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We will spend three days using** Web 2.0 Tools** for learning, exploring, and creating classroom activities for our students.

 * Topics for discussion and exploration:** **What is Web 2.0 anyway?**


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 * Wiki's**
 * What are they?
 * Examples of Wikis in Education
 * Create one using [|Wikispaces] for Teachers.


 * Social bookmarking**:
 * [|Delicious] (kids add tags = keywords, synonyms)
 * [|Diigo] (stickynotes and groups)


 * Google** [|Apps for Educators:]
 * Docs and presentations
 * Spreadsheets


 * [|Subscription Resources:]** www.scarsdaleschools.org/hslib (School pays, free to you!)
 * Periodicals(§), ebooks and encyclopedias
 * General areas, Arts and Humanities, Health and Sciences, Social Sciences
 * Images - AP Image Archive (§), ARTstor
 * //[|At Home Access]//

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 * FREE Content****:**
 * [|TED], 18 minute lectures on many topics.
 * [|SlideShare],
 * [|American Memory] (primary sources),
 * [|OER Commons]- Open Educational Resources
 * Video, Audio**: Upload, Download; use in other applications
 * [|Internet Archive]: [|Web] | [|Moving Images] | [|Texts] | [|Audio]
 * [|YouTube],
 * [|TeacherTube],
 * [|United Streaming], - videos can be downloaded or bookmarked into your own folder
 * [|PowerMediaPlus] (§) - Audio, Video, Images, Podcasts, and print lessons (ex. Math, etc) many of which correspond to media
 * [|Public Domain Images / Pictures] Copyright friendly, public domain images for any use, free, no registration.


 * Communicate:** [|Skype] (in real time),
 * [|Facebook], [|MySpace],


 * Create**:
 * Photos - [|Flickr] (related to Yahoo!)
 * Presentation - [|Voicethread],
 * Cartoons - [|Toondo]


 * Ethics:** [|Turnitin]


 * Fun:**
 * [|Wordle] - generate “word clouds” from text that you provide
 * [|Pandora]- Create channel of your favorite music
 * [|Animoto] (you need 5 or 6 images)