1. Transforming the Secondary Classroom
with Web 2.0 Tools
Stephen C. Veliz
Swift Creek Middle School
Tallahassee, FL
Florida Educational Technology Conference
2012

2.  http://todaysmeet.com/fetcweb20
 Great Back Channel Tool
 Put absent students back in your
class

3. The Basics
What do we mean by Web 2.0?

4. Web 1.0 Web 2.0

6. Classroom 1.0 Classroom 2.0
Content Consumers Content Producers

7. It's not about the Technology.
It's about the Content!

8. The Basics
Why should we use Web 2.0 tools
with our students?
A Vision of K12 Students Today
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9. No generation in history has ever been so
thoroughly prepared for the industrial age.
David Warlick
http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/?p=298 dangerouslyirrelevant.or

10. Why Web 2.0?
Motivate Students

11. Why Web 2.0?
Easy to Monitor

12. Why Web 2.0?
Students Create Content

13. Why Web 2.0?
Encourages Participation

14. Why Web 2.0?
Open Lines of Communication

15. In 2011, is it possible to be a
good teacher and not integrate
these tools into your teaching?

16. Getting Started
We can't meet
students there,
unless we get there
ourselves.

17. The Power of the PLN

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20. How do you connect with your PLN?
Get Started: Follow me, and so on, and so on . . .

21. Start Slow, but Be a Joiner

22. Establishing an Online Presence
“The Digital Footprint”
➔ Teacher Website ➔ Social Networking
➔ Blogging ➔ Social Bookmarking
➔ Micro-Blogging ➔ Social Media

23. Do you have a “home” online?
… and many more!!

24. The Case for Google Apps

25. Google Forms
● Have a Gmail account? If so, you’re in.
● Google Docs – A great, cloud-based MS Office alternative.
● Student Info, Assessments, and . . .

26. Now for a few tools . . .

28. Dropbox

29. DropitTome

30. Livebinder

31. Livebinder

33. Share
Social Bookmarking in Plain English

34. Content Creation
Now on to the Kids!!

35. Blogger.com

36. Encourages Higher-Level Thinking

37. Glogster

38. Glogster

39. What about Digital Storytelling?
● Which program will you use?
– PC – PhotoStory 3 for Windows
– Mac – iMovie
● Works across the curriculum
● Replaces those tired PowerPoint projects

40. A Word On Tools and Money
● Microphones
– Go Cheap
● Digital Cameras
– Point and Click
● Video Cameras
● Digital Wish

41. Need additional help?
Just contact me:
stephenveliz@gmail.com
http://stephenveliz.wikispaces.com/
Blogging @ www.StephenVeliz.com
On Twitter - @stephenveliz