Collaboration Tools: Web 2.0 training program

In this training you will learn about a wide variety of Web 2.0 tools to use in teaching and learning. Web 2.0 tools provide innovative ways to communicate, present content, and collaborate with others in creative ways. Web 2.0 tools are easy to learn, use, and implement, and many are free. This training will not only introduce you to popular Web 2.0 tools like Edmodo, Twitter, Voicethread, and Skype in K-16 instruction, but you will also learn how to effectively integrate these technologies into your classroom practices and create engaging student activities.

Collaboration Tool areas of applications to be covered

  • Providing Alternatives to Traditional Writing and Speaking Assignments with Collaborative Websites

  • Increasing Student Interaction in a Large Course via Blogging

  • Blogging as a Way to Support Student Dialogue and Critical Engagement

  • Integrating Clinical and Classroom Learning Through Private Course Blogs

  • Blogging to Apply Disciplinary Concepts and Critically Analyze Current Events

  • Improving Team Projects Through Cloud-Based Storage and Collaboration

  • Coordinating Multiple GSIs Using a Course Wiki

  • Managing a Large Course Using Google Apps

  • Enhancing Small Group Discussions in a Large Lecture with Google Docs and Google Forms

  • Crowdsourcing Study Guide and Exam Question Development Using Google Docs

  • Poster of Evaluation Findings

  • Facilitating Collaborative Peer Review of Student Writing Using Google Docs

  • Practicing Disciplinary Critical Thinking Skills Using Google Docs

  • Enhancing Small Group Discussions in a Large Lecture with Google Docs and Google Forms

  • Improving Teamwork Through Online Synchronous Discussions

  • Using Google Forms to Clarify Difficult Concepts in Large Courses

  • Fostering Inquiry-based Learning in Labs Using Google Spreadsheets

  • Holding Virtual Office Hours via Google+ Hangouts

  • Crowdsourcing Q&A to Engage Students: Efficiently Answering Students' Questions in a Large Course

  • Crowdsourcing Learning: Students Collaboratively Analyze and Annotate Course Materials

  • Editing Wikipedia to Improve Writing to a General Audience

  • Blogging as a Way to Support Student Dialogue and Critical Engagement.