PBwiki account
• Summer Academy Wiki
  http://summeracademy.pbwiki.com
  password: summer07
• Begin to create a wiki
  

Blogs for Teaching and Learning

Please find and post 2 blogs (at least 1 should be professional). It could be for you to read professionally, to teach with, to learn from or has ideas you can model. Click the comment button to add.

Google Blog Search

Technorati

Educational Blogs

Will Richardson

Kathy Schrock

Use search strategy in Google such as blog: gardening

Wikis for Teaching and Learning

Please find and post 2 wikis that you think are good educational uses. It could be for you to read professionally, to teach with, to learn from or has ideas you can model. Click the comment button to add.

Educational Wikis

How to Use a Wiki in Education

Wikipedia - Free encyclopedia (Citizendium)

Wikisource - Free source documents

Wikispecies - Directory of Species

Wiktionary - Free Dictionary and thesaurus

Wikibooks - Free textbooks and manuals

Use search strategy in Google such as wiki: gardening

Day 2 Discussion/Wrap-Up

3-2-1 Exit Card

• Three things you learned
• Two questions you have
• One thing you would like to learn more about
  

Day 3

Podcasting

• SlideShare presentation
• Podcasting activity
  
• Listening to a podcast through iTunes
• Subscribing to a podcast through Google Reader
• Download Audacity
• Audacity tutorial and podcasting resources
  
• Peggy's Podcasting Resources
• Lauren's Podcasting Resources

Google Apps for Educators

• Google Desktop: iGoogle & Google Reader
  
• Google Earth and Picasa
  
• Downloads
• Resources
• Curriculum connections
  
• Picasa-Google Earth Tutorial
• Google Docs & Spreadsheets
• Create a Google Doc
• Explain one way you might use Google Docs in your classroom.
  

Lunch

Work Time

• Continue working on your podcast