Web+2.0

Wikipedia in Social Studies
Presentor: Thomas Hammond, Leigh University

[|Simple English Wikipedia] is a version of Wikipedia that is not as detailed. This would be a tool to differentiate classroom research for students that have difficulty with long passages. Ex. On [|Wikipedia] search for //Louisiana Purchase// and then do the same search in Simple English. Techie Chick Sandy Scott has some other interesting information about Wikipedia to share.

Real World Tip from: Cell Phones as Learning Tools
Presentor: Liz Kolb, Madonna University and the University of Michigan website: [|Cellphones in Learning]

Techie Chick Sandy Scott asks: " Did you know that you can dial the number 1 800-224-2242 to Cha Cha and ask a question and in a few minutes you will receive the text message on you cell phone? If you like to text the question instead of calling the number use the text number: 242242!

Techie Chick Rachael reporting in on what I've learned after attending a pre-conference WS on "Bringing your Curriculum to Life Using Web 2.0".

 Web 2.0 - Democratized Information - Collective Intelligence
Presenter: Dr. Leigh Zeitz, University of Northern Iowa. Blog: [|Drzreflects] Wiki: [|Wiki WS]

Tools to shorten web links: (tools have the option to add a button to your web browser) Why would you use this? If you have ever come to a web site that has an address that goes on forever then using these tools you can paste the "infinite" link into on of these URL tools and it will spit out a "tiny" version of the link you can more easily manage and give to others. [|Tiny URL] [|Snip URL]

 **Wiki**
Hawaiian word for Quick. Website with an edit button.

CHECK OUT ASPEN LEARNING AT NECC- Note to attendees - classroom level hosting of web 2.0 tools - blogging, etc.