Monday December 7

3:00 PM Saskatchewan

Web 2.0 Tools:

Media for Learning

Media, first of all, is a term that is widely used but has many connotations.

It is the plural of medium, which, itself, has many definitions.

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Medium

• intermediate or midway (small-medium-large)

•through which something is transmitted or carried (“the medium is the message”)

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Media (pl.)

•means of mass communication, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, or television

•materials used in a work of art (mixed-media artist)

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The rise of technology and the Internet have led to media being thought of in even more ways

• Multimedia

• Media Literacy

•Social Media

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Media is not only the how of communication

• Radio• Newspapers• Magazines• Television• WWW • Cell phone...

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Media is also the what of communication

• Text• Graphics• Audio • Video

Multi-media

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Traditionally, learning was primarily

Verbal/Auditory/Oral (Story-telling / Recitation)

and

Visual/Graphic/Observation (Drawings)

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We spoke and listened and observed.

Images were drawn.

Words were spoken.

Meaning was conveyed.

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With the invention of mass print production, the written word and books became a standard means by which learning occurred.

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With the invention of mass print production, the written word and books became a standard means by which learning occurred.

Question:Is there a “sense” that learning via written words and text is perceived as “better” than other methods of learning?

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Fast-forward to the mid-late 20th Century

Mass Newsprint, Radio, Television, Telephones, and the Internet all play a part in learning.

Implicitly or Explicitly

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So, learning has gone from this...

http://www.stenudd.com/myth/greek/aristotle/images/raphael-school-of-athens.jpg

...to this

http://www.utsa.edu/terryscholars/ts_images/scholars.jpg

...to this

http://static-p4.fotolia.com/jpg/00/08/87/19/400_F_8871962_Ye43ShtqOBCJQcz3SX0JsedxahZuEqYc.jpg

...to this

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TextThe written word

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Text / Writing

• Finding Inspiration• Research for Writing• Citation• Essay Help

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Text / Writing • Definitions• Editing and Grammar• Collaboration• Other Tools and Sites

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Finding Inspiration

The Imagination Prompt Generator

http://www.creativity-portal.com/prompts/imagination.prompt.html

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Finding Inspiration

Story Spinner Online

http://www.bonnieneubauer.com/ssonline.shtml

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Finding Inspiration

The Story Starter

http://thestorystarter.com/

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Research for Writing

Google

http://www.google.ca/ http://scholar.google.ca/http://news.google.ca/

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Research for Writing

Scholarpedia http://www.scholarpedia.org/ Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org/ About.com http://www.about.com/Ask.com http://www.ask.com

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Citation

bibme: http://www.bibme.org/

OttoBib: http://www.ottobib.com/

Zotero http://www.zotero.org/

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Essay Help

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/essaymap/

http://www.theeasyessay.com http://www.wordsift.com

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Definitions

http://www.definr.com/ http://dictionary.reference.com/http://www.onelook.com/http://www.visualthesaurus.com/

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Editing and Grammar

http://www.spellchecker.net/spellcheck/ http://www.whitesmoke.com/free-online-checker

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Collaboration

http://www.Etherpad.comhttp://www.Writeboard.com

http://www.zohowriter.comhttp://docs.google.com/

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Other Related Sites

http://nickrate.com/2009/07/15/google-docs-student-writing-feedback/

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Other Related Sites

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/