Using Web 2.0 Tools to Enhance Learning and

Engagement

in Teaching the Hudson Valley

Kathleen A. Gormley, PhD Peter McDermott, PhD

Presentation at Teaching the Hudson Valley Conference, Hyde Park, NY, July 28, 2011.

Who is Kay?

•  Associate Professor in Literacy, The Sage Colleges

•  Secretary of NYSRA, Co-Chair Digital Literacy Committee

•  Teach online, ftf and hybric courses on literacy and digital literacy

•  Sloan-C Certificate in Tools and Techniques of Online Teaching

•  Publications

Who is Pete?

•  Professor at Pace University

•  Vice President, NYSRA; Co-Chair Digital Literacy Committee

•  Teaches courses in secondary literacy and digital literacy

•  Publications

Want a copy of materials? Give Kay your email!

Social Bookmarking

•  Join Us: NYSRA 2010

•  More than Bookmarking •  Sharing •  Tags • Highlighting •  Identify tools/websites • Commenting •  Following • Groups

Purpose

•  To provide practical ways to incorporate the new literacies when working with students both in place-based educational situations and classrooms focused on problem solving.

Role of Web 2.0 Tools

•  Multimedia world reading

•  Social nature (Facebook, MySpace)

•  Open Source

•  Easily Used used

•  Tools for task, not reverse

•  Engaging, motivating students

•  Complex reading and writing

Literacy: Digital, New, Multiple

•  New Literacies (IRA Position Paper, 2009)

•  Collaborative

•  Read and write differently

•  New Strategies

•  Donald Leu and Colleagues

•  Handsfield, Dean & Cielocha& Moran

Digital Images (jpeg & tiff)

Made with FotoFlexer

Obscuring Faces

Also made with FotoFlexer

Adding Speech Bubbles

Flickriver

•  Flickriver www.flickriver.com

•  Hyde Park, NY

•  FDR Slideshow Option

Slideshow with Existing Images--Picassa

•  Hudson River Slideshow

•  Vanderbilt Estate

•  The Clearwater

•  West Point

http://picasaweb.google.com Image Source:http://ny.water.usgs.gov/projects/hdsn/webgrphx/SUMap.jpeg

Slideshow Considerations

•  Own photos BEST •  Cautions—children’s images

•  Creative Commons

•  Attribution •  Textbox with URL

•  Citations

•  Image inserted with word, then capture with textbox

Slideshow Options

•  Kizoa

•  Photo Peach

•  Slidestaxx

Photo Peach Slideshow Example (5 minutes to create)

http://photopeach.com/

Presentation Options

• Google •  Slideshare •  Example using topic of Slideshare

•  Sliderocket ($) •  PC Review “very good”

•  Prezi ($)

Best Choice

Virtual Field Trips

•  http://www.simplek12.com/virtualfieldtrips

•  Ellis Island

•  Ground Zero

Ellis Island Image Source: http://www.ourgenealogy.ca/USA/ellis_island.jpg

Ground Zero Image Source: http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/family-vacations-ground-zero.htm

Multimedia: Glogster

•  Uses •  Teacher Presentations

•  Student Projects •  Book reviews

•  Unit summaries

•  General understanding

•  Interactive Whiteboard

•  Video •  Images •  Text

•  Voice

Image Source: https://magicineducation.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/glogster-com-poster-yourselftext-images-music-and-video/jbq_bor_rou_sha/

Sample Glogs on Hudson

• FDR

•  Industrial Revolution

• Henry Hudson

Wallwisher, Another Poster Option

•  Allows adding of text, image and video

•  Go to URL created for this presentation:

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/HudsonRiver

Animoto

Animoto Features •  Multimedia

•  Fast!

•  Integrates photos and music

•  Visual effects (transitions and animations)

Time Lines

•  Dippity

•  URL: http://www.dipity.com/ (not on handout—sorry!)

•  Example: West Point

•  Can add •  Text

•  Image

•  Video

Step by Step: How To Do

•  Tildee

•  URL: http://www.tildee.com

•  Not on handout—sorry!

•  Example from Kay with website creation

•  Ideas for use

Screencasting

Great way for students to showcase their learnings (e.g., PPt with narration and websites).

Helpful for making teaching videos (e.g., how to, reviews).

Many free Web 2.0 tools for screencasting!

Jing (Video and Screencasting)

•  Recommend for grades two through four

•  Adding images or short video to PPt, glogs, etc.

•  Screencapture too.

•  Time limit = 5 minutes

•  Safe

•  Adding images or short video to PPt, glogs, etc.

•  Screencapture too.

•  Time limit = 15 minutes

Note: stored on screencast-o-matic website

Screenflow

ScreenFlow 2.1

•  New Flash Publish feature.

•  64-bit support for audio capture.

•  Automatic saving of documents.

•  Captures screen, microphone, computer sound, video camera.

NOT FREE– about $100 with educator’s discount

Three steps:

1)  Record 2)  Edit (Control +

one button) 3)  Export 4)  Optional--SAVE

in DROPBOX

Collaboration

• Key Value of Web 2.0—Working with Others via Internet

VoiceThread

Collaborative tool (no longer free): 1)  Video

2)  Audio (microphone or phone)

3)  Typing

4)  Doodle

VoiceThread Examples

•  Eleanor Roosevelt (elementary group project)

•  FDR

Questions

Contacting Us

Kay: gormlk@sage.edu

Peter: pmcdermott@pace.edu

Thank you!

Hope to see you on Diigo!