This document summarizes Greg Esteves' presentation on using technology and web 2.0 tools to engage students in the classroom. It introduces several tools like Google Docs, screen casting, wikis, blogs, social bookmarking, Twitter, Glogster, SlideShare, Wordle and photo tools that teachers can use. It also discusses benefits of these tools for student collaboration, editing and quality of work. However, it notes risks like applications changing or not being accessible long-term. The top priority is choosing the right tool for the lesson. The teacher's skills remain most important for an effective learning experience.

1. Through the Looking Glass: Tech and Teaching at LCHS Summer Institute Greg Esteves LCHS Wolf Creek Public Schools http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeygottawa/533355476/sizes/o/in/photostream/

2. Can You Relate? I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.~ Vincent Van Gogh http://lettere2.unive.it/ridi/reference1trasp.gif

3. The Journey of a Thousand Miles … A ship in harbour is safe … but that is not what ships are built for. John A. Shedd author

5. SSDZ Project Lead Teacher – LCHS Pilot School.

7. Like entering an airplane?

8. Food for Thought?

9. What is Web 2.0? The current generation of web based applications/tools which do more than just display content, they allow users to interact with, participate with, and create their own content. http://electronicportfolios.org/learning/index.html

11. Publishing work to web has elevated attention to detail, editing, quality.

13. RISKS Applications may create a “product”that can’t leave the confines of the particular web site (e.g. can’t be downloaded to a memory stick/dvd/etc…). EQUITY: Students with computers at home may get to spend more time on projects than students without. Is this reasonable?

14. #1 PRIORITY Choosing the right tool for the job. Don’t use technology for technology’s sake. The teacher’s skill will always be the #1 factor in constructing a successful learning experience.

15. Dynamic Dozen– Tools in Use at LCHS Google Tools/Docs Screencasting Wikis / Blogs Social Networking Social Bookmarking Twitter Glogster Slideshare Wordle Big Huge Labs and other Photo Tools Prezi Voicethread http://zagica.blogspot.com/2008_01_27_archive.html

16. Google: Not Just for Searching Anymore

17. SCREENCASTING Screencast clip http://www.techsmith.com/jing/

19. Record yourself talking about how to interpret historical, current, or controversial images with the image in front of students.

22. The Read Write Web: Wikis and Blogs http://techandteaching.edublogs.org/

23. What are your colleagues reading?Social Bookmarking Video

24. Twitter: PLNOther Uses?

25. Poster Sized Fun: Glogster

26. Share Your Presentations With the World "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." -George Bernard Shaw, Renowned Irish Author

27. What do we Emphasize?

28. Worth a Thousand Words: Photo Apps

29. Unleash their Creative Energies: Big Huge Labs Trading Card Assignment Key Academic Vocabulary

30. Alternative to PowerPoint

31. Voicethread

32. Bonus Material

33. Questions? Discussion? Email gesteves@wolfcreek.ab.ca techandteaching@gmail.com Blog http://techandteaching.edublogs.org/