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Presentation take-aways and links


This presentation is simply designed to remove the mysteries associated with recently developed Internet technologies such as blogging, wikis, swickis and podcasting. the presentation will also explore current trends in read~write technologies such as "mashups".

Web 2.0 is the second generation Internet that facilitates collaboration and sharing between users such as teachers and learners. This page is a work in progress and constantly being updated.

Presentation Downloads

Presentation ~ Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, July 14th, 2008 [Stay posted ~ presently being edited for the general public]

Workshop Materials:

Tuesday 15th July 2008
Web 2.0 Overview document
Blogger
Wordpress
eduBlogs workshop document [doc] [pdf]
del.icio.us bookmarking
Twitter
Flickr

Wednesday 16th July 2008
Google Reader
Nings
Pageflakes
Diigo

Thursday 17th July 2008
AideRSS
Dapper

Yahoo Pipes
Google Reader
del.icio.us bookmarking

Yahoo Pipes ~ collected by John Larkin
Yahoo Pipes ~ by the Otterman

Friday 18th July 2008
Podcast ~ Audacity [Win] [Mac]
Podcast ~ Lame MP3 plug-in installation [Win] [Mac]
Podcast ~ Propaganda demo [Win]
Podcast ~ Podifier [Win]
Podcast ~ Podomatic[Win][Mac]
Podcast ~ GarageBand [Mac]
Podcast ~ ProfCast[Mac]
Podcast ~ Podcast Maker [Mac]
Podcast ~ Configuring microphone [Win] [Mac]
MyPodcast ~ free podcasting site

Presentation ~ St Joseph's Institution, Singapore, July 11th 2008

Workshop Materials:

Web 2.0 Overview document
eduBlogs workshop document [doc] [pdf]
PBWiki documents
Podcasting overview
del.icio.us bookmarking
Propaganda podcast software
Twitter
Flickr
Google Reader

Curriuculum Ideas

Sample teaching plan
Curriculum integration aid
Curriculum evaluation aid

Additional

Setting up a Wordpress blog
Setting up a Blogger blog

Educause Resources

Seven things you should know about:

Blogs ~ pdf download
Wikis ~ pdf download
Flickr ~ pdf download
Social Bookmarking ~ pdf download
Twitter ~ pdf download
Wikipedia ~ pdf download
RSS ~ pdf download
Virtual Worlds ~ pdf download

Common Craft

Explanations in plain English. This site has a variety of entertaining video presentations that display concepts and tools in an easily understood manner. Topics include RSS, Twitter, Wikis and so on.

A collection of outstanding and practical education blogs...

The Edublogger ~ tips for teachers
Larry Ferlazzo ~ great advice and resources for teachers
Langwitches ~ brilliant
Instructify
Lifehack ~ slow down, stop and smell the roses

Real teachers and their students...

Clay Burell ~ High School Humanities and Tech Integration at an International School in Seoul Korea.

Christina Kang
Michael Park

Sivasothi N. Lecturer in Biology at NUS, Singapore. For over five years Siva has been blogging about his passion ~ the enviornment and he has instilled this passion in his students and other bloggers across Singapore. These are just some of the blogs authored by Siva and his students.

Siva' First Blog
The Otterman ~ Siva's current blog
Habitat News
Biology Refugia
LSM2351 Ecology and Environmental Processes
LSM1103 Biodiversity
LSM3261 Life Form and Function
LSM1301 Animal Behaviour
Biodiversity Crew at NUS ~ Blogs
Biodiversity Crew at NUS ~ Main
The Pursuit of Anurans
Biodiversity of Insects at Kent Ridge
Fauna of Kent Ridge
Johora singaporensis
Frogs in Singapore
Horseshoe Crabs of Kranji
ToddyCats
Mangrove Shrimps of Kranji
Pasir Panjang Heritage
Singapore Heritage Blog

Alec Couros Computers in the Classroom

Al Upton: Primary school teacher, South Australia.

The mini-legends ~ Current situation
The mini-legends blog

Kevin Lim ~ Social cyborg and social networking doctoral student

Groups and collaborations

The Global Education Collaborative ~ Ning
Oz/NZ Educators ~ Ning
Flat Classroom Project
Flat Classroom Project Ning ~ Ning
1001 Flat World Tales ~ Wiki
1001 Flat World Tales ~ The stories
Classroom 2.0 ~ Ning
me.edu.au ~ EDNA
eTools and Tips for Educators ~ Ning
Advocates for Digital Citizenship, Safety and Success ~ Google Group

Advocates for Digital Citizenship, Safety and Success

Advocates for Digital Citizenship, Safety and Success ~ Wiki Site
Advocates for Digital Citizenship, Safety and Success ~ Diigo Site
Digiteen ~ Digital Citizenship Wiki Site

Diigo Groups

Ed-Tech Talk
Educators
OzEducators

Pageflakes & Netvibes Examples

Will Richardson
Kevin Lim
Steve Harris ~ his slidehsare presentation
Nice blog post by Hey Jude about Pageflakes ~ Teacher Edition

Wikis

Moving Forward and Seminal Blog Posts
Mobile Technology in TAFE
Be An Edublogger
Collaborative Learning
Mister Mak's Learning Wiki
School 2.0 Wiki
Web 2.0 Tutorial

Live collaborations

Classroom 2.0 Live Conversations
Alec Couros EC&I 831 Conversations
Alec Couros EC&I Computers In The Classrooms

Virtual Worlds

Westley Field and Skoolabarate
Jokay and Joykadia ~ The Virtual Classroom Project

Myself

Watershed
me.edu.au
Flickr
Del.icio.us
Jaiku
Twitter
WebNode
~ experimental
Yahoo Pipes ~ experimental

Plus my web page of education blogs ~ explore these to find education blogs that meet your needs.

Taking it to the limit

Steven Downes: Educator and Researcher in Moncton, Canada
Main Web Site ~ Blog

Semantic Web, Mashups and OpenID

Yahoo Pipes
Dapper
AideRSS
Reuters ~ Calais
OpenID

More web based applications...

   

Blogs, and more blogs....

Creative Commons License
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Read~Write Web Workshops July 2008 ~ Singapore

Conducting a series of workshops at Nanyang Technological University and at the St Joseph's Institution Junior School. Workshop materials are available at left.

Good To Great Teaching Seminar, Singapore,
February 2008

Web 2.0 workshops and a presentation in Singapore ~ NTU duirng the last week of February. Reports and photographs #1, #2.

Technology Guides
All of the technology presentations and support documents are now available from this dedicated page. They cover such areas as blogging, podcasting, photoshop, video processing and comic life.


Workshops
Digital Photography
Digital Videography
Comic Life
Web 2.0
Podcasting
Blended Learning
Web Presence
Trivantis Lectora
Managing your computer

Resources for ITSC workshop

Curriuculum Ideas
Sample teaching plan
Curriculum integration aid
Curriculum evaluation aid

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Getting started with Web 2.0

Read~Write Web Overview
What is web 2.0? ~ notes
Setting up a Wordpress blog
Setting up a Blogger blog
Creating a WebNode site [new]
Starting a Wiki
Working with Flickr
Working with Bloglines
Working with del.icio.us
Setting up Google Reader
Setting up Twitter [updated]
Setting up Jaiku
Setting up Feedburner
Setting up a Swicki [updated]
Working with Yahoo! Pipes

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Podcasting
What is podcasting?
Creating a podcast

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Wikis
Wikispaces
Wikispaces for teachers

Sue Water's Wikispace

Web 2.0 Tutorial Wiki

Previous Presentation Docs
Nurturing Networks
Extending Web 2.0 via mashups
Singapore Airlines April 17 2008
Hwa Chong Inst April 17 2008
Web 2.0 Tools and add-ons


A range of categorised Web 2.0 tools, plug-ins, add-ons, clients and guides are available on this web page.

EdTech Blogrolls
Please review the blogrolls on this dedicated web page.