South Elementary Professional Development: WEB 2.

0 TOOLS
February 6, 2013

Facilitator: Kara Bakie

DIRECTIONS: Follow the guide below to complete your Web 2.0 scavenger hunt. Your goal is to complete each of the four Web 2.0 mini projects using a different Web 2.0 tool for each. You will then showcase these 4 completed mini-projects in a group Livebinder. 1. Open up the internet & go to www.southtech.weebly.com Hover over the Web 2.0 TAB Choose Feb PD from the drop-down menu.

2. Hover over Feb PD This will open another drop down menu that contains the following: Tagxedo Acrostic Poem - Online Story Creation & Glogster

South Elementary Professional Development: WEB 2.0 TOOLS

February 6, 2013

Facilitator: Kara Bakie

3. TASK #1: CREATE A WORD CLOUD USING TAGXEDO Find TAGXEDO on the drop down menu Click on it Read & follow the directions on the website & below to create your word cloud I. Choose a SHAPE i. Click on the sideways triangle to the right of shape ii. Click on the shape of your choosing

Change Theme Font Orientation I. HOW TO CHANGE Theme Font Orientation: i. Theme: Click on the sideways triangle to the right of theme & then select the color you prefer ii. Font: Select the fonts you want to appear in word cloud. Deselect the fonts you do NOT want to appear. iii. Orientation: Same thing; click the sideways triangle & select option

South Elementary Professional Development: WEB 2.0 TOOLS

Bakie February 6, 2013

Facilitator: Kara

SAVE your file! This is importantyoull be putting it in your Livebinder later

4. TASK #2: WRITE an ACROSTIC POEM USING a ReadWriteThink Interactive Find ACROSTIC POEM on the drop down menu Click on it Read & follow directions on the website & below to create your Acrostic Poem I. Click the button that says, GET STARTED (bottom right corner) II. Under NAME, type your Group # III. Under TOPIC WORD, type the word you will use for your poem IV. Click CONTINUE button (bottom right corner) V. Feel free to skip the BRAINSTORMING VI. Type your poem in the lines provided

South Elementary Professional Development: WEB 2.0 TOOLS

Bakie February 6, 2013

Facilitator: Kara

VII. SAVE your file! This is importantyoull be putting it in your Livebinder later i. Click Save File (see pic on left below) ii. Name file (see pic on right below) iii. Click Save (see pic on right below) iv. Choose file location & click Save (see pic at bottom)

South Elementary Professional Development: WEB 2.0 TOOLS

Bakie February 6, 2013

Facilitator: Kara

5. TASK #3: CREATE an ONLINE POSTER USING GLOGSTER Find GLOGSTER on the drop down menu Click on it Log in to Glogster using the Group Leaders log in info Click on the button that says, Create New Glog (see pic on left below) Next, choose Classic Glog (see pic on right below)

Now you need to follow the directions on the South Staff Tech site to add GRAPHICS, TEXT, IMAGE, SOUND & WALL to your Glog To add them, you will need to click on the respective buttons seen below:

South Elementary Professional Development: WEB 2.0 TOOLS

Bakie February 6, 2013

Facilitator: Kara

When finished, SAVE by clicking SAVE or PUBLISH (see pic on left below) Under Name of this Glog, name your Glog by giving it a title Click the bubble that says, FINISHED Then click SAVE (see pic directly below)

South Elementary Professional Development: WEB 2.0 TOOLS

Bakie February 6, 2013

Facilitator: Kara

WRITE DOWN the LINK URL FOR YOUR GLOGYOULL NEED THIS LATER!

6. TASK #4: CREATE AN ONLINE BOOK USING STORYJUMPER

South Elementary Professional Development: WEB 2.0 TOOLS

Bakie February 6, 2013

Facilitator: Kara

Scroll down to Blogs, Wikis, and Social Networks and click on Wikispaces. It will take you to this page. Click on Wikis for Individuals and Groups.

South Elementary Professional Development: WEB 2.0 TOOLS

Bakie February 6, 2013 Fill out the required information to join. Watch the tutorial on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df2rC2QfvFc . After viewing, create your own Wiki that could be your classroom.

Facilitator: Kara

used in

7. Go back to the page http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ and click on Presentation Tools.

Scroll down to the Multimedia and Poster Pages heading towards the bottom of your screen and click on Glogster. Click on the Sign Up Tab at the top right of your screen.

South Elementary Professional Development: WEB 2.0 TOOLS

Bakie February 6, 2013

Facilitator: Kara

Choose the Basic Teacher License (its free) and continue to register by filling in the required information. You will then be taken to a page called My Dashboard. You are now reading to click New Glog. Create a Glog on Life in 2011. You can video, audio, pictures, etc. Use the tutorial help you.

on Create

include below to

http://www.slideshare.net/digitalmaverick/glogster-presentation-presentation Attach your Glog as a Widget in your Wiki.

8. Go back to http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ and click on Collaborative Tools. Do this the same way you did Steps 1 and 2.
Then click on Google Docs under Collaborative If you have a google account, you can sign in using you dont have one, you will need to create an account. Documents. that imformation. If

After you have either signed in with an account you already use, or made a new account, you are going to create an online quiz. It only needs to be a few questions so you are able to practice with Google Docs. Please follow the instructions on the tutorial to do so. http://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=xC1L0wpmqlY

9. Return to http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ and click on Video Tools and scroll down to Teacher Tube.
Click on Teacher Tube and when you get to website, type in a topic in the search bar. It be any video that you might use in your View the video. This is a great site to use to the can classroom. find educational videos.

South Elementary Professional Development: WEB 2.0 TOOLS

Bakie February 6, 2013

Facilitator: Kara

10.Open up another tab to type in http://viewpure.com/. This site allows you to upload your Teacher Tube/You Tube videos without the advertisements on the side.
Copy your video URL. Paste the address into the View Pure website and create your ad-free video!

11.Go to http://www.google.com/ and search journal articles on technology in the classroom or something similar to this.
Scan the articles and choose one that interests you. Open up a new tab and go to http://www.printwhatyoulike.com// . Copy and paste the URL of your article into Enter a URL

PrintWhatYouLike will put a menu on the left side of your screen next to your article. Highlight in red what you would like to print and push print. If you are struggling, you can watch the demo that is offered on the home screen (red arrow).

12.Go to

http://www.voki.com/ .
If you dont already have an account, register at the top right of your screen.

Click on Create a New Vokie to make your avatar. You can have your avatar look like you, or someone else! Give it a voice and embed it into your wiki.

13.Go

to

South Elementary Professional Development: WEB 2.0 TOOLS

Bakie February 6, 2013

Facilitator: Kara

http://photopeach.com/home to make a simple slide show. You will need to have 10 pictures somewhere on your computer to do this.
After you have your 10 pictures (or more) located on your computer, sign up for Photo Peach. Then, upload your photos. and You can then organize or delete some photos when you are finished, click on the next arrow at the bottom. Choose the music you want and make other adjustments if you would like (speed), and then click finish and embed it to your wiki.

14.Go to http://fur.ly/ . This is a site that will allow you to take a bunch of your favorite sites and shorten it into one tiny URL to access them all at once.

Go to five of your favorite websites (anything is fine) and copy and paste them into Furly. Does NOT push enter after you paste in a site. It will add another line for you. When you are finished, click go. to put into It will create a tiny URL for you and you can use that your address bar to access all of your favorite sites!

15. Next, go to http://weblist.me/ . This is an bookmarking site to help you view and all of your favorite websites, videos, and much

online organize more!

Click on join now at the top of your screen to create a free account. Now you are free to add websites, videos, documents, etc. from the web to store all on one site! You can categorize your items as you would like. Find two websites and a video to include on your Web List. Then, embed your Web List on your wiki.

16. Now, go to Kerpoof at http://www.kerpoof.com/ . This is great website for your students to stories, draw, practice spelling words, etc. Its a great opportunity for them to get creative!
When you get to the homepage, with the different features. Choose different activities listed at the

a write

play around three bottom to

South Elementary Professional Development: WEB 2.0 TOOLS

Bakie February 6, 2013 explore. Make sure you take a look at the lesson plans available also. Tutorials are available at http://www.kerpoof.com/teach?c=lesson_plans

Facilitator: Kara

17. Keep your Kerpoof homepage open, but open up a new tab and go to http://www.flipsnack.com/ . This is make handy flip books using a PDF
Click on make a flipping book on the You will need to register on the next Then go back to your Kerpoof tab and lesson plans on the homepage. Choose a PDF to open. Copy the URL and paste it Snack page. You will also Click ok and let it convert your document. Click next to customize your book and then finish. Add the link to your

a way to document.
homepage. page. click on

into your Flip need to add a title.

wiki.

18. Go to and create a word

http://www.wordle.net/ cloud.

Click on create your own Find the lyrics to one of your favorite songs on the internet and copy and paste it into the box paste a bunch of text and click go. You know have a word cloud. Play with the font, color, and design in the tool bar above. Here is an example.

19. Next go to http://www.bitstrips.com/ . This is a site to make comic strips and can be a part of almost any lesson to help students be more involved.
Click on Create and share your own comic strip. Make your own 3 slide comic to get familiar with the site. Follow this tutorial for more instruction if needed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWXJF_TSus&feature=related

20. Lastly, go to http://exchange.smarttech.com/#tab=0 . This is a great site to find and share lesson plans for the smart board.
Go through and view different kinds of lessons.

South Elementary Professional Development: WEB 2.0 TOOLS

Bakie February 6, 2013

Facilitator: Kara

Choose 3 that you would like to share with the rest of the group and how you would use those in your classroom.