MatchGame

= = = = = = = = = = =Pairing Web 2.0 Tools with Classroom Activities=

Is your head spinning with all the new technologies, new tools, and new ideas? Not sure whether to use a blog or a wiki? Can’t really tell the difference between PowerPoint and SlideShare? We will spend our time matching the list of technologies with your current—or new—classroom assignments.

=Getting a Handle on Digital Literacies & Emerging Technologies=

What is Web 2.0

 * Also known as the Read/Write Web - pulling and pushing information
 * Pulling Information: Web 1.0 - the web as a source of information; accessing information; users are consumers of information created by //the experts -// **static**
 * Pushing Information: Web 2.0 - Web 1.0 + publishing + connecting; pulling and pushing information - **dynamic**

What are the tools?

 * Blogging
 * Wikis
 * Document Sharing
 * Photo & Video Sharing
 * Social Bookmarking
 * Digital Story Telling

=Excellent Resource=
 * Teach Web2.0