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Many schools today still have not moved past the first tools of the web known as Web 1.0. Where information is static and e-mail rules the way we communicate. In the past 3 years we have seen a shift from static information on the web to dynamic, ever changing information.

Our students and our communities are starting to demand dynamic information.

"For those of you who have just figured out how to zap spam or manage your inbox, prepare for the bad news: E-mail is, like, so yesterday." (Oct. 2, 2006)

YouTube 2nd most searched site with 3.5 Billion searches in June 2009

Facebook Statistics

Blogs Blogs can be used in many different ways to create dynamic information on the web.
Blogging platforms allow for easy posting of content
Blogs come with built in RSS feeds external image rss_posts.jpg

SAS Pudong Middle School
Pudong Nerve Central
Lewis Elementary School
Inside ISB

Podcasts Link to Podcast resources

Link to On Deck Podcast we recorded during the session.

Ustream.tv archive Part 1

Discussion #1 1. What is one way you can see podcasts working in your school?
2. Who will help you?
3. What's caught your attention so far and is making you think?

Calendars Online calendar systems allow schools to share school calendars across multiple sites using RSS feeds. There are a multitude of free online calendar applications out there a school can use.

Presentation Schedule

&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Pictures Pictures can tell the story of what is happening in your school.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;table id=&quot;flickr_badge_uber_wrapper&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;10&quot;&amp;gt; &amp;lt;tbody&amp;gt;&amp;lt;tr&amp;gt; &amp;lt;td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/&quot; id=&quot;flickr_www&quot; name=&quot;flickr_www&quot;&amp;gt;www.&amp;lt;strong style=&quot;color: rgb(57, 147, 255);&quot;&amp;gt;flickr&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;.com&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td style=&quot;padding: 0pt;&quot; class=&quot;flickr_badge_image&quot; id=&quot;flickr_badge_image1&quot; valign=&quot;center&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/saspudong/2342292464/&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/2342292464_f96c0011a3_t.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;A photo on Flickr&quot; title=&quot;invention convention and speeches with sub 029&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;75&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td style=&quot;padding: 0pt;&quot; class=&quot;flickr_badge_image&quot; id=&quot;flickr_badge_image2&quot; valign=&quot;center&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/saspudong/1651602373/&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2361/1651602373_ffe5708bfe_t.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;A photo on Flickr&quot; title=&quot;spirit day 07 013&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;75&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td style=&quot;padding: 0pt;&quot; class=&quot;flickr_badge_image&quot; id=&quot;flickr_badge_image3&quot; valign=&quot;center&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/saspudong/1409721289/&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=&quot;http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1256/1409721289_65b73db3fd_t.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;A photo on Flickr&quot; title=&quot;William&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; height=&quot;100&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/tr&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/tbody&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/table&amp;gt;&amp;lt;table id=&quot;flickr_badge_wrapper&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;10&quot;&amp;gt; &amp;lt;tbody&amp;gt;&amp;lt;tr&amp;gt; &amp;lt;td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/tr&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/tbody&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/table&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/tr&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/tbody&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/table&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;iframe src=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?user_id=12523944@N00&amp;amp;amp;tags=kashgar&amp;amp;amp;lang=en-us&amp;amp;amp;format=rss_200&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;500&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Video Using Video in the 21st Century will continue to evolve as the medium to engage students and your community.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&quot;wiki_link_ext&quot; href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&amp;gt;YouTube&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&quot;wiki_link_ext&quot; href=&quot;http://www.teachertube.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&amp;gt;TeacherTube&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&quot;wiki_link_ext&quot; href=&quot;http://blip.tv/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&amp;gt;Blip.tv&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&quot;wiki_link_ext&quot; href=&quot;http://www.vimeo.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&amp;gt;Vimeo&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;img src=&quot;/img/widget/widgetholder_youtubevideo.png?youtubevideoid=NBPeK7OtUt0&amp;amp;amp;rel=1&quot; height=&quot;355&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Slideshare Share your presentations with parents.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&quot;wiki_link_ext&quot; href=&quot;http://www.slideshare.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&amp;gt;Slideshare.net&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div style=&quot;width: 425px; text-align: left;&quot; id=&quot;__ss_120088&quot;&amp;gt; &amp;lt;embed src=&quot;http://s3.amazonaws.com/slideshare/ssplayer2.swf?doc=humanities-presentation1873&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;425&quot; height=&quot;355&quot;&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 11px; font-family: tahoma,arial; height: 26px; padding-top: 2px;&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slideshare.net/?src=embed&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=&quot;http://s3.amazonaws.com/slideshare/logo_embd.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px none ; margin-bottom: -5px;&quot; alt=&quot;SlideShare&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | &amp;lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slideshare.net/jutecht/humanities-presentation&quot; title=&quot;View &#39;Humanities Presentation&#39; on SlideShare&quot;&amp;gt;View&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | &amp;lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slideshare.net/upload&quot;&amp;gt;Upload your own&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&quot;wiki_link_ext&quot; href=&quot;http://teachers.saschinaonline.org/mspudong/category/parent-coffee-podcast/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&amp;gt;Slides and Podcast for parents&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Discussion #2 1. How does your school use pictures and videos?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; 2. Discuss a way your school could use one of these tools.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; 3. What is one tool you think you could start using tomorrow to communicate with your community?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Social-Networks Communicating in the 21st Century also means knowing how to connect with students and create social-networks that allow students and families to connect.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&quot;wiki_link_ext&quot; href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&amp;gt;Facebook.com&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; - Start a school group that shares information about your school to prospective students and parents.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&quot;wiki_link_ext&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ning.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&amp;gt;Ning.com&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; - Create your own social-network just for your school. A place for students and parents to get information, interact and connect.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; We can not be afraid of these places, we must embrace them and figure out how to use them to connect with our students and community.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Google Apps &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Google is the web leader at the moment and they are doing some great things for education. They have recently allowed educational institutions free use of their application hub known as Google Apps.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&quot;wiki_link_ext&quot; href=&quot;http://www.google.com/a/edu/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&amp;gt;Google Apps for Education&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&quot;wiki_link_ext&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ustream.tv/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&amp;gt;Ustream.tv&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; part 2 of the session Beyond E-mail&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;embed flashvars=&quot;autoplay=false&quot; src=&quot;http://www.ustream.tv/OTt151vd1uIaar3mzuLjJg.usv&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; wmode=&quot;transparent&quot; width=&quot;416&quot; height=&quot;340&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&quot;http://thinkingstick.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Communications&quot;&amp;gt;http://thinkingstick.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Communications&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;