Web 2.0 Toolkit- Top websites to engage the 21st century learner.

Sarah Fernetich & Paul Murray

http://prezi.com/presentation/paul.murray@ucdsb.on.ca/h75j6st/

Photo: momlogic .com

Teenagers and Technology

Social Networking ie. Facebook MySpace and Facebook are critical elements of the teen experience.

In the U.S., nearly half of online teens 12–17 visited MySpace and Facebook in May 2009 (45% and 44%,respectively.

Teens are prolific online publishers. 67% of teen social networkers say they update their

page at least once a week. http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/reports/nielsen_howteensusemedia_june09.pdf

Cell Phones:

In the U.S., 77% of teens already have their own mobile phone. Another 11% say they regularly borrow one.

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Text vs. Talk 83% of U.S. mobile teens use text-

messaging and 56% use MMS/picture messaging.

The average U.S. mobile teen now sends or receives an average of 2,899 text-messages per month compared to 191 calls.

The average number of texts has gone up 566% in just two years, far surpassing the average number of calls, which has stayed nearly steady.

http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/reports/nielsen_howteensusemedia_june09.pdf

Communication?

A new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project says teenagers have adopted the Internet--and instant messaging--so completely that it has even replaced face-to-face communication as the primary mode of interacting for some teens.

The study concluded that of the approximately 13 million American teenagers who use the Net, 74 percent use instant messaging. Surprisingly, one-fifth of the teens using IM say it is their primary means of communicating with friends.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/53444/teenagers_do_their_talking_online.html

Websites currently in use in my classroom: Kidblogs Bitstrips Wix.com or webs.com Surveymonkey Polleverywhere Animoto Glogster Artsonia Blackboard

http://www.polleverywhere.com/

How To Vote via Texting

1. Standard texting rates only (worst case US $0.20)2. We have no access to your phone number3. Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do

TIPS

EXAMPLE

Web design made easy!www.wix.com

www.webs.com

Glogster http://edu.glogster.com/

http://sdjrhuf.edu.glogster.com/

Surveymonkey.com

http://www.surveymonkey.com/

Animoto - http://animoto.com/education

Bitstripsforschools.com

http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/

Kidblog http://kidblog.org/home.php http://kidblog.org/Photography/

Other sites I would like to use but are currently blocked by my school board.

Voki.com Dropbox

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