Welcome to Reedy Creek Elementary's Wiki!

 THE place for Reedy Creek staff members to share great ideas for teaching and learning with Web 2.0 tools!

Objectives - What will you learn using this wiki?  If you want, you can spend five weeks exploring and learning about a topic each week:  The Web 2.0, Wikis, Blogs, VoiceThread, and Google Earth.  If you are interested in Teacher Renewal Credit, visit the Objectives page to see your weekly topics and assignments.  If you aren't interested in Teacher Renewal Credit, explore the topics and other Cool Web 2.0 Tools of your choice at your own pace!

What is the Web 2.0? - Read these articles to learn more!

*  Tech Tools for Learning - Will Richardson describes new Web technologies and their potential for learning.  http://www.ciconline.org/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=21&name=AL-01-06-TechTools.pdf.

*  From Web 2.0 to School 2.0? -  Colin Lankshear and Michael Knobel talk about the potentials and possibilities of Web 2.0.  Be sure to check out their list of, "Top Sites on Web 2.0" on the last page.

       http://www.ciconline.org/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=98&name=THSum07Web20toSchool20.pdf.

*  Teaching & Learning with Read/Write Web - Wesley A. Fryer discusses the new age of global publishing that is available to us via the Internet today.  He gives examples and implications for education.

       http://www.wtvi.com/TEKS/04_05_articles/read-write-web.html 

*  The Read-Write Web:  all in one place - An easy-to-read, bulleted list!   http://www.larkin.net.au/resources/rww_overview.pdf

Directions - Click on this page to learn how to create, edit, and comment on a page.  Help us make this wiki a great resource!

Blogs - Best Blogs!

Google Earth - Explore a place on Earth or the galaxies in outer space!

Hosenfeld's Resources for Special Programs

RCES Web 2.0 Template.doc

More Cool Web Tools

Teacher Tube - Check out our favorite Teacher Tube resources!

VoiceThread - Students can type or record their thoughts on a page.  The power of this tool is when others add their comments, too!  It's a collaboration of comments!

Wikis - Learn how to share and edit information on a wiki.  Look here for wikis that wowed us, too!