Introduction to Technology Use in the Classroom

Web 2.0 Tools

New Tools and Methods for Teaching & Learning

Digital Storytelling

Web lessons and tutorialsDistance

Learning

Podcasting

Streaming Media

Web 2.0

Why we worry…

• About 55% of online teens have created a personal profile online and use social networking sites once a day or more

• About 65% of teens who have created a profile say their profile is not visible to all internet users

• Few teens understand how to properly judge, review and cite online resources

• Schools are regularly placed in the position to monitor and secure teen online access

Web 2.0 Tools

• Web 2.0 tools are innovations that evolved during the last decade. Web 3.0, sometimes referred to as the Semantic Web, a Web of data is beginning to emerge.

• Users interact and collaborate in social media dialogue • Creators of user-generated information in a virtual

community, in contrast previous web-based tools such as websites, where users are limited to the passive viewing of content

Web 2.0 Categories

• Teacher-generated online content (e.g., teacher developed multimedia presentations, lesson plans, student hand-outs for classroom activities, sets of links to digital resources),

• Online social networking included as part of instruction (e.g., email, text messages for educational purposes, Facebook),

• Online learning games and simulations (e.g., online drill and practice games, multi- player simulations, Second Life type environments),

• Student learning via virtual learning environments (e.g., courses, electronic tutors)

• Multimedia resources (e.g., podcasts and videocasts, streaming video),• Online communication with parents and students outside school hours.

NET-S Standards2007 ISTE NETS, that is, the specific skills and knowledge students require in order, to thrive in andincreasingly digital world

• Creativity and innovation,

• Communication and collaboration,

• Research and information fluency,

• Critical thinking, Problem solving, and Decision making,

• Digital citizenship,

• Technology operations and concepts .

(NET-T Standards)

21st Century Skills and Literacy

• Development of new knowledge with schools as producers, not just consumers of knowledge

• Students developing multi-modal literacy, embracing collaboration, making connections, allowing for creativity

• The popular term of “digital literacy” includes the skills, expectations and perspectives involved in living in this technological society.

What does the research say

• Still “newer” - research into the roles of Web2.0 tools in student learning is still in its infancy.

• There are significant findings (e.g., Murphy & Lebans, 2008; Odom, 2010; Vaughan, 2010; Williams & Chinn, 2010) in the roles that Web2.0 tools play in engagement, higher order thinking and engagement

• Quality of limited studies

Basic Examples

WordleDiigo

EdublogsGoogle DocsVoicethreadE-portfolios

Formative Assessment*

*From SEDTA’s 2008 Technology-Based Assessments Improve Student Learning

Formative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Poll Everywhere

• Poll Everywhere is a tool with a wide array of uses

• Formative or summative data

Let’s try to create a poll together…. 1. Create an account 2. Click on create a new poll 3. Watch the tutorial together 4. Try to create your own question

The Flipped Classroom

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aGuLuipTwg

• Resources: https://www.fi.ncsu.edu/project/fizz/

Home-parent communication

General Resources

• http://web20.elearning.knoxschools.org/modules/groups/integrated_home.phtml?&gid=518853&SID=

• http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listweb20s.html

• http://www.apsva.us/domain/733• http://edudemic.com/2011/11/best-web-tools/• http://easyintegration.wikispaces.com/Top+Websites• (slides) http://www.slideshare.net/GoEdOnline/101-

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