Connecting and Sharing:

Building Learning Communities Using Web 2.0

Goals of the presentation

1. Talk about the changes in education.2. Discuss innovative practices in schools.

3. Discuss how parents can become engaged through this medium.

Education is changing

What about our kids now?

Remixed from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/margolove/3139034331/

Digital Literacies (From National Council of Teachers

of English)Develop proficiency with the tools of technology

Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally

Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes

Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information

•Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts

Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments

Is this picture okay to have in this presentation?

From: http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/02/13/british-supermarket-tesco-doubles-order-for-free-range-chickens/

Is this picture okay to have in this presentation?

From: http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/02/13/british-supermarket-tesco-doubles-order-for-free-range-chickens/

cc licensed flickr photo by steren.giannini:

http://flickr.com/photos/steren/2732488224/

How is education changing right now?

Are we being proactive?

From: http://engage.education

.alberta.ca/inspiring-action/

Inspiration

"You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case." - Ken Kesey

Authentic Learning

Global Connections

A Teacher’s Perspective

Conne

Students Leading the Way

Learning from each other creates more opportunities

School Impact

Identity Day

What parents can do

Participate

Closing Thoughts

References and Resources

Forest Green School - http://forestgreenschool.ca

My Brother (Alec Couros)

Will Richardson

Dean Shareski

Education Future Search - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM4ltzS1vrU