Amanda,Christina,+Sam,+Alaina

1) A one-sentence definition (understanding/perspectives/beliefs/opinions are also fine) on Web 2.0 by each group member (What do YOU think Web 2.0 is?).

__**Amanda Zawierucha:**__ Web 2.0 refers to web communication sites that allows users to interact with other users, or to work on web pages. This can be incredibly useful in the classroom because it allows students to meet together, exchange ideas and look up coursework outside of the classroom.

__**Alaina Sabia:**__ On Web 2.0 users can own the data on the site and exercise control over the data on the site. Web 2.O is also known as web-as-participation-platform.


 * __Samantha Horowitz:__** Web 2.0 is the second generation internet technology that lets people share, collaborate and use websites and applications easily and effectively.

__**Christina Iervolino:**__ Web 2.0 is an interactive area where people can go and look at others work. Students can compare and contrast their work with others and it can be very helpful for them when they are having difficulties in certain areas.

 2) One superb example of educational uses of these new tools on Web 2.0 in K-12 setting. You will work as a team, search internet, find and view a lot of class wikis created by others for their elementary and middles school classes, and then choose one that your group think is the best. You need to identify the content area (social studies, science, math, language arts...) and the grade level of the wiki you find. You also need to include a short paragraph describing why your group thinks this is a "superb" example.

https://litsource.wikispaces.com/ This wiki is used for teachers to find reading and writing lessons. The content area would be language arts for grades kindergarten to 8th grade. We think this is a "superb" example of a wiki because a range of teachers can use this wiki. As all teachers know, each student learns differently, and this wiki gives many different examples of how to teach reading and writing. Another reason why we like this example is because it cuts down preparation time for teachers since all the lessons are on one website. Right now the website does not have much information on it, however it has the potential to be an extremely useful website for teachers in many different grades.

3) A collection of resources - a minimum of 3 links (it can also be articles, resources about wiki) - on educational use of wikis, that you can use in your own teaching later. 1. http://www.slideshare.net/cliotech/wikis-in-education

2. http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Avpe-j6kVo8J:ijello.org/Volume3/IJKLOv3p057-072Parker284.pdf+educational+use+of+wikis&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESioqsdGDazTgsGgVe7W_XqV39KtvXbEE8C47ddvWnndOsCt3yV-KEiEGDemIvgW5iZfNS4bOd_tpItpyuqoQUvxBsjHFDkm6n-rcDwwb56grZHDvl6MqYDvQ2IGAnn5x4kwMbVT&sig=AHIEtbQNaTjjnT6sXkji2j1MeBkMa7snTA

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4) A presentation to the class on what you have accomplished, and how you accomplished it..