How do we engage the ‘Bebo-boomers’?
Robert Bashforth – T&L Manager ICT - Birkdale High School, Dewsbury, UK [email protected] [email protected]
Skype rob0960
Using web 2.0 technologies in the classroom
Phrase coined by Ewan McIntosh
Owns a mobile phone, an iPod, a PC and a games console
Multi-tasks and interacts with Web 2.0
Regularly uses MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, MSN chat, Bebo, Flickr, etc etc…
A typical ‘bebo-boomer’
The ‘Multivision’ project
Learners create promo videos for a fictitious mobile download site
Movies are saved in MPEG4 format
Learners bluetooth the completed movies to each other’s mobile phones
The ‘Multivision’ project
End of Year 8 Perfect bridge to KS4 Project continued and
developed to suit OCR National but cutting-edge
Sample assignment only equivalent to level 4/5 at KS3 so taught to higher level, integrated project, discussion of big issues etc
Year 9 need to be taught to level 6
iNET - Education in the year 2015
There will be a drift away from traditional school buildings to global ‘virtual’ networks
Education 2015: anytime/anywhere modular, roll-on, roll-off schools have ‘catchy’
names
BSF - New centres of learning
Smart buildings Configurable classrooms
with snap furniture Wireless but always
connected Portable use-as-you-find
technologies Fewer corridors Mixed-age groups Integrated health centres En suite toilets and water
dispensers in all classrooms
The new curriculum
Multimedia E-curriculum 24/7/365
No longer based on Year group
Flexible and adaptive, tailored to each person
Students take exams ‘when ready’
Project based
Virtual Learning Environments
24/7/365 anytime, anywhere learning Download resources Participate in
discussion groups and forums
Upload assignments Create podcasts Fill out impact
surveys Usage tracking
Portable technology - Learners can pick up anywhere
Interactive whiteboards
Wireless logon/Projectors
Laptops/Tablet PCsHandheld interactive
systemsMobile phones?
Personal Response Systems
Instant polls and graphs of responses
Detailed analysis of responses transparent to users
Can identify weak areas and target for revision
Hi-performance graphic and web technologies
Hi-quality wall displays
Learners own their environment
Imminent publication raises standards
Web sites and magazines by learners 4 learners
A myriad of uses for Digital Video
Teachers and students create and show their own movies, chroma key overlays and stop motion animations
Dartfish performance analysis for PE and Dance etc
Movie-style reviews for E-portfolios
Web 2.0 G-Cast
Ring a free phone number
Record an audio podcast from a mobile phone
Embed your podcast into a web page of your choice in under 10 minutes
International Collaborative Opportunities
Email Skype Flashmeeting Webinars V-conf
Examples – Tsunami survivor relates the experience
Offsite ask-the-expert sessions What did you have for
breakfast today (e-pen pal in France)?
Webquests
Online journeys through approved websites
Move beyond the ‘scavenger hunt’
Encourage students to use higher order thinking skills
I.e. publish a pro or anti leaflet about what you have found etc
Present your findings using a narrated PowerPoint etc
Example: DoomEd A shooter game Players move through
tunnels, corridors and rooms
Use puzzles from science curriculum (e.g. radiation levels) to progress through levels
‘Scratch’, ‘adventuremaker’ and ‘beebots’ at KS3
Games
Blogs/Podcasts
Multimedia weblogsOnline reflective journals
– lifelong learningStart in Primary School –
What do they produce by the time they reach College?
Superb for Student VoiceArchive all lessons and
transmit to mobile phones and other media
Wiki’s
A website that no one owns (or everybody owns)
Imminent publishing raises standards
Input can be viewed and assessed from anywhere in the world
Widgets make wiki’s hugely versatile and powerful
Teachers just start the first sentence………..
Web 2.0 - Collaborative documents – multiple authors in real-time
Concept maps on ‘Mindmeister’
Plans on ‘Voo2do’Diagrams on ‘Gliffy’‘Google Docs’
Word processorsSlideshowsSpreadsheets
DIY Social Networking – Learner Voice
Ning allows secure, self-contained forums
Share picturesShare VideosFacebook style
social networking within school
E-Mentoring using free V-conf (flashmeeting, skype, jajah)
6th Form students, Year 11 students and Support Staff are a very valuable, previously untapped resource
Revision Coursework mentoring Mentoring for parents School transition
Mobile Phonesthe ultimate learning tool?
More mobile phones than people
83 million text messages sent every day
Average age of having first mobile phone is 8
Users capture, manipulate, publish and share
Rigorous A4L/Assertive mentoring
Motivation and praise in the classroomClear explanationsTeach all learners to distinction level, if
anyone drops off settle them into the grade lower (min C)
Strong scaffolding, support materials, exemplars, models, clear explanations
Tight tracking and monitoring (let learners interact with their own data), deep analysis
How do we engage the ‘Bebo-boomers’?
Robert Bashforth – T&L Manager ICT - Birkdale High School, Dewsbury, UK [email protected] [email protected]
Skype rob0960
We have to meet them on their own terms, pique their interest, embrace change, encourage the use of web 2.0 and mobile learning and allow them to teach us