K-12 kids perform somewhere over web 2 oh, and they're off to see the wonderful wizard of apps. Along the way they hit all the major issues, ethical use, privacy, reputation (use people searches like http://pipl.com to check yourself out), digital footprints (http://thatsnotcool.com), fair use (remix), creative commons (where to find them: Flickr, http://compfight.com), citations (Noodlebib, http://bibme.org, http://easybib.com, http://citationmachine.net), research 2.0 (and aggregation of results via RSS, Glogster, Google Squared, Google News Timeline) Wolfram Alpha, databases and various widgets, Pageflakes, Google tools and apps, evaluation of information online, plagiarism, digital storytelling (http://www.xtranormal.com, Voicethread, Animoto, Wordle, video tools such as flip cams), PLNs (Twitter, Nings e.g. Classroom 2.0, Diigo, http://doodle.com), starting PPT blank ... just to mention a few. The slide show has 202 slides, almost all with links.
A cute little video of a 3 year old explaining her library needs
Why should they have all the fun? Join us in 12 weeks of learning through engagement in online technology, in 21 simple activities that you can do on your own time, at your own pace. This program is designed to help you learn about, and how to use, Web 2.0 technologies so that you may better support, guide, and parent your digital native kids safely and confidently through both the perils and the possibilities that this brave new digital world offers.
Kids don’t just learn in school. You are your children’s first and forever teachers.
So, join in the fun – come play and learn with us!
n honor of the IPL’s upcoming 15th birthday at March 17, 2010, the IPL is launching the IPL 15 Things – introducing 15 of our favorite online technologies, with background information, best practices, related readings, examples of how the IPL is using the technology, and hands-on exercises. Explore our first eleven of 15 "Things," Blogs, Microblogging, Social Networking, Wikis, Virtual Worlds, Podcasting, Videos, SMS Text Messaging, Social Bookmarking, and RSS, and take the 15 Things Challenge!