tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85804697103072827552024-03-14T01:00:10.101-07:0021 Things For The OKCJo Fothergillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159158355648965182noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580469710307282755.post-29539370435494360612008-07-06T21:32:00.000-07:002008-07-14T17:16:05.121-07:0021 Things For OKC21 Things For Teachers<br /><br />The 21 Things For Teachers has been modified from the Learning 2.0 program designed by Helene Blowers, Technology Director, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County that was loosely based upon Stephen Abram's article 43 Things I (or You) Might Want To Do This Year (Information Outlook - February 2006) and the Web site 43 Things.<br /><br />Suzie Vesper has also been kind enough to let us link to her <a href="http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/">ICT wiki.</a><br /><br />Getting Started<br />1. Set up your <a href="http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/EduBlogs">own blog</a> and add your first post.<br /><br />What is Web 2.0?<br />2. Watch <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE">this perspective on Web 2.0</a> on youtube.<br /><br />Keeping Up<br />3. Learn about <a href="http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/RSS+and+Feeds">RSS and news feeds</a> and set up an RSS account of your own. Locate a few school-related blogs and/or news feeds to add to your RSS account.<br /><br />Photosharing and Editing<br />4. Explore <a href="http://flickr.com">Flickr</a> and learn about this popular image hosting site.<br />5. Have some more fun with <a href="http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Flickr">Flickr</a> and discover some services and mash-ups from Flickr and others.<br />6. Play around with an <a href="http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Flickr#toc16">online image generator.</a><br /><br />Communication<br />7. Web 2.0 tools make communication a snap. Try some of these tools - email, IM (instant messaging), SMS (text messaging via cell phone), <a href="http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Video+Conferencing">web conferencing</a>, <a href="http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Twitter">Twitter</a> - and think how your school or staff could use them.<br />8. Share your slideshows, photos, or presentation slides on your Web site or blog with <a href="http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Picture+Sharing">these tools.</a><br /><br />Collaboration<br />9. These Web 2.0 tools make it easy to collaborate on documents and presentations without the hassles of email attachments.<br /> <a href="http://writer.zoho.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2668667503_36578ea1fc_o.jpg" /></a><br /> <a href="http://docs.google.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/2668672215_da3fbbfef4_o.jpg" /></a><br />10. Learn about <a href="http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Wikis">wikis</a> and how teachers and schools are using them. Add an entry to the <a href="http://nzedublogs.wikispaces.com/">nzedublogs wiki.</a><br /><br />Social Media: Del.icio.us, Tagging, & Digg, and More<br />11. Learn about tagging and del.icio.us, a <a href="http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Social+Bookmarks">social bookmarking site</a>.<br />12. Do you <a href="http://digg.com">Digg?</a> Have you <a href="http://www.reddit.com">Reddit?</a> Maybe <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com">StumbleUpon</a> is your thing. Major publications (NZ Herald for example) offer readers the chance to "rate" and recommend their articles to others via these social media sites.<br /><br />Online Productivity Tools<br />13. Try out an <a href="http://lifedev.net/big-list-of-online-productivity-tools/">online productivity tool</a> and learn about others.<br />14. Take a look at <a href="http://www.librarything.com/">LibraryThing.</a> It is not just for librarians - ordinary people are using it too.<br /><br />Online Games in Schools<br />15. Schools and games are becoming a hot topic. Explore some <a href="http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Games">online games.</a><br /><br />Podcasts & Video<br />16. Discover <a href="http://youtube.com">YouTube</a>, <a href="http://www.teachertube.com/">Teacher Tube</a> and other sites that let you watch and upload video.<br />17. Explore <a href="http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Podcasts+Videocasts">podcasts</a> and consider creating a podcast of your own.<br /><br />Social Networking<br />18. <a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com">MySpace</a> are the way many people communicate--with each other, with the greater community, and even globally.<br />19. Facebook and MySpace may grab the headlines about social networks, but there are other <a href="http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Social+Networking">networks.</a><br /><br />Staying Current<br />20. With Web 2.0 tools evolving, growing, and changing how can you keep up? Keeping an eye on what others are doing is one way - check out the blogs of these teachers who are frontrunners in ICT - <a href="http://kathyschrock.net/blog/">Kathy Schrock</a>, <a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/">Vicki Davis</a>, <a href="http://www.edtechpower.blogspot.com/">Liz Davis</a>, <a href="http://www.edtechpower.blogspot.com/">Suzie Vesper</a> (Kiwi) and <a href="http://allanahk.edublogs.org/">Allanah King</a> (Kiwi). Other names will be added to this list.<br /><br />One Last Thing<br />21. Reflect about your Web 2.0 journey in your blog.<br /><br />A wonderful source of easy to follow Web 2.0 tools for beginners can be found on Youtube and are put out by the <a href="http://youtube.com/results?search_query=commoncraft&search_type=&aq=0&oq=commoncra">Commoncraft Show</a>. Some examples are:<br /><br /><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o">Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI">Blogs</a><br /><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU">RSS</a><br /><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc">Social Networking</a>Jo Fothergillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159158355648965182noreply@blogger.com0