Web+2.0+Workshop

How do students learn today? How do they interact with information and each other? What skills do today’s students need in order to be successful tomorrow? What tools and environments do students have at their disposal? How can educators tap those tools and environments to provide opportunities for students to demonstrate what they know and can do in the target language? Come explore a variety of technologies that enable world language learners to experience the interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication!
 * Description: It’s a Web 2.0 World – Engage, Interact, Learn, Publish!**

This workshop will feature interactive websites that allow teachers and students to organize resources, easily find new materials, create a professional learning community, and become a publisher of content - all with a few clicks and a little imagination! Find out how Web 2.0 technologies can enhance your classroom! What makes a Web 2.0 website different from a Web 1.0 website is the ability of the website visitor to create new, personalized, customized content. There are a myriad of websites, some targeted specifically to teachers and students, others not, that provide tremendous opportunity to enrich teaching and learning while connecting with others. This session will provide an overview of several Web 2.0 websites and services that have been used successfully in world language classrooms, and those uses and strategies will be shared while demonstrating the ease with which the content can be created.

==In the world language classroom, we want the students to be engaged, creating new content with the language. Thinking about the three modes of communication, how can we leverage the students' interest in creating new content using a variety of tools and options? And, how do we help the students build relationships with each other and with the teacher?==

Building the content

 * The authoring environments below create products that can stand alone (each will have its own URL) or can be embedded (using the "super secret embed code") in a webpage, blog, or course learning management system.
 * Many of the Web 2.0 environments will require a login and password in order to save your work. Will students be using personal logins or a class login?
 * Check the terms of service for COPPA requirements for students age 13 and younger.
 * Many of the Web 2.0 environments also have education portals. Education portals often offer filtering, easy management and access to student work, special URLs to work with your school's firewall; some charge a fee - many pay for this fee from department budgets, or charge students a lab fee.
 * Do you have a website where you can embed/place the URLs to your projects? Share resources with your classes? A website for you and your program? Websites for your students? Here are some places to consider:
 * Easy to edit websites:
 * Google Sites
 * Weebly
 * Easy to edit wikis
 * Wikispaces (Cindy's page about wikispaces) or PBworks
 * Below we will be exploring many environments together. This list is not exhaustive or comprehensive, but rather is a collection of environments teachers are currently using. Please send me environments and examples of products you and your students create and I will share them with other teachers.

Agenda
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 * I. || Introductions and the @Big Picture ||  ||
 * II. || @Gathering Information || **Task:** Introduce yourself electronically - complete polls and forms; Create your own poll. ||
 * III. || @Visual Representations with Text || **Task**: Create a word cloud for use with your class. Will this be a pre, during or post reading resource? A writing or speaking prompt? An anticipatory visual? A reflection of student work? A visual representation of upcoming content?: ||
 * IV. || Visual Representations with Graphic Organizers || **Task**: Create a graphic organizer around an upcoming topic in your class. ||
 * V. || @Media and Copyright || **Task**: Locate visuals licensed through a Creative Commons license; Explain in 30 seconds or less what Creative Commons licensing is and how to locate resources that are licensed under Creative Commons ||
 * VI. || Giving Voice: Creating with Audio and Visuals || **Task**: Create a product of your choice ||
 * VII. || @Digital Storytelling || **Task**: Create a product of your choice ||
 * VIII. || @Evaluation and Assessment || **Task**: Create a rubric for one of the products you created earlier today. ||
 * IX. || Evaluation for today's workshop || **Task**: Complete the Google form - your feedback is appreciated! ||
 * Optional || @QR Codes || **Task**: Create a QR code for use with your program. Share your idea. ||
 * Optional || CLEAR's Rich Internet Applications Online Tools. Developed for world language educators, but can be used by anyone. || **Task**: Choose a tool and create an activity. Account Required. Need an idea? Try Audio Dropbox ||
 * Optional || CLEAR's Rich Internet Applications Online Tools. Developed for world language educators, but can be used by anyone. || **Task**: Choose a tool and create an activity. Account Required. Need an idea? Try Audio Dropbox ||
 * Optional || CLEAR's Rich Internet Applications Online Tools. Developed for world language educators, but can be used by anyone. || **Task**: Choose a tool and create an activity. Account Required. Need an idea? Try Audio Dropbox ||

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Building the community and relationships.
Where is your presence online? How do you connect with your students? Your parents? Your colleagues? Your community?

What kind of candy jar do you want to have?

Sometimes it is in the way the message is packaged.

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Doing Good.
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