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Successful Web 2.0 Initiativeswith Students and Teachers
Michelle Kowalsky
William Paterson Univ., NJ
Terry Bese
Fresno Pacific University, CA
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Wiki Tools
Purpose: To enable several people to contribute to the same document 'live'
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Google Docs & Spreadsheets
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PB Wiki
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Wikispaces
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Wiki Uses for Teachers
• To collaborate on curriculum• Help write final exam questions
together• To share lesson ideas• For remote committee work
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Wiki Uses for Students
• True ‘group’ projects (not jigsaw)• Facilitates group-written papers• Brainstorming at a distance• Learn how to deal with peer editing
(where best end product prevails)
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Wiki Tips
• Have deadlines and an 'overseer'• Establish ground rules for posting
behavior• Assign roles (compiler, editor)• Co-generate expectations• Give positive feedback and celebrate
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Blog Tools
Purpose: To post thoughts and ideas on the web quickly and efficiently and receive comments on them from others
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Blogger
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Edublogs
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ClassBlogMeister
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Blog Uses for Teachers
• Establish professional development communities
• Communicate with colleagues and solidify your own thoughts
• Populate your web page with news items easily (RSS feed too)
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Blog Uses for Students
• Track peer reviews (Battle of the Books, summer reading, etc.)
• Writing and reading practice with peer and larger audience
• Moblog a science experiment or weather observations
• Summarize daily lessons (scribe of the day)
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Blog Tips
• Teach about plagiarism of text and images
• Talk about legality of deep linking
• Integrate with RSS from the start
• Keep it scholarly, use as a resume or portfolio item
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Forum Tools
Purpose: To have threaded discussions with a large number of people and/or on many topics at once
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Forumer
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Moodle
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Blackboard
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Forum Uses for Teachers
• Whole group discussion rather than many emails
• Asynchronous ongoing conversations in ‘public’ groups
• Accommodates people’s schedules• Organizes large amounts of
information among lots of people
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Forum Uses for Students
• Complete homework in a more 'honest way’
• Continues the conversation after class has ended
• Encourages in-person ‘shy’ voices to have their opinions expressed and treated equally
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Forum Tips
• Designate someone in the group itself to manage and monitor (ie., a student)
• Leader of each forum group must be present on a regular basis (positive reinforcement)
• Set up for a meaningful activity so it sustains itself
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Instant Messaging Tools
Purpose: to have real-time conversations via computer, and retain a record of what was discussed; to share links and files ‘live’
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TappedIn
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Skype
Provides VOIP, video conferencing and IM text communication
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YackPack
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Instant Messaging for Teachers
• Provide “virtual” office hours
• Allows question-and-answer periods to carry over beyond the classroom
• Communicates with students in the way that they are talking to each other
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Instant Messaging for Students
• Talk on the ‘backchannel’ to discuss course topics as they occur
• Allows students instant access to the teacher to get their questions answered
• Allows for personal attention and differentiated instruction
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Instant Message Tips
• Always turn on history and record conversations with students
• Publish your online ‘office hours’ and keep them regularly
• Focus the conversation on student thinking
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Social Networking Tools
• To find like-minded people and share information and resources with them
– Favorite websites– Common Interests– Videos
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Del.icio.us
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Ning
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YouTube
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Second Life
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Michelle Kowalsky
William Paterson University, NJ
Terry Bese
Fresno Pacific University, CA
