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August 9, 1996: The World Goes Flat
What is the Flat World?
"...a global, Web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of collaboration on research and work in real time, without regard to geography, distance or, in the near future, even language."
The Internet has opened almost limitless possibilities for contributing, collaborating, contributing, collaborating,
& connecting& connecting
Read/Write WebRead/Write Web
Web 2.0Web 2.0
Our Students Already Know
This
87%Online
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Our Students Already Know
This
57%Content Creators
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Our Students Already Know
This
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Pew Internet & American Life Project
Our Students Already Know
This
In the Flat World, what happens to traditional approaches to teaching &
learning?
Photo Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34017702@N00/74907741/
Prepare your students, and yourself, for the Flat World
The tools of Web 2.0 are abundant, free, and easy to
use. • Blogs• Wikis (Wikispaces)• Photo sharing (Flickr)• Video (YouTube, TeacherTube)• Online Slideshows (SlideShare)
The Toolbox
ContributeContribute
CollaborateCollaborate
ConnectConnect
Photo Source: http://www.itz.net/images/feature/toolbox_c.jpg
Where do you go from here?•Become proficient in the tools
of Web 2.0•Adapt your teaching methods•Collaborate with Me
Become proficient in the tools of Web 2.0
• Start your own blog at Blogger.com– Practice linking to other websites,
adding photos, embedding videos, etc. • Read the blogs of other educators
– You will become the self-directed learner that you want your students to become
– Bloglines
Become proficient in the tools of Web 2.0
Jamie's LearningBefore and After Web 2.0
Jamie learns about Web 2.0
Adapt Your Teaching Methods
21st Century Skills
Photo Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34017702@N00/74907741/
Spark Innovation & Creativity
Photo Source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/10955
““Imagination is Imagination is more important more important than than knowledge.”knowledge.” --EinsteinEinstein
Right Brain Skills• Design (think
Target)• Story (narrative)• Meaning• Empathy• Symphony
(synthesize)• Play (enjoy yourself)
Spark Innovation & Creativity
Photo Source: Electric Gadget Experiment
Communication Skills
Photo Source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/678805
Conclusion: Follow Einstein
http://www.onedegree.ca/images/posts/einstein.jpg
Collaborate with Me• Email at
tubbsj@wyomingcityschools.org• Help make Education in a Flat World
wiki better. • Join one of my projects for next year.