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 workshop

• What is Web 2.0?
• Examples of Web 2.0 tools
• Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis
• edveNTUre and WWW
• Applications in teaching learning
• 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 and control the data
• Climate of participation
• Users add value as their needs evolve
• User friendly interface
• Social networking
• Lifestreaming

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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

• Blogs
• Podcast
• Wiki
• Flickr
• Others.

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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

• 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• Hyperstudio out of date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 to use
• Flickr easy to use
• Wiki just like using Word
• Podcasting easy with Propaganda or Podcast
  Maker
• Swickis easy with a little copy and paste!
• Technologies that do not have a steep learning
  curve

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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
Lecture Field Trip Exam Technology
Knowledge
Skill
Attitude
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Teaching learning technology
Lecture Field Trip Exam Technology
Knowledge
Skill
Attitude
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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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Workshop goals 1 the theory

• Identify a curriculum area suitable for Web 2.0
  implementation
• Something you are passionate about
• Topic that intrigues and involves the students
• Map out relevant knowledge, skills and
  attitudinal outcomes
• Gather together the necessary resources
• Research material on the Internet
• Categorise and organise the materials on your Mac
• Map out an approach
• Strategies and tactics
• Evaluation

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Workshop goals 2 practical

• Create, configure and establish a blog
• Teacher blog Blogger or Wordpress iWeb?
• Class blog
• Create a wiki site and populate it with content,
  images, multiple pages and links to resources
• Create a Flickr account
• Experiment with podcasting ftp to be tested
• Set up a RSS news reader
• Implements additional Web 2.0 elements Jaiku,
  Twitter, VoiceThread
• Link all of the elements embed tools in
  browsers

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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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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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Blogs and learning

• Different approaches
• Single teacher blog
• Single class blog questions, PBL
• Small group blogs
• Individual student blogs
• The blogs can be reviewed in a news reader and
  via email

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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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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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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

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

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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
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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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Web 2.0 Tools Flickr

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

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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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Management

• Blog or the Wiki can be the headquarters
• Students subscribe to the blog so that they know
  what is happening with the
• Wiki
• Podcast
• Flickr
• Other web 2.0 tools
• The Blog can be the engine room for the online
  project
• A RSS reader and email can be used to monitor the
  project

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Structure
Blog
Flickr
Podcast
Jaiku
Del.icio.us
Wiki
Content
Audio Video
Updates
Images
Bookmarks
RSS News Reader Aggregator
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Structure
Wiki
Flickr
Podcast
Jaiku
Del.icio.us
Blog
Content
Audio Video
Updates
Images
Bookmarks
RSS News Reader Aggregator
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Thank you

• www.larkin.net.au

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