The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book Terry Freedman (Ed) © Terry Freedman and individual contributors 2010 T h e Ama zing Web 2. 0 Pr oj e ct s B oo k Ter ry F re edm an ( ed ) Page 1 Table of Contents Publishing Information_______________________________________________________ 5 Copyright statement ________________________________________________________ 6 Further copies and updates ___________________________________________________ 6 Acknowledgements _________________________________________________________ 6 Disclaimer ________________________________________________________________ 11 Introduction ______________________________________________________________ 11 Benefits of Web 2.0 ________________________________________________________ 12 Challenges of introducing Web 2.0 applications into school ________________________ 12 Applications mentioned in this book ___________________________________________ 13 Guide to the educational terminology used in this book ____________________________ 2 Guide to the projects by subject _______________________________________________ 2 Section 1: All ages __________________________________________________________ 6 Extending My Language Classroom Walls _______________________________________ 7 Cook It, Taste It, ICT IT _______________________________________________________ 8 CSI Twitter_________________________________________________________________ 9 Greetings From The World ____________________________________________________ 9 Gartree-Haps School Partnership _____________________________________________ 11 TECHnically Yours __________________________________________________________ 11 Planetfesto _______________________________________________________________ 12 Around The World with 80 Schools ____________________________________________ 13 Section 2: Primary (Elementary) ______________________________________________ 14 The Turkey and Germany Digital Connection ____________________________________ 15 Schoolovision 2009 _________________________________________________________ 15 Virtual Balloon Race ________________________________________________________ 17 Little Red Riding Hood Video Project ___________________________________________ 18 Blog as Online Portfolio _____________________________________________________ 19 Life Where We Love ________________________________________________________ 20 Podcasting in the Elementary Reading Classroom ________________________________ 20 E-book Creations __________________________________________________________ 21 T h e Ama zing Web 2. 0 Pr oj e ct s B oo k Ter ry F re edm an ( ed ) Page 2 Portrait of Europe __________________________________________________________ 23 Global PenPals ____________________________________________________________ 23 International School Award (British Council + DCSF) ______________________________ 25 Going Batty With Web 2.0 ___________________________________________________ 26 Exploring History With Web 2.0_______________________________________________ 27 Conquering History With Scratch ______________________________________________ 29 The Tweet Scribes __________________________________________________________ 30 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Skype Call ___________________________________ 31 Watch Out There's a Polar Bear About! ________________________________________ 31 English Language Wiki ______________________________________________________ 33 Connecting Schools Across The Sea ____________________________________________ 34 Students Teaching Students __________________________________________________ 34 Manaiakalani _____________________________________________________________ 35 Literacy With an Authentic Audience __________________________________________ 36 Book Reviews _____________________________________________________________ 36 Planet Qej – Earth Exploration _______________________________________________ 38 Gunpowder Plot ___________________________________________________________ 38 Going On an Excursion ______________________________________________________ 40 Creative Web Tools For and By Kids ___________________________________________ 41 CALL Lessons 2005-2007 _____________________________________________________ 43 Transforming the VLE into a VLEcosystem ______________________________________ 44 Supporting Web 2.0 Through a Learning Platform ________________________________ 45 Section 3: Secondary (High) __________________________________________________ 48 The Internet Governance Project ______________________________________________ 49 The Eracism Project ________________________________________________________ 49 Live Blogging _____________________________________________________________ 51 Talking Book Report ________________________________________________________ 51 Current Events on Google Maps ______________________________________________ 52 Manaiakalani _____________________________________________________________ 54 Building an Outline _________________________________________________________ 54 T h e Ama zing Web 2. 0 Pr oj e ct s B oo k Ter ry F re edm an ( ed ) Page 3 Virtual Art in a Virtual World _________________________________________________ 55 The Great Debate of 2008 ___________________________________________________ 56 The Science Community _____________________________________________________ 57 Take2 Videos______________________________________________________________ 58 e-Mentoring ______________________________________________________________ 59 Learning a Language Through a Blog __________________________________________ 60 Sustainabilityandrecycling.ning.com __________________________________________ 61 Google Daisies ____________________________________________________________ 61 These People Rock! _________________________________________________________ 62 Chat Technology ___________________________________________________________ 63 Reading Group Social Network _______________________________________________ 64 Where We Live ____________________________________________________________ 65 Techbribe ________________________________________________________________ 65 Neveh Channah Bible Portions Book ___________________________________________ 66 Mr. Hood's Physics _________________________________________________________ 66 In our Backyard - Neveh Channah _____________________________________________ 68 Film and Book Reviews______________________________________________________ 68 British Literature Wiki ______________________________________________________ 70 The Tech Wiki _____________________________________________________________ 70 Delving Into the Ethics of Technology in Society __________________________________ 71 Blended English Language Learning ___________________________________________ 72 Fizzics ___________________________________________________________________ 72 21st Century Business Card __________________________________________________ 73 Section 4: Secondary and above ______________________________________________ 75 English Composition Class - Academic Reading & Writing* _________________________ 76 Establishing the Groundwork for a Podosphere __________________________________ 76 Tweeting About Learning Spaces _____________________________________________ 77 Supporting Teaching and Learning through Twitter ______________________________ 78 Staying Connected _________________________________________________________ 79 Social Networking as a Communications Tool ___________________________________ 80 T h e Ama zing Web 2. 0 Pr oj e ct s B oo k Ter ry F re edm an ( ed ) Page 4 Induction Wikis: The Learning of Future Trainee Teachers _________________________ 82 The Personal Repositories Online Wiki Environment Project ________________________ 84 WikiLanguage _____________________________________________________________ 85 Blog Technology, Collaboration and Reflection in Student Learning __________________ 85 Student Pre-Course Induction in Second Life _____________________________________ 86 Section 5: Adults ___________________________________________________________ 89 The Virtual Classroom as a Tool for Enhancing a Blended Course ____________________ 90 The Building Online Learning Communities Wiki _________________________________ 91 The Magic Classroom _______________________________________________________ 91 Twitter for Subject Leaders __________________________________________________ 93 Planning Cross-Curricular Lessons Which Use ICT _________________________________ 94 Technologies and the Post-Graduate Certificate of Education ______________________ 95 Transitioning to a "3e Learning Space" _________________________________________ 95 Web 2.0 and Professional Development ________________________________________ 96 Resources and Products _____________________________________________________ 99 Project Cornucopia ________________________________________________________ 100 Primary School Teaching ___________________________________________________ 100 Communities of Practice for Local Government _________________________________ 101 The Hitchhikers Guide to Web 2.0 ____________________________________________ 101 Primary Blogger __________________________________________________________ 102 Development of Learning Platforms across the Curriculum ________________________ 103 The Educational Technology Guy _____________________________________________ 105 INGOTS _________________________________________________________________ 105 Teachable _______________________________________________________________ 106 eFolio in the UK __________________________________________________________ 107 Publishing Information © 2010 Terry Freedman and individual contributors. The right of Terry Freedman to be identified as the editor of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in Great Britain as an electronic book in PDF format by Terry Freedman Ltd. T h e Ama zing Web 2. 0 Pr oj e ct s B oo k Ter ry F re edm an ( ed ) Page 5 Published by: Terry Freedman Ltd PO Box 1472 Ilford ENGLAND IG3 8QX Email: [email protected] HU UH Website: http://www.ictineducation.org HU UH RSS Feed: http://www.ictineducation.org/home-page/rss.xml Twitter: http://twitter.com/terryfreedman Newsletter: http://www.ictineducation.org/newsletter/ If you would like to be kept informed of other Web 2.0 publications, either follow Terry on Twitter or sign up to the free Computers in Classrooms newsletter. To find out more about the work I do, please visit the Assignments page of my website. See also: Coming of Age: An Introduction to the NEW Worldwide Web. 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