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Web 2.0: Using Social Networking Tools to Support English Teaching

Paul McMahon Learning Solutions Asia. Web 2.0: Using Social Networking Tools to Support English Teaching. Topics. Why Web 2.0? An overview of 3 tools I consider essential for educators. Why I consider teachers should use these. Keeping kids safe in the online world.

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Web 2.0: Using Social Networking Tools to Support English Teaching

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  1. Paul McMahon Learning Solutions Asia Web 2.0: Using Social Networking Tools to Support English Teaching

  2. Topics • Why Web 2.0? • An overview of 3 tools I consider essential for educators. • Why I consider teachers should use these. • Keeping kids safe in the online world. • Deeper look at 3 tools including hands on. • Review and questions.

  3. Why Web 2.0? • 2.0 as indicative of a new version • Formerly like TV, now like telephone • Huge explosion in content • Everyone can now be an author • Many mainstream schools have not yet caught on • Many conventional business models under threat

  4. Which 2.0 Tool do you want? • http://www.go2web20.net/ • Some of these allow you to do things you already do but online and maybe using a different purchasing model (quite often free) • Others harness the power of social networking to offer more

  5. Social Networking • What is it?http://blip.tv/file/282928 • Social Bookmarking • Writing for the community (Blogging) • Shared webspace development (Wiki)

  6. Social Bookmarking • What is it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU • Furl http://www.furl.net/ • Nice layout. Common tagging is good. Connected to Looksmart search engine • Delicious http://del.icio.us • Create your own tags. Bit US centric. More popular with existing blogs. • Time to sign up! Add me to your network!

  7. Why Schools Can’t Ignore • We are supposed to be using Bloom’s Taxonomy as a model Image copied from Flickr under Creative Commons Licensing

  8. Why Schools Can’t Ignore • We should be there for the kids, not their parents. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8 • More and more of the universities are requiring these skills (and, in some cases, ignoring school assessments)http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/hs/home/home/index.htm • If we are only “organising and delivering content” we are in trouble

  9. Why Schools Can’t Ignore • Schools are becoming too busy for staff to access traditional PD • Schools in my mind are the best places to educate children about using the internet Image copied from Flickr under Creative Commons Licensing

  10. This is self-educated internet use

  11. School Internet Rules • I will only use my first name • I will never give out my email address • I will never give out my home address • I will never give out my telephone number • I will respect others • I will never use rude or threatening words • I will not use text talk or chat language • I will not copy other people’s work • I will be responsible for everything I write • I will check my spelling before posting

  12. Why You Can’t Ignore • You need to model learning for a Knowledge-based job in a flat world to students • Do your students know how you learn? Image copied from Wikipedia under Creative Commons Licensing

  13. Blogging • Authentic Writing • Comments can be shared with a group of your choosing or the world • Blogs exist for about every subject you can imagine • Many of your students probably have a blog • Technorati is a great index/feed for blogshttp://technorati.com/

  14. Blog Examples • http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/ also http://coolcatkid.blogspot.com/ • http://namckeand.blogspot.com/2007/01/getting-my-students-blogging-again.html • http://inpractice.edublogs.org/ • http://www.petrterrss.eq.edu.au/home/mcrid2/67blog/ • http://www.giangdaytructuyen.com/

  15. Setting up an Edublog • http://www.edublogs.org • Come and post on my blog http://xpatasia.edublogs.org • Designed for schools and teachers • Ad free for educators • Easier to link to others edublogs • Supportive of school and teacher policies

  16. Encouraging Readers • Offer things of use to your students or other teachers • It needs to be something you enjoy writing about • Spread the word and encourage comments.

  17. Wiki • Commoncraft Wiki video http://blip.tv/file/246821 • Shared space for notes/worksheets etc. • Public or private • Can access comments and page history • Start by adding a page to my wikihttp://lsa.wikispaces.com

  18. Example Wikis • http://englishplace.wetpaint.com • http://elt.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page • http://wiki.vec.hku.hk/index.php/Main_Page • http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome • http://educators.pbwiki.com/K-12+example+wikis

  19. Setting up a wikispaces wiki • Most wikis are set up the same way (concept is most important) • Professional tutorial on PB wiki here • Many blog postings about how to insert elements into wikis/blogs. • http://www.wikispaces.org or get a teaching one http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K

  20. Thank You • Paul McMahon • Learning Solutions Asia • Email: pmc@learningsolutions.com.hk • Phone: w81702808 m91705605 • PowerPointhttp://iclassroom.hkedcity.net/teacher/teacher979

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