© 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved. Web 2.0 Tools for Classroom Instruction Neal Sonnenberg Curriculum Coordinator Math and Business Virtual High School Global Consortium www.goVHS.org
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Web 2.0 Tools for Classroom Instruction
Neal SonnenbergCurriculum Coordinator
Math and BusinessVirtual High School Global Consortium
www.goVHS.org
© 2008 Virtual High School. All rights reserved.
Today’s Presentation
•Introduction
•What is Web 2.0?
•Why should you care about Web 2.0?
•Web 2.0 tools
-What are the tools?
- How can you use them in your class?
•Q&A
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About VHS
Non-profit, with 12 years in online education
Over 12,000 students in 2008-9
Pre-Veterinary Medicine
Mathematics of Electricity Gods of CNN:The Power of
Modern Media Criminology Oceanography: A virtual
semester at sea Basic Mandarin
520 member schools
Almost 300 classes offered including:
Business Math Number Theory Pre-Algebra World War II through the
Eyes of Dr. Seuss Engineering The Teenage Brain –
What’s Going on in there?
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About VHS
In 30 states And 39 countries
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I’d like to ask the audience ..
Who are you?Your expertise with web tools and
web 2.0?
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Spectrum of Technology Use
No Technology use in the Classroom
Fully Online Courses
Presentations
Internet for Research
Hybrid Courses
Word Processor
Web Enhanced Classroom
Podcasts, Wikis, Blogs
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Sage-on-the-Stage Industrial age model Stand and deliver *same* content
to *every* student at *same*time Information is finite
Teaching 1.0 and Web 1.0
Web 1.0Search and download
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Web Applications are
the new Desktops
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Web 2.0 Tools connect the classroom to the world.
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Web 1.0 Web 2.0
Read Course catalog
Write Ebay, Craigslist (post, edit)
Taxonomy Yahoo (categories)
Folksonomy Flickr, Del.icio.us (tagging, ranking)
Individuals Personal websites
Communities Facebook, SecondLife
Consume CNBC TV
Contribute, Create, Participate YouTube, TeacherTube
Centralized Boston Globe
Decentralized Google News (aggregator)
Web as Browser Netscape
Web as Platform Google (tools)
Documents IRS Forms
Data Wikipedia (change in content creation)
Participatory Web
Web 2.0 users add value to applications through use
Reproduced with permission from Kirsten Peterson, EdTech Leaders Online. Original reference, "How Virtual Schools are Teaching with Web 2.0".
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Web 1.0 The Read Web
Static Web pages Use search engines to
surf the net Html coding Programming skills Graphic design skills Creation done by a few
people Digitization of existing
knowledge
Web 2.0 The read/write web
Web only applications Information is served to the
user User interacts with the
content Online creation is simplified User can focus on ideas,
creativity, collaboration Users can combine
information from variety of sources.
Mass participation
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Generation “C”
Collaborator
Creator
Critical Thinker
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How do I get started?
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How do I get started?
One Tool at a Time!
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What happens to traditional approaches to teaching and
learning?
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into the curriculumembedded
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into the curriculumembedded
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Big Six Web 2.0 Tools
• Blogs• Wikis • Podcasting• RSS• Social Bookmarking• Photosharing
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Blogs
Fancy name for a journalLets see how you can use blogs
Class introductions Analysis of artwork
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into the curriculumembedded
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Wiki’s
Wikis in Simple English (www.commoncraft.com)
Collection of web pages that can be modified by anyone
Great for collaborationLets see how you can use wiki’s
Data sharing Collaboration
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into the curriculumembedded
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Podcasting
If you can speak .. You can podcastLets see how you can use podcasts
Interviews Jingles, commercials Alternative learning via iTunesU
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into the curriculumembedded
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into the curriculumembedded
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RSS
RSS – Rich Site Summary (Really Simple Syndication)How might you use this?
History projects To track students use in blogs or wikis
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into the curriculumembedded
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Social Bookmarking
A method to store, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web pages
How might you use this: Set up certain websites that your students
must use for presentations/research, etc Create a class list or resources (students
find and add to)
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Social Bookmarking
All urls from this presentation available at:
http://delicious.com/NELMS2009
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into the curriculumembedded
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Photosharing
Place for students to share photographs or pictures from web
How can I use this? Students create portfolios Create virtual museum tours
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into the curriculumembedded
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But wait .. There’s still more
VokisMapsDigital StorytellingNewspaper Creation
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Vokis
Avatars you can create that represent self or famous people
How can you use? Students role play using historical
characters Students create new characters that
represent themselves
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Maps
To create a geographical representation of data
How to use Plot battles of Civil War Show all fast food restaurants in a 10
mile radius of your school
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into the curriculumembedded
Maps
Maps
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Digital Storytelling
Let your story be told in a dynamic multimedia format
How you can use this To spruce up presentations, book
reports, etc
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into the curriculumembedded
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Newspaper Clipping Generator
To revisit the past or to visit the future
How you can use this History projects English projects
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into the curriculumembedded
The Newspaper Clipping Generator
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Audio
How can I use this? Students add narration to powerpoint
slides and post at www.slideshare.net Threaded voice discussion at
http://ed.voicethread.com/
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into the curriculumembedded
We are here …
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It's not about the technology ... it's about the
pedagogy these new technologies facilitate.
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VHS Best Practices Classes
http://www.govhs.org/ and click on Professional Development
Web-enhanced Classroom prepares face-to-face teachers to incorporate online resources into their classroom instruction.
Web 2.0: Collaborative Instruction prepares teachers to use Web 2.0 tools to generate new and exciting learning experiences for students of all abilities and learning styles.
Classes start 4/15/09
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