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Welcome to Classroom20.com, the social networking site for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education.

We especially hope that those who are "beginners" will find this a supportive community and a comfortable place to start being part of the digital dialog. If you are new here, please consider introducing yourself by going to the introductory forum message. You should also feel free to explore! Here are some starting tips, here's our "Tour of Web 2.0" webcast video, or you can ask help of a "host" below.

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Mac Classroom 2.0 (180 members)
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Second Life (137 members)
Connecting Content and Technology (75 members)

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Online Community Unconference - Event Registration Powered By Eventbrite

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Welcome to PrimaryAccess

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iLessonPlan : Home

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a lesson planning site with state standards already in! posted by mpstaton

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CyberSmart! : Lesson Plans and Activity Sheets

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Share videos, Create compilations, Add slides and annotations | Omnisio

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Making 21st Century Connections | 21st Century Connections

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Classroom 2.0 LIVE Conversations

Don't miss our Classroom 2.0 live Web meetings. A schedule is on our wiki. From "Web 2.0 for Beginners" to our weekly "Web 2.0 Review" and our special guest sessions, there's something for everyone. Want to start your own show? Email steve@hargadon.com.

Free Classroom 2.0 LIVE Workshops in the U.S.

Check out our series of free live workshops around the United States on the use of Web 2.0 technologies in education. Coming up: Phoenix, Houston, San Antonio, Chicago, Salt Lake City, and Philadelphia. More details and information here.

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Digital Art Contest Help (TuxPaint or MS Paint)
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Hello all, I am kicking around the idea of having a digital art contest for my elementary students 2-5 after seeing an amazing drawing one of my 5th graders did in TuxPaint. Has anyone ever done s... Continue

Tagged: art

Started by Amber Coggin. Last reply by Stacy 2 hours ago.

Drama Teachers
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Anybody know some good plays to read with either 13 characters or 6 characters? I have a small drama class. We just read Chekov's The Seagull and read an absurdist play at the beginning of the term... Continue

Started by Ellen Toni Reich. Last reply by Heather Loy 3 hours ago.

ASUS mini laptop feedback
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I would like to find out what others who are using the ASUS mini laptops think of them. My school is purchasing a classroom set for each Middle School team for next year. To prepare for the transit... Continue

Tagged: laptops, asus

Started by Art Titzel. Last reply by Art Titzel 6 hours ago.

Mentoring and 2.0
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Has anyone used Classroom 2.0 within their mentoring program? This seems like it would be a good resource for the new teacher.

Tagged: administration

Started by Cathy Duffy. Last reply by Abby Kelton 6 hours ago.

The Ideal Technology/CS Curriculum for Middle School
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This post is inspired by a curriculum question raised on educatorslog.in by a 'Computer Studies' (CS) teacher (an alternative moniker for a 'Technology' teacher in India). (There have also been sev... Continue

Tagged: curriculum, middle-school, computer-studies, technology

Started by Shuchi Grover. Last reply by Shuchi Grover 8 hours ago.

Using multimedia to create a project with ESL students
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I'm taking a course and we have to develop a project using multimedia. I don't feel too confident about ipods, moviemaker, etc. etc. but want to learn more. I was thinking of developing a project f... Continue

Started by Josette. Last reply by Kathy Epps 17 hours ago.

We need your voice
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We are a group of educators who have been preparing for the last year to pitch a 20 page proposal to Google. We did an extensive research on the topic, looked at education market trends and much mo... Continue

Tagged: google, blog, online, research

Started by Dorit Eilon. Last reply by Britt Gow 18 hours ago.

How are you using your classroom smartboard?
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Any teachers out there have smartboards ? How are you using it? Do you find it helpful as a teaching resource?

Tagged: education, smartboard, board, smart, k12

Started by Rich White. Last reply by Kevin Burkett 20 hours ago.

Introductions
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Please introduce yourself, let us know a little bit about you, and where you are from.

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Started by Steve Hargadon. Last reply by Anne Mirtschin 1 day ago.

Web2.0 and Learning Music
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Anyone using Web2.0 to learn about, create music? Any music education teachers out there with blogs or sites that we should know about?

Tagged: music, learning, music2.0, education, teaching

Started by Andrew. Last reply by Paul Janowitz 1 day ago.

Elementary Video Collaboration Project Question/Idea
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Greetings to all: I am a technology resource teacher in Virginia and am interested in a collaboration video with some schools in international countries or distinctive areas in the U.S. (in other w... Continue

Tagged: project, social, international, studies, video

Started by Brian. Last reply by Paul Janowitz 1 day ago.

Differentiating Instruction in Technology
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I am a fourth grade teacher with a class of very diverse needs and talents. I have a few gifted students, a couple of ESL students, and several reading lab students who are reading far below grade ... Continue

Started by Ken. Last reply by Lisa Nielsen 1 day ago.

What are your experiences with using cell phones in the classroom?
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I recently blogged about The Value of Using Cell Phones to Enhance Education and Some Concrete Ways to Do So. I was contacted by a reporter in relation to my post who asked me if I knew of educator... Continue

Started by Lisa Nielsen. Last reply by Lisa Nielsen 1 day ago.

Does anyone teach MySpace, Facebook, or Social Networking to students?
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In a recent post I write Social Networking for Innovative Educators where I discuss why educators should participate in social networks. I have a class coming up on Cyber Safety and I'd like to sha... Continue

Tagged: social, networking

Started by Lisa Nielsen. Last reply by Lisa Nielsen 1 day ago.

New Search Engine
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Has anybody been using Search Me? I just discovered this today and think it really has great promise. I think it is still in beta mode, but this is great for searching for things visually on the we... Continue

Started by David Kapuler. Last reply by indigo196 1 day ago.

iPod Touch
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Anybody know if the iPod Touch can be connected to an LCD projector?

Started by Jeff Branzburg. Last reply by indigo196 1 day ago.

Online Collaborative Project Management

Hi Anybody have a recommendation for an online project management site? I need something that can support multiple people accessing and inputting info on an on going project. Thanks. Jeff Branzb...

Started by Jeff Branzburg 1 day ago

Do you use Schoolwires?

My district has signed on with the Schoolwires contact management system and I will be conducting introductory teacher training over the summer. I'm looking forward to opening the door to more teac... Continue

Tagged: websites, sites, schoolwires, web

Started by Rod Milstead May 15

School Technology Plans
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Thanks to the Classroom 2.0 community, I've put together a nice list of Technology Assessments. Now, I'm requesting your help in putting together a list of technology plan templates. What do each o... Continue

Tagged: plan, assessment, technology

Started by Lisa Nielsen. Last reply by David Kapuler May 15.

Web 3.0 (Semantic Web)
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I'm just wondering what people think of when the evolution/fad of Web 2.0 moves to Web 3.0. It appears that the biggest change is that of the World Wide Web to the Semantic Web. http://www.w3school... Continue

Started by David Kapuler. Last reply by Nitin Julka May 15.

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Blog Posts

Cropping and Resizing Graphics for the Web

This June-July in San Antonio, I'll be teaching a NECC workshop on Google Sketchup. I'm really looking forward to that. Each year, however, at our local VSTE (Virginia) state conference, I teach a popular workshop on Photoshop. I was recently asked a question about resizing images for the Web, and thought I'd share my tutorial.

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Posted by John Hendron on May 17th, 2008 at 2:20pm — No Comments (Add)

Technology Conference

Today I am attending the Western Mass Writing Program's technology conference, and that is how I came to fine Classroom 2.0. I'm excited to connect with teachers around the country and the world and find ways to incorporate technology into my classroom! Thanks for playing. M

Posted by Megan Bilodeau on May 17th, 2008 at 7:49am — 1 Comment (Add)

First Post

Everybody needs a first post, and here it is. Perhaps I will use this blog to keep my students up-to-date with what is going on in class when they are absent.

Posted by Megan Bilodeau on May 17th, 2008 at 7:44am — No Comments (Add)

Kids, copyright, and open ed - one of the biggest learning experiences of the year

This week I had one of my best classroom experiences of the year. I had the opportunity to teach a bunch of middle school kids about copyright and open ed. It was an incredibly active and engaging discussion, and I learned as much as they did. A summary of my observations is below. (cross posted from my Mobile Musings blog) Here is the lesson plan and accompanying resources if anyone wants to use them: http://t… Continue

Posted by Karen Fasimpaur on May 16th, 2008 at 1:29pm — No Comments (Add)

Digital Education Revolution

In January 2008, Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd announced the Federal Government's Digital Education Revolution - a $900m 4 year program which aims to achieve 1:2 (computer to student) ratio in all Australian secondary schools. Grants up to $1m are available to schools for computer hardware whereby the Federal Government enters into a funding agreement with respective Block Grant Authorities. The $900m figure was calculated on 900… Continue

Posted by Chad Outten on May 16th, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments (Add)

Internet Safety

I am about to embark on creating an Internet Safety curriculum for grades 1 through 6. I am going to hit on topics dealing mostly with cyberspace; keeping your personal identification safe, choosing passwords and usernames, bullying. I am also going to be dealing with the parents. I am planning on having a "tea/coffee time" set up maybe once or twice a month to introduce web tools to them. How to talk to their children about Internet safety, etc. This is going to be a huge project and I hope th… Continue

Posted by Melissa Smith on May 15th, 2008 at 11:41am — No Comments (Add)

The World Wide Telescope in an Interactive Whiteboard

Posted by Rich White on May 14th, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments (Add)

Getting to know me

Greetings fellow digital immigrants. Today we start together on our journey to catch up with the digital natives we are responsible for educating. This will not be what most of you expect from a blog. Then again, I do not know what you expect from a blog. But those of you who know me will hopefully see that my writing style is just like my personal style....all over the place! Just wanted to let you know here it comes. Let's get one thing out of the way first. I am not gonna fill your email bo… Continue

Posted by Craig Jackson on May 14th, 2008 at 2:21pm — No Comments (Add)

Well, its been a while.

A quick update, I got into the education division, took two methods classes this past spring semester, passed Praxis II with a 190 and did three weeks of field observations in 1st grade in an urban school in Milwaukee. Out of all of those things, the field observation was the most beneficial. I don't believe that my skills would be best used in 1st grade but I am now considering 3rd or 4th as compared to only considering middle school. I am excited for the 4 classes I have this summer and am re… Continue

Posted by Christian Wood on May 14th, 2008 at 5:08am — No Comments (Add)

Starting up...

So as a young teacher who thought of as pretty swift with ICT and new technologies it was great for me to go to warrnambool friday and watch Jess McCullough in action, she really filled me in on all the bizzo with things like nings, wikis and blogs my prin had been talking about. After a good look through some of this stuff i cant wait to get it into the classroom. Im particularly excited about vokis, which i think are quite rad, and i can picture the look on some faces as they set it up, and te… Continue

Posted by Scott Hamilton on May 14th, 2008 at 1:36am — 1 Comment (Add)

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