Teaching and Learning in a Web 2.0 World

Review

Review of Session 1

Overview of Institute Define Web 2.0 Introduction to Web 2.0 Tools HCC Technology Tools Today’s Students

o Generational Diversityo Learning Styles/Intelligence Types

Your Teaching Style 7 Principles of Good Practice Lesson Planning

o Bloom’s Taxonomy

Writing effective learning objectives

Blogs and Blogging

Blogs and Blogging

What is a Blog?

• “Web Log”

• Began as online diaries or journals

• Commentary, descriptions of events, graphics, or video

• Displayed in reverse-chronological order

• Readers leave comments in an interactive format

Blogs in Plain English (2 min 58 sec)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI

Blogs and Blogging

Sample Blogs

Blogs and Blogging

Learning Benefits of Blogs

Increase student participation (students enjoy the blogging format)

Helps students to develop creative and critical thinking

Fosters strong analytical skills through reading and writing

Exposes students to a variety of opinions including quality information from experts in the field

Increases students' information and computer literacy

Encourages shy students to participate

Builds academic collaboration outside of the classroom

Helps foster a sense of community in a class

handout

Blogs and Blogging

Teaching Strategies Using Blogs

Activity

In preparation for today you were asked to review the Chickering and Gamson handout.

Discussion Question

What blog strategies did you identify that might be appropriate for your lesson’s learning objectives?

handout

Meet your Colleague

Athena Smith

Blog Search Engines

Blogs and Blogging

Blog Search Engines

Google - http://blogsearch.google.com

Technorati - http://technorati.com

Bloglines - www.bloglines.com

EduBlogs - http://edublogs.org

handout

Blogs and Blogging

Search for Blogs

Use one or more of the blog search engines to locate existing blogs for your teaching discipline and/or lesson plan.

Activity

Existing Blogs

Blogs – by Subject Discipline

See handout.

Creating a Blog

Blogs and Blogging

Blog Sites

Blogger - www.blogger.com

Xanga - www.xanga.com

LiveJournal - www.livejournal.com

Word Press - http://wordpress.com

handout

Blogs and Blogging

Blogger Training

See tutorial.

Activity

Lesson Planning

Blog and Blogging

Lesson Plan

Update your lesson plan guide.

Include a blog activity that meets the learning objectives by:

• creating a custom blog

or

• using an existing blog

Activity

Assessing Student Learning of Blog Activities

Lesson Plan Assessment

Assessment

Refer to the Cross Papers booklet on assessment of student learning.

Use one of the rubrics as a model to develop a rubric to assess your blog activity.

Activity

Review

Review

Overview of blogs

Learning benefits of blogs

Teaching strategies using blogs

Blog search engines

Blogs by discipline

Custom blog sites

Blogger; creating a custom blog

Lesson Plan activity

Assessing blog activities

Review of Blogs

Wikis

Wikis

What is a Wiki?

• Allows easy creation and editing of interlinked web pages

• Collaborative

• Exchange of information

Wikis in Plain English (3 min 53 sec)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

Sample Wikis

Wikis

Learning Benefits of Using Wikis

Wikis

Fast and efficient collaboration

Easy interaction with peers and instructor; feedback

Inclusive - all students have access to each other's ideas

Just-in-time - vehicle for providing information when students need it

Students and instructor have immediate access to the most recent versions of documents. No more emailing multiple drafts and compiling the results!

Compiles information and resources to create a complete body of knowledge regarding a topic.

An open environment encourages participation and a strong sense of common purpose.

handout

Teaching Strategies Using Wikis

Wikis

Tracking Group Projects

Web site creation

Project development

Group authoring

Pre-reading

Many additional strategies in the Chickering and Gamson handout.

Meet your Colleague

Dr. Bruce Bondurant

Wiki Searches

Wiki Searches

Wikis

Wikibooks - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page

WikiIndex - http://wikiindex.org/Welcome

Wiki Director - http://wiki.wetpaint.com/page/Wiki+Directory

Wiki.com - http://www.wiki.com/

WetPaint - http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/

handout

Wikis

Search for Wikis

Use one or more of the wiki search engines to locate existing wikis for your teaching discipline and/or lesson plan.

Activity

Existing Wikis

Wikis – by Discipline

See handout.

Creating a Wiki

Wikis

Wiki Sites

Atwiki - http://atwiki.com

MoinMoin - http://moinmo.in/

Twiki - http://twiki.org/

Wetpaint - http://www.wetpaint.com/

Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/

handout

Wikis

Wikispaces Training

See tutorial.

Activity

Lesson Planning

Wikis

Lesson Plan

Update your lesson plan guide.

Include a wiki activity that meets the learning objectives by:

• creating a custom wiki

or

• using an existing wiki

Activity

Assessing Student Learning of Wiki Activities

Lesson Plan Assessment

Assessment

Refer to the Cross Papers booklet on assessment of student learning.

Use one of the rubrics as a model to develop a rubric to assess your wiki activity.

Activity

Review

Review

Overview of wikis

Learning benefits of wikis

Teaching strategies using wikis

Wiki search engines

Wikis by discipline

Custom wiki sites

WikiSpaces; creating a custom wiki

Lesson Plan activity

Assessing wiki activities

Review of Wikis

Preparation for Next Session

Review your lesson plans and revise as needed

Review Chickering and Gamson document

Identify twitter and facebook strategies that meet your learning objectives

Continue to review the Cross Papers booklet on assessment of student learning

Preparing for Next Session