Web_2.0_Tools

 __**Multimedia Sharing:**__ One aspect that can be utilized with Web_2.0_Tools, is multimedia sharing which is when music, videos, pictures, text/documents, etc. is shared with at least one other person. This sharing can take place in a setting as intimate as a classroom, or as distanced as a city across the world. Through multimedia sharing, NET*S, HOT, and 21st Century Skills can easily be applied. Multimedia sharing allows for a great deal of creativity, collaboration, cooperation, global awareness, and application of previous knowledge with current ideas being introduced, digital literacy, and many more. It allows the spreading of media and ideas from person to person. Some examples found of multimedia hosting sites are:

-[|YouTube] -[|Flickr] -[|Webshots] -[|Purevolume] -[|Myspace] (the music pages) -[|Google Docs] -[|LimeWire] -[|Scribd]  Podcasts are files that can be downloaded, shared, and transferred to portable audio devices. Audio files are called “podcasts”, but files that combine audio and video are called “vodcasts”. Incorporating podcasts into the classroom would be a fun and effective way to develop technological skills. For example, students could be asked to listen to several different audio files, write new lyrics for one specific file, pair their lyrics with the file’s original melody, record their new song and share it with their classmates. However, the new lyrics would //have// to directly apply to the subject being taught. Podcasts develop all of the 21st Century skills, require higher order thinking and achieve the goals of NETS*S. An example of an online source for podcasts is at the following link: []. A blog is an online journal. They can often be accessed by others. Students can peer edit and collaborate on works within their blogs. They can also provided feedback on class room experiences and lessons. It allows students to use communication and collaboration. They can evaluated each other works and apply their feedback. This allows students to achieve higher order thinking while using 21st century skills. Some specific examples we found on the internet are: Wordpress.com Blogger.com Inkblot.com

A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content. Students collaborate on assignments and work together in order to research a topic. It allows students to use communication and collaboration in order to produce accurate information about a particular topic. The students will have to use technology operations to achieve this. Some specific examples we found on the internet are: Wikipedia.com Wikispaces.com Sharepoint.com

__**Social Networking**__ Social networking brings people together who have common interests. This is a way for people to communicate and meet new people outside of their own community. Topics range from business interests, religion, politics, or even dating. Some of the most popular social networking sites are MySpace and Facebook. Two recommended educational sites are [|Taking It Global] and [|E-learning town]. During lessons, students could research and reach out to the specific people/culture/ problems they are learning about. This allows students to interact through blogs and personal web pages. Just in the definition, social networking involves communication and collaboration, both parts of NETS*S. Students can create their own personal spaces and web pages, this involves digital citizenship, a higher order of thinking, and effective communication.

Examples: - [|MySpace] - [|Facebook] - [|eHarmony] - [|Classroom 2.0] - [|Taking It Global] - [|E-learning town] - [|LinkedIn] - [|Show Me The Money]

This is a way of storing bookmarks on a networked site so that you and others can access these sites from any computer. This includes links to websites and tags to places. This is an easy way to provide lists of informative links. It’s also an easy way to organize all of your “favorite” sites onto one site. You can have a public or private account and control who can access this list. For the classroom, it provides a great way to give your students a comprehensive list of links and resources for a project or unit. Some examples of social bookmarking sites are delicious.com, facebook, connectbeam, or citeulike.
 * Social Bookmarking:**

**Virtual communications** is the transfer and exchange of information across the globe via technological means, such as email, instant messaging, live audio/visual conversations... A 21st Century way to use this in the classroom: Your class could be email pen pals with a class of the same age in a different country learn about the other’s culture. Or they could have Skype conversations to practice speaking a foreign language. How can this tool be used to accomplish NET*S, HOT, and/or 21st Century Skills? They are applying skills they’ve learn whether learning how to write, write a letter or speak another language, and ‘creating’ by expressing their own thoughts. This teaches digital literacy, effective communication and creativity. Here is one example of virtual communication: on [|www.wordreference.com], a multi-language dictionary, there is a forum where anyone can post semantic questions they have and anyone else on the site can offer their thoughts (especially useful to get input from native speaker on vocabulary choices or grammar structure).

Other examples of virtual communications:
 * Live, free phonecalls and video calls: [|www.Skype.com]
 * Video conferencing with up to 20 people: []
 * AOL Instant Messenger