Innovating Your Teaching and Learning with Web 2.0

Innovating Your Teaching and Learning with Web 2.0

Submitted By: jbennett
Lead Presenter: Victoria Waskiewicz
Co-Presenter: Jean Bennett
Scheduled For: Sunday @ 09:00 AM in Horry Georgetown Technical College
Session Type: Preconference 1/2-Day Workshop/Seminar
Preferred Paper Track: Software Demo - No Paper Required
Target Audience: All Levels

Abstract:

Join us for hands on experience of some new and not so new Web 2.0 offerings. With the variety of Web 2.0 free or affordable resources available, you will experience the following sampling of Web 2.0:

  • Synchronous, recordable, video/audio conferencing
  • Video screen capture
  • Video animations
  • Collaboration tools
  • Polls and Surveys
  • Visual literacy
  • Mash-ups and more

Whether you are new to Web 2.0 or an experienced user you will find something to share with your colleagues and students as well as incorporate the technologies into your learning environment that today’s students expects.

Victoria (Tori) Waskiewicz is a Multimedia Instructional Technologists at Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA. She brings knowledge of the corporate real estate industry through developing synchronous and asynchronous eLearning.
 

Victoria has presented on Web 2.0 Teaching and Learning at her own college as well as other area colleges over the past two years. She is excited about finding new technology and sharing it with the academic community.
 

Jean Bennett is a Pennsylvania Certified Instructional Technology Specialist, she brings 18 years of PK-12 experience as a Director of Technology and Technology Integrator into her current 3rd year position as a Multimedia Instructional Technologist for Ursinus College. She has presented at several conferences on topics ranging from Digital Natives’ Capabilities to Web 2.0 in Teaching and Learning. She was a Semi-finalist in the 2006 Technology & Learning Leader of the Year.