1. Teaching and Learning in a Web 2.0 World

2. Review Review of Session 1  Overview of Institute  Define Web 2.0  Introduction to Web 2.0 Tools  HCC Technology Tools  Today’s Students o Generational Diversity o Learning Styles/Intelligence Types  Your Teaching Style  7 Principles of Good Practice  Lesson Planning o Bloom’s Taxonomy  Writing effective learning objectives

3. Blogs and Blogging

4. What is a Blog? “Web Log” Began as online diaries or journals Commentary, descriptions of events, graphics, or video Displayed in reverse-chronological order Readers leave comments in an interactive format Blogs in Plain English (2 min 58 sec) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI

5. Blogs and Blogging Sample Blogs

6. Blogs and Blogging Learning Benefits of Blogs  Increase student participation (students enjoy the blogging format)  Helps students to develop creative and critical thinking  Fosters strong analytical skills through reading and writing  Exposes students to a variety of opinions including quality information from experts in the field  Increases students' information and computer literacy  Encourages shy students to participate  Builds academic collaboration outside of the classroom  Helps foster a sense of community in a class handout

7. Blogs and Blogging Teaching Strategies Using Blogs Activity In preparation for today you were asked to review the Chickering and Gamson handout. Discussion Question What blog strategies did you identify that might be appropriate for your lesson’s learning objectives? handout

8. Meet your Colleague Athena Smith

9. Blog Search Engines

10. Blogs and Blogging Blog Search Engines Google - http://blogsearch.google.comhttp://blogsearch.google.com Technorati - http://technorati.comhttp://technorati.com Bloglines - www.bloglines.comwww.bloglines.com EduBlogs - http://edublogs.orghttp://edublogs.org handout

11. Blogs and Blogging Search for Blogs Use one or more of the blog search engines to locate existing blogs for your teaching discipline and/or lesson plan. Activity

12. Existing Blogs Blogs – by Subject Discipline See handout.

13. Creating a Blog

14. Blogs and Blogging Blog Sites Blogger - www.blogger.comwww.blogger.com Xanga - www.xanga.comwww.xanga.com LiveJournal - www.livejournal.comwww.livejournal.com Word Press - http://wordpress.comhttp://wordpress.com handout

15. Blogs and Blogging Blogger Training See tutorial. Activity

16. Lesson Planning

17. Blog and Blogging Lesson Plan Update your lesson plan guide. Include a blog activity that meets the learning objectives by: creating a custom blog or using an existing blog Activity

18. Assessing Student Learning of Blog Activities

19. Lesson Plan Assessment Assessment Refer to the Cross Papers booklet on assessment of student learning. Use one of the rubrics as a model to develop a rubric to assess your blog activity. Activity

20. Review

21.  Overview of blogs  Learning benefits of blogs  Teaching strategies using blogs  Blog search engines  Blogs by discipline  Custom blog sites  Blogger; creating a custom blog  Lesson Plan activity  Assessing blog activities Review of Blogs

22. Wikis

23. What is a Wiki? Allows easy creation and editing of interlinked web pages Collaborative Exchange of information Wikis in Plain English (3 min 53 sec) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

24. Sample Wikis Wikis

25. Learning Benefits of Using Wikis Wikis  Fast and efficient collaboration  Easy interaction with peers and instructor; feedback  Inclusive - all students have access to each other's ideas  Just-in-time - vehicle for providing information when students need it  Students and instructor have immediate access to the most recent versions of documents. No more emailing multiple drafts and compiling the results!  Compiles information and resources to create a complete body of knowledge regarding a topic.  An open environment encourages participation and a strong sense of common purpose. handout

26. Teaching Strategies Using Wikis Wikis  Tracking Group Projects  Web site creation  Project development  Group authoring  Pre-reading Many additional strategies in the Chickering and Gamson handout.

27. Meet your Colleague Dr. Bruce Bondurant

28. Wiki Searches

29. Wikis Wikibooks - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Pagehttp://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page WikiIndex - http://wikiindex.org/Welcomehttp://wikiindex.org/Welcome Wiki Director - http://wiki.wetpaint.com/page/Wiki+Directoryhttp://wiki.wetpaint.com/page/Wiki+Directory Wiki.com - http://www.wiki.com/ WetPaint - http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/ handout

30. Wikis Search for Wikis Use one or more of the wiki search engines to locate existing wikis for your teaching discipline and/or lesson plan. Activity

31. Existing Wikis Wikis – by Discipline See handout.

32. Creating a Wiki

33. Wikis Wiki Sites Atwiki - http://atwiki.comhttp://atwiki.com MoinMoin - http://moinmo.in/http://moinmo.in/ Twiki - http://twiki.org/http://twiki.org/ Wetpaint - http://www.wetpaint.com/http://www.wetpaint.com/ Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/http://www.wikispaces.com/ handout

34. Wikis Wikispaces Training See tutorial. Activity

35. Lesson Planning

36. Wikis Lesson Plan Update your lesson plan guide. Include a wiki activity that meets the learning objectives by: creating a custom wiki or using an existing wiki Activity

37. Assessing Student Learning of Wiki Activities

38. Lesson Plan Assessment Assessment Refer to the Cross Papers booklet on assessment of student learning. Use one of the rubrics as a model to develop a rubric to assess your wiki activity. Activity

39. Review

40.  Overview of wikis  Learning benefits of wikis  Teaching strategies using wikis  Wiki search engines  Wikis by discipline  Custom wiki sites  WikiSpaces; creating a custom wiki  Lesson Plan activity  Assessing wiki activities Review of Wikis

41. Preparation for Next Session  Review your lesson plans and revise as needed  Review Chickering and Gamson document  Identify twitter and facebook strategies that meet your learning objectives  Continue to review the Cross Papers booklet on assessment of student learning Preparing for Next Session