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= Web 2.0 Spring 2012 = Welcome to Language Arts & Technology. Here is our class wiki. The purpose of this assignment is to discover ways Web 2.0 can be used in instructional settings to meet the needs of diverse learners. Here is your assignment: 1. Become an expert on a Web 2.0 tool. How can it be used in the English Language Arts curriculum? Choose one of the Web 2.0 tools that are listed on the navigation bar. Be sure to look at the tools that your classmates have selected to avoid duplication. If they are already taken you will need to choose a different tool. Choose your tool early for the selection of your choice. ** You must create something with this tool ** and provide a link for us to see. If that is impossible, provide your user name and password so we can see your work. If you decide to go this route make sure that your user name and password was created just for this project and is ** not associated **with any of your private information. Your work can be an example of how you would use this tool to teach a concept or a student's creation. Which [|UDL Principle] does the activity support? ** Please keep in mind that although these tools are very "cool" they need to be used to support a goal. ** You may want to integrate this project part of your Keystone Assignment but it is not required. It is your responsibility to learn how to use your chosen Web 2.0 tool. This means reading instructions, FAQ, the help menu and if necessary asking a question via email to the webmaster. If after taking these steps you still cannot understand how to use the tool it would be best to select something else. ** Due: March 19 **

**Review since it will be used for grading. If you are in the MST program, once you have completed your wiki page, copy it into a word document and upload it to TaskStream in the //__Technology Skills__//** area. If you prefer to link to your wiki page be sure to include the correct url to your page along with a user name and password. This wiki may not be available once the course is over and your work must be accessible to NYIT faculty. There are three areas in TaskStream where you will uploading information


 * Technology Skills for MS in Instructional Technology
 * Field Experience
 * Keystone Assignment

You may want to integrate this project part of your Keystone Assignment but it is not required. 2. Add your own review to ** all ** of your classmates' other pages. In the past I've had students respond to 5 classmates but there were some students that felt their work was being ignored. This way everybody's work will be seen. Explain why you would or not use the tool for educational purposes. How does it address the UDL Principles? . Add your comments in the discussion area of the page that you are reviewing. To the right of the edit button is a discussion button. I created this tutorial to help you get started. media type="youtube" key="1aw1w2kPsGs" height="315" width="420"
 * Due: March 26 **

If you are have never used Wikispaces before, here is a tutorial. [|Wikispaces Tour] If all the tools under the left navigation bar have been taken or if you rather choose your own tool check out some of these links. Please check with me before you begin your work. Kathy Schrock compiled a list of Web 2.0 tools [|Shedding Light on Web 2.0] [|Everything You Need to Know About Web 2.0] [|Go2Web20.net A complete Web 2.0 directory] [|Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0]