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Education 3.0 : Using Web 2.0 tools

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The Future of Education

The Internet is becoming a platform for unparalleled creativity.

The Future of Education

Our students are the ones responsible for creating the new

content of the WEB.

Wikipedia

Flickr

Slideshare

Web 1.0 Web 2.0

Reading Contributing

Receiving Collaborating

Researching Creating

Web 2.0 Trends that will have a profound impact on education

A new publishing revolution

A culture of openness

A tidal wave of information

A culture of participation

Mass customization

The age of the collaborator

The world - !atter & faster

The web - a conversation

The power of social networking

The Future of Education

Information is changingWHERE and HOW we learn is

changing

The Future of Education

If we don’t integrate the tools effectively...

Formal education will become increasingly

irrelevant

Pedagogical capabilities of engagement

authenticity

participation

openness

access to information

collaborationcreativity

passionate interest

personal expression discussionproactivity

critical thinkingadapted from presentation by Steve Hargadon

Google Apps

wordle

Our Objectiveconsider how we can introduce a tool

learned today back in school

https://www.google.com/accounts

Google Apps

Step 1:Sign in / create an account

http://sites.google.com

Step 2:Google Sites

Google Apps

http://sites.google.com/site/snapshotsingapore/

Google Apps

http://www.google.com/cse

Step 3:Google Custom Search

Google Apps

http://docs.google.com

Step 4:Google DocsGoogle SpreadsheetsGoogle PresentationGoogle Forms

Google Apps

Google Apps

http://tinyurl.com/snapshooting

Google Apps

Back-endSpreadsheet view

wordle

Ask students to read a text for example MLK Jr.'s "I have a Dream"

wordle

Get students to work in groups to write a short summary of and reaction to the textPossible prompts include:

Before reading the full text, read the title and predict what you think the text is about?...what makes you think it's about this?What do you think the title refers to? What image does it evoke?What do you think the text is about? What does the title refer to?What did you think of the text? What sort of reaction does it evoke in you?What were some of the ideas or images in the text that stay in your mind? Why do you think these images stayed in your mind?

wordle

Have students follow the Step-by-step Wordle guide on paviter.wikispaces.com to create a wordle of their summary /re!ectionsHave students print out their wordles and post them around the room.Have them walk around the room and comment on each others' wordles using post-its.Show them the wordle of the actual text

wordleAsk students to walk around the room again and compare/contrast their wordles to these wordles:

What do you notice?How similar were your summary/re!ection wordles to these wordles?What do you think accounts for the similarities and differences?In your estimation, how well do these wordles convey the meaning and message of these texts?

Synthesis: What might you add, change or revise in your summary/re"ection after this activity? Why?Re!ection:

How did you determine what was important to include in your summary/re!ection?How accurate where your determinations in your estimation?Are there any other strategies you might have used in this activity?

download the step-by-step guide (paviter.wikispaces.com)

Set up a diigo account, and create a group for your class.Select a text that you might have students read closely

or select a few different texts at different reading levels for differentiation

Add them to your own library and then share them to the class group you created.For yourself: practice highlighting on post-it notes

described in the step-by-step guide (www.paviter.wikispaces.com)

Create a few mini-lessons

Google Apps

wordle

Summarizeand...re!ect...

if we can introduce a tool learned today back in school

The Future of Education

If we don’t integrate the tools effectively...

Formal education will become increasingly

irrelevant

what is the big deal??

Education 3.0 : Using Web 2.0 tools

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