Transforming+Tools

= How can I use technology to transform my current practices and prepare my students for the Web 2.0 world? =

**Publishing and sharing student work** Blogs: Creating a way for students to post their work--[|Blogger.com] How to get your class started with a blogging process--[|a great step-by-step video] from an Art teacher who brought blogging into her practice. Social Networks: Create a way for students to interact with each other-- [|Ning] How students can [|share their slide shows] (PowerPoint) on-line (so they can get feedback from others and not have to carry them around)
 * Some blogs worth exploring
 * Some Ning sites worth exploring
 * [|Classroom 2.0]--a Ning for those interesting in using Web 20 tools in their classrooms. Great discussions and tips

Social bookmarking: Creating a way for you to save and share bookmarks (and to make notes on bookmarked pages)-- [|Diigo.com] Subscribing: Creating a way to stay on top of what others are saying: RSS subscriptions and [|Google reader] How to use the RSS feed function to subscribe to blogs and other regularly updated sites Feeds of interest to English teachers New model for the research process
 * Research and reading**
 * [|The English Companion] (Jim Burke)

[|Great information and tutorials] on how to create a podcast [|Podcasting in Plain English] video
 * Podcasting **

Web 2.0 Literacy ** Learning the tools of web 2.0