web 2.0 tools for teaching and learning: the best of the best

Prepared by

Chuah Kee Man Universiti Malaysia Sarawak [email protected] www.chuahkeeman.com

Web 2.0 for Teaching and Learning (CALM Workshop)

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7 May 2014 (8.30am to 12.30pm)

Workshop conducted by

Centre for Applied Learning and Multimedia (CALM)

Prepared by

Chuah Kee Man Universiti Malaysia Sarawak [email protected] www.chuahkeeman.com

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Overview of Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is accepted as the richer version of Web 1.0 (the static World Wide Web).

It facilitates a more socially connected Web where everyone is able to add to and edit

the information space. It is like having more controls over the web pages, where almost

everyone without technical expertise in web programming is able to contribute and

create web contents.

Most of the Web 2.0 applications were created or developed for social networking

purposes such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. However, in recent years, the Web

2.0 technologies have been capitalised in creating more tools for teaching and learning

purposes. Some of these are shared in this short workshop.

You can find out more about Web 2.0 via this link:

http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html

Integrating Web 2.0 tools: Some Considerations

Here are some considerations that we might want to take when integrating Web 2.0

tools into teaching and learning activities:

Provide time and space to students for familiarisations of the tools.

Be a user of the tool yourself, experiment before using it.

Aim to improve learning and not to impress learners.

Provide clear guidelines to the expectations of use. (Tell students what can

and cannot be done)

Tools Covered in the Workshop

A. Content Management/Creation Tools i. Educreations (http://www.educreations.com)

ii. Blendspace (http://www.blendspace.com)

iii. Curriculet (http://www.curriculet.com)

B. Quiz Tools i. Socrative (http://www.socrative.com)

ii. Blubbr (http://www.blubbr.tv)

C. Brainstorming/Discussion Tools i. Padlet (http://www.padlet.com)

ii. Mural.ly (http://www.mural.ly)


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Educreations (http://www.educreations.com)

Educreations is like an interactive whiteboard tool that allows you to record a mini

lesson where you are explaining a specific concept or formula. It gives you the tool to

record your own voice while you are scribbling on the digital whiteboard.

Steps

1. Sign up an account and log in.

2. Once at the dashboard, create a course (for your class usage).

3. Now that your course has been created, proceed to create a lesson.

Enter Course

Name

Choose the

Privacy Setting

Insert a brief description

of the course


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4. To create a new lesson, youll be seeing an empty whiteboard as shown below:

5. Click RECORD when you are ready to start recording your lesson (Make sure the

microphone is available for voice over when you are explaining).If you get the

following prompt, please choose ALLOW then close the box so that the recording

can be done.

6. Once you are done, just click SAVE, and your lesson will be in the form of a

video. Unfortunately, theres no options for you to edit the video yet.

Lesson Ideas:

EduCreations is suitable to illustrate a concept in chunks. You can use it to

explain formulas step-by-step and embed it in your e-learning page.

Button to upload image

Pen colour and eraser

Record button


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Blendspace (http://www.blendspace.com)

Blendspace (used to be called EdCanvas) is like a content management tool where

recourses on a specific topic can be saved and compiled in one space.

Steps

1. Sign up a Teacher/Educator account and log in.

2. Once logged in, youll see two featured lessons. You can browse through first to

experience the Blendspace.

3. Now, lets try to create one. Click + New Lesson

4. After the new lesson template is created, you should be able to see blank

squares in tile-like layout. Start by entering a title for your Blendspace.

Click here to

start creating


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5. On the right side of the template, youll see list of resources (in icons) for you to

search for relevant materials.

6. Drag the preferred material into the tile of your choice.

7. Continue adding more resources. Rearrange them by dragging the tile to a new

position. Remember, one tile can fit only 1 resource.

Drag the resources

into the tile

Search for

materials

List of icons

for different

sources

Click to share

Click Play to

preview


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8. You can also add plain text and simple quizzes in a specific tile. The quiz feature

allows you to track students responses too.

9. To view your Blendspace, click Play. To share it out, click the Share button. You

can give your students the link given in the share column. Or choose other

sharing options including embed.

10. You can also customise your Blendspace by choosing a different layout or theme.

Lesson Ideas:

Blendspace is a good way to supplement the usual PowerPoint presentation.

Students can also be told to use it as a repository for a specific topic, as a pre-

class activity.


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Curriculet (http://www.curriculet.com)

Curriculet is a digital reading platform that allows teachers to enrich reading by

embedding their questions, quizzes and rich media directly into the reading.

Steps


2. Once logged in, create a new class and add your students in if they are

registered.

3. Now, click Library and add your content. Choose from a File and upload an

article/reading materials (preferable in PDF format) from your computer.

Go to Library

Add your

content


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4. Wait for your uploaded content to be converted to Curriculet format.

5. Once ready, youll be shown the navigational guide and brief guide on how to

select the text in your document (in order to add questions or checkpoints).

6. Once you reached the text part of your document, you can assign questions for

the sections that you want your students to focus on.

7. Click and Hold at the beginning of the text and wait for the blue bubble to appear,

then drag the complete sentence(s) that you would like to add

Annotation/Question or Quiz on.


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8. You can add open-ended questions or multiple-choice questions, allowing

students to test their understanding real-time (something like guided

comprehension).

9. Once added, students will be able to see the icon indicating several important

checkpoints.

Type the

question and

Save

Lesson Ideas:

Curriculet is a good reading tool to test students understanding of an assigned

material. It also allows them to discuss it online. No more boring paper-

based reading comprehension.


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Socrative (http://www.socrative.com )

Socrative is an increasingly popular quiz tool that allows students to be tested in various ways.

Its interface is also appealing and mobile-friendly. The Version 2.0 is now available, but in this

case, the Version 1.0 is being shown.

Steps

1. Sign up a teacher account and log in.

2. Once logged in, you will be shown a list of tasks in a text-based interface.

3. Go to My Profile and change your room number to a name which is easier to

remember (avoid spacing if possible).

Go to My

Profile to

change your

room number

Room number is

what the

students need to

enter when doing

the quiz.


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4. Change the Room Number to your course code if you wish.

5. Now, lets create a quiz. Go to Main Screen and click Manage Quizzes

6. Give a title to your quiz and start adding questions (multiple choice or short

answer). You can also add image for your question. Keep adding more.

Click to Change room

number

Click here to

add/edit/import

quizzes

Add image from

computer

Make sure your

tick the correct

answer


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7. Once you are done, you need to start the quiz. Go to the main screen and start the

quiz. You can choose student paced or teacher paced. Student paced means they

can proceed to the next question once they have answered one, while teacher

paced needs you as the teacher to determine when to move on to the next question.

8. Now to test your quiz, ask your students to go to http://m.socrative.com/student/

and enter the Room Number. (e.g. kml1063 as shown in this example.)

9. Students will be prompted with the first question, and they need to input their

name if they are not registered (its good to ask them to register).

10. From teachers view, you can see the Live Results. Dont forget to End Activity in

order to end the quiz. It will not end until you do so. You have a choice to export

the report in Excel format for diagnosis purposes.

11. Note: You can also start a Space Race (competition based) for your quick (view it

at the Main screen).

Select the quiz that

you have created just

now.

Click Randomise Answer

Choices to allow variety in

students view.

Lesson Ideas:

Socrative is useful for quick assessments to test students understanding on a

specific topic. It adds more fun with the Space Race feature.


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Blubbr (http://www.blubbr.tv)

Blubbr.tv allows people to play and create video trivia games about the things they

love. It makes use of YouTube videos to create quizzes.

Steps


2. Once logged in, you will see the blubbr dashboard.

3. Go to MyTrivs and start creating a new one.

4. Search existing videos (preferable short ones, e.g. less than 2 minutes), and add

question to the video. The interface is clean and very straightforward.

5. Keep on adding until you are satisfied and then click Im Done.

Add questions here. The first

box is the one for the correct

answer.

Search videos

here then drag to

the timeline


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6. Then share the link to your students. They are given 20 seconds to answer each

question after they have viewed the assigned video of the question. Scores are

given to add some fun element.

Lesson Ideas:

Blubbr.tv is a fun quiz options to create some forms of interactive elements in

your lecture or classroom activities. Students can also use it to create trivia to

test each others understanding on a given topic.


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Padlet (http://www.padlet.com)

Padlet used to be known as Wallwisher and ever since its introduction it has grown

from strength to strength as a brainstorming and discussion tool. Its simple and user-

friendly interface makes it appealing to the learners.

Steps

1. Sign up an account and log in. (You can build a wall without signing up, but to

allow more customisation, you are advise to sign up)

2. Once logged in, you will see the Padlet dashboard.

3. Click Create New Padlet to start a new one.

4. Then you are presented with the newly created wall.


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5. Click Modify Wall to add more information to your wall and do some

customisation. Firstly, enter the Title and Brief Description.

6. Then choose your preferred wallpaper and layout.

Click Modify Wall

Add the description and also

title


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7. To allow easy sharing of your wall, you can also customise the URL or address.

8. To add content to the wall, students only need to double click on it and start

posting. They can add texts, links and uploaded files.

9. You can also export the Padlet discussion into Image, CSV, PDF or Excel format

for record keeping. Just click the Export icon and choose your preferred options.

Pick a new address to allow

easy access.

Select text to get the new

formatting options.


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Export options

Lesson Ideas:

Padlet.com can be used as a record keeping of their usual face-to-face

discussions. It can also be used as a real-time discussion tool if Internet

connection and computers are available. Students do not have to rewrite their

discussion onto the whiteboard.


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Mural.ly (http://www.mural.ly)

Mural.ly is another visual-based brainstorming and collaborative tool that is gaining

popularity. It somehow works like Padlet but with more features.

Steps


2. Once logged in, youll see a Blank Room. Create a new room. You can use your

course name as the name of the room.

3. Once the room is created, its time to create a new mural. Click on Create New

Mural.

4. Insert a title for your Mural and start adding in content.


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5. All content is auto-save. You can also export your Mural into an image file if

needed.

Lesson Ideas:

Mural.ly is suitable for students to create digital mind-map and as well as

visual discussion. The Mural can be used as in classroom presentation or as

part of an assignment.

Choose the types of

content

Insert (drag) the

content here

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