This is a presentation I gave at the Western Staff 2007 conference for teacher association executives.

1. Web 2.0 Consider the Possibilities

2. Who am I?

3. Dean Shareski

4. Prairie South School Division 1988-

5. Digital Learning Consultant Curriculum Consultant Resource Based Learning Consultant Teacher IT Consultant

9. 2004

13. Web 2.0 I didn’t know there was a 1.0?

14. BLOGS “ Word of Mouth on Steroids” Yossi Vardi

15. What is a blog?

16. places content in reverse chronological order

18. Subscribeable

20. Conversational

21. “’  ”

22. Yes

23. What’s in it for me/us?

31. How would you like to have a full time researcher working 24 hours a day?

32. How would you like to be notified when other’s are talking about you?

36. Feeds + Newsreader= Personalized Learning Network

40. Video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-wd5yYoHMY

41. Wikis

43. Every Version Saved

47. Questions an d Concerns

49. More Reading

50. Dean Shareski [email_address] shareski.wikispaces.com ideasandthoughts.org