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 QuestionsApplicability 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-SCreativity 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 2.0Teachers focus on content and instructional goals
Look to students for guidance on the tools
Another opportunity to “tap into the MySpace mind”
Task Tool Pros Cons Cautions
Demos?
Group Persuasive Essay
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 to experiment have floundered.”
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
http://webtwopointo.wikispaces.com
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