Using Web 2.0 Collaboration Tools in the Classroom Annemarie Garvey

What is Web 2.0? Michael Wesch Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology Kansas State University

connection in the classroom, you are no longer the smartest There is a persistent gap between how today's digital natives learn in schools and how they work and interact outside of school--a trend that underscores the need for districts to keep pace with technological advances and adapt to students' learning needs. - Lightspeed Systems If you have an internet connection in the classroom, you are no longer the smartest person in the room!

A Step Back in Time

http://web2tutorial.wikispaces.com/

1 9 INTERNET MAKEOVER Primarily to retrieve information Information flowed in a “ONE WAY” direction Websites built by “techies” using HTML or FTP language 1 9

2 4 BIRTH OF NEW WEB TOOLS People with NO programming skills 4 People with NO programming skills adding content to the web Publishing journals, photographs, videos, wikis, podcasts, slideshows, auctions Web became a “TWO-WAY” street Everyday people creating the content

2 7 SECOND GENERATION WEB 2.0 AKA – READ/WRITE WEB 7 AKA – READ/WRITE WEB Breeding ground for creative and engaging educational endeavors Teachers launch classrooms into the 21st Century Students...... Creating online content Collaborating w/other students and showcasing their work to a global audience

WEB 2.0 TOOLS The good thing about Web 2.0 tools is that they are easy to use. They are FREE………most of them. They foster communication and literacy skills that are required in the 21st Century

Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle  Thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world.

WEB 2.0 …is all about harnassing collective intelligence.

WEB 1.0 - WEB 2.0 Britannica Online Wikipedia Blogging Personal Websites Publishing Wikipedia Blogging Participation

Web 2.0 - 7 Categories Related to Education Online communication tools for parents and students (outside of school hours - not email) Digital multimedia resources Teacher-generated online content Student-generated online content Online social networking Online learning games and simulations Student use of virtual learning environments From a national survey by Interactive Educational Systems Design Inc. (IESD), February and March 2009

Online Communication Tools

Online Communication Tools Teacher/School Web Pages Online gradebook -password protected SKYPE Classroom Blog Penguin Books Blogs – “web logs” Blogger MERIT ReadWriteWeb Ning

Multimedia Resources

Multimedia Resources Streaming Video United Streaming Teachers’ Domain Radio WillowWeb Education Podcast Network Podcasts/Videocasts

Podcasting http://www.k12handhelds.com/podcasting.php To listen to podcasts, you need: A listening device – MP3 player, palm, ipod, computer, cell phone Software for playing podcast A podcast Podcatching software (optional) RSS To create a podcasts, you need: A microphone Recording and editing software – Audacity, Garage Band A way to publish your podcast

Teacher-Generated Online Content

Teacher-Generated Online Content Videos TeacherTube YouTube Teachers’ Domain Lesson Plans/Courses Powerpoints Websites – social bookmarking portaportal diigo Delicious

Student-Generated Online Content Share Video - YouTube Publish Stories Post Podcasts PodBean Share Photos – Digital Storytelling Post Online Poster - GLOG

Online Social Networking

Online Social Networking Classroom to classroom ePals Wikispaces WetPaint Yola Twitter Facebook Google Docs

NING

On to the Future WEB 3.0 Semantic Web - tailor online searching and requests specifically to users’ preferences and needs Clusty 3D Web - imagine a Web connected to everything not only your cellphone but your car, microwave and clothes / personalized avatars Where Web 2.0 was about information overload, Web 3.0 will be about control of information!

On to the Future

Source: Radar Networks and Nova Spivack, 2007 – www.radarnetworks.com

Your Turn to Enter the World of Web 2.0 and BEYOND