literacy remixed in a web 2.0 world
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This presentation was prepared for the Catholic Education Commission,Congregational Schools Targeted Programs Workshop, held at Mary MacKillop Place, Mount Street North Sydney.TRANSCRIPT
Web 2.0?
Judy O’Connell
27 August, 2007
http://judyoconnell.com
Literacy remixed in a
Web 2.0 World
This presentation was prepared for the Catholic Education Commission
Congregational Schools Targeted Programs Workshopheld at
Mary MacKillop PlaceMount Street North Sydney.
A short presentation - opening up ideas!
Follow underlined links to sites and videos.Visit Heyjude Blogroll to find Edubloggers mentioned in the presentation.
Presentation available at Heyjudeonline at Slideshare
With thanks to Literacy [R]Evolutions by Jess Laccetti
Blogs, Wikis, and Other Cool Tools for Education in a Flat World by J. Tubbs
August 9, 1996: The World Goes Flat
August 9, 1996: The World Goes Flat
Thomas Friedman: The World Is Flat
Thomas Friedman: The World Is Flat
What is the Flat World?
"...a global, Web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of collaboration on research and work in real time, without regard to geography, distance or, in the near future, even language."
The Internet has opened almost limitless possibilities for
contributing, collaborating, & connecting
Read/Write Web
Web 2.0
http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/
http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/
Welcome to the Human Network
Our Students Already Know This
87%Online
Pew Internet & American Life Project 2005
Our Students Already Know This
57%Content Creators
Pew Internet & American Life Project 2007
Our Students Already Know This
Have you been paying attention?
Ubiquitous Connectivity
Photo source: Introduction to Social Bookmarking
In the Flat World, what happens to traditional approaches to learning & teaching?
Adapt Your Teaching Methods
Photo Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34017702@N00/74907741/
Adapt Your Teaching Methods
21st Century Skills
Photo Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34017702@N00/74907741/
Prepare your students, and yourself, for the Flat World
Communication Skills
Photo Source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/678805
Communication Skills
Communication Skills
Communication Skills
Communication Skills
The Toolbox
Photo Source: http://www.itz.net/images/feature/toolbox_c.jpg
The Toolbox
Create
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The Toolbox
Create
Contribute
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The Toolbox
Create
Contribute
Collaborate
Photo Source: http://www.itz.net/images/feature/toolbox_c.jpg
The Toolbox
Create
Contribute
Collaborate
Connect
Photo Source: http://www.itz.net/images/feature/toolbox_c.jpg
The tools of Web 2.0 are abundant, free, and easy to use.
• Blogs [Blogger, Edublogs]• Wikis (Wikispaces, Wetpaint)• Photo sharing (Flickr, Photobucket)• Video (YouTube, TeacherTube)• Online Slideshows (SlideShare)• Podcasting• Thinking Tools [Gliffy, Writely, Zoho]
Spark Innovation & Creativity
Photo Source: Electric Gadget Experiment
flatworlded.wikispaces.com
horizonproject.wikispaces.com
• Encouraging students to write
• Communicating through an exciting medium which engages the learner
• Provide a resource to students and teachers
• Accessing the minds of “experts”
blogs & wikis
Rachel Boyd, NZ
a teacher’s voice
a teacher’s voice
“Somewhere around the corner” by Jackie French
Darfur
a teacher’s voice
a student’s voice
a student’s voice
a student’s voice
a student’s voice
our voice
Global connections
http://parracoordinators.blogspot.com/
what’s next?
photo source: 02ma
http://judyoconnell.wordpress.com
judy’s notes
