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__**SESSION TWO – Integrating Web 2.0 Tools in Content Areas**__

Session 2A | 10:15-10:50 **Top 5 Web 2.0 Tools in Foreign Language Courses** //Melinda Sears, Paul W. Bryant High School// The presentation will describe five different Web 2.0 tools to use in the foreign language classroom as well as Flip Cameras. Tools discussed will be Conjuguemos, Quizlet, MYLO, Voicethread and Storybird. After attending this session, participants will walk away with a better knowledge of how to use technology for vocabulary and grammar drills, collaborative storytelling and discussion, and new forms of student assessment.

**Top 5 Web 2.0 Math Tools** //Daniel Bray, John Essex High School // The presentation will describe five different Web 2.0 tools to use in the math classroom as well as courses with a financial literacy or career technology curriculum.

**Wiki What?** //Tracy Bray, Holt High School// //Cindy Dixon, Holt High Schoo//l <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The presentation will demonstrate three different examples of how teachers integrate wikis with <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">math, social studies, and English curriculum. The presenters will describe their top five favorite Web <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2.0 tools for the classroom.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Write Paperless - A Guide to Student Blogging** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Laren Hammonds, Paul W. Bryant High School// <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Web 2.0 tools provide a variety of options for getting students to write “paperlessly”. This <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">presentation will explain how teachers can use both class blogs and individual student blogs <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">for a variety of purposes, from extending classroom conversations to showcasing students' <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">writing. Participants in this session will explore models for student blogging, receive step-by-step <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">instructions for creating blogs, and learn about online resources for building blog content.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Session 2B | 10:55-11:30 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Easy, Effective Equipment for English Educators** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Dr. Teresha Jones, Paul W. Bryant High School// <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This presentation will provide practical resources that are currently accessible, yet underused, in many <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">classrooms by teachers at the touch of a finger! Teachers can expand on these simple technological tools that <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">already exist in their classrooms to enhance technology use for students as well as for teachers. Google docs, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Easy Bib, and Microsoft Word provide access to free, simple tools that can be easily used by the beginner as <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">well as the advanced teacher.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Dazzling Digital Displays** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Jonnie Skinner, Holt High School// <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Want to make science come alive? Learn how to implement web-based tools for student created <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">projects in the science classroom: features Animoto, Stupeflix, and Glogster.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Using Web 2.0 in Social Studies – Sqworl and TodaysMeet** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Lisa Matherson, Paul W. Bryant High School// <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This presentation gives teachers ideas on how to better organize websites for classroom <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">management and student use. Sqworl is a Web 2.0 tool that provides a clean and simple way to <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">visually bookmark multiple URLs. Another tool demonstrated shows how 30 students can have a <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">classroom discussion without talking at the same time. TodaysMeet uses live stream and students can <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">carry on their discussions, ask questions, and make comments in a non-disruptive (or at least quieter) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">environment.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Edmodo** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Wanda Williams, Paul W. Bryant High School// <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Edmodo is a free, secure, social learning platform for teachers, students, and parents. Edmodo <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">provides teachers and students with a secure and easy way to post classroom materials, share links <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">and videos, and access homework, grades and school notices. Teachers and students can store and <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">share all forms of digital content – blogs, links, pictures, video, documents, presentations, and more. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Participants will receive examples of how to incorporate Edmodo into all disciplines.