kwl+web+2010

**I Know**
====-that Web 2.0 is a term for free-access digital tools that are available on the Internet. I know that these tools can be used by educators to collaborate and communicate with their students. I know that they can provide a space for brainstorming, negotiating, arguing, editing, questioning, and sharing/publication. (JBadio)==== -Web 2.0 is a way to interact using the internet. Traditional websites are sources of information. Web 2.0 requires the reader to interact with the text and create content.(AWilkinson) -that Web 2.0 can facilitate learning through technology. Many teenagers are already up-to-date with the latest technology, or at least not far behind. Web 2.0 offers a new, engaging ground for students to learn. (ADenney) --Web 2.0 provides new technological tools for teachers to use to engage students with the reading process. They are flexible to use and help students employ new skills/reading strategies. The advantage is that they are free and easy to access. (SBailey) Web 2.0 provides many tools for students who are comfortable with technology and struggling readers. (MSears) Web 2.0 offers many free tools that can be used by students and teachers to enhance their class (DHuey)

The main challenge to getting students to read using Web 2.0 tools is to train the teacher how to use them first. Once the teacher is comfortable and enthusiastic about using the tool--then it is an easy, natural progression to engaging students with the media, particularly because students feel more creative as they collaborate on material. By using higher order thinking skills, then the desire to read and understand what is read is enhanced. (SBailey)

**I Want to Know**
====how to protect my students' privacy when they are on the Internet. I want to be sure that their identities are protected. I also want to know more about "interactive curriculum" sites. I still don't understand the term. (JBadio)==== -how to integrate Web 2.0 into my content area. (AWilkinson) - how to create lessons and activities that are air tight. The hardest part of creating projects and activities is de-bugging them and making them simple for students to tackle. (ADenney) I want to know how to use these tools to effectively manage work product from 157 students using these new teaching tools. (SBailey). what other teachers use that works in their classrooms. (MSears)

How to find the time to practice using these tools so that I feel comfortable with them. (SBailey) How to protect my students when using these tools and how I can learn to use them well enough to teach my students how to use them correctly. (DHuey)

**I Learned**
====-how to use delicious.com and have been using the social bookmarking to tag all kinds of wonderful resources. I also have learned and reflected on different ways to use Web 2.0 tools like Wikis, Blogs, and Podcasts in my classroom. (A Wilkinson)==== ====that Web 2.0 include sites like Audacity, Glogster, and Youtube. I learned that there is a huge movement called Universal Design for Learning that is pushing for educators to incorporate these and other types of tools into the classroom in order to meet the needs and interests of a wider range of students. (JBadio)==== -if connecting prior knowledge with new content is the key to reading comprehension, then perhaps bringing students into familiar territory will help them become more active, and therefore more successful readers. (ADenney) --these tools can be used to help students structure their reading and learn new processing strategies. The interactive opportunities are amazing. (SBailey). that the Reading Rockets link didn't load. (MSears) http://www.readingrockets.org/article/19979

that I still have a lot to learn! (SBailey)

Web 2.0 includes a lot of sites - some that I know about and some I need to learn about. Using many of these sites will enhance my class and make it more interesting which will hopefully engage my students to learn. (DHuey)

--that there are a variety of technological means for "tricking" students into reading. Unknown to them, they will be reading for the rest of their lives through technological means like internet news, social-networking sites, texting/tweeting. Comprehension and presentation skills through technology will aid them in their future communications. (JJenkins)