Web 2.0 Online Learning Tools and Resources Chris O'Neal coneal@virginia.edu *

web 2.0

Online Learning Tools and Resources

Chris O'Nealconeal@virginia.edu

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What is web 2.0?

A “new” version of the Web that is

Customizable

Interactive

User-Centric

Personalized

Controllable

Mobile

Socially Motivated

New Tools for Learning

Wikis & Collaborative Publishing

Online Living Document Collaboration

Social Bookmarking

Social Networking

The Digital Backpack

Web 2.0 QuestionsApplicability to classroom – content, needs, standards

Dependability

Ease of Use

Student Safety & Information Literacy

Teacher Tech Savviness & Student Media Literacy

Copyright & Fair Use Concerns

Tapping into the MySpace Mind

The New NETS-SCreativity and Innovation

Communication and Collaboration

Research and Information Fluency

Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving, and Decision Making

Digital Citizenship

Technology Operations & Concepts

Addressing the “other” digital divide?

So What?

The combination of these newer tools, more rigorous standards, and richer online learning experiences provides an opportunity for a different kind of student...

A Few Web 2.0 Concepts and

Tools...

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Wikis

What’s a Wiki?

Immediate Publishing

Immediate Collaboration

Collective Intelligence

Drafts, revisions, final all in one

History of Edits

The Wikipedia “Issues”

Blogging

Online Journaling and Publishing

Single and Group Authors

Collaborative Feedback

Publishes a Progression of Learning

Offers a Huge Audience and an Easy Medium

Red Flag - The ol ‘blog just for blog’s sake syndrome

Google Docs

One example of a shift in mindsets

Online, collaborative, real-time, protected writing and publishing

The benefit of a wiki, but the privacy and security of a Word document on your computer

http://docs.google.com

Social Bookmarking

A del.icio.us way to take advantage of each other’s Internet favorites/bookmarks

I bookmark online

I share it, you see it, others see it

We join forces and have a filtered, organized, tested set of collaborative bookmarks

http://del.icio.us/edleadersonline

Social Networking

MySpace and Facebook

Ning - an online social network geared more toward adults

Classroom 2.0 - classroom20.ning.com

Library 2.0 - library20.ning.com

Second Life

Virtual world of socializing, businesses, flying, avatars

Social Networking & Teen Safety

66% of Online Teens say their profile is not visible to everyone

32% of Online Teens were contacted by strangers, with 65% of those stating that they ignored the contact, deleted, or reported it.

“I'm really careful with the whole MySpace thing...I've heard of employers not hiring people because of it. I don’t post anything that I can’t show my mom or grandma...”

Pew, 6/2007

Teacher Planning 2.0Teachers focus on content and instructional goals

Look to students for guidance on the tools

Another opportunity to “tap into the MySpace mind”

Task Tool Pros Cons Cautions

Demos?

Group Persuasive Essay

Leadership 2.0

The World Economic Forum noted that “…Not all companies that experimented with new organizational structure have flourished, but all companies that failed to experiment have floundered.”

You 2.0

“Many students in the 21st century don't think of technology as something separate from daily life, and perhaps online learning should not be thought of as separate from the teaching and learning that goes on in school every day.”

NACOL National Primer 2007

Web 2.0 Resources

http://webtwopointo.wikispaces.com

coneal@virginia.edu

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