Interesting article about the concerns educators and administrators still feel about Web 2.0 technologies. It also contains to links to a case study of six school districts forced to incorporate Web 2.0 technologies.
One issue with web 2.0 copyright infringement is that most of the offenders do
not even realize what they are doing or that it is wrong.
Creative Commons allows the copyright holder to choose from multiple licenses
that describe what rights are being offered in very simple language that is easy
to understand.
You should also review some of the concerns that will
likely arise as you incorporate new Web 2.0 tools in your instructional
practice, especially regarding student privacy, intellectual property rights, and student etiquette.
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPOP).
To learn more about FOIPOP as well as the considerations faculty should make
when selecting a Web 2.0 tool, please see the following resources
Be Funky is a web 2.0 application that lets students take any picture and
transform it into a cartoon or a sketch.
How to integrate Be Funky into the classroom:
Several interesting lists describing top Web skills needed and other resources. Includes likes to demonstrations, etc. and ways to use the top 20 Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.
Skrbl is a simple and easy online multi user whiteboard. Create a skrbl, give out your URL & start working together. Sketch, text, share files, upload pictures all in one common shared space.