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Website by Committee. Rob Darrow NYSAIS Conference November 2006. On the Web. Search the Web Webquest Search the Web Webquest Handout. Group developments Amazon : plan to sell on book chapters Institutional repositories : easy access to research Invisible Web – scholarly databases.
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Website by Committee Rob Darrow NYSAIS Conference November 2006
On the Web. • Search the Web Webquest • Search the Web Webquest • Handout.
Group developments Amazon : plan to sell on book chapters Institutional repositories : easy access to research Invisible Web – scholarly databases Individual efforts =Web 2.0 Wikis Blogs Podcasts Etc. No longer just Google
What makes a good website? • Effective websites – let’s look at some and apply a standard. • Handout: Big6 format. • Look at some examples.
Planning a Website • The Structure • Will it be – static or dynamic? • The Design • The Content “A website is like a baby, it needs to be changed often”
Websites I’ve set up by committee • California School Library Association – www.csla.net • Cal Online Virtual High School – www.cusd.com/calonline • Teaching American History Grant – www.cusd.com/calonline/tah
What I’ve Learned • It’s all about design! • Once design, structure is set – then add the content. • Many people can contribute content. • Hire “editors” – content review. • Final Editor – One or two people with the overall vision of the website – final content review. • Some re-editing may be needed. • Anyone can transfer the content to the Web.
Online or Web Enhanced Classrooms • Support learning of students • Meet student learning in the digital age • Will increase over time • Courses need to be somewhat linear – designed like an overall website
Web Based(80% instruction taught on web) Web Enhanced (Use of web for some instruction) What makes a quality online course? Multidimensional Instruction and Learning One Dimensional Instruction and Learning
Online Course Examples • World History Online • www.cusd.com/calonline
Fresno County Teaching American History Grant • Online content based on 5th, 8th and 11th grade American history content standards • www.cusd.com/calonline/tah
Do you know about theInvisible (or deep) Web? • Mostly university databases. • Can only access by “direct query” not via Google. • 300-500 times larger than the commercial Web • The Deep Web contains nearly 550 billion individual documents compared to the one billion of the surface Web. • More than 200,000 Deep Web sites presently exist. Michael Bergman, Bright Planet, July 2001
Explore Time - Invisible Web • On the Wiki
Web 2.0 and the future • It is now “web by committee” and “individuals” • “An attitude not a technology” (I.Davis) • About user participation, user generated content, participation, remixing and tagging • This can be the age of the amateurs!
Web 2.0 and libraries • Growth in open access and open content material • Increased virtual usage and via Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) • Reference services are becoming more virtual as users want instant answers • Time-shifting, to suit the users and their learning styles
The “new” Web 2.0 and Information Literacy • Engage the Digital Natives - meeting them where they are • Web 2.0 is interactive - sites need to be interactive and materials more visual and active, e.g. games • New opportunities to use deep and active learning methods and peer-based learning • Need to teach how easily information can be created • More emphasis needed on teaching evaluation and ethics
Explore Time Web 2.0 • On the Wiki. • http://go2web20.net/
With Wikis and Blogs • Everyone now has their own website. • Design and structure is set in blogs and wikis • Wikipedia • Library Instruction Wiki • http://instructionwiki.org/Main_Page • Teacher-librarian wiki • http://teacherlibrarianwiki.pbwiki.com/ • Information Literacy Blog • http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/ • Blogs, Vogs and Wiki Website • http://www.suelebeau.com/blogs.htm • Association of College and Research Librarians Blog • http://www.acrlblog.org/
Explore Some Wiki ideas • Bernie Dodge’s Design Patterns for EduWikis • Dan McDowell’s History Examples • Holocaust Wiki Project • AP World History Exam Review • Class study tool, vocabulary building • Wikibooks (evolution of the textbook with greater relevance?)
Podcasts • No. of hits on Google for “podcasts” Sept. 28 2004 - 24 May 25 2005 - 4,460,000 Sept.18 2005 - 60,000,000 June 20 2006 - 362,000,000
Podcasts – Opportunities • Education Podcast Network (David Warlick) - the ultimate. • Room 208 Bob Sprankle • Book reviews—Nancy Keane’s Booktalks
The Future Web and You • How does Web 2.0 fit with your school?