Web 2.0 in Education
Gray-New Gloucester Middle School
Friday, October 5, 2007
8:00 - 11:00
Essential Question:  How can technology be used to promote collaboration and interaction to engage students and enhance learning?

Sign-in, Connectivity, Introductions
Learning in Maine Blog
Resources for Maine Teachers (Summer 2007 Edition)
Western Maine MLTI/eMINTS (Jim Burke)
Region 7 MLTI/eMINTS (Olga LaPlante)
Web 2.0 Primer for Newbies

Icebreaker

Potato

Did You Know?

Process Skills
Icebreaker Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/icebreaker.html
Trust Building Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/trustbuilding.html
Community Building Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/communitybuilding.html
Team Building Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/teambuilding.html
Listening Skills Resources   http://region6.mainelearns.org/listeningskills.html
Active Listening Resources   http://region6.mainelearns.org/activelistening.html
Diversity Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/Diversity.html
Learning Styles Resources  http://region6.mainelearns.org/LearningStyles.html
KWL  http://region6.mainelearns.org/kwl.html

Noteshare

Noteshare Basics
Noteshare Resources
Skype
Skype Demonstration
Skype Download Address

Interactive Places on the Web
Math

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Shodor Interactivate
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/

NCTM: Illuminations
http://illuminations.nctm.org/swr/index.asp
http://illuminations.nctm.org/tools/index.aspx
http://illuminations.nctm.org/

A Maths Dictionary for Kids
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html

Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/index.shtml

Interactive Mathematics Activities
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/index.shtml

AAA Math
http://www.aaamath.com/

Interactive Math Lessons, Tutorials, and Games Online
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/math_resources_3.php

MathScape
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/texts/mathscape/


Reading


Starfall
http://www.starfall.com/

Storyline Online
http://www.storylineonline.net/

Scholastic: Clifford Interactive Storybooks
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/

Online Interactive Reading Insruction
http://www.raz-kids.com/

Simple Collaboration on the Web
Imagination Cubed
Online Collaborative Whiteboard
http://www.imaginationcubed.com/LaunchPage

Writeboard
Online Collaborative Word Processor
http://writeboard.com/

ZOHO


Online Learning Environments

Blogs

Examples 
Resources for Blogging in Education

Google Tools for Educators

Google for Educators - Tools for the Classroom
Google Accounts
Google Gmail

Wikis
Wiki Examples
Wiki Resources

Social Networks

MySpace
FaceBook
Ning
Second Life

Photo Sharing

Flickr
Other Photo Sharing Places

Video Sharing

YouTube
TeacherTube

Closing

How did it go?
What would work better another time?
What next?
Sir Ken Robinson: Creativity