How Are Learners Using Classroom 2.0?

How are learners using Classroom 2.0?

Our survey says………

A typical ‘bebo boomer’….

Multi-tasks Communicates - MSN, Skype, Voicethread Networks – Bebo, HI5, Facebook, Piczo Uploads – Flickr, Paintbucket, personal web

site, blogs, forums, wikis Downloads – Limewire, bittorent, morpheus Plays - flashgames

Owns Mobile phone Games console PC or Laptop

(Phrase coined by Ewan McIntosh, Scotland)

Is seduced by web 2.0….

To contribute, share, rate, vote, comment, recommend, trust

Recommendations, star ratings, invitation to review

Content aggregators - bubble up popular content, connect you with like-minded people

RSS feeds - notify of changes in real-time, threads make connections

People who bought this also bought….You can trust this person….

Pagerank - popular pages rise to the top of the table

P2P - The more popular the file, the more routes and bandwidth, the faster it is served

To contribute, participate, share….

Read/Write web Participation, collaboration,

syndication User generated content Simultaneously

Authors/Publishers/Editors ‘Favourites’ superseded by

‘del.icio.us’ Different sites work together,

mashup Growth and improvement of

Open Source

In the new terminology, it is better to be a ‘seeder’ than a ‘leech’

Focus shifting from what learners download to what they upload to the web

Is fascinated by, and engaged by, classroom 2.0….

Is wireless, but always connected…. Drift from computer suites to portable

wireless technologies Web n’ walk on mobile phones/free wireless

in public spaces Drift from server rooms to external storage Drift to (DIY?) VLE’s Drift to dynamic Wikis and Blogs rather than

static web pages Drift to e-portfolios signposting web 2.0

content (videos on youtube, reflections on blogspot, podcasts via G-cast, plans on voo2do etc)

Drift to collaborative documents – sharing concept maps, word processors, speadsheets etc in real-time on Zoho, Google docs, mindmeister

Is able to showcase multimedia work via e-portfolio….

Will future e-portfolios signpost classroom 2.0 content hosted elsewhere?

Is chattering relentlessly….

Mobile phone textMSN, Yahoo, YackPackTwitter, PownceGTalk, AIM (can pick out key words from other web

2.0 sites and notify you) i.e. recently, I received an email from the PBWiki team who picked up that I had twittered about updating my PBWiki to a colleague the previous evening

Dedicated websites– Bigblueball.com

Doesn’t look a gift horse in the mouth….

Classroom 2.0 sites and services tend to be:

Free Easy-to-use (Tip: keep all usernames and

passwords the same!) Connected (RSS feeds, federated jabber,

threads, folksonomy of tags, widgets, embedded videos) - your slideshow suddenly has a thousand views on slideshare!

Convenient Unlimited, safe, secure storage Customer friendly / Good support

Is pulled towards Web 3.0….

Billboards talk to you by name as you walk past, recommend products and shops based on previous activity

Fridges re-order automatically based on preference Toilets analyse waste and prescribe changes to diet Smart classrooms change temperature, tint windows etc

as a particular person enters a room

Everyone is more and more a part of the global web. Intelligent software’s utilise semantic data to extract new meanings and orders, suggest future patterns and build new personalised connections.

In a virtual curriculum will attendance registers be part-based on usage patterns and tracking software’s (learners participation in discussions, blogs, live webinars etc?

Expects that teachers will change….

Facilitators Signposters E-mentors Flexible and adaptive,

able to wear a number of different hats

Creators of resources that appeal

Designers of lessons that meet needs

Let’s start today!

Blogs v Wikis….

Literally, a Web Log -> Blog Looks like a journal, or a log

book. Originally they were just very

simple websites Now there are dedicated sites to

host weblogs The vast number of blogs

amount to the ‘blogosphere’ They are now rich in multimedia

content (widgets, RSS feeds, embedded videos etc)

They are connected

What is a Blog?

Blogs in plain English

Blogs v Wikis

What is a Wiki? A website or similar online

resource which allows users to add and edit content collectively.

An online collaboration model and tool that allows any user to edit some content of webpages through a simple browser.

A connected multimedia portal

Wikis in plain English

Social Networking….

Ning Make your own Social Network Can be private (invite only) or public. Excellent for allowing groups to collaborate around

an issue Can be used for Teachers and for Students

Social Bookmarking….

Keep links to your favourite articles, blogs, music, reviews, recipes, and more, and access

them from any computer on the web.

Share favorites with friends, family, coworkers, and the

del.icio.us community.

Discover new things. Everything on del.icio.us is

someone's favourite -- they've already done the work of

finding it.

Why keep your favourites to yourself?

Slideshare….

•Upload presentations

•Look at most popular

•Bookmark favourites

•Add comments

•Use groups

Online Digital Video….

Collaborative video editing Free video

repository Good bandwidth

and transfer rates Channels Mash-ups with

blogs

And now, there is Teachers Tube

Online Podcasting….

Podcasting Services •Browser-based Recording tools •Syndication Wizard •Audience Participation tools •Promotion tools •Listener Statistics

Flashmeeting

FlashMeeting is an application based on the Adobe Flash 'plug in' and Flash Media Server.

Running in a standard web browser window, it allows a dispersed group of people to meet from anywhere in the world with an internet connection.

Collaborative documents

Create, edit and upload quickly

Import your existing documents, spreadsheets

and presentations, or create new ones from scratch.

Access and edit from anywhere

All you need is a Web browser. Your documents

are stored securely online.

Share changes in real timeInvite people to your

documents and make changes together, at the

same time.

Comments and questions

Presentation by: Robert Bashforth, Teaching & Learning Manager

ICT, Birkdale High School, Dewsbury, UK rob0960@blueyonder.co.uk headict.birkdale@kirklees-schools.org.uk Skype: rob0960 www.robertbashforth.com www.robertbashforth.pbwiki.com www.robertbashforth.blogspot.com