K12 Learning 2.0Using the Tools to Learn About (hopefully more than) the Tools

My Info & Today’s Dessert

Shelley Paul | @lottascalesshelley (dot) paul @ gmail.com

First, an Invitation

http://k12learning20.wikispaces.com

The Intent

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisgold/3229042760/

The Nagging Worry

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaworukoneru/2230794481/

The Dilemma

It can be hard to know what you want to do if you don’t know what’s possible.

What you hope for...“I have become a learner again.”

“What do you like about blogging?”

http://blog.woodward.edu/ps_edmison/?p=235

The Evolution

The Inspiration: 43 Things I might want to do this year (article by Stephen Abrams)

The Original: PLCMC Learning 2.0 (Helene Blowers' program for public library staff)

The Offspring: K12 Learning 2.0 (my course)

“Official” Objectives

Survey of tools

Exposure to “shifts”

Models

Tacit Objectives

Community

Technological Self-reliance

Curiosity

Risk-taking

What’s under the hood?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/4782904694/

K12 Learning 2.0

Course designCore technologiesSupport resources Scaffolding and repetition

Test Drive (Your Turn)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/4782904694/

http://k12learning20.wikispaces.com

A Few of My Favorite “Things...”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/santos/61479875/

“Whether the blogs were about writing, ecology, or  encouraging learning, they made me feel connected to people I have never met in person – and never will, but whose opinions were suddenly important. This was a pleasant and exciting surprise.”

Thoughts on Blog Posts

“It is literally a written conversation with the world. What an opportunity for opening the mind!”

http://travel1.edublogs.org/2008/09/24/thing-4-thoughts-on-blog-posts/

Student-Based Learning for the Adult

“ By reviewing the materials, I was able to identify the problem and implement the solution. What a wonderful lesson to learn and share with adults who think being the source of all knowledge is a teacher’s primary goal. Critical thinking skills, student-based learning, and discovery learning are nurtured and taught by giving students the best tools, NOT all the answers.”

http://dbriggs.edublogs.org/2008/07/11/student-based-learning-for-the-adult/

Go Ahead and Use Me!

“We want people to take our ideas. We want people to give us theirs ... the idea of stamping something with a ‘Use Me, Please’ is exciting, if not a little bit ego-inflated. Who would want to use something I created? Everyone, clearly.”

http://cruncher18.edublogs.org/2008/03/24/go-ahead-and-use-me-creative-commons-thing-9/

Bow Olympics!

Vicki Davis is Inspiring!

http://perkone.edublogs.org/2008/05/29/thing-4-cool-cat-teachers-spy-article-is-a-must-read/#comment-13

My RSS Obsession

http://perkone.edublogs.org/2008/05/29/thing-4-cool-cat-teachers-spy-article-is-a-must-read/#comment-13

“My name in Ana, and I’m an RSS-oholic. Ok, so I’ve gotten familiar with RSS for about a month now ... I love opening my google reader to find all of my favorite news sources consolidated in my own personalized little way.

Google Docs for Music

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=cmlqdUtScUJJVEZRWmRQY3pUQk9RTEE6MA

“...with Web 2.0 you can become part of a much wider community, and are able to draw on a much larger and diverse range of opinions than those of your colleagues. I realized that I enjoy being challenged and stimulated by others who have taken the time to express their opinions and relate their experiences, and who have done so in a way that is well-written and compelling to read.”

Networked Learning

http://q8biology.edublogs.org/2008/10/29/thing-7b-will-web-20-be-an-integral-part-of-education

Networked Learning

http://q8biology.edublogs.org/2008/10/29/thing-7b-will-web-20-be-an-integral-part-of-education

“I hope that I show my students my excitement and enthusiasm for my new found knowledge. I want to be an example of someone enjoying life-long learning. Because the more I learn the more I like learning.”

http://suzedw.edublogs.org/2008/07/30/thing-23-final-thoughts/

Reflections (Thing 23)

Reflections (Thing 23)

“I think [this course] has redefined how I learn and will teach. That is a big statement. I always thought I had to be an expert on something in the computer lab before I dared take my students in but I know it is the process of learning that is just as important. I feel so good that I completed this course and I want my students to feel that exhilaration.”

http://lovingtoread6.edublogs.org/2008/07/30/thing-23-hooray/

Lessons & Discoveries

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alokemon/279923162/

CommitmentFeedback is hugeShut-down happensProblem-solving = EmpowermentFocus on students ingrainedCC is new to mostWikis = GatewayHooray Stretch tasks!Design for Habits & ConnectionsAnalog Rules!

“My students have such an amazing view of the world now. No person is too far

away or too unreachable for them!”

http://mrsedmison.edublogs.org/2008/05/11/thing-23-this-has-been-an-amazing-journey/

Reflections (Thing 23)

Questions?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87765855@N00/3105128025/

Finally, an Invitation

http://k12learning20.wikispaces.com