1. EDUC 7101 Walden University November, 2009 By Carol Lee

2. Web 2.0 Definition

4. Teaching & Learning Interest Interaction Collaboration Differentiated Instruction Learning Styles Motivation

5. Blogging &Wikispaces Educational Purposes  Promotes active participation  Interaction among students  Collaboration on group projects  Promotes critical thinking and higher order thinking skills  Gives learners the opportunity to reflect  Improves writing competencies  Reduces costs

6. What is a Wiki?

7. Wikispaces Innovation Development Process  Stage 1 – Need: To facilitate online collaboration and have web pages that were easy for anyone to edit  Stage 2 – Research Ward Cunningham Portland Patterns Repository--- 1 st Wiki http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki?WelcomeVisitors Tangient LLC (Wikispaces creator)

8. Wikispaces Innovation Development Process  Stage 3 Development Problems No problems were cited  Intended Audience Computer users that wanted to create and share information  Stage 4 Commercialization Corporate America Education ○ Free space

9. WIKISPACES TIMELINE Knowledge February 2005 Implementation March 2005 Persuasion September 2005 Confirmation 2006- Present

10. WIKISPACES S-CURVE Number of registered users

11. BLOGGING “ Online diary on Web site: a frequently updated personal journal chronicling links at a Web site, intended for public viewing” (Encarta Online, 2009).

12. BLOGGING Innovation Development Process  Stage 1 – Need: To keep an up-to-date account of happening in a person’s life or business ventures  Stage 2 – Research Online diaries Links.net No real research besides individuals/businesses creating the software to use blogs.

13. BLOGGING Innovation Development Process  Stage 3 – Development: 1. Initial beginning 2. Automated Publishing Services 3. Intended Audience -Any computers users that want to create online diaries for personal or business use  Stage 4 – Commercialization Various publication services

14. WIKISPACES BLOGGING

15. Blogging Timeline NeedResearchDevelopment Commercialization KnowledgeImplementationPersuasion Confirmation 1997 1999- present

16. BLOGGING S-CURVE Number of bloggers

17. Innovators & Early Adopters Tech Savvy Administrators Faculty & Staff Wikispaces Blogging

18. Persuasive Strategies for Adoption in Education  Trial period  Providing professional development  Individual assistance

19. Laggards Well I just don’t know if I can do it!!!!

20. Persuasive Strategies for adoption  Trial periods  Providing Professional Development  Personal assistance  Incentives

21. Meeting Critical Mass in Education

22. Critical Mass Already Met!!!!!!

23. Best Approach to Adoption Sharing of power Nonexperts Problem centered High degree of local systems

24. CHANGE AGENTS  Administrators  Principals

26. REFERENCES  Cann, A. (2009). What's so special about web 2.0? http://www.microbiologybytes.com/tutorials/ple/ple2.html http://www.microbiologybytes.com/tutorials/ple/ple2.html  Cunningham, W. (2009) WikiWiiWeb. Retrieved September 27, 2009 at http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki?WelcomeVisitorshttp://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki?WelcomeVisitors  Encarta Online (2009). Blog. Retrieved September 29, 2009 from http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_701704685/blog.htmlhttp://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_701704685/blog.html  The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology. (2009). Retrieved September 29, 2009 at http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/wikis/index.htm http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/wikis/index.htm  Wikispaces (2009). Wikispaces. Retrieved October 12, 2009 at http://blog.wikispaces.com/2009/03/wikispaces-birthday- site-statistics.htmlhttp://blog.wikispaces.com/2009/03/wikispaces-birthday- site-statistics.html  Wikispaces.com. (2009). Wikispaces turns three. Retrieved at http://blog.wikispaces.com/2008/03/wikispaces-turns- three.html