Web 2.0 in the Math

ClassroomKaren PhillipsWinnipeg, MB

ETCATA ConferenceGrant MacEwan College

Edmonton, AB

What is Web 2.0 anyway?

Engage me or lose me!

• Digital Natives vs Digital Immigrants• Today’s students are no longer the

people our educational system was designed to teach.

• Cyberspace is a part of everyday life• ‘Hypertext’ minds

Why Blog in a Math Class?

• Learning is a conversation!• They expand the walls of the classroom• They archive the learning that teachers

and students do• Blogs can teach new literacies students

will need to function in an ever-expanding information society

• Different learning styles can be supported

Participation VS Production

• Remember when……• Mastery was exhibited by getting

70% on a written test?• Web 2.0 allows kids to display

mastery in countless ways that involve creating digital content for large audiences

How we use our blog & other Web 2.0 tools

• Class portal• Online filing cabinet• Collaborative space• Communication

Safety Concerns• Protect the privacy of students• AUP’s• Administration• Communicate your plans with

parents• Conversations with students

regarding appropriateness, responsibility and common sense

References• Prensky, M. Digital natives, digital

immigrants. Retrieved April 27, 2007, from http://www.marcprensky.com/ writing/ Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20 Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf

• Richardson, W. Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin P, 2006. 6-58.