web 2.0 is the future of education steve hargadon
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Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education
Steve Hargadonwww.stevehargadon.com
We're about to have the biggest discussion about
education in decades, maybe longer.
How do we learn?
What is the purpose of schools?
Why now?
Make Phone Calls Send Text Messages Download Music Play Music Surf the Web Take Photos Send Photos Play Games
This is just the start...
Tools
Web 2.0
The Internet is becoming a platform
for unparalleled creativity.
And *we* are creating the new content
of the Web.
Ten Web 2.0 TrendsThat Will Have a Profound Impact
on Education
(1)
A New Publishing Revolution
Principles of Web 1.0
Reading
Receiving
Researching
Principles of Web 2.0
Contributing
Collaborating
Creating
A Revolution in 1436 AD
(2)
A Tidal Wave of Information
The Answers to The Answer to Content Overload
(3)
A Culture of Openness
(4)
A Culture of Participation
(5)
The Age of the Collaborator
(5)
The Age of the Collaborator
Historical periods favor specific traits
(5)
The Age of the Collaborator
HARGADON'S WEB 2.0 LAW:
The wisdom of the group replaces the
expert
(6)
An Explosion of Innovation
Changing how things get done...
Professional + Amateur = ProAm Culture
Producer + Consumer = ProSumer Culture
(7)
The World Is Getting Flatter & Faster
(8)
The Long Tail
(9)
Social Learning Moves Toward Center Stage
(10)
Social Networking
First Came Blogs...
Then Wikis...
“A Web Page with an Edit Button” Level One: instant publishing Level Two: instant, multiple-author publishing
AP US History SupportBlogging.com
Level Three: collaborative publishing Neutral Point of View Wikipedia
Social Networks
Web Statistics
Unparalleled creation of content: 70 million weblogs About 120,000 new weblogs each day, or... 1.4 new blogs every second 1.5 million posts per day, or... 17 posts per second 80% of college students have used Facebook MySpace: 375,000 new members EACH DAY MySpace: 172,000,000 total members
Some from http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000493.html
Most Populous Countries
1.China - 1,313,973,7132.India - 1,095,351,9953.United States - 300,176,0354.Indonesia – 245,452,7395.Brazil – 188,078,2276.MySpace - 172,000,0007.Pakistan - 165,803,5608.Bangladesh - 147,365,3529.Russia - 142,893,54010.Nigeria - 131,859,73111.Japan - 127,463,611
FLASH: 300 Million as of
February 3, 2008
9,900 Interested in Web .20 in Education
Why This All Matters
Learning Is Changing
Education Will Need to Change
The Factory Model of Schooling Is Dying
Customization, Collaboration, and
Creation Are the New Model
The Danger:
RIAA & Music
Schools & Learning
What You Can Do
Students Need You More than Ever
Learn About Web 2.0 Lurk Participate Digest This Thought: The Answer
to Information Overload Is to Produce More Information.
Teach Content Production Make Education a Public
Discussion Help Build the New Playbook
Have a Great Day Today, and Happy Learning!
Steve Hargadon
www.SteveHargadon.com
916-899-1400
Photo Credits Girls and cell phone: istockphoto
Tidal Wave: Clarke M. Smith, http://www.timeaxismedia.com/portfolio/TidalWave.html, by permission
Dam releasing water: istockphoto
Collaborating hands: istockphoto
Astronomers: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Astronomy_Amateur_3_V2.jpg
Student video conference: http://www.prizery.com/Leverano/images/_MG_8234.JPG
Apprentice: istockphoto
Lecture hall: istockphoto
Study group: istockphoto
Juggling: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Juggling_Clubs_Manuel_and_Christoph_Mitasch_8_club_passing.jpg