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Web 2.0 Tools for Social Studies, Day 5: Integrating Web 2.0 Into the Classroom and Professional Practice

Objectives:
 * Participants will be able to integrate technology in the form of Web 2.0 applications into the curriculum to improve collaboration and interaction.
 * Participants will be able to integrate technology in the form of Web 2.0 applications into their professional practice to improve collaboration and interaction.

We will discuss integrating all of the tools that we have examined into our professional practice. You have already created a blog about your professional development, created collaborative workspaces in Google Drive, and created a wiki. How will you use these and other tools to collaborate with your colleagues and administration? How can you use Web 2.0 tools to communicate and interact with the local and professional community?

We will create a unit that integrates several Web 2.0 tools to drive student interaction and encourage constructive learning.

Click the link below to retrieve the Social Studies Lesson Plan template from Google Drive: [] You don’t need to fill out all the details in the form, but start planning a group of lessons in which students will use internet tools. The goal is to have students create as much of the content as possible and interact with one another in its creation. Your lessons should include **blogging**, **podcasting**, a **wiki**, and at least one other tool.

Start a blog for students to use in your lessons. How will they use the blog? Some possibilities include: Create a short sample podcast as an example for your students. You can use the procedure we followed here. Post the podcast to your blog for students. Some possible lesson applications include: Start a wiki for students to use in your lessons. How will students use the wiki to construct understanding of the material? Some ideas include:
 * Responding to writing prompts and commenting on one another’s posts
 * Posting opinions on current or historical topics, responding to others positions and providing persuasive arguments.
 * Posting questions about reading or research for other students to respond to.
 * Students can interview subjects using their cell phones or tablets.
 * Students can research and create newscasts about current or historical events.
 * Students can research and tell stories from studied cultures.
 * Research, revise, and respond to topics as individuals or small groups to create a wiki on a unit.
 * Creating an electronic portfolio.
 * Collecting web resources for the class.

Your lessons should include at least one other web tool. Use one that we have talked about, or one that you like. Remember that the goal is collaboration and interaction, so choose an appropriate instrument. Set up whatever your students need to use the web tool that you chose.

Share or email links to your blog, podcast, wiki, and other resources to robert.hobbs@pgcps.org.

Log in to your professional development blog and reflect on todays activities and the workshop as a whole. How will your approach to using the internet as an educator change? Where will you go from here?

Finally, complete the follow-up survey. Thanks for your participation. Please direct any questions or comments to robert.hobbs@pgcps.org.