Web+2.0+Contest



Greetings from Technology in Motion Specialist Elizabeth Sessions Announcing Tech it to NECC Web 2.0 Contest Click Here for Contest Form [|Contest form.doc] How would you like a chance to win a RCA Small Wonder Camcorder or other great prizes? Well, here is your chance to win one and also have your classroom featured at NECC (National Education Computing Conference) this summer in Washington DC. Do you have a classroom project or do students in your classroom have projects posted on the Internet? Do you have a cool Blog or Wiki? Would you like to try some new cool Web 2.0 tools? If your answer is yes and you would like to be included in this contest then read on.

Technology in Motion will be at NECC this summer with a workshop titled “What happens when Web 2.0 meets Reading 2.0” and we need examples of Web 2.0 tools being used in the classroom. These projects need to target reading skills but can be content area based. Here are some examples but do not limit yourself to these… Here are the rules Some Cool Tools (but you can use others) 1. A classroom Blog or Wiki (ex. http://wikiharju.wikispaces.com/ ) 2. A PowerPoint, Photo Story or Movie Maker file that can be uploaded to a Webpage, Wiki or Blog 3. Animoto: Takes just minutes to create a video out of your pictures. Bring your lessons to life. Post/embed videos elsewhere or download them for in-class presentations! Free full version for educators. [] 4. Upload and share your PowerPoint presentations and Word documents on SlideShare. Share publicly or privately. Add audio to make a webinar. [] or try [] for another option. 5. LetterPop: Use these beautiful newsletter templates to create teacher and student newsletters to publish online or print. Upload your own pictures, use free templates and more. [] 6. Mixbook for Educators: program that allows educators easy access to a powerful suite of digital storytelling tools. A tool for getting students interested in writing and producing interactive written ebooks. “Mixbook is a tool that allows anyone to tell a story by creating and publish it as a book!” [] 7. One True Media allows teachers to create an online Montage and share with others or embed on your Blog or Wiki. [] 8. Picnik: Photo editing for the faint of heart. Edit your classroom photos or student project photos and add stickers and text. Upload to your favorite web album. [] 9. Wordle: Wordle is a tool for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. What a great idea for vocabulary words. [] 10. Try a Glog at [] : Glogs are like Wikis and Blogs but offer more options and features. When a teacher sets up a master account Glogster sets up student accounts at the same time. No need for student email addresses. You can embed them onto your Wiki pages or they can be stand alone Web pages. Awesome web 2.0 tool! 11. Fodey: Make newspaper clippings, talking characters to save or embed on your Blog or Wiki. [] 12. ClassTools allows you to create free educational activities and quizzes and put them on your Blog, Wiki or Website. []
 * 1) Author study where students put their research on a wiki
 * 2) Blog where students answer comprehension questions that teacher has posted
 * 3) Student websites on content areas that include reading skills
 * 4) Online slide shows embedded in Wikis
 * 5) Animoto, Photo Story or Movie Maker projects that can be uploaded to a Webpage, Wiki or Blog
 * 6) Online photo albums that have captions or editing by student (must have an academic basis)
 * 7) Podcast or recording that can be uploaded to a Webpage, Wiki or Blog (readers theater, Rap, fluency recordings, story set to music, etc)
 * 8) Online teacher created assessment or practice
 * 1) All projects must be either already published on the web by May 21st or easily uploaded to the web
 * 2) Projects need to be innovative and involve some element of Web 2.0. Just having students type on a Microsoft Word document is not sufficient, however having them copy and past from a document onto a Wiki, Webpage or Blog gets you in the ballpark.
 * 3) Teachers and students both need to be involved in the projects
 * 4) Projects must be a available online through the end of July
 * 5) Originality and creativity are highly valued for this project.
 * 6) Any student pictures used in project must follow school system rules for Internet use. No student names will be used just initials of students if you send them in.
 * 7) Think outside the box but make it easy on yourself. Remember if you would not try it again then it is probably too difficult for other teachers
 * 8) All entry forms must be filled out completely and emailed to easessions@gmail.com by May 21st. Winners will be notified the following week by email.