1. Web 2.0 Tools: Media for Learning Monday December 73:00 PM Saskatchewan

2. Media for Learning Media, first of all, is a term that is widely used but has many connotations. It is the plural of medium, which, itself, has many definitions.

7. Media Literacy

9. Newspapers

10. Magazines

11. Television

12. WWW

14. Graphics

15. Audio

16. Video Multi-media

17. Media for Learning Traditionally, learning was primarily Verbal/Auditory/Oral (Story-telling / Recitation) and Visual/Graphic/Observation (Drawings)

18. Media for Learning We spoke and listened and observed. Images were drawn. Words were spoken. Meaning was conveyed.

19. Media for Learning With the invention of mass print production, the written word and books became a standard means by which learning occurred.

20. Media for Learning With the invention of mass print production, the written word and books became a standard means by which learning occurred. Question: Is there a “sense” that learning via written words and text is perceived as “better” than other methods of learning?

21. Media for Learning Fast-forward to the mid-late 20th Century Mass Newsprint, Radio, Television, Telephones, and the Internet all play a part in learning. Implicitly or Explicitly

22. Media for Learning So, learning has gone from this...

23. http://www.stenudd.com/myth/greek/aristotle/images/raphael-school-of-athens.jpg

24. ...to this http://www.utsa.edu/terryscholars/ts_images/scholars.jpg

25. ...to this http://static-p4.fotolia.com/jpg/00/08/87/19/400_F_8871962_Ye43ShtqOBCJQcz3SX0JsedxahZuEqYc.jpg

26. ...to this

27. Media for Learning Text The written word

29. Research for Writing

30. Citation

32. Editing and Grammar

33. Collaboration

35. Media for Learning Finding Inspiration Story Spinner Online http://www.bonnieneubauer.com/ssonline.shtml

36. Media for Learning Finding Inspiration The Story Starter http://thestorystarter.com/

37. Media for Learning Research for Writing Google http://www.google.ca/ http://scholar.google.ca/ http://news.google.ca/

38. Media for Learning Research for Writing Scholarpedia http://www.scholarpedia.org/ Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org/ About.com http://www.about.com/ Ask.com http://www.ask.com

39. Media for Learning Citation bibme: http://www.bibme.org/ OttoBib: http://www.ottobib.com/ Zotero http://www.zotero.org/

40. Media for Learning Essay Help http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/essaymap/ http://www.theeasyessay.com http://www.wordsift.com

41. Media for Learning Definitions http://www.definr.com/ http://dictionary.reference.com/ http://www.onelook.com/ http://www.visualthesaurus.com/

42. Media for Learning Editing and Grammar http://www.spellchecker.net/spellcheck/ http://www.whitesmoke.com/free-online-checker

43. Media for Learning Collaboration http://www.Etherpad.com http://www.Writeboard.com http://www.zohowriter.com http://docs.google.com/

44. Media for Learning Other Related Sites http://nickrate.com/2009/07/15/google-docs-student-writing-feedback/

45. Media for Learning Other Related Sites http://owl.english.purdue.edu/