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Web 2.0: Increasing Competencies. Andrew Tabor WLS Heinle Cengage Andrew.tabor@cengage.com. What is Web 2.0?. Student centered Learner created materials Not simply presentational Collaborative Social It is not a change of technology, but a change in the way we use technology.
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Web 2.0: Increasing Competencies Andrew Tabor WLS Heinle Cengage Andrew.tabor@cengage.com
Student centered • Learner created materials • Not simply presentational • Collaborative • Social • It is not a change of technology, but a change in the way we use technology.
Voice Tools • Vocaroo: • Simple non/login recording of audio. • Web based • Saved for three months • Quick and easy • Needs no player (Quicktime, WMP, etc..) • www.vocaroo.com
Speakamessage • Not limited to Outlook. Can work with Gmail, Yahoo, etc. • Can do both voice and images • Can view as single image or as a slide show • Use for testing, getting reviews, sending images of texts, packages, etc.. • http://www.speak-a-message.com/en/index.html
Audacity • More robust • Saves as MP3 • Easy editing and high quality. • Most used audio editing software in the world. • http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ • http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/tutorials.html • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrPGMjZORCM
Google Earth • What is GE? • How can we use this tool?
Let’s see…. • Maneuvering • Views • Photos • Wikipedia • 3d views • Video tours
Some ideas: • Food • Health • Housing • Travel • Transportation • Geography • Art • Telling time • Architecture • Holidays • Sports • Shopping
Semester Projects • Every chapter, they add to the locations and what they visit • Once they have all locations and pieces they can make a tour • Place tour file on line for peer review in your wiki or blog. • Present the tour in class for 3-5 minutes in groups and have students discuss on the discussion forum in your wiki.
In Groups • Find a location of interest • You are looking for a place to live during your study abroad experience. You have three days. Include the following: • Activities for fun (seeing a movie, visiting a landmark, where you will eat, etc..) • Path for walking from one location to another for one of the days • Why did you pick that location? • Find housing for you and some roommates.
WIKIS and BLOGS • Difference? • When would you pick one over another? • Benefits of students working in groups or individually? • Depends on goals!
Blogs: Blogger.com • Students work individually, but others can comment on the work. • Assessment is easier! • Feedback is more precise! • You can mix the use of Blogs and Wikis to benefit students who work better alone.
Wikis • Group work is essential. Students help each other. • Easier for peer review since there are not so many sites • All in one location
Assessment • Use a Rubrics (sample provided) • Peer Feedback • Presentation of Wiki or blog in the classroom • Emphasize improvement! • Push the positive during the process! • Give plenty of room for creativity
Getting it together • Pick either Wiki or Blog • Start with baby steps • Use the themes of the chapters of the text • Each chapter will build the wiki or blog • Introduce a new tech or step each week in the classroom