site conference: blended learning and web 2.0

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Web 2.0 Tools for Blended Instruction

Liz Pape, CEO Virtual High School Global Consortium

Tracy Sheehan, Virtual High School Global Consortium

www.goVHS.org


Generation “C”

Collaborator

Creator

Critical Thinker


Web Applications are

the new Desktops


Web 2.0 Tools connect the classroom to the world.


W

H

Y

Web 2.0?


How do I get started?


How do I get started?

One Tool at a Time!


List of Resources

Must be available as free!Must require a low level of

technical expertise.Must be easy to use and

readily available.No copyright hassles


Visit the Resources

http://del.icio.us/sheehant


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Hand-on Workshop:

http://sitedigitalliteracy.wikispaces.com

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“We've come to believe that kids are learning in significantly different ways because of digital media, because of the ways they can participate, they can produce, the ways that they can share information, and the ways that they can create new information,"

-Connie Yowell, director of education at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation


“Students will invest time and energy in building relationships around shared interests and knowledge communities”

-(Maloney 2007).


Teacher are..“indicating a dramatic student lack of interest in paper-based learning once they (students) get introduced to an online environment that is more efficient and gives them immediate feedback and praise from their teacher and peers. There’s no going back."

-Tim DiScipio, founder of ePals


What happens to traditional approaches to teaching and

learning?


It's not about the technology ... it's about the

pedagogy these new technologies facilitate.


• Contact:Tracy Sheehan

[email protected]

Visit our website: www.goVHS.org

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