Shafer

Kool, Collaborative, Creative Kidz

Ryan Lawless, Julie McAndrews, Parth Patel, Amanda Redhouse, Connor Sullivan, & Ariel Weisman

“Even with the best teachers we have, most middle and high school kids say they’re bored 50-70 percent of the time.”-Students power down and turn off the lights of education, so . . .“Give students the opportunity to use technology in school -like blogs, interactive web pages, or YouTube - and connect them to the world.”

Turning Students On!

Web 1.0

Taking print media and posting it online in a digital format

Web 2.0

Reading, writing, and sharing/collaborating

Digital Natives Driving 2

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A Vision of K-12 Students Today

You Tube

• Hawaiian term for fast

• Website

• Collaborative community

• Edit, link, upload documents, and widgetize

• Some say it’s “What I Know Is . . .”

What is a Wiki?What is a Wiki?

Wikis in Plain English

www.commoncraft.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY



Benefits of a Classroom Wiki

•Accountability•Approve and check level of activity•Sense of autonomy•Convenient - when you have the time•Embed pics, movies, mashups•Longing for more collaboration

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Computers & CollaborationComputers & Collaboration

From CuneiformFrom Cuneiform

8.1.9 B Analyze and interpret historical sources.

8.1.9 D. Analyze and interpret historical research.

8.4.9 B. Analyze historical documents, material artifacts andhistoric sites important to world history before 1500.

8.4.9 C. Analyze how continuity and change throughout history has impacted belief systems and religions, commerce and industry, innovations, settlement patterns, social organization, transportation and roles of women before 1500

Established Goals: World History – PA StandardsEstablished Goals: World History – PA Standards

1. Creativity and Innovation

2. Communication and Collaboration

3. Research and Information Fluency

4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

5. Digital Citizenship

6. Technology Operations and Concepts

National Educational Technology Standards- NETS•S

National Educational Technology Standards- NETS•S

1. Geography influences the evolution of a culture.

2. A complex culture, in which there are large numbers of human beings, share six common elements which constitutes a civilization: urban focus, distinct religious structure, political and military structures, social structure based on economic power, development of writing, significant forms of artistic and intellectual activity.

3. Leaders impact a culture and future cultures.

4. Ancient civilizations have affected our present day society.

Enduring UnderstandingsEnduring Understandings

Wiki Collaborationhttp://hentz-humanities-wiki.wikispaces.com/

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History

Literature

Writing

Art

Mesopotamia - AssessmentMesopotamia - Assessment

http://www.bensalemsd.org/14502065143720693/podcasts/browse.asp?A=399&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=59895

http://hentz-humanities-wiki.wikispaces.com/

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GlogsterGlogster

http://hentz-humanities-wiki.wikispaces.com/Glogs

•Build collages

•Import images

•Create a masterpiece

•Embed in wiki

Glogster

SharingLiterature

http://hentz-humanities-wiki.wikispaces.com/Glogs

BloggingBlogging

Sharing wisdom about The Odyssey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI

Humanities Blog

Diigo - Social BookmarkingDiigo - Social Bookmarking

•it is a personal research and collaborative research tool on one hand,

•and it’s a knowledge-sharing community and social content site on the other

Digest of Internet Information,Groups and Other stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RvAkTuL02A

Diigo - Social BookmarkingDiigo - Social Bookmarking

http://www.diigo.com/learn_more

Diigo Benefits

•Can build research knowledge•Share similar interests, bookmarks, stickies, annotations•Student accounts maintain privacy•Teacher creates accounts - can limit•Stickies can replace note cards

Maggie TasiDiigo - Co-founder

Diigo - Social Bookmarking


http://www.diigo.com/user/ahentz



http://help.diigo.com/Diigo_Educator_Account_-_FAQ


•User names & passwords provided

•Teacher ONLY may change



http://www.diigo.com/user/ahentz

Diigo Benefits

“We believe that Web 2.0 technologies will define and be defined by the skill requirements of the 21st century workforce. It is time to understand whether models have emerged for using these tools that are superior to traditional classroom teaching alone and what are the best approaches for the practitioner to implement them.”

Bob Wolf, of The Boston Consulting Group, and a researcher on the use of internet in public education recently commented:

•Free Web-based application

•Documents, spreadsheets, and presentations can be created, shared, edited, and imported

•Stored online - published as a web page

•Files accessed from any computer with an Internet connection and a full-featured Web browser

•10 and simultaneously edit and share with 200

•View or collaborate

Shafer Rocks Using Google DocsShafer Rocks Using Google Docs

• Google Docs in Plain English

Google Docs



Google Docs

http://www.google.com/notebook/public/04712752710140234617/BDSD6IgoQuP3-3pAj

Tricks for getting around [email protected]

Google Docs - Invitation

http://docs.google.com/a/bensalemsd.org/?tab=mo#owned-by-me

Google Spreadsheet

Google Document

Google Presentation

Google - Publish Document

•Endless possibilities

for students

Integrate Docs with Quizlet

Education Today and Tomorrow

21st Century - Rock the Doc!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnh9q_cQcUE

Keep the Lights On!

Shafer

Documents

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diigo benefits

google docs invitation

social structure

social organization

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