Session 6: Podcasts and Vodcasts

I know teachers at my school that would love to have the ability to do podcasting and videocasting in their classrooms. I think it would be fun to have students do podcasts or vodcasts on their favorite books as they get excited about reading.

Web 2.0 Camp was the BEST! I love the TeacherTube and Atomic Learning links - I learned so much! I loved the time to create accounts and experiment with RSS, blogs, wikis, flickr, avatars, and del.icio.us. The time to try out these concepts really helps us gain confidence with trying something new and outside our comfort zones. I can't wait to use del.icio.us, RSS, bloging, flickr and wikis immediately at home and hopefully at school as well. I really would like to have access to everything at school because I think the students and teachers will really benefit from all of the Web 2.0 tools.

I hope we can meet as a group next summer to review and extend the Web 2.0 concepts we are able to try throughout the year. A Web 2.0 Reunion Camp would really encourage collaboration and encourage the discussion of our strengths and weaknesses with the concepts we are able to implement on our campuses with various age levels of students.

Session 5: Wikis and Google Docs

I would love to use a wiki to make communication with the grade levels on scheduling, lesson planning, etc. easier and more manageable. I love the idea of students using wikis to work together on research projects where each student can submit what they find.

Since our principal's secretary asks each department for a blurb for the school newsletter each month, she might benefit from being able to invite us to Google Docs to add our blurbs without her need to cut and paste from our email attachments. Wow! What a time saver.

Playing with the wiki sites I saw this link for student wiki etiquette http://educators.pbwiki.com/Wiki+Etiquette+for+Students

Gotta Go! Wiki Wiki Aloha ;o)

Session 4: Photos and Images

Flickr will be a great way to manage the massive amounts of photos I take and access them easily by searching using tags.

Session 3: Tagging, Folksonomies, and Technocati

del.icio.us is DELICIOUS - I am so addicted. I can't wait to set one up at home for personal use. At school I would love to have access to make tags for teachers for sites they may want to use. Our databases URLs could also be tagged within a school del.icio.us account - what better way to encourage the online resources we offer!

Teachers could have child-friendly sites tagged for their use as they integrate technology in their lessons or maybe even for students to access.

del.icio.us is absolutely YUMMY!

Session 2 - RSS

I love the idea of RSS. I think it could be very useful for staff members especially. It would be neat to be able to set up a RSS for the subject area you teach to keep students updated on appropriate sites that would give the latest information.

This site will link you to new podcasts that may be helpful for parents, teachers, or students about Internet Safety. Note: Be sure to review the content before using with students. http://www.internetsafetypodcast.com/

Session 1 - Blogging

I'm taking this course to familiarize myself with the Web 2.0 concepts and learn what I can to help my teachers and students. I am interested in possibly starting a blog for my students which incoporates the KHOP reading program. I also want to learn about podcasting and flickr, etc. After the course, I hope to find other applications for Web 2.0 concepts in the elementary school library.