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Using Web 2.0 Collaboration Tools in the Classroom. Annemarie Garvey. What is Web 2.0?. Michael Wesch Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology Kansas State University.
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Using Web 2.0 Collaboration Tools in the Classroom Annemarie Garvey
What is Web 2.0? Michael WeschAssistant Professor of Cultural AnthropologyKansas State University
There is a persistent gap between how today's digital natives learn in schools and how they work and interact outside of school--a trend that underscores the need for districts to keep pace with technological advances and adapt to students' learning needs. - Lightspeed Systems If you have an internet connection in the classroom, you are no longer the smartest person in the room!
1 9 9 0 INTERNET MAKEOVER Primarily to retrieve information Information flowed in a “ONE WAY” direction Websites built by “techies” using HTML or FTP language
BIRTH OF NEW WEB TOOLS 2 0 0 4 • People with NO programming skills adding content to the web • Publishing journals, photographs, videos, wikis, podcasts, slideshows, auctions • Web became a “TWO-WAY” street • Everyday people creating the content
AKA – READ/WRITE WEB Breeding ground for creative and engaging educational endeavors Teachers launch classrooms into the 21st Century Students...... Creating online content Collaborating w/other students and showcasing their work to a global audience SECOND GENERATION WEB 2.0 2 0 0 7
WEB 2.0 TOOLS The good thing about Web 2.0 tools is that they are easy to use. They are FREE………most of them. They foster communication and literacy skills that are required in the 21st Century
Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle Thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world.
WEB 2.0 …is all about harnassing collective intelligence.
Britannica Online Personal Websites Publishing Wikipedia Blogging Participation WEB 1.0 - WEB 2.0
Web 2.0 - 7 Categories Related to Education • Online communication tools for parents and students (outside of school hours - not email) • Digital multimedia resources • Teacher-generated online content • Student-generated online content • Online social networking • Online learning games and simulations • Student use of virtual learning environments From a national survey by Interactive Educational Systems Design Inc. (IESD), February and March 2009
Online Communication Tools • Teacher/School Web Pages • Online gradebook -password protected • SKYPE • Blogs – “web logs” MERIT Ning Blogger ClassroomBlog ReadWriteWeb Penguin Books
Multimedia Resources • Streaming VideoUnited StreamingTeachers’ Domain • Podcasts/Videocasts Radio WillowWeb Education Podcast Network
Podcasting http://www.k12handhelds.com/podcasting.php • To listen to podcasts, you need: • A listening device – MP3 player, palm, ipod, computer, cell phone • Software for playing podcast • A podcast • Podcatching software (optional) RSS • To create a podcasts, you need: • A microphone • Recording and editing software – Audacity,Garage Band • A way to publish your podcast
Teacher-Generated Online Content • Videos • TeacherTubeYouTubeTeachers’ Domain • Lesson Plans/Courses • Powerpoints • Websites – social bookmarking portaportal diigo Delicious
Share Photos – Digital Storytelling Student-Generated Online Content • Share Video - YouTube • Publish Stories PodBean • Post Podcasts • Post Online Poster - GLOG
WetPaint • Yola • Twitter • Facebook Online Social Networking • Classroom to classroom ePals • Wikispaces • Google Docs
On to the Future WEB 3.0 Semantic Web - tailor online searching and requests specifically to users’ preferences and needs Clusty 3D Web - imagine a Web connected to everything not only your cellphone but your car, microwave and clothes / personalized avatars Where Web 2.0 was about information overload, Web 3.0 will be about control of information!
Source: Radar Networks and Nova Spivack, 2007 – www.radarnetworks.com
Your Turn to Enter the World of Web 2.0 and BEYOND