Web 2.0 : new tools, new schools

What can Web 2.0 tools offer educators? Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging Web 2.0 technologies and their use in the classroom and in professional development. Topics include blogging as a natural tool for writing instruction, wikis and their role in project collaboration, podcasting as a useful means of presenting information and ideas, and how to use Web 2.0 tools for professional development. Also included are a discussion of Web 2.0 safety and security issues and a look toward the future of the Web 2.0 movement. Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools is essential reading for teachers, administrators, technology coordinators, and teacher educators.

Author Notes

Gwen Solomon is director of techLEARNING.com, the award-winning Web site of Technology Learning magazine, and is also a contributing editor for the publication
Lynne Schrum is professor and coordinator of elementary and secondary education in the College of Education at George Mason University

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Two international leaders in technology applications for learning write of the next generation of Internet resources, Web 2.0, and of the "free new tools such as blogs, wikis, photo and video sharing, and social networking" that are "changing how people, including our students, interact with the world." These 21st-century students are digital natives who make use of the Web as a platform for their social development, data storage, and learning. Their learning styles demand a revision of Bloom's taxonomy of cognitive processes to remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating. Solomon and Schrum discuss new tools such as podcasts, electronic portfolios, mapping software, aggregators, online tutorials, Internet telephony, and immersive environments and their uses for enhancing classroom curriculum, professional development, and school leadership. The text includes discussion of online safety and security and how these new tools might address systemic issues such as second-language learning, accommodations for students with special needs, the digital divide, and assessment. The appendixes contain a Web time line, a glossary of Web 2.0 tools, a description of a day learning on Web 2.0, text references, and the ISTE technology standards. Summing Up: Recommended. All readership levels. D. L. Stoloff Eastern Connecticut State University

Introduction	p. 1
1 New world, new web, new skills	p. 7
New World	p. 8
Economics 102	p. 9
New Web	p. 12
New Corporations	p. 16
21st-Century Skills	p. 17
Schools and Change	p. 21
The Tipping Point	p. 21
New Tools and Learning	p. 23
Taking Advantage of New Tools	p. 24
2 Students and learning	p. 25
21st-Century Students	p. 26
How Children Get Information	p. 30
What Students Want from Their Schools	p. 31
The Customization Generation	p. 33
Access to Online Tools and Services	p. 34
Understanding Learning	p. 35
Constructivism	p. 38
Project-based Learning	p. 39
Connectivism	p. 40
The Challenge	p. 41
Harnessing New Technologies	p. 42
3 New tools	p. 45
Concepts	p. 46
The Web as Platform	p. 46
Behind the Web Tools	p. 48
Open Source	p. 50
Tagging and Syndication	p. 52
From the Web to Web 2.0	p. 54
Using the Tools	p. 55
Basic Web 2.0 Tools: Blogs, Podcasts, and Wikis	p. 55
Other Popular Web 2.0 Tools	p. 58
Web 2.0 Versions of Desktop Tools	p. 62
Web 2.0 Management Tools	p. 65
Other Web 2.0 Tools for Education	p. 66
More New Tools	p. 69
Educational Software	p. 71
Immersive Environments	p. 75
Data and Design	p. 76
4 New tools in schools	p. 77
Cool Schools	p. 78
Classroom Applications: Using the Tools for Learning	p. 80
Classroom Applications: Teaching Content	p. 84
Other Tools and Models	p. 97
5 Professional development	p. 99
Creating Effective Programs	p. 102
Preservice Learning	p. 102
Communities of Practice	p. 103
Technology Literacy Training	p. 111
Professional Development and Web 2.0 Tools	p. 112
6 Leadership and new tools	p. 117
Leading in the 21st Century	p. 118
Using New Tools	p. 120
Supporting New Tools	p. 128
Financial Issues	p. 129
Infrastructure: Running on Open Source	p. 134
7 Online safety and security	p. 137
Legal Requirements	p. 138
Copyright and Intellectual Property	p. 139
Security Solutions	p. 140
Knotty Problems	p. 152
Other Alternatives	p. 156
8 Systemic issues	p. 159
English Language Learners and English as a Second Language	p. 160
Students with Special Needs	p. 163
Equity and the Digital Divide	p. 165
Assessment	p. 168
9 New schools	p. 177
Harnessing the Collective Intelligence of Education Data	p. 178
The Long Tail of Educational Materials	p. 179
The Vision and the Reality	p. 180
Polls and Surveys	p. 181
Software	p. 181
Textbooks	p. 182
Moving Applications and Data Online	p. 183
Open-Source Educational Applications	p. 183
Professional Development	p. 186
Toward a Smart Future	p. 186
Brainstorming about Schools and Web 2.0	p. 188
Your Turn	p. 189
10 Tutorials	p. 191
Web-based Word Processor: Zoho Writer	p. 192
Web-based Spreadsheet: Num Sum	p. 194
Open-Source Painting Tool: Tux Paint	p. 195
Editing Sound: Do You Have Audacity?	p. 196
Syndication in Firefox: RSS Feeds	p. 197
del.icio.us Bookmarks and Favorites	p. 199
Photo Editing: Photo Story 3 for Windows	p. 200
Wikispaces for Educators	p. 201
Class Blogmeister: Adding and Editing Blog Articles	p. 202
Geography: Google Earth	p. 206
Creating Graphics: Sketch Up	p. 208
Google Reader	p. 210
Appendix A Web timeline	p. 213
Appendix B Web 2.0 tools	p. 219
Appendix C A day in the life of web 2.0	p. 231
Appendix D References	p. 235
Appendix E National educational technology standards	p. 251
Index	p. 259

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