Emerging+Technologies

Explore all the different variables that go into the Web 2.0 tools. What are these new technologies and how are they being used in general and in education? Allyssa allyssa.andersen@yahoo.com Duane the5ofus@wi.rr.com Jesse jlindauer@mnsd.k12.wi.us Ryan koch2345@yahoo.com

**What makes Web 2.0? //Interactivity!// **
The Web started out as a vehicle to find information quickly and easily. This came in the form of text and pictures that only those who could write code were able to post. So, much like watching television, people were merely viewers. This all changed when the code writers created programs for those who didn’t know code. These programs used plain text and simple instructions so that the viewers could now become the creators. Now that anyone can be a creator, communication and connections are happening all over. These new creators are creating communities based on shared interests and publishing their own works for all to see.

= media type="youtube" key="6gmP4nk0EOE" width="425" height="350" = Creativity has come in every form imaginable. Creators have their own videos, pictures, music, journals, and documents to share with the world. Education is no exception. Educators and students alike are using Web 2.0 tools to enrich the classroom experience as well as to share knowledge with others. Students are creating stories and projects, doing virtual experiments, and learning on a global scale.

= = =__**EXAMPLES OF WEB 2.0 RESOURCES:**__= [|NING.COM] Ning.Com is a web 2.0 site that allow users to create a social network. Unlike myspace or facebook, Ning.com allows users to create private networks centered around specific interests. Teachers can use Ning.com to create a social network centered around their classroom activities. The teacher serves as the network's "administrator" and controls features, security settings and network membership. Each student in the private network can have their own page and communicate with the teacher and other students. The site provides the same modern feel of myspace or facebook, but in a much more private and controlled format. You can create a "Ning Network" for free.

Limited Membership/Membership Control Appealing layout Students familiar with Pictures (slide show) Blogs Wall Control/limit private messaging
 * Advantages**

Internet Privacy Censoring wall posts Blocked Site at school?
 * Disadvantages**

[|GOOGLE EARTH]
 * WHAT IS GOOGLE EARTH?**

Google Earth is a Web 2.0 tool that allows people to explore the world through the use of satellite images. Users are able to travel to cities and visit historic landmarks, explore the oceans of the world and look at the stars. Also, with the new 5.0 version of Google Earth, users can access images from the planet Mars and go back in time and see what cities and countries looked like hundreds of years ago.

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 * HOW GOOGLE EARTH CAN BE USED IN THE CLASSROOM (from [|Google Earth Webpage for Educators])**


 * **Biology**: Track routes of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe Forest. See the [|Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee blog here].
 * **Ecology**: Create a short quiz like [|this one].
 * **Environmental Science**: Have students check Alaska's global warming problems. See how the Sierra Club used Google Earth to depict this problem [|here].
 * **Geology**: Find images, links, and descriptions, with information about thousands of volcanoes around the globe, thanks to organizations like the [|Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program.]
 * **Global Awareness**: Study the [|Crisis in Darfur] with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's unprecedented project.
 * **History**: Explore [|Tutankhamun's Tomb.]
 * **Humanities**: Have your students scout film shoot locations like [|this] teacher did with //The Golden Compass//.
 * **Literature**: Bring class or contemporary tales to life with [|Google LitTrips].
 * **Math**: Explore distance, velocity, and wave properties of [|tsunamis].


 * Sample Lesson : Teaching Perimeter and Area Using Google Earth**

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 * Sample Lesson : A Google Lit Trip**

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 * HOW GOOGLE EARTH CAN BE USED IN GENERAL**


 * Help decide where to go on vacation and what are some interesting places to see.
 * Take a virtual trip to histroric landmarks and distant places.
 * [|Take a virtual tour of the world's skyscrapers,the Beijing Olympic stadiums, and all 30 major league baseball stadiums].
 * Directions and traffic conditions to a certain location.
 * Business listings for an area or city.

=[|Animoto] =

What is Animoto?

 * Animoto is a Web 2.0 application that allows the user to produce professional picture based videos
 * This application is a simple click and drop program, it is very easy to use. The ease of use allows very young students to make a professional based video.
 * There is no cost to set up accounts; teachers can set up educational accounts. An educational account allows teachers to create projects that are longer than thirty seconds
 * Animoto has stock pictures for use or it allows the user to import their own photos or movies.
 * Digital storytelling tool

How can Animoto be used in class?
Since Animoto digital story telling tool it can be used in every classroom regardless of age or ability. Digital story telling teaches students pre-planning (life skills), time management (math), scripting (language arts). Below is just a small sampling on how Anitmoto can be used in the classroom.

History
Introduction/review of American Presidents Introduction to New Countries What are the Bill of Rights All American Wars

Language Arts
Introduction of new book Vocabulary words Parts of speech

Life Skills for younger students
How to raise you hand How to crossing the street Washing your hands Brushing your teeth

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