Alice Mercer’s PD Blog

The class is a full one, but should be fun. Here is the Agenda for Day 1 with links we will be using, which I will lead

What is Web 2.0 and why use it? (15 minutes)

Document Sharing 2.0 (30 minutes)

7 Things You Should Know about Wikis

2 page handout on wikis

Examples:

• > > oakridgeedtech » home
• > > Jonne – Google Docs
• > > ComparingHemispheres » home
• > > The Teacher’s Edition » home
• > > Team8-2 » Student Pages

Make something of this (45 minutes)

Sharing information 2.0 (30 minutes)

7 Things You Should Know About Social Bookmarking | EDUCAUSE CONNECT

2 page handout on social bookmarking like delicious and diigo

Examples:

• Diigo – Web Highlighter and Sticky Notes, Social Bookmarking and Annotation, Social Information Network!
• The Blog of Ms. Mercer » Whew!
• » Assignment #23 Fourth Grade Blog
• — Fifth Grade Blog
• Screencast: Using Diigo on Student Scribe Blogs as Test Review “Sheets” | Beyond School

Make something of this (60 minutes)

Online professional development (45 minutes)

• DEN (http://community.discoveryeducation.com/)
• Classroom 2.0 (http://classroom20.com)
• Locally CTAP Region 3 (http://ctap3edtech.ning.com/)

Make something of this (60 minutes)

Document and share (60 minutes)

• Google Doc (http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfdndf4n_117c4cj9kfk)
• Wiki (http://scusdsummerinstitute.wikispaces.com/)

If you arrive early, you can sign up for the following accounts online:

• Google/GMail
• Wikispaces
• Diigo