There are many online tools available to help you show your learning in creative ways. Slideshows are fine in some circumstances, but there are many EASY (and often free) ways to take your presentations to the next level! When working on your next project - try out a new tool, and show your learning in a new way.
Check out the options in the Web 2.0 Tools menu above to find tutorials and project ideas for some of the more common tools, or see Mrs. Holman in the Learning Commons for help. |
Teachers: What's so great about Web 2.0?
Using Web 2.0 tools in your classroom can help meet the changing needs of 21st-century learners. We live in a participatory culture, where students are creators of online content as much as they are consumers of it. This interactivity means they are already sharing their ideas, opinions and experiences with an online audience. Web 2.0 tools can increase opportunities at school for students to share their creativity and to interact with information differently than they have in the past. They allow for easy collaboration, communication and flexibility, and may provide increased motivation for students who are used to creating content for an online audience. And as an added bonus, they often make it super easy to share student learning with parents in ePortfolios!
The definition of literacy has broadened to include not only what we think of traditionally, such as reading and writing, but also digital and media literacy. This linking of past, present, and even future literacies has been termed transliteracy, and it means being able to understand, interpret, and apply information gathered across many different platforms. Deliberately incorporating Web 2.0 tools into classroom lessons and activities helps you to embed transliteracy practices into both teaching and learning. Through their use, students can create, share, and discuss their ideas with an authentic audience in a creative and meaningful way. Personalized learning, embedded into the BC curriculum, means enhancing student engagement by giving students time and space to share their learning in a way that makes sense for them (BC Ministry of Education, 2016). Web 2.0 tools can help meet that goal.
Check out the menu options above to find tutorials and project ideas for some of the more common ones, or connect with me to collaborate on a project you'd like to try!
Using Web 2.0 tools in your classroom can help meet the changing needs of 21st-century learners. We live in a participatory culture, where students are creators of online content as much as they are consumers of it. This interactivity means they are already sharing their ideas, opinions and experiences with an online audience. Web 2.0 tools can increase opportunities at school for students to share their creativity and to interact with information differently than they have in the past. They allow for easy collaboration, communication and flexibility, and may provide increased motivation for students who are used to creating content for an online audience. And as an added bonus, they often make it super easy to share student learning with parents in ePortfolios!
The definition of literacy has broadened to include not only what we think of traditionally, such as reading and writing, but also digital and media literacy. This linking of past, present, and even future literacies has been termed transliteracy, and it means being able to understand, interpret, and apply information gathered across many different platforms. Deliberately incorporating Web 2.0 tools into classroom lessons and activities helps you to embed transliteracy practices into both teaching and learning. Through their use, students can create, share, and discuss their ideas with an authentic audience in a creative and meaningful way. Personalized learning, embedded into the BC curriculum, means enhancing student engagement by giving students time and space to share their learning in a way that makes sense for them (BC Ministry of Education, 2016). Web 2.0 tools can help meet that goal.
Check out the menu options above to find tutorials and project ideas for some of the more common ones, or connect with me to collaborate on a project you'd like to try!