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Creating a Digital-Rich Classroom
Teaching & Learning in a Web 2.0 World
Instead of asking students to power down during class, power up your lesson plans with digital tools. Design and deliver lessons in which technology plays an integral role. Engage students in solving real-world problems while staying true to standards-aligned curricula. This book provides a research base and practical strategies for using web 2.0 tools to create engaging lessons that transform and enrich content.
Benefits
- Learn how to use technology to support and enhance standards-aligned curricula.
- Gain high-tech, budget-friendly tools you can use to create highly engaged classrooms.
- Explore a compendium of web 2.0 tools organized for quick reference.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: It's a Web 2.0 World
Chapter 1: Today's Classrooms
Chapter 2: Active Learning in the Classroom
Chapter 3: Technology to Support Teaching and Learning
Chapter 4: Developing a Digital-Rich Curriculum
Chapter 5: Must-Have Technology for the Ideal Classroom
Chapter 6: Web 2.0 Classroom: A Virtual Field Trip
Chapter 7: Changing Professional Development
Epilogue: Looking Forward
Appendix: A Compendium of Web 2.0 Tools and Related Resources
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Blogs and Blogging
Calendars
Cell Phones
Content Management
Conversion Sites
Copyright
Digital Journals
- eSchool News
- International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
- Learning Solutions Magazine
Image Collections
Image Manipulation
- Add Letters
- BeFunky
- Big Huge Labs
- FACEinHOLE
- Fun Photo Box
- ImageChef
- JibJab
- LoonaPix
- Photo505
- PhotoFunia
- PicArtia
- Pimp the Face
- Space Your Face
Maps and Mapping
Miscellaneous
Modeling
Multimedia Creation
Podcasting
Productivity and Professional Development
RSS Readers
Screencasting
Social Networking
Student Response Systems
Video and Audio
- Adobe Premiere Elements
- BubbleJoy
- Cameroid
- Discovery Streaming
- Freeplay Music
- iDVD
- iMovie
- iTunes
- Library of Congress
- National Archives
- Royalty Free Music.com
- SchoolTube
- TeacherTube
- Ustream
- YouTube
Voice Over IP
Website Creation
Wikis
Words and Vocabulary