1. Web 2.0 Tools Presentation
LEC Summer 2012
Group 4
Sue Christensen
Jen Dieffenbacher
Drew Steenhausen
John Taylor

2. Directions
Each group member must create a slide that showcases a
Web 2.0 tool (other than Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube)
that can be used to support the curriculum.
The slide must include:
• A short description of what the tool does, with a link to its homepage.
• A suggestion of what level of Bloom's Taxonomy the tool best supports.
• A statement of how the tool could be used to support student learning.
• An image or screen capture that shows the tool.
• A link to a sample student product you create using the tool.
• The name of the person who created the slide.
Feel free to play with slide background, theme, animations
and transitions; however these are not required
elements.

3. Blogger
Jen Dieffenbacher
• What does Blogger do?
Blogger is a tool that allows users, in this case students, to journal and share publicly (or privately) written
thoughts. Blogging allows for reflection, sharing, collaboration, reviewing, commenting, editing, and a way to
keep writing over time in one convenient place. Blogging allows users to follow one another easily, allowing
students to read other content. However, the most powerful use of the tool is allowing students to create their
own content. The uses are extremely versatile, and can be tailored to a variety of activities in any classroom,
making content digitally relevant.
• Bloom's Taxonomy
Online blogging potentially addresses almost every level of Bloom's taxonomy in one way or another, from
lower to higher level thinking skills. However, were one to be picked to be the best fit, arguably Blogger best
fits in the create layer, as users have the capability to create their own written content.
• Supporting Learning
Online blogging can be used in a plethora of ways in any classroom to support learning. Students can keep
reading logs, write personal reading reflections, complete warm-ups, respond to writing prompts, and anything
else that would require students to create written content. Blogs maintain previous entries, allowing students
to store work without losing it. Students can also collaborate with one another, comment on other blogs, share
content, edit content, embed other content, and much more.

4. • Link to student example:
http://studentexamples.blogspot.com/2012/06/reading-log-romeo-juliet.html

5. Office 365 for Education (Sue Christensen)
Check out this video to see what's included
. . . and this video to see how it compares with Google Docs
• Microsoft Office 365 for Education (formerly Live@edu) released June 27, 2012
o Slide creator has been using Live@edu in a pilot with 100 users since Summer 2011
• Education version is accessible when schools/districts sign up with Microsoft
o http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/education/school-services.aspx#fbid=TtEG5glVIyS
o FREE to schools in its basic form as described here (add-ons like automated enterprise account
management, single sign-on, or voice phone service cost extra)
o Public can take advantage of scaled-down version via Hotmail, Live, and MSN accounts
 (Businesses must purchase all versions of Office 365)
• Students keep accounts forever (just moves to the @Live.com domain)
• Provides cloud-based versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote plus 7GB storage
• Includes the ability to create web pages and web sites
• Includes collaborative sharing abilities via a cloud-based version of SharePoint which operates
seamlessly behind the scenes
• Is completely ADA compliant and has admin tools for easy CIPA compliance
• Easy IT management since it is integratable with Active Directory
• Includes a full email/calendaring system including the enterprise-level features of Outlook
o Including shared and private calendars, event invitation systems
o Live Chat
o Lync Online Video Conferencing
o 25GB mail storage
Continue to Next Slide for Educational Implications

6. Office 365 for Education (Sue Christensen)
• Bloom's Taxonomy Levels Addressed: Office 365 could feasibly be used to address
all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy; However, it has the greatest potential to support learning
activities at the CREATE level (updated version of the taxonomy).
• Ways that Office 365 could be used to support student learning:
o Students can easily create--either individually or collaborative--projects using one or
more of Word, PowerPoint, or Excel.
o Student can easily keep research notes and organizational/anecdotal notes--either
individually or collaboratively--using OneNote.
o Students can be taught how to use Internet tools such as calendaring, note taking,
email, chat, and video conferencing in one tool group that can travel with them
through college and even into the broader work/career environment.
o Teachers, administrators, and other support staff would all be using the same
platform for these tools, which would ease transition now and in the future.
o Teachers already understand Microsoft Office desktop products, so the learning
curve to move to the cloud environment would be easier for all to manage.
• Sample of Collaborative PowerPoint Student Project Typical User's Home Page

7. animoto.com
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(Drew Steenhausen)
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Used to create videos using images and music (http://www.animoto.com)
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Includes a free collection of images and video clips but very limited in content area scope
Includes free tutorial about how to add music, images, and text
Cost
o Free unlimited videos (but only up to 30 seconds long)
o $5/month or $30/year for unlimited full length videos and 600+ music tracks
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$39/month or $249/year for unlimited full length videos, free HD, and 1100+ music tracks
Click on the link to view a video I made using the free 30 second maximum
NOTE:
o 30 seconds does not allow for much time for a thorough video
http://animoto.com/play/KAHJdPcIEnLyxLmRwDKpHQ
o Limitations on having images with text written on top (any ideas on how to do this i.e. PDF?)
o Video took me about a class period to make (including time to view tutorial, troubleshoot)

8. animoto.com (Drew J. Steenhausen)
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Students can use individually or collaboratively to APPLY what they have learned (i.e. text
reading, lecture, class activities) by creating a multimedia presentation
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Student can CREATE a video (or series thereof) that take disparate parts and organized them into a
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coherent, engaging presentation
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Engages learners with combination of music, visual, written information
Could be an effective tool to use in a jigsaw activity (i.e. different battles of WWII)
Could be used as part of a review activity prior to an exam

9. Weebly http://www.weebly.com/
John Taylor
• Create class websites, student e-portfolios, or project-based
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websites
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Easy-to-use web interface and online editor
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Fully customizable themes, fonts, and layouts
Allows users to embed widgets, photos, links, polls, forms and
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blogs
Educator accounts are free for up to 40 individual student pages
o Upgrading for $39.95 per year unlocks other functions (embedding video, documents)
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Additional student pages can be purchased in blocks of 10 for $10
Student pages are password protected and can be
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moderated/edited remotely by the teacher
Click here to view a list of frequently asked questions about Weebly

10. Click here to view examples of
Weebly Edit Screen student-created Weebly sites How does Weebly
support student
Easy user learning?
interface and
editing menu • Students can show
understanding or in-
depth knowledge of
a topic through a
medium that's far
more dynamic than
an essay, poster, or
a PowerPoint
Weebly
automatically • The teacher edit
See creates a site index function allows
changes for easy navigation teachers to provide
and through student feedback on
updates to pages projects by leaving
pages in comments on the
real time students' pages
How does Weebly address Bloom's Taxonomy?
• Knowledge and Comprehension of basic content can be assessed by the teacher
• Assessments can
be easily integrated
reviewing the contents of the pages.
into students'
• Application of the pages concept can be assessed by having students create and post an
pages, e.g., there
can be a writing
original political cartoon or creating an analogy or metaphor that illustrates key concepts. component, a map
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analysis
Analysis may be shown by using other Web 2.0 tools such as bubbl.us to create and embed component, a
a web diagram or mind map of a particular concept or idea. graph/chart creation
component, timeline
• Synthesis is the strongest point of applying Bloom's Taxonomy to Weebly. Sites contain a component, etc.
series of separate yet related pages, all of which delve more deeply into a range of subtopics
that connect back to the site's overarching topic. Page by John
Taylor