Presented by Sylvia Davies- English Language Arts Consultant Teresa Lawson – ITS.

Top 5 Web 2.0 Tools for ELAK-5

Presented by Sylvia Davies- English Language Arts

Consultant Teresa Lawson – ITS

It Is Not

About the

Tools .

It Is About

the Skills!

ELAR TEKS + ISTE Standards + Web 2.0 Tools= Engagement and Authentic Learning

New ELAR TEKS Reading

Comprehension of Literacy Texts: Theme and Genre, Fiction, Informational Texts, Media Literacy

Fluency 1-5Speaking Teamwork WritingPoetry

ISTE Standards Creativity and

Innovation Communication and

Collaboration Research and

Informational FluencyCritical Thinking,

Problem Solving, and Decision Making

Digital CitizenshipTechnology

Operations and Concepts

Why Web 2.0? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue1FeMBfKec

TOP 5 ELA Elementary Web 2.0

Blogging

Blogging – Choose Easy to Use Free Blogs Sites Kidblogs.org h ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKhMeHcCG_8Edublogs http://mswift.edublogs.org/Blogmiester http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=221080http://thewocketspot.edublogs.org/

Schoolwire’s Webpage

Use your Class Blog on Schoolwire’s Teacher’s Webpage Jaye Miller’s Classroom Blog Page Reading Comprehension, Character Analysis,

Critical Thinking http://schools.birdvilleschools.net/17962081511520607/Blog/browse.asp?A=398&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=65443Energy Bus Blog

http://schools.birdvilleschools.net/17962081511520607/Blog/browse.asp?A=398&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=63133Rodger Lees Classroom Blog Page http://schools.birdvilleschools.net/17792081612311750/Blog/browse.asp?A=398&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=54705

Let’s Set up a Blog Kidsblog.orghttp://kidblog.org/home.php

Schoolwires Blog Page

Podcasting-Vodcasting

Listening and Subscribing to Podcasts Listening and Subscribing to podcast gives your students

another teaching tool to explain concepts that are taught in the classroom. Podcasts do not have to be listened to on an iPod. Any device that can play MP3 files, including desktops and laptop computers .

Where do you find them? How do you subscribe? What do you use to house those podcasts?

Create an iTunes account and have subscriptions go directly there.

Let’s Practice that……EPN Education Podcast Network http://www.epnweb.org/index.php?openpod=4#7

Ways to use Podcasting in Teaching and Learning

Make sure that the podcasts are published to podcast website page.

News broadcasts on Informational Texts that students are reading .

Book talks about books that students are reading Storytelling – After reading a collection of fables or fairy tales

students create own and podcast. Students record poetry that they have written during poetry

unit. Students predict and record on a new book that the class will

read. Recording for fluency checks Students how to on Daily Five procedures

Classroom Examples of Creating Podcasts http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/podcasts/http://web.mac.com/agearrings/iWeb/KinderK

ids/KinderKids%20Podcast/34CA05FF-6913-49FA-821B-747DD6C9452B.html

http://ecast.euclid.k12.oh.us/nwelsh/Glenbrook_Stars/Podcast/Podcast.html

How to do a Podcast Use Audacity to record audio podcasts. Then

upload them to webpage. You will need microphones and headphones.

Vodcasting Steps to Vodcasting. 1. Students create storyboard 2. Using Small Wonders, Webcams with Video

feature, or digital video recorder, students record their content.

3. If editing is needed students can use Movie Maker to edit.

4. Save and upload on school website. Can be done on a Flex Page using

Uploading to website. Login to Schoolwires account Create new page Choose Podcast page. Upload podcasts to this page.

Online Collaborative Writing Storybird

1. Go to http://storybird.com/.2. Click on Sign up. 3. Create an account 4. Click on create. 5. Choose the art that will inspire you.6. Click and drag artwork to the workspace. Create your

own story by typing in text. 7. If you want to choose to collaborate your manuscript

click in the right top corner and invite a collaborator. Fill out information and an email will be sent to your fellow collaborator. .

8. Publish your story. 9. Have students sign in using your account.

-4th Grade Impressions http://storybird.com/books/impressions/storybirdcom.html

Storybird Exampleshttp://www.classroominthecloud.net/2009/11/student-examples-storybirdcom.html

http://www.classroominthecloud.net/2009/11/using-storybirdcom-in-classroom.html

Ideas of Using Storybird

Information to be added after we experience Storybird.

Great Teacher Ideas to come!

Digital Storytelling- Voicethread

digital story (dig·i·tal sto·ry)A short, first-person video-narrative created by combining recorded voice, still and moving images, and music or other sounds.

http://www.slideshare.net/suziea/voicethread-examples-in-education-presentationhttp://schools.birdvilleschools.net/18092081694723753/blank/browse.asp?A=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=66249

Videoconferencing with Skype

Ways to use Skype in Classrooms 50 Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom http://www.teachingdegree.org/2009/06/30/50-awesome-ways-to-use-skype-in-the-classroom/

Birdville Kinder Teachers using Skype in Classroom for Dr. Seuss Connection http://schools.birdvilleschools.net/5069204210308747/blog/browse.asp?a=398&bmdrn=2000&bcob=0&c=66209

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