Web 2.0 Tools for Learning Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21 st Century Learning 10 to 11 September Cebu City,

Web 2.0 Tools for Learning

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challengeof 21st Century Learning10 to 11 September Cebu City, Philippines

Amelia T. BuanSeptember 11, 2008

Our session will focus on

• What is Web 2.0?• What are the benefits of Web 2.0 to teaching

and learning?• What are wikis, blogs,media sharing, Google Docs and social bookmarking?• How can we use wikis, blogs, media sharing,

Google Docs, and social bookmarking work for learning?

Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning

Collaboration

a process where two or more people work together to complete a task

Team CreationIdea Generation

Decision making

Evaluation and Recap

What is Web 2.0 ? The use of

interactive technology that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing and collaboration among users.

In a Web 2.0 environment , users can

• work together and share responsibilities• collaborate with peers, experts and

community members• monitor and keep track contributions• use varied kinds of technology to conduct

research, communicate and create knowledge

WIKI

• A "wiki" is a type of website that allows all users to edit content.

• collaborative Web sites that can be set up to be edited by anyone or only designated users

WIKIs in the classroom

can be used as a collaborative writing tool

WIKIs in the classroom

can be used in providing scaffolding materials

WIKIs in the classroom

broadens thinking of the students and engage them to put more time into a project

BLOGs

• A "blog", abbreviated word for weblog, is a web-based journal where people publish their thoughts and opinions on the Internet.

• are used to share information and opinions with readers and to solicit feedback and discussion.

Blogs in the classroom

• Students keep their diaries or journals in the form of a Blog

Blogs in the classroom

Teachers gather, organize and share current information

Blogs in the classroom Provide comments or feedback to each blog

post

Online Collaborative Websites

allow individuals to create or upload documents to the Web where they can then be edited using familiar formatting tools

Google Docs

Web-based Word Processor, Spreadsheet and Presentation application offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users.

Google Docs in the classroom• Create documents, spreadsheets and presentations

online • Share and collaborate in real time• Users can be notified of changes • Open documents are automatically saved

Media Sharing

is a social network with platform and diversified interfaces that allows users to upload, compress, distribute images, texts, audio, video and other applications.

Media Sharing in the classroom• Easy to create, share media and discuss with

everyone in the network

Media Sharing in the classroom Easy to give feedback and discuss postings

Media Sharing in the classroom

Automatically notify people when you put a new media.

Social Bookmarking

Bookmarking is the practice of saving the address of a Web

site you wish to visit in the future on your computer.

Social Bookmarking saving bookmarks to a public Web site and

“tagging” them with keywords.

Social Bookmarking in the classroom

• ways of organizing information and categorizing resources

• develop a unique structure of keywords to define resources

• simplifies the distribution of reference lists, papers, and other resources among peers or students.

Drawbacks of Web 2.0 Tools

• Content must be edited online.• People may contribute inappropriate content• Content can be lost if you revert to a previous

version

Web 2.0 the age of engagement

Communicate

Connect

Create

Contribute

Web 2.0 supports the 21st Century Learning Framework

Source: www.21stcenturylearning.org

Wiki Sites• Wikispaces

www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K*2 GB of storage. Public or protected (only members can edit). Full-featured wikis (no ads, ability for private wikis for only members’ use, custom themes) for education are free (limited to 100,000 educators). Those with satellite Internet cannot view wiki pages on this site.

• Peanut Butter Wiki http://pbwiki.com*No ads, password-protected, 5 GB of storage, public or private, a password is always required to make edits, design templates, custom Web addresses.

wik.is http://wik.is/ • Ad-supported free wiki. Easy editing of pages, automatic creation of left-hand

navigation, allows up to 1 GB of storage for files/pictures, can add your own logo. Upgrade for $60/year. Upgraded version has no ads, allows 10 GB of data, and the wiki can be made public or private (log in required to view the site).

Blog SitesBlogger www.blogger.com* Customizable templates and drag-and-drop system lets you easily decide how your page will look and

exactly where your posts, profiles,archives and other parts of your blog should live on the page. Create an account, name your blog, choose a template, and start blogging.

Edublogswww.edublogs.org* Templates and easy-to-use formatting. Create your own ad-free, fully-featured WordPress blog. Upload up to 25MB of images, audio, documents, presentations, or other digital material you want to share. Choose from over 60 different themes.

Learner Blogs http://learnerblogs.org/* Free blogs for school students. Ad-free, fully-featured WordPress blogs. Wordpress http://wordpress.com*• You can have group blogs with multiple authors who are allowed to post or contribute. Basic text editor

for easy formatting. You can upload your own photos or easily include images from other services like Flickr or Photobucket. Includes an inline spell-checker that makes it easy to proof your posts.

Social Bookmarking Sites• del.icio.us

http://del.icio.us*One of the more popular social bookmarking sites. The primary use of del.icio.us is to store bookmarks online, which allows access to your bookmarks from any computer, as well as the ability to add bookmarks from other users. Use tags to organize and remember your bookmarks. Diigowww.diigo.com*Besides saving "favorite" Web sites online, users can highlight, clip (highlighted portions of any Web page are clipped and collected centrally, which can be shared and searched), and add sticky-notes to any Web page.

ReferencesCaldwell, Doug “Classroom Blogs and Wikis accesed at

http://my-ecoach.com/online/webresourcelist.php?rlid=4992 on August 16, 2008Huffaker , David (2004) The educated blogger: Using weblogs to promote literacy in

the classroom accessed at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_6/huffaker/index.html#h1on August 16, 2008

Jones, Badi How to Start a Blogaccesed at http://www.howtostartablog.org/ on August 14, 2008

Liter, Hall Lani 2006, “Wiki Collaboration Across the Curriculum” accessed at http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=38 on August 17, 2008

Curriculum Materials Information Services Blogs in Education accessed at http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/weblogs/ on August 16, 2008

Intel Teach Essential Course “Communicating the World though the Internet” Module 3, Activity 5 accessed at http://teachonline.intel.com/intl/course/view.php?

id=5&page=923 on Augus 29, 2008

ReferencesVideos LeFever , Lee (2008) accessed at http://www.commoncraft.com/ on August 17, 2008 Blogs in Plain English Google Docs in Plain English Social Bookmarking in Plain English Wikis in Plain English