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Created & Presented by Ross Parker

Created & Presented by Ross Parker. Introduction. Welcome About Me I teach at lightning speed : ) What do you want to learn today? What I hope you will learn today: The Web is key Improve your classroom practice Hands on! Values in teaching.

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Created & Presented by Ross Parker

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  1. Created & Presented by Ross Parker

  2. Introduction • Welcome • About Me • I teach at lightning speed : ) • What do you want to learn today? • What I hope you will learn today: • The Web is key • Improve your classroom practice • Hands on! • Values in teaching

  3. This is not about students sitting at computers doing online worksheets It is about using your imagination and a world of resources to stimulate and challenge your students in newways.

  4. Web 2.0 • The Web is changing. • We call the current state of things “Web 2.0” • Free, rich applications • Syndicate, mashup and embed • Collaboration and user-generated content • Is this perfect for teaching or what? • FREE! • Available anywhere • No installation • Constantly evolving

  5. How Do I Use The Web? • Find, gather and organise resources • digg.com, delicious.com • Present and share material my way • rp.shatincollege.edu.hk • Foster collaboration • rp.shatincollege.edu.hk, docs.google.com • Student feedback and assessment • docs.google.com • Get creative • zoo-m.com/flickr-storm

  6. Activity 1: Assess & Collaborate • Instructions: • On my site, there is a page for this workshop: • tinyurl.com/uwsworkshop • On this page, find the link for this Activity, and follow it to the quiz. • Follow instructions in the quiz • Chat with a classmate when you are finished. • Follow-up: • What did you think? • How might we use the results?

  7. Activity 2: Creativity Ice Breaker • Instructions: • Get into groups of 5 • On my site, there is a page for this workshop • On this page, find the link for this Activity, and download the document it points to. • You have exactly 5 minutes to use any 5 images from the document to make a crazy, funny story. Use PowerPoint to present. Get ready to share! • Follow-up: • What did you think? • All the pictures are free on the web “Free as in speech, not as in beer.“ RMS

  8. Discussion • What do you think of these ideas? • Are they useable? • Are they useful? • Do they scale well? • Are they adaptable? • Do you think you want a... • ...blog? • ...wiki? • ...VLE? • My site acts as all three • What are the distinguishing features? If you already have one, tell us about it!

  9. Demonstration • Demonstrations usually fail • Hopefully this one will work. • Within 10 minutes, I ought to be able to help one of you: • Create an online space • onsugar.com, wordpress.com, wikispaces.com • Create a resource holder. Find and save a resource • delicious.com, digg.com, • Embed your resource holder into your space. • Any volunteers? Follow along at your own risk!

  10. Values in Education • I love ICT, but without substance it is useless. • My substance is based on values: • Caring & Community • kiva.org • Cooperation • wikipedia.org • Giving & Sharing • creativecommons.org • Excellence & Creativity • ted.com • this video might strike a cord • What is you substance based on? But I thought Wikipedia was evil and dangerous?

  11. That’s All Folks! • Are you... • ...bored to pieces? • ..blown away by it all? • Q&A • Want more? • Email me, I love to share. • Develop your online space. • Learn from the Web • Check out my site and resources • rp.shatincollege.edu.hk, delicious.com/rossdotparker • The End! Please tell me so I can improve my teaching

  12. License • All original work used here is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. For more details please look at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. • This license has been chosen to permit a high degree of sharing, whilst protecting the author’s control as to how the content is used. • Please respect this license and use accordingly! • Recycled and borrowed works from other sources are used under appropriate licenses, which are not affected by this license. The original source is always given. • All original work created by Ross Parker (rossdotparker@gmail.com), except where specified.

  13. Sources • before math class. by 1000 watt dream • Available from flickr.com under a CC BY-NC license

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