weaving web 2.0 july 2008

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Weaving Web 2.0 into Classroom Practice

Lee Davis & Paul FairbrotherIB North America Conference, July 08


Presentation overview

1. What is Web 2.0?

2. RSS (really simple syndication)

3. Blogs

4. Wikis

5. Pod/vodcasting

6. Social bookmarking & social networking

7. E-portfolios

8. E-learning & virtual worlds

(Open University Communications Group)


The Pepsi Challenge

http://blanketcoverage.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/the-mother-of-all-taste-tests-well-it-passed-a-few-hours-anyway/


Opportunities

To extend teaching and learning beyond the classroom

Rich learning activities

Supporting assessment for, of and as learning

Teacher- and student-led inquiry


Web 2.0 Landscape

Future Exploration Network (2007) Web 2.0 Frameworkhttp://www.rossdawsonblog.com/Web2_Framework.pdf


What is Web 2.0?

“Web 2.0 is about the more human aspects of interactivity. It's about conversations, interpersonal networking, personalization...” George Lorenzo, Diana Oblinger and Charles Dziuban (2007) http://www.educause.edu/apps/eq/eqm07/eqm0711.asp?bhcp=1

“Web 2.0 has blurred the line between producers and consumers of content and has shifted attention from access to information towards access to other people.”John Seely Brown & Richard P. Adler (2008) Minds on Fire - Open Education, The Long Tail and Learning 2.0 http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/MindsonFireOpenEducationt/45823?time=1201604527


Web 1.0 to Web 3.0

Gary Hayes (2006) Virtual Worlds, Web 3.0 and Portable Profiles http://www.personalizemedia.com/index.php/2006/08/27/virtual-worlds-web-30-and-portable-profiles/


Technology and today’s students

Constantly connected to information and each other, students don't just consume information. They create — and re-create — it. …Bypassing traditional authority channels, self-publishing — in print, image, video, or audio — is common. George Lorenzo, Diana Oblinger & Charles Dziuban (2007) How Choice, Co-Creation, and Culture Are Changing What It Means to Be Net Savvy http://www.educause.edu/apps/eq/eqm07/eqm0711.asp?bhcp=1

http://www.poly.asu.edu/elearning/images/cartoon.jpg


RSS (really simple syndication)

RSS allows you to subscribe and read news from your favourite websites, without having to visit each site.

Content streams, called RSS feeds or news feeds, often contain content that changes frequently.


RSS

A software tool known as an aggregator or feed reader is required, e.g.

Alernatively, a web browser may be used, e.g.

or, an email client, e.g.


RSS

Adapted from Stephanie Quilao (2006) How to explain RSS the Oprah way http://cravingideas.blogs.com/backinskinnyjeans/2006/09/how_to_explain_.html


RSS in action - Netvibes

http://www.netvibes.com/


RSS in action - Google Reader

http://www.google.com/ig http://www.google.com/reader


Blogs

http://sacibgeography.blogspot.com/

“Writing stops; blogging continues. Writing is inside; blogging is outside. Writing is monologue; blogging is conversation. Writing is thesis; blogging is synthesis … none of which minimizes the importance of writing.”Will Richardson (2006) Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms, page 31


Blogs - subject specific

St Andrew’s College http://sacibgeography.blogspot.com/


Blogs - by students

http://namasayaratria.blogspot.com/


Blogs - for other teachers

http://pypict.blogspot.com/


Blogs - for parents and mentors

http://isnms.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/new-unit-of-inquiry-community/


Blogs - for students

http://ibcityhonors.blogspot.com/


Blogs - for the wider community

http://blogs.ibo.org/opls/


Blogs: PPD - priceless professional development

David Warlick http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/


Wikis

Wiki - a website where content can be added, edited or removed by anyone with access to a Web browser and the Internet. Wikis can be used for collaborative writing or group projects involving multimedia.


Wikis

http://wikipedia.org


Wikis in action - school policies

Colegio Internacional de Caracas http://www.cic-caracas.org/wikiv2/index.php?title=Main_Page


Wikis in action - dynamic resources

Presentation wiki http://ibna2008.wikispaces.com/


Wikis in action - sharing & providing info

http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/


Wikis in action - sharing good practice & resources

http://ibgeog.wikispaces.com/


Wikis in action - collaborative learning

IBHistoryHLWiki http://ibhistoryhlwiki.wikispaces.com/Mao


Podcasting/vodcasting

The subscription feed distinguishes a podcast from a simple download. This is similar to the difference between the newspaper at the newsagent and the paper delivered to your home every morning. Ewan MacDonald (2006)

Vodcasting - the content is video rather than audio

“Podcast” - any software and hardware combination that enables automatic downloading of audio files for listening at the users' convenience.


Podcasting/vodcasting in action

Coral Gables High School, Florida http://cghs.dadeschools.net/podcast/default.htm



International School of Beijing http://cms.isb.bj.edu.cn/?q=blog/8



Horatiu Pop - IB Physics Help http://ibphysicshelp.qb1.libsyn.com/index.php?post_category=Video%20Podcasts



Arendal International School, Norway http://arendal.podcastspot.com/



EdTechTalk Women of Web 2.0 http://edtechtalk.com/WomenofWeb2.0


Social bookmarking

Social bookmarking sites are a popular way to store, classify, share and search links through folksonomy techniques. Social bookmarking has three key benefits: Access your bookmarks anywhere Share your bookmarks with friends/colleagues See what others have bookmarked via interesting tags

…and it fosters collective tagging


Lee on Del.icio.us

http://del.icio.us/


Paul on Diigo

http://www.diigo.com/


Social networking

Increasingly, this is why students log on. Websites that draw people back are those that connect them with friends, colleagues, or even strangers who have a shared interest. …truly engaging social networking offers an opportunity to contribute, share, communicate, and collaborate.The New Media Consortium & the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (2007) www.nmc.org/pdf/2007_Horizon_Report.pdf

This new online connectedness is redefining the word 'friend'. eSchool News, 22 March 2007 - article on 2006 annual Speak Up survey http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6951


Social networking - visualization

Nexus Friend Graph http://nexus.ludios.net/view/demo/?dark=0&zoom=1000


Social networking - Flickr

is a photo sharing website, widely used by bloggers as a photo repository. Flickr’s community tools allow photos to be tagged, browsed and commented upon.

Cogdogblog (2006) What Can We Do With Flickr? http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/265279980/


Flickr in action

Thomas Hawk http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/103726999/


Flickr in action

Keepps (2008) http://www.flickr.com/photos/isg-online/sets/72157605080968640/


Social networking – MySpace, FaceBook

Facebook - users create profiles that include interests, pictures, etc. Information in a profile (e.g. favourite band) links that user to others who have posted similar information. MySpace is similar and is currently the world's 6th most popular website.Alexa, Global Top 500 http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ts_mode=global&lang=none


Social networking - MySpace

QHHS IB Nerds


Social networking - FaceBook

Facebook – IB Survivors http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2204599157


Social networking is not just for students

http://pypexhibition.ning.com/


Social networking is not just for students

http://www.classroom20.com/


Social networking - YouTube

YouTube - users can post and tag videos, watch those submitted by others, add comments, search for content, participate in groups, etc. Globally, it is the 3rd most popular website.Alexa, Global Top 500 http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ts_mode=global&lang=none

One Day in the Life of IB Diploma Candidates “Created by Colleen, Hannah and Juli for their senior project.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdJo3LfEB3k&feature=related#

Personal Project: Demo Reel - dukedarksword http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHlQa90NX4Q#


YouTube annotations

Add speech bubbles, notes & spotlights to videos. E.g.


Electronic portfolios (e-portfolios)/digital portfoliose-portfolio - collection of electronic evidence (including text, files e.g. Word and PDF, images, multimedia, blog entries, Web links etc.) assembled and managed by a user, generally online.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_portfolio March 2007

E-portfolios are demonstrations of the user’s abilities and platforms for self-expression, and, if online, can be maintained over time.

Some e-portfolio applications permit varying audience access, so the same portfolio might be used for multiple purposes.


E-portfolios

Three main purposes:

Developmental

Representational

Reflective


E-portfolios - students

Folios International http://www.foliosinternational.com/swf/galmorgan.swf


E-portfolios - professional

Chris Smith http://www.shambles.net/csmith/


E-portfolios: futures?


(E-)learning 2.0

“We are moving into a new era of sharing content, collaborating and syndicating learning materials online. This is not just about learning content but about developing new ways of learning.” Jane Knight, Learning Light, 2007

Traditionally e-learning has focussed on content delivery and consumption by students. In moving to e-learning 2.0 there is greater emphasis on connections, context and learning as a process not an outcome.


(E-)learning 2.0

Scott Wilson (2005) Future VLE http://zope.cetis.ac.uk/members/scott/blogview?entry=20050125170206


Virtual Worlds

Initiated & manage by Westley Field at MLC School, Sydney, Australia http://www.skoolaborate.com/


Second Life – ISTE Education Island

www.iste.org/secondlife/


Second Life – InternationaI Schools Island

Playing music at dawn….

http://internationalschoolsisland.blogspot.com/


SmallWorlds

SmallWorlds runs inside your web browser, using Adobe Flash Player http://www.smallworlds.com/


Lively

Lively allows you to communicate and express yourself using avatars in your very own space (room). http://www.lively.com/


Summary/closing thoughts

Advancing adoption and use of social software in schools requires the three C’s - comfort, confidence, and creativity.

Christopher D. Sessums, 20 December 2006 http://elgg.net/csessums/weblog/144604.html

…the fast development of Web 2.0 has created a situation where many of the powers-that-be have no idea that such possibilities exist.


Summary/closing thoughts

B Nesbitt (2007)“This project was created to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills. Equally important, it serves to motivate district level leaders to provide teachers with the tools and training to do so.”

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8&feature=related

A Vision of K-12 Students Today


Thank you

Lee Davis – Head of Online Professional Learning [email protected]

Paul Fairbrother - Head of Online Learning