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Web 2.0 = Schools 1.1 : Transforming the Traditional School Environment

Web 2.0 = Schools 1.1 : Transforming the Traditional School Environment. Ryan Schaaf Howard County Public Schools Technology Teacher ryan_schaaf@hcpss.org. What is Web 2.0?.

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Web 2.0 = Schools 1.1 : Transforming the Traditional School Environment

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  1. Web 2.0 = Schools 1.1 : Transforming the Traditional School Environment Ryan Schaaf Howard County Public Schools Technology Teacher ryan_schaaf@hcpss.org

  2. What is Web 2.0? “Web 2.0 is a trend in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to facilitate creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users.” Tim O’Reilly Published on O'Reilly http://www.oreilly.com/ Creativity Information Sharing Collaboration

  3. Web 2.0 Statistics • U.S. Web Traffic - 9 out of the top 10 sites are considered Web 2.0 applications. • As of 2006, 70 million households in the US have internet access ( 64% ) • In 2006, world-wide internet users exceeded 1 billion. Alexa http://www.alexa.com/ Can you guess half of the websites that are on the top 20 list of US internet traffic?

  4. 20 Most Visited Websites in the U.S. (April 2008) 11. AOL 12. Blogger.com 13. Megaupload 14. Amazon.com 15. Megaupload 16. Go 17. Photobucket 18. The Internet Movie Database 19. CNN - Cable News Network 20. ESPN Sportszone Google Yahoo! Myspace YouTube Facebook Windows Live EBay Wikipedia Craigslist.org Microsoft Network (MSN)

  5. Digital Age vs. Traditional School Setting

  6. Classroom : 1904

  7. Classroom : 2008

  8. Generation D(Digital) • Speedy • Parallel Thinking (Multi-Tasking) • Random Access • Graphics vs. Text • Connected • Active Learners • Immediate Feedback • Fantasy Oriented • Tech Literate Marc Prensky

  9. Transformation Schools must transform. The walls of the school no longer provide an obstacle. The World-Wide Web allows for limitless possibilities for instruction.

  10. School Transformation Rethinking the curriculum We must view learning as a continuum of instruction rather than a series of discrete events. We must end the assembly line, departmentalized model of teaching and learning and place far more emphasis on a unified, integrated continuum of instruction rather than a series of independent, unrelated courses. We must go beyond theory and focus on practical applications that are relevant to workplace rather than mutually exclusive and theoretical subjects that prepare students for yesterday and today, not tomorrow.

  11. School Transformation Where do we begin? Start by standing back. It is time to step back from our traditional thinking about learning and rethink schools, classrooms, curriculum, evaluation, the roles of teachers & learners and particularly, what it means and what it will mean to learn in the light of the modern changing world. Ian Jukes

  12. Web 2.0 Teacher Tools

  13. Web 2.0 Teacher Tools Create a Graph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx • On-line • Free • Step by step instructions • Generate a .jpeg or .pdf file. • promotes cross- curricular instruction

  14. Web 2.0 Teacher Tools http://www.blabberize.com/ • Free (guest account) • Privacy setting • Encourages writing, visual learning, oral comprehension, and virtual role-playing • Step-by step instructions http://www.blabberize.com/creation/playBlabber/14348

  15. Web 2.0 Teacher Tools • Use images to create a 30 second slideshow/ music video. • requires sign-up • free 30 second clips • easy, step-by-step instructions • sent via e-mail http://animoto.com/

  16. Web 2.0 Teacher Tools • on-line bookmarking • free • provides descriptions, hyperlinks, and titles http://del.icio.us/

  17. Web 2.0 Teacher Tools http://earth.google.com Google Earth • free • cross-platform • customizable • virtual field trips • map skills

  18. Kerpoof • safe, non-evasive sign up • multimedia • visual arts • teacher section for lesson plans, ideas, etc.

  19. Blogs & Wikis • free service for schools • collaboration • promotes writing • synchronous and asynchronous access • safe and secure • watch for hidden traps (overwriting and update errors) http://cesblog.learnerblogs.org/

  20. Closure • Remember 3 things from the presentation • What were 2 new ideas you learned from the presentation? • Think of one question you still have about the presentation

  21. Bibliography • School 2.0 Image retrieved from www.salisbury21.org/blog/index.php/rj/P20/ • Tim O’Reilly http://www.oreilly.com/ • Internet & Web 2.0 Statistics http://www.alexa.com/

  22. Bibliography Jukes, I (2006). Education at the Crossroads: The Restructuring of Education, the Future of Employment and the Challenge to Education, The InfoSavvy Group. pg. 7.

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