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Web 2.0 and Project Citizen: What’s Possible? Ben Bohmfalk Colorado 3rd District Coordinator Roaring Fork High School Teacher Carbondale, CO What is “Web 2.0”? Wikipedia definition: web development and web design that facilitates – – – interactive information sharing, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web. “Editable web, not just by the writer but also the reader. interact with other users or to A Web 2.0 site allows its users to change website content. When the student creates new content for the Web, he is using Web 2.0 Web 1.0 approach Web 2.0 approach YouTube Watch Blogs Read Wikis Research Documents Attach Create and comment Micro-Blog and comment Add content and create Collaborate in cloud Why use Web 2.0 with Project Citizen? • Real politics – Obama campaign – Iran, Egypt, India, Myanmar • Writing with purpose – WIRED article • Student engagement • Prospect of real change "I think we're in the midst of a literacy revolution the • Collaboration likes of which we haven't seen since Greek civilization," Andrea Lunsford, Stanford University. Communicate with members of a pre-existing group Expand network, gain supporters Publicize a cause Organize and publicize an event ‘It took our campaign six months to get 139,000 people on an e-mail list. It took one Facebook group a month to get 200,000. That's astronomical.”’ – Washington Post Perhaps today’s politics largely exists as many small issues…which can’t really be dealt with in a monolithical manner by marching the streets with banners. Jill Walker Rettberg, an associate professor at the University of Bergen, Norway Features Limitations Possibilities •Search by content •140 characters •Follow experts •Phone friendly •Difficult to archive •Tweet updates on action plan •Open •Difficult to gain large following •All real-time Wikis Wiki=fast in Hawaiian Web design that is •Simple •Collaborative •Web-based Examples: •Google sites •Wikispaces.com •PBWiki Alerts Docs Groups Sites Get email updates on the topics of your choice Create and share your online document Create mailing lists and discussion groups Create websites and secure group wikis About •Started in Sept. 2008 •Built for use in the classroom •Built with the privacy of students in mind •Free Features •Assignments •Calendar •Potential for Project Citizen: •Discuss Public Policy articles •Deliberate which Problem to address •Share links to Alternative Policies •Discuss Proposed Policy •Share links and docs Video responses: Open conversation about issues Potential with Project Citizen: •Post video of a problem, respond with alternative solutions •Post solutions, viewers vote for best policy •Post proposed policy, gain support, direct viewers to website Article links • 15 essential web tools for students (mashable.com) • Clive Thompson on The New Literacy (wired.com)