web 2.0

Online Learning Tools and Resources Chris O'Neal [email protected]

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What is web 2.0?

A “new” version of the Web that is Customizable Interactive User-Centric Personalized Controllable Mobile Socially Motivated

New Tools for Learning

Wikis & Collaborative Publishing Online Living Document Collaboration Social Bookmarking Social Networking

The Digital Backpack

Web 2.0 Questions

Applicability to classroom – content, needs, standards Dependability Ease of Use Student Safety & Information Literacy Teacher Tech Savviness & Student Media Literacy Copyright & Fair Use Concerns Tapping into the MySpace Mind

The New NETS-S

Creativity and Innovation Communication and Collaboration Research and Information Fluency Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving, and Decision Making Digital Citizenship Technology Operations & Concepts •

Addressing the “other” digital divide?

So What?

• The combination of these newer tools, more rigorous standards, and richer online learning experiences provides an opportunity for a different kind of student...

A Few Web 2.0 Concepts and Tools...

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Wikis

What’s a Wiki?

Immediate Publishing Immediate Collaboration Collective Intelligence Drafts, revisions, final all in one History of Edits The Wikipedia “Issues”

Blogging

Online Journaling and Publishing Single and Group Authors Collaborative Feedback Publishes a Progression of Learning Offers a Huge Audience and an Easy Medium Red Flag The ol ‘blog just for blog’s sake syndrome

Google Docs

One example of a shift in mindsets Online, collaborative, real-time, protected writing and publishing The benefit of a wiki, but the privacy and security of a Word document on your computer http://docs.google.com

Social Bookmarking

A del.icio.us way to take advantage of each other’s Internet favorites/bookmarks I bookmark online I share it, you see it, others see it We join forces and have a filtered, organized, tested set of collaborative bookmarks http://del.icio.us/edleadersonline

Social Networking

MySpace and Facebook Ning - an online social network geared more toward adults Classroom 2.0 - classroom20.ning.com

Library 2.0 - library20.ning.com

Second Life Virtual world of socializing, businesses, flying, avatars

Social Networking & Teen Safety

66% of Online Teens say their profile is not visible to everyone 32% of Online Teens were contacted by strangers, with 65% of those stating that they ignored the contact, deleted, or reported it.

“I'm really careful with the whole MySpace thing...I've heard of employers not hiring people because of it. I don’t post anything that I can’t show my mom or grandma...” Pew, 6/2007

Teacher Planning 2.0

Teachers focus on content and instructional goals Look to

students

for guidance on the tools Another opportunity to “tap into the MySpace mind” Task Group Persuasive Essay Tool Pros Cons Cautions Demos?

Leadership 2.0

The World Economic Forum noted that “…Not all companies that experimented with new organizational structure have flourished, but all companies that

failed

floundered.” to experiment have

You 2.0

• “Many students in the 21st century don't think of technology as something separate from daily life, and perhaps online learning should not be thought of as separate from the teaching and learning that goes on in school every day.” • NACOL National Primer 2007

Web 2.0 Resources

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