2.0 Tools for Teachers by Jessica Steffel

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

WORDLE

Category - Word Cloud s

http://www.wordle.net

Day 01

Challenge: Wordle is web based tool for generating “word clouds” from any text that you provide. The more often a word is used, the bigger the word becomes in a word cloud. You can also change the font, layout, colors and more in wordle so that when you are finished, you have a neat little poster or image that you can use in other projects or display. Your challenge for this day is to create a wordle of some sort. Tagul is another word cloud generator that you can also link to other things from your words.

Uses in the Classroom • Summarize concepts from an article or Discovery Education video • Review vocabulary words • Summarize characters in a

DISCOVERY USERS SPEAK UP Because I don't have a textbook, Discovery is my number 1 resource for videos, pictures, and reading passages in my classroom. Emma Haygood - Michigan MS Science -

story • Condense data from a survey • Create a poster from an essay or poem • Create visual poetry

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Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

ANIMOTO

Category - Slideshows

http://animoto.com/education

Day 02

Challenge: Animoto is a great tool for turning slides or video into amazing videos. You upload your photos, select music and a theme and then let the magic begin. As an educator, you can sign up for Animoto.edu and get unlimited videos for you and your students! Your challenge today, take some of those photos you have and turn them into a unique video or use Discovery Education photos

Uses in the Classroom • Create a slideshow using photos from Discovery Education • Make an end-of-the year slideshow set to music to share with students and parents • Tell a story about an activity or event that occurred in your class

OTHER SITES PhotoPeach http://photopeach.com Slideoo http://www.slideoo.com/ Joggle http://beta.joggle.com/ imageLoop http:// www.imageloop.com

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

BLABBERIZE

Category - Presentation

http://blabberize.com

Day 03

Challenge: Blabberize is a clever way to tell a story through the use of photos. If you select a photo, you can define where the mouth will be on the photo. You narrate your text and the mouth you drew moves with your voice. Picture for example a talking horse or a rabbit telling a story. Or, what if you students researched an historical event and then told the story through the mouth of Abraham Lincoln or John F. Kennedy? Your challenge, create a blabberize that will be both informative and entertaining.

Uses in the Classroom • Narrate a story as an animal • Give a speech as a famous historian • Debate a topic as a politician • Narrate a poem or book • Have famous talk about events in their lives. For example, watch one of the amazing Discovery Education videos and then summarize the facts from the perspective of George Washington

DISCOVERY USERS SPEAK UP Discovery gives my students great pictures and videos that my students use when we do green screening in the classroom. The videos are simple to download and easy to manipulate. Kim Adair - Pennsylvania (K-8)

QUOTE Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

BLOGGER

Category - Writing

http://www.blogger.com

Day 04

Challenge: Blogs are an ever increasing way to get information about a specific topic. In this challenge, you will either subscribe to several blogs of interest to you, or create a blog of your own. A blog that I would definitely recommend that you subscribe to is Teach42 by Steve Dembo To get you started on either reading some great award winning educational blogs, check out the following site.

Uses in the Classroom • As a class, keep a blog as a daily or weekly class diary • Have students in the class each write one blog post per month or year to have their writing showcased and shared with parents and community members • Subscribe to blogs to learn more about a topic that is of interest to you professionally or to your

http://edublogawards.com/2009/

students

INTERESTING FACTS In the last 184 seconds, there have been.....(facts generated in June, 2010) • 1914 new blog posts • 1775 members added on Facebook • 196481 tweets sent on Twitter • 2129625 videos watched on YouTube • 19872 iPhone apps downloaded http://www.teach42.com/2010/05/

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Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

EDMODO

Category - Community

http://www.edmodo.com

Day 05

Challenge: Edmodo is a social networking

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site where you can share information, collaborate on projects, and organize information. It is sort of like the educational version of Facebook. You have a secure environment for you to have discussions, post assignments, share information and a calendar and more!

• Share ideas, files and assignments • Have a class calendar • Store and share files • Take class polls • Participate in real-time messaging • Share information about projects in your classroom

For your challenge today, begin

QUOTES One of the beauties of teaching is that there is no limit to one’s growth as a teacher, just as there is no knowing beforehand how much your students can learn. Herbert Kohl The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. Mark Van Doren I am not a teacher but an awakener. Robert Frost

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Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

SLIDESHARE

Category - Presentation

http://www.slideshare.net

Day 06

Challenge: My hunch is that everyone has created more than one or two PowerPoint, Keynotes or other types of presentations in their teaching career. Why not share those with the world so that others may learn. Imagine the new teacher, or experienced teacher that is learning something new. With slideshare, you can search topics that are of interest to you and learn more about them. For example, prior to creating this web 2.0 presentation, I went to slideshare to learn more. Your challenge on this day is to look at some of the many slideshows already uploaded, or upload one of your own presentations.

Uses in the Classroom • Search through slideshare for a topic that is of interest to your

INSPIRATION Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

students • Have students upload their PowerPoint to slideshare to get feedback or to share with a wider audience • Upload your back-to-school

To teach is to learn again. Oliver Wendell Holmes

presentation for those unable to attend or to reiterate your classroom policies.

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Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

POLL EVERYWHERE

Category - Mobile Tools

http://www.polleverywhere.com

Day 07

Challenge: Getting instant feedback from your students about a certain topic or where they are at in their learning is a very valuable thing. Although there are classroom devices available for purchase, not everyone can afford those. Why not use a simple device that almost everyone has - a cellphone with texting capability. For your challenge today, create an account and make a 5 question survey....ask your family members or students to take your poll.

Uses in the Classroom • Take a poll to find out what students are comprehending throughout the lesson • Create a poll as a review or a quiz • Have the students create a poll as a review • Use a poll at the beginning of the class period to check for understanding from the previous day

OTHER SITES Drop I.O. http://drop.io/ Phone I.O. http://drop.io/home phone

Jott.com http://jott.com/

Quote Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. - Henry Ford

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

GLOGSTER

Category - Collage Tool / Presentation http://www.glogster.com

http://edu.glogster.com/register/

Day 08

Challenge: Glogster is a unique web 2.0 tool that allows you to posterize something. You can basically create your own poster with text, images, music and video. It is the creativity of this site that makes it so interesting - students love it! Your challenge for today is to create a Glog about a topic in your curricular area, or one just for fun. You will be amazed at how easy it is.

Uses in the Classroom • Create a glogster about a book that the class recently read • Create a glogster about a unit or lesson

DISCOVERY USERS SPEAK UP Discovery Education content is engaging and informative! It grabs the students' attention which increases their learning. Patti Harju , Discovery User

• Glogster can be used in so many unique ways - look over the site to see their top picks of the day

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Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

VOICETHREAD

Category - Presentation

http://voicethread.com

Day 09

Challenge: Voicethread is a great web 2.0

WHY WEB 2.0?

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The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

tool that allows you to add narration to your photos. In this challenge, take some of your photos from a recent trip or a classroom activity and create a voicethread. Or, have your students narrate a poem using voicethread and allow other students to comment.

• Have students create voiecthread of what they did during their

Robert Maynard Hutchins

summer break

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.

• Have students create voicethreads about a famous author or historian that they have

Elbert Hubbard

researched • Have students comment on each

GREAT SITES

other’s voicethreads

Free music for the classroom

http://freeplaymusic.com/

http://www.jamendo.com/en/

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

BIG HUGE LABS

Category - Photography

http://bighugelabs.com

Day 10

Challenge: Flickr Toys is the ultimate website if you like to turn your photos into creative works of art. This web 2.0 tool lets you create mosaics, puzzles, badges, magazine covers, movie posters and more. For this challenge, look over all the cool things you can create and them pick one project to work on.

Uses in the Classroom • Create a magazine cover of an event • Make a jigsaw puzzle of your class group photo • Create photo badges for students in your class • Make a movie poster about the students or an event that

INTERESTING FACTS By the year 2012 there will be approximately 17 billion devices connected to the Internet. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. http://www.funfactz.com/ computer-facts/

occurred in your class • Have students make motivational posters

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Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

TOONDOO

Category - Online Comics

http://www.toondoo.com

Day 11

Challenge: ToonDoo is a cartoon strip

Uses in the Classroom

creator. You can take any topic and create into a cartoon strip. Create, edit, share and discuss a a variety of events. The

â&#x20AC;˘ Cartoons are always fun to read and are a great way to express a variety of topics. In addition, creativity, imagination, writing

OTHER SITES Gnomz ComicsSketch Kerpoof Bubbir

challenge for today is to create a

skills and artistic expression can

Comiqs

cartoon strip of something that

all be enhanced with creating and

PikiStrips

you can share with your

writing a cartoon. There are so many ways that ToonDoo can be

Pixton

students. Have some fun and let your creativity go!

used in the classroom. Check out the website to get some ideas.

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Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

DELICIOUS

Category - Social Bookmarking

http://delicious.com

Day 12

Challenge: Delicious is one of the most popular social bookmarking sites available. Delicious give you the ability to surf the web, and bookmark sites and access them from any computer that is connected to the Internet. The site also allows you to share your bookmarks and search for

Uses in the Classroom

INTERESTING FACTS

• Search the many delicious accounts to find out information

Delicious is a social bookmarking site that was created by Joshua Schachter. The website was first launched in 2003 and is owned by Yahoo. By the

on a particular topic • Create a delicious account, create some bookmarks and share those with other staff

others that are of interest to you.

members or students • Delicious allows you to save and

Your challenge today is to create

store bookmarks online where

an account and begin

you can access them from any

bookmarking some of your

computer.

end of 2008, the service claimed more than 5.3 million users and counting. http://www.freebase.com/view/ en/del_icio_us

favorite sites.

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

WEEBLY

Category - Word Cloud s

http://www.weebly.com

Day 13

Challenge: Weebly is a very versatile Web 2.0 tool that allows students to create web pages. With the easy to create templates, drag and drop features,

Uses in the Classroom • Create a class website • Have students help

and free web hosting, your students

contribute content to the

could create a class site or

website by writing a summary

individual sites for projects in a

of what happened throughout

short amount of time. Your challenge for today.....get a Weebly account and begin creating your classroom for the start of the school year.

the week • Have students create their own website to learn about

WHY WEB 2.0? Much have I learned from my teachers, more from my colleagues, but most from my students. Talmud Teach your students to use what talents they have; woods would be silent if no bird sang except those that sing best. Anonymous

the activities and events your students are interested in

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Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

INTERACTIVE QUIZ Category - Quiz

http://classtools.net/education-games-php/quiz/

Day 14

Challenge: Interactive quizzes are a great way to review concepts. They can also serve as a fun and innovative way to introduce new material or to check for understanding. With a variety of games to choose from, you are sure to find one that will work with your curriculum. Your challenge for today, create a game that could be used as a review for something that you

Uses in the Classroom • Make a game to review vocabulary words • Make a review game for math facts • Make a game to review all of the geography or science information that was covered throughout the week

DISCOVERY USERS SPEAK UP Discovery has helped me to recapture my digital native's attention. I am so thrilled to work with all of these amazing educators and learn from them. Trudi Lawless 7th and 8th - Florida

• Have students make games and chose one to play each week,

are looking to update or change in your curriculum.

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0 MIXBOOK

Category - Books online

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

http://www.mixbook.com/edu

Day 15

Challenge: The Mixbook website claims that Mixbook is “The Best Teacherʼs Aid. Ever.” Mixbook is a great way to get students engaged in writing stories of all kinds. Mixbook allows students to collaborate on stories and projects and to have their ebooks shared with others. Students will really enjoy the opportunity to share their work with others. Your challenge today, create a mixbook that you can share with your students on opening day.

Uses in the Classroom • Create interactive books that students will love to help create and read • Have students create a class yearbook

WHY WEB 2.0? One of the beauties of teaching is that there is no limit to one’s growth as a teacher, just as there is no knowing beforehand how much your students can learn. Herbert Kohl

• Digitally scrapbook a field trip or an event/activity that occurred throughout the year

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0 EPALS

Category - Books online

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

http://www.epals.com

Day 16

WORDLE

Challenge: Have you ever wanted to do a

Uses in the Classroom

classroom project with students in another part of the world? Did you ever wonder what it would be like to do a collaborative science or social

• Join the ePals book club • Share your student work in the ePals project vault

studies project with students in China, India or Africa but just didnʼt know

• Join the global warming, maps or water project

how to go about and get started.

• Look for other classes around the world to skype with or connect on a wide

ePals is the worldʼs largest K-12 Learning Network. They have classrooms in 200 countries and territories, so finding someone to connect with is easy. Your challenge

variety of projects

Category - Word Cloud s

WHY WEB 2.0? 'How has the world of the child changed in the last 150 years?' … the answer is. 'It's hard to imagine any way in which it hasn't changed….they're' immersed in all kinds of stuff that was unheard of 150 years ago, and yet if you look at schools today versus 100 years ago, they are more similar than dissimilar'. - Peter Senge

today - check out the ePals website.

htt

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

ART.COM

Category - Art

http://www.art.com/asp/artpad/default.asp

Day 17

Challenge: I always loved art when I was

Uses in the Classroom

younger. Now I have a chance to recapture that love of art.

• Paint a picture

With the help of online art

• Illustrate a story

websites you can draw anyplace during any time. Your challenge for today is to draw or paint a picture of something.

• Draw an animal • Share artwork with friends and relatives

WHY WEB 2.0? The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. Mark Van Doren The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving. Oliver Wendell Holmes

• Draw for fun and enjoyment

Education is not preparation for life; education is live itself. John Dewey

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

BUBBL.US

Category - MindMapping (Online Organizer) http://bubbl.us

Day 18

Challenge: Bubbl.us is a great online brainstorming tool that allows you to collaborate with others. Create colorful mindmaps that you can share by embedding them on your website or blog, or sending them to individuals. Your challenge for today, brainstorm a list of web 2.0 projects you would like to work on with your students this year.

Uses in the Classroom • Organize information • Brainstorm activities • Define new terms • Introduce a new concept • Review concepts • Create storyboards • Create cause and effect diagrams

INTERESTING FACTS E N I AC , t h e f i r s t e l e c t r o n i c computer, appeared 50 years ago. The original ENIAC was about 80 feet long, weighed 30 tons, had 17,000 tubes. By comparison, a desktop computer today can store a million times more information than an ENIAC, and 50,000 times faster. From the smallest microprocessor to the biggest mainframe, the average American depends on over 264 computers per day. http://www.wonderfulinfo.com/

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0 YOUTUBE

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

http://www.youtube.com

TEACHERTUBE

http://www.teachertube.com

Day 19

Challenge: Everyone has probably heard of the popular video sharing sites call YouTube and TeacherTube, however have you had the opportunity to actually create an account for either one of the sites? When you create an account you can upload videos, create a playlist, share a playlist and more. Another great resources is SchoolTube.

Uses in the Classroom • Create a playlist so when you surf and millions of videos online, you have your favorite ones at your finger tips. • Share a playlist with other members of your department so you can have a shared common playlist for your curriculum • Upload videos to share content with the world

INTERESTING FACTS Youtube founders Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim created Youtube because they wanted to share videos from a dinner party with friends and their email programs would not accept big size video files. Youtube enabled million of people with video camera and internet connection to share their stories with the World since it was created. Source: http://www.pakblogger.com/ 10-interesting-facts-about-youtube

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Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

SMILEBOX

Category - Scrapbooking

http://www.smilebox.com

Day 20

Challenge: I think the best way to describe smilebook is scrapbooking gone digital. With hundreds of templates and layouts to chose from, you are sure to find some fun and interesting things for your classroom. Not only can you scrapbook, but you can create greeting cards, photo albums, collages and more.

Uses in the Classroom • Create a class scrapbook • Create online greeting cards for birthdays or special occasions in the classroom • Create invitations to a special school event

QUOTES The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. Mark Van Doren I am not a teacher but an awakener. Robert Frost That I may care enough to love enough to share enough to let others become what they can be. John O’Brien

• Create a collage or special book

Take some time and have some fun at the Smilebox web site. Your challenge, log on and smile.

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

OURSTORY

Category - Timelines http://www.ourstory.com

Day 21

QUOTES

Challenge: OurStory is a tool to create a timeline of events. Use OurStory to have students demonstrate critical points in history. You can also do a timeline for scientific inventions or for your family heritage. Your challenge today is to look over this timeline site (or one similar) to see how it might benefit your classroom curriculum.

Uses in the Classroom • Have students organize specific events in history • Have students organize scientific events • Have students research their heritage and create their own family timeline • Have students use a timeline to create goals • Have students use a timeline to complete a project

An education is not a thing one gets, but a lifelong process. - Gloria Steinem DONʼT COUNT EVERY HOUR IN THE DAY, MAKE EVERY HOUR IN THE DAY COUNT.

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

PREZI

Category - Presentation

http://prezi.com

Day 22

Challenge: Prezi is a great web 2.0 tool that

Uses in the Classroom

can help you create amazing presentations and are unique. This is an up to date way to

• Use Prezi instead of PowerPoint as a presentation tool

present your information. Check

• Tell a story using Prezi

out the website to see how

• Create a non-linear presentation with a variety of templates

schools and businesses are using Prezi to dazzle their audiences.

INTERESTING FACTS Domain names are being registered at a rate of more than one million names every month. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute, less than half the normal rate of 20. http://www.funfactz.com/ computer-facts/

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

XTRANORMAL

Category - Video Tool http://www.xtranormal.com

Day 23

Challenge:

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Xtranormal is a site that allows you to create movies in a flash. If you can type, then you can create movies. This intuitive site allows users of all ages to become a character. Imagine being a talking robot or an all star athlete. You can direct, write the script, move the camera and more. For this challenge get set with Lights, action, camera! Make a short movie explaining to someone what you did in the summer.

•

• Report current events or past events • Talk about a historical battle • Talk about what are important presidential or government issues

INTERESTING FACTS The average 21 year old has spent 5,000 hours playing video games, has exchanged 250,000 e-mails, instant and text messages and has spent 10,000 hours on the mobile phone. http://www.funfactz.com/ computer-facts/

• Write a story and direct the story from scratch

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Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

GOOGLE DOCS

Category - Community

https://www.google.com

Day 24

Challenge: I realize everyone has probably

Uses in the Classroom

heard of google and have used it as one of the most popular

Check out the following:

search engines on the web. However, did you know that

• iGoogle • Google Groups

google has a wide variety of online apps. that can be

• Google Docs • Google Mail

extremely helpful in the

• Google Chrome • Google Maps • Google Reader

classroom. Your challenge today, set up a google account and look and the many different google apps. that you can use in your classroom.

• Sketchup • Picasa and much, much more!

INTERESTING FACTS Google started as a research project at Stanford University, created by Ph.D. candidates Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were 24 years old and 23 years old respectively (a combined 47 years old). Google's index of web pages is the largest in the world, comprising of billions of web pages. Google searches this immense collection of web pages often in less than half a second. http://www.google.com/press/ funfacts.html

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Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

WIKISPACES

Category - Word Cloud s

http://www.wikispaces.com

Day 25

Challenge: Wikis are simple web pages

Uses in the Classroom

that anyone can edit (students, teachers, family and friends). It is a great way to have students collaborate on projects. Check out the wiki spaces for educators

• Have a classroom wiki where you can collaborate on a variety of project. • I made a wiki for my students when our student council group

where you can set up student

was building a school in Africa.

accounts, set privacy levels, customize the look of your

We invited all the other community service groups to

wiki and embed media. Your

join and updated information and

challenge for today, create a

keep everyone everyone

wiki account and begin your

informed.

INTERESTING FACTS One of every 8 married couples in the US last year met online. The average 21 year old has spent 5,000 hours playing video games, has exchanged 250,000 e-mails, instant and text messages and has spent 10,000 hours on the mobile phone. http://www.funfactz.com/computerfacts/

classroom wiki.

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

MAPVIVO

Category - Travel Journal

http://mapvivo.com

Day 26

Challenge: Traveling is always fun and

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adventurous. With this tool you can create a travel blog so others can be immersed your experience. Your challenge is to great a travel blog about your travels this summer, even if it was to a neighboring town or state. Make the reader feel like they are there too!

• Have students keep a journal of different places that they visit throughout the year • Have students keep a journal of about virtual field trips • Have students keep a journal of where they would like to travel to and what they would do once they got their.

DISCOVERY USERS SPEAK UP Discovery has opened so many doors in our classrooms. The resources are amazing. It is out of this world. - Cathy Houchin, Discovery User

QUOTES The people who influence you are people who believe in you. Henry Drummond Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

PODOMATIC

Category -Podcasts

http://www.podomatic.com

Day 27

Challenge: Would you like your students to share their knowledge and expertise with an audience wider than your classroom? If you have students read stories, write and share information or experiences, they you might want to take the next step and turn those into podcasts. Students have so much to offer in terms of expertise and information. Give them the opportunity to share it with the

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INTERESTING FACTS

• Podcast a lesson each week on something new you have learned from watching Discovery Education videos

While it took the radio 38 years, and the television a short 13 years, it took the World Wide Web only 4 years to reach 50 million users.

• Interview a community member

The first computer mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart in around 1964 and was made of wood.

• Have a classroom radio show • Have a guest speaker each week

http://www.funfactz.com/ computer-facts/

• Interview a teacher or classmate

world.

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Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

VOLUNTEER SPOT

Category - Volunteering

http://www.volunteerspot.com

Day 28

Challenge: This site is great if you want to coordinate your volunteer efforts either in or out of the classroom. I am currently using this site to coordinate all of our summer student council volunteer efforts. With a council of over 50 students, this site is great to keep us organized. You can set up the site to be private or public, send an e-mail link for sign up, get e-mail notification reminders and more.

Uses in the Classroom • Organize parent volunteers • Organize blood drive sign ups • Have students sign up to help with things in the classroom • Organize a car wash, fundraiser, or any even you need volunteers

QUOTES Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead Even if it’s a little thing, do something for those who have need of help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. - Albert Schweitzer

organized and timely reminders and reports generated. This site has it all for you!

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Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

CERTIFICATE STREET

Category - Certificates/Awards

http://www.certificatestreet.com

Day 29

Challenge: Congratulations - you are just about to the end of this 30 day challenge. Take a minute and either download one of the many certificates or make one for yourself.

QUOTES Every student can learn, just not the same day, or the same way. - George Evans Every person is gifted in some area. We just have to find out what. - Eveyln Blose Holman

Uses in the Classroom • Discovery Award for your staff completing this challenge • Certificate of Achievement • Good Attitude • Young Artists • Excellence Award • Sports Awards • Music Awards • Certificate of Appreciation • Student of the Month • Teacher of the Month • Spelling Award

DISCOVERY USERS SPEAK UP Using Discovery Education content in my professional development sessions has not only been easy and engaged the learners, but it helps them understand how they can easily create & embed the content. There are TONS of great resources to use as examples, how-to's or next steps within Discovery. I find myself referring beginners to advanced technology users to Discovery Education. It is a wonderful resource for the diverse teachers I support. ~ Stephanie Madlinger K-12 Program Coordinator & Technology Specialist, St. Louis, MO

Discovery Education Web 2.0 Challenge

WEB 2.0

School Year Challenge The goal of this challenge is to encourage you to try a new Web 2.0 tools with your friends.

GO2WEB2.0

Category - The Complete Listing

http://www.go2web20.net/

Day 30 End of the Challenge: If you still have not found that perfect Web 2.0 tool(s) for your classroom, then spend some time browsing these sites

http://prezi.com/gpm0sjevafgq/60-in-60web-20-tools/ http://60in60.wikispaces.com/Top60

Uses in the Classroom The possibilities are endless! • Photo projects • Music projects • Video projects ______________

http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/ top100-2010.html

• Collaboration • Networking

http://edudemic.com/2010/07/the-35-

• Sharing • Communicating

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QUOTES The people who influence you are people who believe in you. Henry Drummond Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Let your voice and your students voice be heard!