Educational Uses of Web 2.0

• How do you interact with the web now?• What is web 2.0 and how do students use Web 2.0?• Why do you want to use Web 2.0?• What are the challenges of Web 2.0?• How can you avoid the pitfalls of Web 2.0?• What about a district AUP including web 2.0?• What about the time it takes to do a project vs.

covering the content with a lecture?• What can you and your students do with Web 2.0?

What you can do with Web 2.0

• photosharing• Wiki-

collaborative space • Blog-online

journal• videosharing• podcasts

• RSS Feeds• interactive database• Google goodies• digital storytelling • video creation• social book marking• social networking

How do you interact with the web now?

How are students already participating in Web 2.0?

• 64% of online teens age 12-17-content-creating activities

• 39% share own artistic creations

• 33% create web pages or blogs for others

• 28% have their own blog

• 27% have their own web page

• 26% remix content: collage

Popular Student 2.0 Sites

• World of Warcraft, Second Life (Massively Multiplayer Online Games)

• MySpace/Facebook/LiveJournal (Blogs, Webpages)

• YouTube (Video)

• Think Free/ Google Docs (Content Hosting)

• Limewire / Kazaa (File Sharing)

2.0 Gaming

MMPORPG- World of Warcraft Screenshot

Why use Web 2.0?

• A better way to learn

• Training global citizens

• Using 21st century skills

• Can be done as homework

• An easier way to accomplish a task

• Kids are digital natives

How can I avoid the pitfalls of Web 2.0?

• Teach students to edit their work before publishing to the world

• Teach copyright: images, video, online info

• Teach Creative Commons licensing

• Teach to ask permission before using someone’s online work—use the Internet

Legislation / Policies

• FERPA

• CIPA

• Copyright—Carrie Russell, Office of Information Technology Policy ALA

• AUP

Positive approaches to 2.0

• Develop a District AUP that includes 2.0

• Discuss with your administrator and tech people

• Develop a toolkit

• Practice before the students do the project

The Read-Write Interactive Web Is

• an authentic, real-world vehicle for student expression and collaboration

• free and accessible from any computer

• bringing the outside world inside

• and bringing the school world outside . . .

Educational challenges of Web 2.0?

• Teach new literacy skills—editing skills

• Teach ethics, laws, copyright

• Teach online safety

• Teach web 2.0 tools are an extension of your classroom—appropriate / inappropriate

• Teach Netiquette

• Consider graduated use—Elementary, MS, HS

More challenges

• Paradigm shift in attitudes about collaboration and authorship

• Projects take time-Project-based learning vs. cover the content

• Family Education Rights and Privacy Act

District acceptable use policy- Web 2.0

• Academic Integrity--Attribution• Reading/viewing/publishing student work

online• May want to include limited access• Acceptable use for publishing to areas not

on the school web site• Internet Safety Agreement of Franklin Pari

sh School Board. http://www.fpsb.us/AUP-0708.doc

Other policy considerations

• Student contracts to reinforce ethical and responsible behavior

• Permission from parents and students to publish student photos and work

• Letter to parents with information about the educational objectives of the project

More policies

• Discuss with your principal and tech people

• Advocate for including 2.0 in existing AUP

• Check with Tech people to select one tool for each application for one school

• Disclaimers

• If using web 2.0 for a school assignment, follow school policies, even if not on the school web site

What you can do with Web 2.0

• photosharing• Wiki-

collaborative space • Blog • videosharing• podcasts

• RSS Feeds• interactive database• Google goodies• digital storytelling • video creation• social bookmarking• social networking

One thing

Workshop Sites

• http://web20mayworkshop.wikispaces.com • Wiki http://www.wikispaces.com• Photosharing http://flickr.com/• Blogging http://www.blogger.com• Video sharing http://www.youtube.com and http://

www.teachertube.com/• Podcasts • RSS feeds http://www.bloglines.com • Interactive databases Zoho Creator http://creator.zoho.com • Google http://www.google.com/• Voicethread http://voicethread.com• Creative Commons Music http://ccmixter.org/ • Animoto –create a video http://animoto.com/• Social bookmarking – http://del.icio.us • Social networking LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com