Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
Web 2.0 “While the first wave of the Web was closely tied to the browser, the second wave extends applications across the web and enables a new generation of services and business opportunities.” Tim O’Reilly (2004)
Web 2.0 Social Applications Technology
Today’s Students
“Digital” Students: Continuously multi-tasking Work in teams Create and consume content Handle lots of information Google everything Are always connected
Learning?
Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.” Mark Prensky
Learning with Web 2.0 Tools Web 2.0
Learning Today Happens Anywhere Experiential Relevant / Real World Engaging, Active Problem Solving Critical thinking Collaborative Produce, Consume, and Organize Knowledge “Figure it out” attitude
Learning in a Web 2.0 World What do you want to learn? Where does the data /information come from? How can it be shared? What do we know? What connections can we make?
Memorize
Analyze, Synthesize
Tools for Engaging Today’s Students
Whose class is it?
Whose class is it now? Wikis Google Sites
Surveys Made Simple: Google Forms
Live Polling Embed on Blog or Web Site Include in PowerPoint Some offer Cell Phone Polling HomeHome | Prices | Developers | Blog | WikiPricesDevelopersBlogWiki beta
Create Web Video: viddler.com Video for your Blog or Web Site
Live Blogging: coveritlive.com Create a “backchannel” Ask students to take notes Post questions
Slide Sharing: slideshare.net
Collaborative Browsing: twiddla.com
Live Video Streaming: ustream.tv Turn your PC into a TV Studio Chat with your viewers.
Desktop Sharing: crossloop.com Download the Crossloop client. Yuuguu.com is another browser based desktop sharing tool
Micro-blogging: Twitter Twitter Find people like you to follow Twhirl Twhirl client on your PC Build a social network! Twitter Educators to followEducators
How cool was that? Mark Frydenberg