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=Educational Telecommunications EDT 654 =

Web 2.0 Group Project
== Become an "expert" on one of the following Web2.0 areas. Explore the area and tools to learn more about the features, uses in the classrooms, pros and cons. Document your findings on the wikispace. Create a demonstration of the project, this should involve demonstrating a few of the features or showing a sample of what can be created with this tool.Try to choose something you have never used prior to today. ==

Answer the following questions: [] || ===**Group Presentations:** Now that each group has completed their research, it's time to learn from our fellow team members. Remember, presentations should be: === After researching a particular Web 2.0 tool and sharing information, hopefully you have a better understanding of different ways these applications may be used as tools in the 21st Century Classroom.
 * 1) Create an operational definition for the tool.
 * 2) Does the technology promote student engagement or merely entertainment?
 * 3) Analyze whether this technology adds some demonstrable pedagogical value to traditional instruction.
 * 4) Assess the use of this particular technology to aid students in the acquisition of knowledge and not just information.
 * 5) Suggest some educational uses for this tool in the K-12 classroom.
 * 6) Discuss the pluses and minuses of using this tool with students.
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 * ===5 to 10 minutes in length, ===
 * ===succinctly explain a Web 2.0 tool, ===
 * ===include examples of the tool, ===
 * ===and provide a rational for using or not using the tool in education. === ||

Concept Mapping
Bubbl.us [|Mindmeister] [|Glinkr] [|XTimeline] [|Wordle]

Productivity and Collaboration
[|StoryBird] [|Google Docs] Wikispaces [|Zoho] [|Curriki] [|PBWorks] [|WetPaint]

Social Bookmarking
[|Diigo] [|Delicious] [|Weblist]

Social Networking and Collaboration
[|TokBox] [|Skype] [|Oovoo] [|ePals] [|Ning] [|iearn] [|ThinkQuest] [|Facebook] [|Twitter]

Find other great Web 2.0 resources at http://jennamarianu.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0+Tools
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