Web 2.0 in a Middle School Classroom???

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Permalink Reply by Sharon Betts on November 15, 2007 at 5:44pm

I worked with a middle school science teacher as he developed virtual science notebooks with his students.
Very nice.

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Permalink Reply by David on November 16, 2007 at 8:55am

WOW!!! You guys are awesome. Thank you sooooo much for the wonderful replies. I can't wait to dive in and get started.

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Permalink Reply by Sunny Williams on February 1, 2008 at 5:26am

Blogs and wikis are a great place to begin because they allow students to do what they love todo--communicate with each other. I use them with my students by posting prompts for them to respond to. Lots of good skills are used--reading, writing, making connections, reflecting, evaluating...

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Permalink Reply by Durff on March 17, 2008 at 10:11am

Start with a blog for students - i would post homework and have students post answers to homework on blog. Could be very simple. It takes a bit till kids 'get it'. Some textbooks have chapter review questions - why not just ask kids to post answers to these on their blogs? I use classblogmeister.

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Permalink Reply by Britt Gow on March 23, 2008 at 10:22pm

Hi David,
I am also a science teacher from a small rural school, with a couple of teachers who have embraced web 2.0. Many of our students have their own blogs (thanks to our Chinese and ICT teachers) with 'globalstudent'- a Victorian education department initiative.
(http://globalstudent.org.au/).
My goal this year is to have students produce short science videos (experiments? research?) and post them on Teachertube and in their blogs. So far I have only had a small amount of success in asking them to answer reflective questions about their science learning on their blogs. Some of the constraints seem to be (1) getting opportunities to be in the computer lab. (2) Time within the curriculum for deep learning and reflection (3) students spending more time on the 'bells and whistles' - headings, images and widgets. I have also tried webquests in the past, but they haven't really taken off. I continue to believe that web 2.0 is the way of the future and will try my best to keep up with the new innovations that I find valuable.

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Permalink Reply by Ellen on March 24, 2008 at 11:07am

Hi David-

You might start with Voice Thread. Also consider the Web Technology for Teachers course at Professional Learning Board -- it's facilitated by Kate Olson and provides an exceptional way to get started.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Petra on April 8, 2008 at 11:26am

Take a look at the site I just launched: RealWorldMath.org It shows how to use Google Earth to present math topics (and there are some science-related lessons as well). Google Earth is really dynamic. If you search through the Layers submenu you will find a lot of material for Science, I think. Also, the site gives you an idea on how to create 2.0 type lessons using Google Earth.

Hope this helps, tom

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Permalink Reply by Kara Norris on September 21, 2008 at 11:05am

Ok, I'm a first-year teacher. Sort of. This is my first year teaching MS science. Third yr. teaching computer and the tech. coordinator. I would love to implement some of these wonderful ideas but, I just can't find the time in my day to add something else. I already have to be a one-man IT department, teach PreK-6 computers, facilitate 2 Mandarin classes and teach 7-8 science. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed at this point. Maybe using some 2.0 in the classroom would actually help? Your thoughts?

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Permalink Reply by Cheryl Capozzoli on September 21, 2008 at 4:43pm

Hi Kara,
I know all to well how overwhelming things can get as a teacher, so I have developed a wiki with tons of web 2.0 tools and ideas for integration. i hope that you can find some tools and ideas there useful. here is the link http://web20guru.wikispaces.com .

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Permalink Reply by Judy A. Williams on September 21, 2008 at 4:59pm

Wow, Thank you Cheryl! I can't tell you how grateful I am for your information and ideas on Web 2.0. I am making a career shift into teaching. My background is in marketing. I'm taking an Online class which is going to help me integrate technology into the classroom, but I can see that you are going to be a great resource.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Stein on September 22, 2008 at 12:41am

You should use Studeous (www.studeous.com). Its the most friendly and easiest system I have ever used, plus its free. You get to use all the best web 2.0 tools available like blogging, podcasting, RSS, doc sharing, etc. It's designed for K-12 so it should work out great for you. Let me know what you think.

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Permalink Reply by Dongsik Kim on September 22, 2008 at 3:43am

You may touch CSILE, some sort of that technology, not exactly 2.0, though. That was utilized for science teaching at wide area of CANADA.

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