web 2.0 arrow to an educator's quiver

Adding the Web 2.0 Arrow to an Educator's Quiver

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The Real WorldSociety is more connected and global

More information is constantly being made available ONLINE

The majority of jobs our students will face do not exist today

Is a Moving Target

The Real WorldThe Internet has become the platform for the expression of unparalleled creativity

It is our students who are responsible for creating most of the content on the web

Is a Moving Target

The Real WorldOur students are:

Motivated

Inquiring

Self taught

In control

Independent

Immediate feedback

Authentic

Is a Moving Target

HOW?

WHY?

Early YearsSurvival Skills

Traditional 21st C

Web 1.0 Web 2.0

Reading Contributing

Receiving Collaborating

Researching Creating

Wikipedia

Flickr

Slideshare

Information is changingWHERE and HOW we learn

is changing

The Future of Education

if we continue on our current path...

formal education will become increasingly

irrelevant

The Future of Education

engagement

authenticity

participation

openness

access to information

collaborationcreativity

passionate interest

personal expression discussionproactivity

critical thinking

Quality of Learning

adapted from presentation by Steve Hargadon

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Our Objectiveconsider how we can introduce a tool

learned today back in school

Passing Reference

Google Apps

ClassroomGet students to comment on a text you have selectedWay to check students understandingStudents can critique each otherFacilitate project work through the collation of references/resources students can use

TeachersCollaborative tool when lesson planningCreation of a resource bank by topic for future reference

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Walk Two Moonsby Sharon Creech

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President Obama’s Speech: State of the Union

ClassroomPresentation tool (text, images, sound, video)Great for group / project workRepository / Virtual portfolioApplicable to a variety of subjectsAppeals to diverse learners

http://edu.glogster.com/

http://paviter.glogster.com/web20/

ClassroomPresentation tool and Mind mapper rolled in oneLarge scratch surface allows for planning / brainstormingTeach students how to sort ideas

ImportanceGrouping

Applicable in various subjectsBring in various forms of mediaEmbed or export as video

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Quiet Re!ectioncan we can introduce a tool learned today

back in school.....

Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise.

Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.

(my philosophy, taken from a quote by Claude Bissell)

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