Internet Collaboration for Classrooms

Connecting …As Learner…As Teacher

Nancy Caramanico

MacArthur Study

Students learn through online tools Students learn well through their

peers Learning is Social

Collaboration

None of us is as good as all of us

21st Century Learning

Not all about technology. It is about connecting and collaborating!

Technology is the vehicle that can bring about this learning.

Cosn: Learning to Change Video

Power of Online Networks

Twitter on the Hudson http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/the-ne

ws-according-to-twitter/#comments

Professional Learning Networks

Power Up Your Professional Learning Network

http://suewaters.wikispaces.com/

Google Tools

Online, free tools for collaboration, connecting, networking and sharing.

Googley Checklist

Google Account-Create Google Reader-Set up, Add 3 RSS

feeds Google Page-Create Page Google Docs-Save and share a file For Research:Simply Box or Zoho

Notebook

Google Account

Use any email to create a Google Account

Google Reader

Google Reader http://sites.google.com/site/cliotech/

google-reader

IGoogle

Customized home pages http://sites.google.com/site/cliotech/

igoogle

Google Docs

Documents stored on the Internet Full control over who sees and edits http://sites.google.com/site/cliotech/

google-docs

Learning with Web2.0

School uses abound Student and Teacher created:

Wikis Websites Documents

Learning Sitehttps://sites.google.com/site/

thingstolearnwith/

Online Notebooks

Zoho Notebooks http://notebook.zoho.com/nb/

login.jsp?serviceurl=%2Fnb%2Findex.do

Video - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=zoho+notebook&search_type=&aq=f

Simply Box

Simply Notebook Toolhttp://www.simplybox.com/ Tutorial- Will Richardson