Web 2.0 in the classroom
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Web 2.0 - Connecting the World
Wando High School
04/13/23 2
It is easier to change the location of a cemetery than to change the school curriculum.
Woodrow Wilson
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This is a Dynamic Presentation
• Static vs. Dynamic
• Online handouts
• Live Discussion
• Wandofaculty.wikispaces.com
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The Machine is Us/ing Us
• Created by an anthropology professor
• Demonstrates several Web 2.0 concepts
• Video
Source: Mike Wesch, Kansas State University - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g
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What is Web 2.0?
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• Read/Write Web– Wikis, blogs, tagging
• Social Networks– MySpace, Facebook, Twitter
• Personal Interaction– IM, Skype
What is Web 2.0?
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What is Web 2.0?
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What is Web 2.0?
• Individuals as Multimedia Producers– Podcasting, YouTube, TeacherTube, Flickr
• Google Earth
• Integration of several web pages into one– RSS feeds, NetVibes, Mash-ups
• Whole new worlds– Second Life
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Are our kids using this?
• About 87% of kids (ages 12-17) use the Internet
• 55% of online teens use Social Networking Sites
• 33% of online teens share their own creative content online
• 22% report keeping their own personal webpage
Source: Pew Internet and American Life Project - http://www.pewinternet.org/index.asp
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Are our kids using this?
• 32% say that they have created or worked on webpages or blogs
• 19% of online teens keep a blog
• 38% of online teens read blogs.
• 19% of Internet-using teens say they remix content they find online into their own artistic creations.
Source: Pew Internet and American Life Project - http://www.pewinternet.org/index.asp
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Who is doing what?
Source: Business Week 6/11/07 - http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_24/b4038405.htm
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Why should we care?
• Communication for Net Gen
• If we don’t teach them, who will?
• Fraudulent Sources
• Creativity is the one edge that we still have
• Our students are the next generation of leaders
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Why should we care?
• Q: What rank are we in the world in Broadband Penetration?
• A: At last count, 25th (even behind Estonia)
Here we are
Here is Estonia
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Net Gen’s Concept of Work
• Speed• Freedom• Openness• Innovation
• Mobility• Authenticity• Playfulness• Fun
How many of us incorporate these ideas into our classrooms and assignments?
Source: Wikinomics – Tapscott and Williams – p. 54
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How do we integrate this?
• Easy to implement
• Examples– English
• The Jungle• Vocab Lesson• 1984 (video 1, video 2)• Canterbury Tales• Visuwords• Kartoo – good for History and Science also
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How do we integrate this?
• Examples (cont.)– US History - Vietnam War (Final Project)– US Government – Summer Reading Wiki– Science – Encyclopedia of Life
• Flat World Project– Example of Student Output
• Thinkquest– Example of Thinkquest project
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Suggested Reading
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Suggested Reading
• Wired Magazine
• The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman
• The Long Tail by Chris Anderson
• Tough Choices or Tough Times: The Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce
• Wikinomics by by Tapscott and Williams
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Food for thought
• Video made by a HS tech coordinator in CO
• Intended for his staff of 150
• Posted to YouTube in Aug. 2006
• Over 5,000,000 views in only 9 months
• Did You Know?
AnyQuestions?