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Web 2.0 = Schools 1.1 : Transforming the Traditional
School Environment
Ryan SchaafHoward County Public Schools
Technology Teacherryan_schaaf@hcpss.org
What is Web 2.0?“Web 2.0 is a trend in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to facilitate creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users.”
Tim O’Reilly
Published on O'Reilly http://www.oreilly.com/
Creativity
Information Sharing
Collaboration
Web 2.0 Statistics• U.S. Web Traffic - 9 out of the top 10 sites are
considered Web 2.0 applications.• As of 2006, 70 million households in the US have
internet access ( 64% ) • In 2006, world-wide internet users exceeded 1 billion.
Alexa http://www.alexa.com/
Can you guess half of the websites that are on the top 20 list of US internet traffic?
11. AOL12. Blogger.com13. Megaupload14. Amazon.com15. Megaupload16. Go17. Photobucket18. The Internet Movie
Database19. CNN - Cable News Network20. ESPN Sportszone
20 Most Visited Websites in the U.S. (April 2008)
1. Google2. Yahoo!3. Myspace4. YouTube5. Facebook6. Windows Live7. EBay8. Wikipedia9. Craigslist.org10. Microsoft Network (MSN)
Generation D(Digital)• Speedy• Parallel Thinking (Multi-Tasking)• Random Access• Graphics vs. Text• Connected • Active Learners• Immediate Feedback• Fantasy Oriented• Tech Literate
Marc Prensky
Transformation
Schools must transform. The walls of the school no longer provide an obstacle. The World-Wide Web allows for limitless possibilities for instruction.
School TransformationRethinking the curriculum We must view learning as a continuum of
instruction rather than a series of discrete events. We must end the assembly line, departmentalized model of teaching and learning and place far more emphasis on a unified, integrated continuum of instruction rather than a series of independent, unrelated courses. We must go beyond theory and focus on practical applications that are relevant to workplace rather than mutually exclusive and theoretical subjects that prepare students for yesterday and today, not tomorrow.
School Transformation
Where do we begin?
Start by standing back. It is time to step back from our traditional thinking about learning and rethink schools, classrooms, curriculum, evaluation, the roles of teachers & learners and particularly, what it means and what it will mean to learn in the light of the modern changing world.
Ian Jukes
Web 2.0 Teacher ToolsCreate a Graph
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
•On-line
•Free
•Step by step instructions
•Generate a .jpeg or .pdf file.
•promotes cross- curricular instruction
Web 2.0 Teacher Tools
http://www.blabberize.com/creation/playBlabber/14348
http://www.blabberize.com/
•Free (guest account)
•Privacy setting
•Encourages writing, visual learning, oral comprehension, and virtual role-playing
•Step-by step instructions
Web 2.0 Teacher ToolsUse images to create a 30 second slideshow/ music video.
•requires sign-up
•free 30 second clips
•easy, step-by-step instructions
•sent via e-mailhttp://animoto.com/
Web 2.0 Teacher Tools
• on-line bookmarking• free• provides descriptions, hyperlinks,
and titles
http://del.icio.us/
Web 2.0 Teacher Tools
Google Earth
•free
•cross-platform
•customizable
•virtual field trips
•map skills
http://earth.google.com
Kerpoof• safe, non-evasive
sign up
• multimedia
• visual arts
• teacher section for lesson plans, ideas, etc.
Blogs & Wikis•free service for schools
•collaboration
•promotes writing
•synchronous and asynchronous access
•safe and secure
•watch for hidden traps (overwriting and update errors)
http://cesblog.learnerblogs.org/
Closure
• Remember 3 things from the presentation
• What were 2 new ideas you learned from the presentation?
• Think of one question you still have about the presentation
Bibliography
1) School 2.0 Image retrieved from www.salisbury21.org/blog/index.php/rj/P20/
2) Tim O’Reilly http://www.oreilly.com/
3) Internet & Web 2.0 Statistics http://www.alexa.com/
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