Integrating+Web+2.0+Technology


 * Learning in the Classroom AND in the "Cloud"**

__**Are you teaching on the "ground" or in the "cloud"?**__


 * You may have heard people talk about cloud computing or living the cloud. So are you? Do you want to? What does that mean? To help you understand this a little better try to sort out the following technological learning tools by determining if they are in or out of the cloud...or both....**

//**Microsoft Office, Google docs, information storage, student grades, Windows Media Player/Quicktime, Flickr, iPhoto, You Tube, (add your own tool):**//



WEB 2.What?
 * Read/Write Web
 * Appeals to creators of information; not merely consumers
 * Allows for participation and collaboration
 * Harnesses collective intelligence


 * //Free and Easy! //**

WEB 2.Why?
 * Our students have changed in the way they learn.
 * Culture has changed, but for the most part education hasn’t.
 * We have more educational tools at our disposal than ever before.
 * We have an opportunity to connect with our students.
 * By teaching in the classroom AND the “cloud” we are expanding learning opportunities; not limiting them to physical confines and time restrictions.

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 * [|Heartland Prezi]**


 * **Are our students active or passive participants in their education?**
 * **Are they content creators or content consumers?**
 * **Do they use higher order thinking skills such as creating, analyzing, and evaluating?**
 * **Are they accessing and interacting with relevant and up-to-date information?**
 * **Are they learning according to their various learning styles and differentiated learning needs?**

=**Web 2.O can help you engage your students!**=


 * [|NAIS Commission on Accreditation]**


 * [|Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants- Marc Prensky]**


 * [|Awareness Test]**


 * Wiki-Web 2.0 Tools for Schools**

[|100 Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers]

[|Social Media Revolution]