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Teaching the Net Generation:
Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge
of 21st Century Learning
10 to 11 September  Cebu City, Philippines
Web 2.0 Tools for Learning
Amelia T. Buan
September 11, 2008
Our session will focus on
• What is Web 2.0?
• What are the benefits of Web 2.0 to teaching
and learning?
• What are wikis, blogs,media sharing,
Google Docs and social bookmarking?
• How can we use wikis, blogs, media sharing,
Google Docs, and social bookmarking work for
learning?
Teaching the Net Generation:
Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
Collaboration
a process where two or more people work
together to complete a task
Idea Generation
Evaluation
and Recap
Team Creation
Decision making
What is Web 2.0 ?
The use of
interactive
technology that
aims to enhance
creativity,
information
sharing and
collaboration
among users.
In a Web 2.0 environment , users can
• work together and share responsibilities
• collaborate with peers, experts and
community members
• monitor and keep track contributions
• use varied kinds of technology to conduct
research, communicate and create knowledge
WIKI
• A "wiki" is a type of website that allows all
users to edit content.
• collaborative Web sites that can be set up to
be edited by anyone or only designated users
WIKIs in the classroom
can be used as a collaborative writing tool
WIKIs in the classroom
can be used in providing scaffolding materials
WIKIs in the classroom
broadens thinking of the
students and engage
them to put more time
into a project
BLOGs
• A "blog", abbreviated word for weblog, is a
web-based journal where people publish
their thoughts and opinions on the
Internet.
• are used to share information and opinions
with readers and to solicit feedback and
discussion.
Blogs in the classroom
• Students keep their diaries or journals in the
form of a Blog
Blogs in the classroom
Teachers gather, organize and share current
information
Blogs in the classroom
Provide comments or feedback to each blog
post
Online Collaborative Websites
allow individuals to create or upload
documents to the Web where they
can then be edited using familiar
formatting tools
Google Docs
Web-based Word Processor, Spreadsheet and
Presentation application offered by Google. It
allows users to create and edit documents
online while collaborating in real-time with
other users.
Google Docs in the classroom
• Create documents, spreadsheets and presentations
online
• Share and collaborate in real time
• Users can be notified of changes
• Open documents are automatically saved
Media Sharing
is a social network with platform and
diversified interfaces that allows
users to upload, compress, distribute
images, texts, audio, video and other
applications.
Media Sharing in the classroom
• Easy to create, share media and discuss with
everyone in the network
Media Sharing in the classroom
Easy to give feedback and discuss postings
Media Sharing in the classroom
Automatically notify people when you put a
new media.
Social Bookmarking
Bookmarking
is the practice of saving the address of a Web
site you wish to visit in the future on your
computer.
Social Bookmarking
saving bookmarks to a public Web site and
“tagging” them with keywords.
Social Bookmarking in the classroom
• ways of organizing information and
categorizing resources
• develop a unique structure of keywords to
define resources
• simplifies the distribution of reference lists,
papers, and other resources among peers or
students.
Drawbacks of Web 2.0 Tools
• Content must be edited online.
• People may contribute inappropriate content
• Content can be lost if you revert to a previous
version
Web 2.0 the age of engagement
Communicate
Create
Connect
Contribute
Web 2.0 supports
the 21st Century Learning Framework
Source: www.21stcenturylearning.org
Wiki Sites
•
Wikispaces
www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K*
2 GB of storage. Public or protected (only members can edit). Full-featured wikis
(no ads, ability for private wikis for only members’ use, custom themes) for
education are free (limited to 100,000 educators). Those with satellite Internet
cannot view wiki pages on this site.
•
Peanut Butter Wiki
http://pbwiki.com*
No ads, password-protected, 5 GB of storage, public or private, a password is
always required to make edits, design templates, custom Web addresses.
•
wik.is
http://wik.is/
Ad-supported free wiki. Easy editing of pages, automatic creation of left-hand
navigation, allows up to 1 GB of storage for files/pictures, can add your own logo.
Upgrade for $60/year. Upgraded version has no ads, allows 10 GB of data, and the
wiki can be made public or private (log in required to view the site).
Blog Sites
Blogger
www.blogger.com*
Customizable templates and drag-and-drop system lets you easily decide how your page will look and
exactly where your posts, profiles,archives and other parts of your blog should live on the page. Create an
account, name your blog, choose a template, and start blogging.
Edublogs
www.edublogs.org*
Templates and easy-to-use formatting. Create your own ad-free, fully-featured WordPress blog. Upload up
to 25MB of images, audio, documents, presentations, or other digital material you want to share. Choose
from over 60 different themes.
Learner Blogs
http://learnerblogs.org/*
Free blogs for school students. Ad-free, fully-featured WordPress blogs.
Wordpress
http://wordpress.com*
•
You can have group blogs with multiple authors who are allowed to post or contribute. Basic text editor for
easy formatting. You can upload your own photos or easily include images from other services like Flickr or
Photobucket. Includes an inline spell-checker that makes it easy to proof your posts.
Social Bookmarking Sites
• del.icio.us
http://del.icio.us*
One of the more popular social bookmarking sites. The
primary use of del.icio.us is to store bookmarks online, which
allows access to your bookmarks from any computer, as well
as the ability to add bookmarks from other users. Use tags to
organize and remember your bookmarks. Diigo
www.diigo.com*
Besides saving "favorite" Web sites online, users can highlight,
clip (highlighted portions of any Web page are clipped and
collected centrally, which can be shared and searched), and
add sticky-notes to any Web page.
References
Caldwell, Doug “Classroom Blogs and Wikis accesed at http://myecoach.com/online/webresourcelist.php?rlid=4992 on August 16, 2008
Huffaker , David (2004) The educated blogger: Using weblogs to promote literacy in
the classroom accessed at
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_6/huffaker/index.html#h1on August
16, 2008
Jones, Badi How to Start a Blogaccesed at http://www.howtostartablog.org/ on
August 14, 2008
Liter, Hall Lani 2006, “Wiki Collaboration Across the Curriculum” accessed at
http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=38 on August 17, 2008
Curriculum Materials Information Services Blogs in Education accessed at
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/weblogs/ on
August 16, 2008
Intel Teach Essential Course “Communicating the World though the Internet”
Module 3, Activity 5 accessed at
http://teachonline.intel.com/intl/course/view.php?id=5&page=923 on Augus 29,
2008
References
Videos
LeFever , Lee (2008) accessed at http://www.commoncraft.com/ on August 17, 2008
Blogs in Plain English
Google Docs in Plain English
Social Bookmarking in Plain English
Wikis in Plain English