Presentation given at the Tools, Toys and Technology conference in Toronto.

1. Web 2.0 Toolkit-
Top websites to engage the
21st
century learner.
Sarah Fernetich & Paul Murray
 http://prezi.com/presentation/paul.murray@
ucdsb.on.ca/h75j6st/
Photo: momlogic .com

2. Teenagers and Technology
 Social Networking ie. Facebook
 MySpace and Facebook are critical elements of the
 teen experience.
 In the U.S., nearly half of online teens 12–17 visited
MySpace and Facebook in May 2009 (45% and
44%,respectively.
 Teens are prolific online publishers.
 67% of teen social networkers say they update their
page at least once a week.
 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/reports/nielsen_howteensusemedia_june09.pdf

3. Cell Phones:
 In the U.S., 77% of teens already
have their own mobile phone.
Another 11% say they regularly
borrow one.
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4. Text vs. Talk
 83% of U.S. mobile teens use text-
messaging and 56% use MMS/picture
messaging.
 The average U.S. mobile teen now
sends or receives an average of
2,899 text-messages per month
compared to 191 calls.
 The average number of texts has
gone up 566% in just two years,
far surpassing the average number
of calls, which has stayed nearly
steady.
 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwir
e/reports/nielsen_howteensusemedia
_june09.pdf

5. Communication?
 A new study by the Pew Internet & American
Life Project says teenagers have adopted the
Internet--and instant messaging--so
completely that it has even replaced face-
to-face communication as the primary mode of
interacting for some teens.
 The study concluded that of the
approximately 13 million American teenagers
who use the Net, 74 percent use instant
messaging. Surprisingly, one-fifth of the
teens using IM say it is their primary means
of communicating with friends.
 http://www.pcworld.com/article/53444/teenagers_do_their_t
alking_online.html

6. Websites currently in use in
my classroom:
 Kidblogs
 Bitstrips
 Wix.com or webs.com
 Surveymonkey
 Polleverywhere
 Animoto
 Glogster
 Artsonia
 Blackboard

7. http://www.polleverywhere.com/

8. How To Vote via Texting
1. Standard texting rates only (worst case US $0.20)
2. We have no access to your phone number
3. Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do
TIPS
EXAMPLE

11. Web design made easy!
www.wix.com
www.webs.com

12. Glogster
http://edu.glogster.com/
http://sdjrhuf.edu.glogster.com/

13. Surveymonkey.com
http://www.surveymonkey.com/

14. Animoto -
http://animoto.com/education

15. Bitstripsforschools.com
 http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/

16. Kidblog
 http://kidblog.org/home.php
 http://kidblog.org/Photography/

17. Other sites I would like to use
but are currently blocked by my
school board.
 Voki.com
 Dropbox

19. Resources
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