ReadWriteWebRevolution

=Welcome to the **How Can I Become Part of this Read/WriteWeb Revolution? Wiki **=

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 * Category: Getting Started KEYNOTE**
 * Presentation Title** “How Can I Become Part of this ReadWriteWeb Revolution?” (24:54) **__2 CATNIP HOURS__**
 * Webpage:** http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=269
 * Description** Join Alice, Bob and Cheryl, as we kick off the Getting Started strand with our keynote: How do you Become Part of this Read/Write Web Revolution? Be a pioneer and become part of the journey learning about 21st Century Skills. Team up with us and the other strand conveners for this exciting excursion.
 * Presenters:** **Cheryl Oakes**, **Alice Barr & Bob Sprankle**, Maine USA

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 * Essential Questions and Summary.** (Please follow this format.)

1. Your name: Summer Izatt (Camelview) Session Title: How can I become part of this Read/Write Web revolution Response: I think my first part of beginning to interact effectively with this new technology will be to join the skype chat room. This will get me started talking to other teachers about learning how they used this in an elementary classroom and for everyday use. This short video also told me about a paper written by Jenking White and and great article called “The Power of Pow Wham by: Dr. Shore. I believe I don’t read enough about the latest technologies and it really made me get inspired to go out and read. Response: To deepen my understanding of collaboration using technology I plan on becoming a member of seedling ning. This is a support group with tons of other teachers like myself. It will help me support and answer questions and give me ideas of how to help my students become co-creators of their learning. I have used the internet and many other sites but never thought to become part of a chatting website with other teachers. It is amazing this whole other world that has become available to use in this new revolution era of technology. Summary: One great way to implement this in my classroom is to teach the students how to use a voice thread. I am going to have to study up more on this but essentially what they said was that it is easy access to publish and you can type and record a message. I really enjoyed one thing they said about implementing it in my classroom and that is that we are all on a new frontier with no road map. Get a support group, jump in, and do it. I want my students to get out of this pattern and begin to share ownership of their learning. I am going to need support, patience and lots of trial and errors. Technology helps all kids and every learner. I want to begin teaching my student about tools on the internet that they can talk to each other and other in another classroom and ideas and things they are learning.
 * Essential Question 1: What will I do to effectively interact with new technology in my practice.**
 * Essential Question 2: How will I deepen my understanding of collaboration using technology**?
 * Essential Question 3: What do I need to implement this in my classroom?**

2. Your name: Ashley Long Session Title: How Can I Become Part of this Read/WriteWeb Revolution Essential Question 1: What will I do to effectively interact with new technology in my practice? Response: In watching the video, I feel the point they made over and over is teachers have to be open as learners just as much as our students. I can become aware and familiar with how to use new technology as a teacher by joining groups like the ning mentioned in the video. By communicating with other teachers already using the technology I will learn about it and how to implement it in my class. Essential Question 2: How will I deepen my understanding of collaboration using technology? Response: I think the best way to understand collaboration using technology will be to use it firsthand. The presenters discussed how there is a lot of support available for teachers joining this revolution, so by joining a online group or using Skype I can experience the kind of collaboration my students can use as well. I will collaborate with other educators to learn and share ways of using technology in the classroom. Voicethread is something I have not used and would like to learn how. Essential Question 3: What do I need to implement this in my classroom? Response: To implement the ideas/technology discussed in my classroom, I need an open mind ready to learn about what other teachers are using. There are lots of tools from Flip video, to Skyping, available, so it really amounts to allowing the students to use the tools to take learning into their own hands. They discussed how archiving or preserving learning through technology like a Voicethread will make the learning more meaningful as well as letting them take ownership. Collaborating with students in another school, possibly another country is another avenue I would like to explore.

Your name: Keri Hargrave Session Title: How can I become part of this Read/Write Web revolution Response: Two of the things they talked about in this video were Skype and Seedling ning, which are places to chat with other teachers. This will be a great place to ask teachers questions and learn from more seasoned teachers. Together, we as a group of professionals, can collaborate together using the lastest technology. For example, I don’t know much about the Flip Video cameras, and although our district probably won’t invest in them, it could be something I could invest in and bring into the classroom. I could go on one of these websites and ask teachers how one might use 1 flip camera for student use in the classroom. Another way to deepen my understanding of collaboration using technology could be through the use of web cams. I can work with other teachers, students, and classes with webcams. As a group effort, we can use the technology to drive our learning and instruction Response: To implement the use of technology in my classroom, I need to be knowledgeable and confident in using on the tools first. Whether we are using the Smart Board, Internet, Doc Cam, Computers, Web Cams, Flip Videos, CD players, etc., I need to know how these things work so I can teach my students. Once I feel experienced in the tool, I will model and discuss what NOT to do with the tool. Then they will learn how to operate the tool. Also, I will always have students know that it is a priviledge that we have these sort of things to use, so they respect the property. Summary: What do I need to do to implement collaborative learning in my classroom? I can show the students through utube and teachertube how we can create projects using technology. I want them to learn that they can create something, and share it with the world. Then they can create something with a friend in a virtual classroom. After I show them some examples of what is possible, I would like them to suggest what they would like to do to be a part of the collaborative technological community.
 * Essential Question 1: What will I do to effectively interact with new technology in my practice. **
 * Response: How will I be effective with new technology in my classroom? I am doing it right now, I am taking classes and watching videos to learn more about the technologies so I can be a more effective teacher. Last year I had a Smart Board; however I didn’t take any classes on how to use the Smart Board, and I wasted lots of time in and out of the classroom trouble shooting different lessons. The worst feeling is when your wasting learning time due to your own disorganization or preparation. Therefore, I will keep researching, practicing, and creating lessons using the Smart Board. I mention the Smart Board in this response, because this is my focus this summer. I also would love to have a flip video (cameras) in the classroom; however, I do not think our district has the money to purchase them for our classrooms right now. **
 * Essential Question 2: How will I deepen my understanding of collaboration using technology **?
 * Essential Question 3: What do I need to implement this in my classroom? **

11. Your name:Alec Fick Session Title: =**How Can I Become Part of this Read/WriteWeb Revolution?**=  Essential Question 1: **What will I do to effectively interact with new technology in my practice. **  Response: Becoming more informed is the first step in becoming familiar with new technologies. There were several references to articles and books that would help me on the correct path to effectively interact with new technologies; namely, the articles written by Jenking White and Dr. Shores paper, "The Power of Pow Wham." Essential Question 2: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> How will I deepen my understanding of collaboration using technology **? <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"> Response: I think that one of the first steps is to download Skype and sign up on the chat that was mentioned in the presentation. This will get me in tough with others in my profession that have already made the leap to the next generation of teaching. It will also give me a forum to voice concerns when they arise as I become more proficient in using 21st century technology. Essential Question 3: **<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">: What do I need to implement this in my classroom? **<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">Response: I need to become more knowledgeable in the new technologies that area available to make the classroom more techno-savy. There are so many medias from voice threads, Skype, and Flip video recorders that it can be difficult to keep up with all the available tools for teaching in today's environment. Taking these classes online has certainly opened my mind to what is available. Summary: I look forward to using the tools available online to become a more dynamic teacher for my students. We as teachers have so much available to become more creative for our students, which will spark their imaginations as well.

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