web 2.0: meaningful tools for today’s students
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Slideshow from presentation at Decatur ISD Jump! event, July 29, 2008.TRANSCRIPT
Web 2.0: Meaningful Tools
for Today’s Students
Randy RodgersBirdville Independent School District
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What is a wiki?
• A delicious, tropical, adult beverage• A search engine• A collaboratively created website• An online encyclopedia
On average, how many visitors go to MySpace each month worldwide?
• 1 million• 15 million• 55 million• 115 million
Source: Techcruch.com (April, 2008 statistics)
What is the target audience for the social network Fuzzster?
• Pets• Police officers• Sweater knitters• Men with beards
The most viewed video of alltime on Youtube, Avril Lavigne’s “Girlfriend”, has been viewed how many times?
• 14 million• 35 million• 95 million• 355 million
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Bonus: How many comments has “Girlfriend” received?
• 25,000• 242,000• 1.2 million• 24 million
Statistics from Youtube, July 28, 2008.
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What is a widget?
• A small bit of software which can be added to a web page.• A newbie to a social network• An elf-like character in World
of Warcraft• A password reminder
Which of the following chat acronyms indicates that someone finds you
amusing?
• WTG• ROTFL• LTNS• IMHO
Where Have We Been?
And now?
Source: Pink, Daniel (2005). A Whole New Mind. Riverhead Books: New York.
Skills Today’s Students Will Need Tomorrow
Where are we as educators now?
Here…
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot
learn, unlearn, and relearn.”Alvin Toffler
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The Challenge:
Change
“To successfully face rigorous higher education coursework, career
challenges and a globally competitive workforce, U.S. schools must align classroom environments with real
world environments by infusing 21st century skills.”
Partnership for 21st Century Skills(www.21stcenturyskills.org)
“Change is not merely
necessary to life - it is life.” Alvin Toffler
“I believe so much in the future that I invest
exclusively in ‘futures.’ In fact, you can't invest in ‘pasts,’ they don't offer
that. I've checked.”Michael Scott
Design Elements of Effective Classrooms
• High levels of engagement• Documented student achievement• Understanding of what needs to be learned• Knowledge and resource are organized
around student needs and interests• Meaningful end product is focus• Clear expectations and standards
Based upon Working on the Work, by Phillip Schlecty.
Design Elements of Effective Classrooms
• Physical, emotional, and intellectual safety• Affirmation by significant observers• Opportunities for collaboration• Variety and novelty of learning tasks• Availability of choices in demonstrating
learning• Tasks are engaging and authentic
Based upon Working on the Work, by Phillip Schlecty.
“I believe we will have achieved education reform when no teacher believes he or she can teach the same thing in the same way from one year to the next.”David Warlick
The Read/Write Web as a Tool for 21st Century
Teaching/Learning
The Old Web?
• Browse• Search• Read• One-way• Consume
The New Web?
• Receive• Classify• Connect• Create
Did You Know?
Why Web 2.0?
• Cost Effective• Collaborative• Accessible • Motivational• Relevant
Blogs
• · Blogger (https://www.blogger.com) • · Edublogs (http://edublogs.org) • · Epals (http://www.epals.com/) • · Gaggle (http://www.gaggle.net)
• Talented Texans • Mr. D’s Music Class• Isbell Science• Raider Nation
Wikis
• Wikispaces (http://www.wikispaces.com/)• Pbwiki (http://pbwiki.com/)• Wetpaint (http://www.wetpaint.com/)• Google Sites (http://sites.google.com)
• Ms. Isbell Science• ACFT Science Lab• The Stayafters
RSS/XML
• Bloglines (http://www.bloglines.com)• Google reader (http://www.bloglines.com)• Igoogle (http://www.google.com/ig)• Pageflakes (http://www.pageflakes.com)
Video
• Youtube (http://youtube.com/)• Teachertube (http://teachertube.com/)• Schooltube (http://www.schooltube.com)• Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/)• Jumpcut (http://jumpcut.com/)• Edublogs.TV (http://edublogs.tv) • JayCut (http://jaycut.com/)
Images• Flickr Creative Commons (
http://flickr.com/creativecommons) • Photobucket (http://photobucket.com/)• Flickrstorm (
http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/)• Picnik (http://www.picnik.com/)• Studio 25 (http://www.studio25.ro) • Everystockphoto (
http://www.everystockphoto.com/)
• How to Hide a Geocache
Office/Productivity Tools
• Google docs (http://docs.google.com)• Zoho (http://zoho.com/)• Buzzword (http://www.buzzword.com/)• Thinkfree (http://thinkfree.com)
Graphic Organizers
• Gliffy (http://www.gliffy.com/)• Bubbl.us (http://bubbl.us/)• Thinkature (http://thinkature.com/)
Social Networks
• Ning (http://www.ning.com/)• Facebook (http://www.facebook.com)
• BISD Web Tools• Jumpspace• Classroom 2.0
Online Bookmarks
• Delicious (http://del.icio.us)• Stumbleupon (http://stumbleupon.com/)• Diigo (http://www.diigo.com/)
Podcasting
• Gcast (http://www.gcast.com)• Jott (http://jott.com/)• Podbean (http://podbean.com/)• Podomatic (http://www.podomatic.com/)• Switchpod (http://www.switchpod.com/)
• Reagan Reviews
Digital Storytelling
• Voicethread (http://voicethread.com/)• Scrapblog (http://scrapblog.com/)• Kerpoof (http://www.kerpoof.com/home)
Tele- and Videoconferencing
• Skype (http://www.skype.com/)• Mebeam (http://mebeam.com/) • OoVoo (http://www.oovoo.com/) • DimDim (http://dimdim.com/)
Video Streaming
• Ustream (http://www.ustream.tv/) • Stickam (http://www.stickam.com) • Yahoo! Live (http://live.yahoo.com/)
Virtual Worlds
• Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com)• Lively by Google (http://lively.com/)
Other Web 2.0 Sites• Sketchcast (http://sketchcast.com/)• Twitter (http://twitter.com)• Pownce (http://pownce.com)• Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu/)• Blurb (http://www.blurb.com)• Clipmarks (http://clipmarks.com/)• Google Notebook (http://www.google.com/notebook)• Fleck (http://fleck.com/)• Trailfire (http://trailfire.com/)• Youthtwitter (http://www.youthtwitter.com/)• Mozilla Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/)
Other Sites (Continued)• Flock (http://www.flock.com/)• Zentation (http://zentation.com/)• Slideshare (http://www.slideshare.net/)• Geni (http://www.geni.com/)• Polldaddy (http://www.polldaddy.com/)• Survey Gizmo (http://www.surveygizmo.com/)• Screencast-o-matic (http://www.screencast-o-
matic.com/)• Zamzar (http://www.zamzar.com/)• Bubbleshare (http://www.bubbleshare.com/)• Lulu (http://www.lulu.com/)
Keys to Success• Learn the tools and terminology.• Use sites that meet your students’ needs.• Work to foster communication/collaboration.• Involve parents and the community.• Use students’ experience
and expertise.• Share with your peers.• Get comfortable with
discomfort.
“Do or do not. There is no try.” Yoda
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