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through Bloggingthrough Blogging

Examining 21Examining 21stst century literacies and century literacies and applications for blogging in the classroom.applications for blogging in the classroom.

Jennifer Carrier DormanJennifer Carrier Dorman

We are at a turning point in We are at a turning point in the tech industry and the tech industry and

perhaps even in the history perhaps even in the history of the worldof the world

Tim O’Reilly – Feb. 14, 2006 Tim O’Reilly – Feb. 14, 2006

The Case for 21The Case for 21stst Century Education Century Education

Education is changing.Education is changing. Competition is changing internationally.Competition is changing internationally. The workplace, jobs, and skill demands are The workplace, jobs, and skill demands are

changing.changing.

Global ImplicationsGlobal Implications

These changes, among others, are ushering us These changes, among others, are ushering us toward a world where knowledge, power, and toward a world where knowledge, power, and productive capability will be more dispersed productive capability will be more dispersed than at any time in our history—a world where than at any time in our history—a world where value creation will be fast, fluid, and value creation will be fast, fluid, and persistently disruptive. persistently disruptive.

A world where only the connected will A world where only the connected will survive. survive.

Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything

Global ImplicationsGlobal Implications

A power shift is underway, and a tough new A power shift is underway, and a tough new business rule is emerging: Harness the new business rule is emerging: Harness the new collaboration or perish. collaboration or perish.

Those who fail to grasp this will find Those who fail to grasp this will find themselves ever more isolated—cut off from themselves ever more isolated—cut off from the networks that are sharing, adapting, and the networks that are sharing, adapting, and updating knowledge to create value.updating knowledge to create value.


Get flat or be flattenedGet flat or be flattened

Implications for SchoolsImplications for Schools

For smart schools [companies], the rising tide For smart schools [companies], the rising tide of mass collaboration offers vast of mass collaboration offers vast opportunity…Schools [Companies] can reach opportunity…Schools [Companies] can reach beyond their walls to sow the seeds of beyond their walls to sow the seeds of innovation and harvest a bountiful crop. innovation and harvest a bountiful crop. – (edits by Will Richardson, original words in (edits by Will Richardson, original words in

brackets)brackets)


Implications for SchoolsImplications for Schools

Indeed, educators [firms] that cultivate nimble, Indeed, educators [firms] that cultivate nimble, trust-based relationships with external trust-based relationships with external collaborators are positioned to form vibrant collaborators are positioned to form vibrant classroom [business] ecosystems that enhance classroom [business] ecosystems that enhance learning [create value] more effectively than learning [create value] more effectively than hierarchically organized schools [businesses]. hierarchically organized schools [businesses]. – (edits by Will Richardson, original words in (edits by Will Richardson, original words in

brackets)brackets)


Digital NativesDigital Natives

Who are the digital natives and Who are the digital natives and what is their learning profile?what is their learning profile?

Who are the digital natives?Who are the digital natives?

Our students today are all “native speakers” Our students today are all “native speakers” of the digital language of computers, video of the digital language of computers, video games, instantaneous communication, and games, instantaneous communication, and the Internet.the Internet.

Those of us who were not born into the Those of us who were not born into the digital world but have, at some later point in digital world but have, at some later point in our lives, become fascinated by and adopted our lives, become fascinated by and adopted many or most aspects of the new technology many or most aspects of the new technology are are Digital ImmigrantsDigital Immigrants..

The Nomadic Grazing Patterns of The Nomadic Grazing Patterns of Digital NativesDigital Natives

Digital Natives are used to receiving Digital Natives are used to receiving information really fast. information really fast.

They like to parallel process and multi-They like to parallel process and multi-task. task.

They prefer their graphics They prefer their graphics before before their their text rather than the opposite. text rather than the opposite.

The Nomadic Grazing Patterns of The Nomadic Grazing Patterns of Digital NativesDigital Natives

They prefer random access (like They prefer random access (like hypertext). hypertext).

They function best when networked. They function best when networked. They thrive on instant gratification and They thrive on instant gratification and

frequent rewards. frequent rewards. They prefer games to “serious” work. They prefer games to “serious” work.

Web 2.0Web 2.0The evolution of the The evolution of the

semantic read/write websemantic read/write web

Web 1.0 Web 1.0 Web 2.0 Web 2.0

What is Web 2.0?What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 is a term often applied to a perceived Web 2.0 is a term often applied to a perceived ongoing transition of the World Wide Web ongoing transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of static websites to a full-from a collection of static websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users. applications to end users. – Tim O’ReillyTim O’Reilly

Confronting the Confronting the Challenges of a Challenges of a

Participatory CultureParticipatory Culture

Media Education for the 21Media Education for the 21stst Century Century

Henry Jenkins, Director of the Comparative Henry Jenkins, Director of the Comparative Media Studies Program at MITMedia Studies Program at MIT

“If it were possible to define generally the mission of education, it could be said that its fundamental purpose is to ensure that all students benefit from learning in ways that allow them to participate fully in public, community, [Creative] and economic life.”

— New London Group (2000)

Participatory CultureParticipatory Culture

According to a recent study from the Pew Internet & American Life project (Lenhardt & Madden, 2005), more than one-half of all teens have created media content, and roughly one-third of teens who use the Internet have shared content they produced.

A Participatory Culture . . .A Participatory Culture . . .

Relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement

Strong support for creating and sharing one’s creations with others

Some type of informal mentorship whereby what is known by the most experienced is passed along to novices

A Participatory Culture . . .A Participatory Culture . . .

Members believe that their contributions matter

Members feel some degree of social connection with one another (at the least they care what other people think about what they have created)

Forms of Participatory CultureForms of Participatory Culture

Affiliations — memberships, formal and informal, in online communities centered around various forms of media, such as Friendster, Facebook, message boards, metagaming, Second Life, or MySpace

Expressions — producing new creative forms, such as digital sampling, skinning and modding, fan videomaking, fan fiction writing, zines, mash-ups

Forms of Participatory CultureForms of Participatory Culture

Collaborative Problem-solving — working together in teams, formal and informal, to complete tasks and develop new knowledge (such as through Wikipedia, alternative reality gaming, spoiling).

Circulations — Shaping the flow of media (such as podcasting, blogging).

ImplicationsImplications

A growing body of scholarship suggests potential benefits of these forms of participatory culture, including:– opportunities for peer-to-peer learning, – a changed attitude toward intellectual property, – the diversification of cultural expression, – the development of skills valued in the modern

workplace, and a more empowered conception of citizenship.

ImplicationsImplications

Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to community involvement.

The new literacies almost all involve social skills developed through collaboration and networking.

These skills build on the foundation of traditional literacy, research skills, technical skills, and critical analysis skills taught in the classroom.

The New LiteraciesThe New Literacies

Play — the capacity to experiment with one’s surroundings as a form of problem-solving

Performance — the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation and discovery

Simulation — the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real-world processes

Appropriation — the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content


Multitasking — the ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus as needed to salient details.

Distributed Cognition — the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand mental capacities

Collective Intelligence — the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal

Judgment — the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sources


Transmedia Navigation — the ability to follow the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities

Networking — the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information

Negotiation — the ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms.

BlogsBlogsStudents as CreatorsStudents as Creators

BlogsBlogs

A blog is a website for which an individual or a A blog is a website for which an individual or a group frequently generates text, photographs, group frequently generates text, photographs, video or audio files, and/or links, typically (but video or audio files, and/or links, typically (but not always) on a daily basis. not always) on a daily basis. – The term is a shortened form of weblog. The term is a shortened form of weblog. – Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an

article to an existing blog is called "blogging". article to an existing blog is called "blogging". – Individual articles on a blog are called "blog posts," Individual articles on a blog are called "blog posts,"

"posts," or "entries". "posts," or "entries". – The person who posts these entries is called a The person who posts these entries is called a

"blogger". "blogger".

Why the sudden popularity of blogs?Why the sudden popularity of blogs?

RSS - Really Simple Syndication RSS - Really Simple Syndication

BloglinesBloglines

http://www.bloglines.com/

Google Reader LabsGoogle Reader Labs

https://www.google.com/reader/view/

The Power of RSSThe Power of RSS

RSS + Feed Reader/Aggregator = personalized RSS + Feed Reader/Aggregator = personalized learning/affinity networklearning/affinity network– The new WWW in actionThe new WWW in action

RSS is not limited to blogsRSS is not limited to blogs– News feedsNews feeds– PodcastsPodcasts– Wiki edits and discussionsWiki edits and discussions– Social bookmarkingSocial bookmarking

Multiple usersMultiple users

Blogs in School?Blogs in School?

Blogs are tools, and like any tools they can be Blogs are tools, and like any tools they can be used or misused. used or misused. – Misuse occurs more often when there's a lack of Misuse occurs more often when there's a lack of

instruction. (MySpace, Xanga, Facebook)instruction. (MySpace, Xanga, Facebook) Interactivity, publishing, collective Interactivity, publishing, collective

intelligenceintelligence

Why Students Shouldn’t BlogWhy Students Shouldn’t Blog People will read it. People will read it. People might not like it. People might not like it. They might share test answers with others. They might share test answers with others. They might be found by a child predator online They might be found by a child predator online They might write something inappropriate. They might write something inappropriate. They might find something inappropriate. They might find something inappropriate. They might get other students to start blogging. They might get other students to start blogging.

http://blogging101.wikispaces.com/whywhynot

Why Students Should BlogWhy Students Should Blog People will read it. People will read it. They might like it. They might like it. They might share what they've learned with others. They might share what they've learned with others. They might participate in a collaborative learning They might participate in a collaborative learning

project. project. They might become inspired to learn. They might become inspired to learn. They might inspire others to learn. They might inspire others to learn. They might get other students to start blogging. They might get other students to start blogging. If they don't talk in class, they might on a blog. If they don't talk in class, they might on a blog.

http://blogging101.wikispaces.com/whywhynot

Blogs in SchoolBlogs in School

Teacher BlogsTeacher Blogs HomeworkHomework Keep Parents in the Keep Parents in the

LoopLoop Virtual In-serviceVirtual In-service Professional Professional

collaborationcollaboration

Student BlogsStudent Blogs This week in class, we...This week in class, we... Student WorkStudent Work Online portfolioOnline portfolio Peer/teacher feedbackPeer/teacher feedback Book blogsBook blogs Connect with an expertConnect with an expert

Successful Tips for “Book” BlogsSuccessful Tips for “Book” Blogs

Get comfortable with bloggingGet comfortable with blogging Choose a relevant book [article, topic, etc.]Choose a relevant book [article, topic, etc.] Devise interesting questionsDevise interesting questions Solicit the author’s involvementSolicit the author’s involvement Welcome bloggers [experts] from outside the Welcome bloggers [experts] from outside the

classroomclassroom

Erik Langhorst – “The Dixie Clicks” 12/1/2006

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6395089.html

Daily ScribeDaily Scribe

Extending Class DiscussionExtending Class Discussion

Student Work ShowcaseStudent Work Showcase

Student-Initiated ContentStudent-Initiated Content

Student SharingStudent Sharing

Tips for BloggingTips for Blogging

http://blogging101.wikispaces.com/bloggersbeware

Blog Hosting for SchoolsBlog Hosting for Schools

Blogmeister - http://classblogmeister.com/ Blogmeister - http://classblogmeister.com/ Edublogs - http://edublogs.org/ Edublogs - http://edublogs.org/

Questions to ConsiderQuestions to Consider

Who are your teachers?Who are your teachers? How are you building your own learning How are you building your own learning

networks?networks? How are you modeling your learning for your How are you modeling your learning for your

students?students?

Will Richardson - http://www.weblogg-ed.com/

Learn More, Get InvolvedLearn More, Get Involved

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Jen Dorman’s blogJen Dorman’s blog– http://cliotech.blogspot.com/ http://cliotech.blogspot.com/

Jen’s Class Web PageJen’s Class Web Page– http://www.cbsd.org/holicong/jendorman/ http://www.cbsd.org/holicong/jendorman/

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