Web 2.0 in teaching

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Web 2.0 in teaching learning

• participation, not just information
• John Larkin

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This presentation

• What is Web 2.0?
• Examples of Web 2.0 tools
• Blogs, Flickr, PBWiki, Podcasts
• Applications in teaching learning
• Examples of working Web 2.0 tools
• Working the Internet better
• Conclusion

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Web 2.0

• Term coined by OReilly Media in 2003
• Popularised in 2004

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Web 2.0

• The web itself has not changed
• The way in which software developers design
  applications for the web has changed
• and
• The way people use the web as a platform has
  changed

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Web 2.0

• Users own the data
• Users control the data
• Climate of participation
• Users value add as their needs evolve
• User friendly interface
• Social networking

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Web 2.0

• Web 1.0 the web is simply a repository for
• information
• Web 2.0 the web is a platform for
• participation

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Web 2.0

• The concept is often criticised
• The technologies are not new
• Buzzword
• Self promotion
• Means different things to different people

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Web 2.0

• Blogs
• Flickr
• Podcast
• Wiki
• Swicki

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Web 2.0

• Blogs legs walk the talk
• Flickr eyes see the results
• Podcast ears hear the ideas
• Wiki hands construct it al
• Swicki brain mapping the ideas

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Web 2.0 Tools Blogs

• Web Logs Blogs
• blog (noun)
• blog (verb)
• blogger
• Blogosphere
• It is an awful word

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Web 2.0 Tools Blogs

• Commentary
• News
• Diaries
• Field Reports
• Travelogues
• Varying genres

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Web 2.0 Tools Blogs

• Readers can leave comments
• Interactive
• Incorporate mixed media such as text, images,
  audio and video

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Web 2.0 Tools Blogs

• Vlog video
• Linklog links
• Photoblog photographs
• Sketchblog sketches
• Artlog art

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Web 2.0 Tools Flickr

• Photo sharing
• Online community groups
• Tagging folksonomy tag clouds

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Web 2.0 Tools Wikis

• Software that allows multiple editors of web page
  content
• Collaborative writing
• Communities private
• Security is an issue vandalism
• WYSIWYG editors

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Web 2.0 Tools Podcasts

• A digital media file distributed via the Internet
  using a syndication feed

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Web 2.0 Tools Podcasts

• The digital media file can consist of audio,
  video or even be an ordinary document such as a
  text file or a pdf file.

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Web 2.0 Tools Podcasts

• The digital media file is pushed from a server to
  a client such as a personal computer

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Web 2.0 Tools Podcasts

• A podcast can be subscribed to by an individual

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Web 2.0 Tools Podcasts

• The digital files are downloaded automatically to
  the subscribers computer by dedicated software
  such as iTunes or Juice

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Web 2.0 Tools Podcasts

• That digital media file can then be played by a
  portable media player such as an Apple iPod,
  iRiver flash player or a Creative Zen media
  player

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Web 2.0 Tools Podcasts

• How?
• Subject
• Media file
• RSS file
• Web server

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Web 2.0 Tools Podcasts

• How?
• Subject news, music, sport, learning
• Media file audio and/or video
• RSS file instructions xml
• Web server no special configuration

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Web 2.0 Tools Podcasts

• How?
• Record audio
• Process audio
• Upload audio
• Include RSS instructions

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Web 2.0 Tools Podcasts

• Methods
• Record sound directly on your computer using a
  microphone and software
• Transfer the sound from another device
• Tape recorder
• Voice recorder
• MP3 player with voice recording feature
• Source sound from a third party

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Web 2.0 Tools Swickis

• Combination of Wiki and Search
• A new kind of search engine
• The user community can determine the results
• The results can be more focused

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Web 2.0 Tools Swickis

• Search engine can be published on a blog or your
  own web site
• Results are organised
• Buzz cloud reflects key terms in the category

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Demonstration

• Five tools
• Blogger
• Flickr
• PBWiki
• Podcast
• Swicki

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Teaching learning

• What really happens?
• Educators have so many commitments
• Time is at a premium
• please no more technology!

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Teaching learning technology

• CD-ROMs where are they now?
• Shelf?
• Draw?
• Major web site projects
• No interactivity
• Broken links
• Too much to fix up
• Locked up flash and animations

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Teaching learning technology

• CD-ROMs where are they now?
• Shelf?
• Draw?
• Major web site projects
• No interactivity
• Broken links
• Too much to fix up
• Locked up flash and animations

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Teaching learning technology

• Tools we were given
• Dreamweaver too hard
• Flash action scripting now way!
• Flash I cannot draw
• Rapidweaver poor interface
• Frontpage too clumsy
• iWeb easy but pages too slow
• Hyperstudio out of date

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Teaching learning technology

• Web 2.0 Tools
• Blogger easy!
• Flickr easy!
• Swickis easy with a little copy and paste!
• Wiki just like using Word
• Podcasting easy with Propaganda or Podcast
  Maker
• Technologies that do not have a steep learning
  curve

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Teaching learning technology

• Web 2.0 Tools
• Easy to use
• Easy to set up
• Public or private
• Technologies that do not have a steep learning
  curve

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Teaching learning technology

• Supporting tools
• Windows Moviemaker easy
• Photostory easy
• iMovie easy

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Teaching learning technology

• Approaches
• Curriculum mapping matrices
• Short sharp units or topics
• Semester length studies

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Teaching learning technology
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Teaching learning technology
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Teaching learning technology
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Teaching learning technology

• Constructivist approach
• Understanding through piecing together the pieces
  of a newly discovered jigsaw puzzle
• Blog Flickr Wiki Swicki
• Collaboration and critical thinking

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Teaching learning technology

• Teacher led and student run
• Using technology that is
• Friendly
• Forgiving
• Fun

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Blogs and learning

• Encourages students to write
• Students will write even when they do not need to
• Reach out to world
• Feedback from peers, teachers and the world
  (possibly)

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Blogs and learning

• Students link up with the writings of others
• Collaborative blogs
• Students realise that others can read their work
  motivating
• Progress reports
• Project diaries
• Field reports
• Linkage to other Web 2.0 tools

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Flickr and learning

• Field report photographs
• Topic photographs
• Artwork
• Sketches
• Tagging critical thinking
• Annotation hot spot learning objects
• Resources
• Time lapse view

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Swickis and learning

• Focused research
• Critical thinking
• Mapping ideas
• Filtered search results
• Quality web sites

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Wikis and learning

• Writing
• Publishing
• Collaboration
• Mind mapping
• Critical thinking
• Language learning
• Bring it all together

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Wikis and learning

• Correct spelling
• Linking articles appropriately
• Check grammar
• Translation activities
• Wikipedia learning activity for students

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Podcasts learning

• Inspire the student body
• Audio interviews
• Audio portfolio reflections
• Journalism styled tasks
• Storytelling
• Oral history
• Oral reports
• Field reports
• Place the students in charge of media creation

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Podcasts learning

• Dangerous experiments (video)
• Historical archives (video)

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Podcasts learning
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Podcasts learning

• Sharing information
• Standardized presentation
• Study abroad programs
• Listening and responding
• Music appreciation
• Language instruction

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Second language learning

• Anytime
• Anywhere particularly with iPods
• Anyhow

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Second language learning

• Podcasts
• Listening practice
• Pronunciation practice
• Subject matter experts
• Stories
• Songs
• Sounds from life shopping, markets, travel
• Characters and spelling
• Case studies scenarios
• Visual representations

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Second language learning

• Wikis
• Translation
• Writing practice
• Collaborations with native speakers
• Storytelling

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Second language learning

• Flickr
• Labeling annotations
• Travel field trips
• Characters
• Tagging in second language
• Categorising in second language

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Management

• Blog can be the headquarters
• Students must subscribe to the blog so that they
  know what is happening with the
• Wiki
• Swicki
• Flickr
• The Blog can be the engine room for the online
  project

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Great blogs

• Otterman
• Yesterday
• Labrador
• etc

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Working the Internet 1

• Google Advanced Search
• Vivisimo
• Kartoo
• Timeline results view
• Map results view
• Google Earth

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Working the Internet 2

• Wikipedia
• Pros and cons
• Starting point
• Check out links
• Image search
• Photobucket
• WebShots
• Flickr

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Thank you

• www.larkin.net.au

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