SCUSD Summer 2008 Ed Tech Institute

Alice Mercer Oak Ridge Elementary

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Agenda• What is Web 2.0 and why use it?

(15 minutes)• Document Sharing 2.0 (30 minutes)• Make something of this (45 minutes)• Sharing information 2.0 (30 minutes)• Make something of this (45 minutes)• Online professional development

(30 minutes)• Make something of this (45 minutes)

What is Web 2.0?• Content creation…

• Interactive

• Social

• Relationships • Social interactions• Lev Vygotsky• Zone of proximal

development– You cross the point between

ignorance of a concept and knowledge with someone helping you

How do we learn?

The Zone

• Learning must be demonstrated

• This has different levels, higher and lower

• Benjamin Bloom’s Taxonomy

• Construction is the highest level.

How do we learn? Part II

Document Sharing 2.0

• Create documents you can retrieve anywhere

• No more jump drives• Share it with others• Share edits with each

other

Wikis

• Share it with others• Bad for simultaneous

editing (like in a lab)• Good for multiple

page documents (linking between pages is easy)

Document Sharing 2.0

• Create documents you can retrieve anywhere

• Share documents offline• Looks like MSWord, etc.• Simultaneous edits (10

users at a time on doc)• Not as good for large

multi-page docs

Sharing info 2.0

• Getting resources• Bookmarks and

pictures that move with you, and

• You can share

Sharing info 2.0

• How is it different than NetTrekker?– It’s free and

portable– Sharing – Annotation

What Does It Do?

• A social bookmarking programTagsGroups

• A way to annotate Web pagesHighlightingSticky notes

• A way to blog or email your bookmarks

How and Where Can You Use It?

• Research• Scaffolding information for students• Collaborative projects with

professional peers and students• Blogging• Presentation of links with

annotations and narration

Personal Learning Networks

• Online network of peers with a similar interest

• A variety of ways to communicate (synchronous and asynchronous)

• Some variety in the levels of expertise (heterogeneous)

Image: 'Neatness' www.flickr.com/photos/11071053@N00/184018928

Why bother?

• What if no one in your building knows the answer?

• Answers to your questions from others like you

• Support for your efforts• Honest evaluation when

things are working• You can’t do it alone

Image: 'iTired' www.flickr.com/photos/83808396@N00/351975859

Sources for Educational Technology Networks:

• DEN (http://community.discoveryeducation.com/ )

• Classroom 2.0 (http://classroom20.com)

• Locally CTAP Region 3 (http://ctap3edtech.ning.com/)

• You can find me at: – http://mercertraining.edublogs.org

(blog for trainings)

DEN

• Discovery Educators Network• http://community.discoveryeducation.co

m/

• Online; National; Meetings in person• Based on Discovery Streaming/Science

productsCorporate, but we talk about more than just their products. Emphasis is on integration of product into learning/projects

Classroom 2.0

• http://classroom20.com • Online; Meetings in person;

International• Uses Ning social network. Easy to use,

easy to meet. Over 10,000 members. Meetups and online conferencing.

CTAP 3

• Regional computer and technology group

• http://ctap3edtech.ning.com/• Local; Online; Monthly+ meetings in

person• Most active in person, but they do have

web pages and a Ning social network

• My Training Blog• http://mercertraining.edublogs.org/• Follow up on this training, ask

questions, find out about upcoming trainings

Agenda• Review what is Web 2.0 and

why use it? (5 minutes)• Project Based Learning (5 minutes)• Units and projects on the web

– ELD Projects– GATE Projects

• You do it!

• Relationships • Social interactions• Lev Vygotsky• Zone of proximal development

– You cross the point between ignorance of a concept and knowledge with someone helping you

How do we learn?How do we learn?

• Learning must be demonstrated

• This has different levels, higher and lower

• Benjamin Bloom’s Taxonomy• Construction is the highest

level.

How do we learn? Part II

Who is it?

Research projects and the multitude of ways they can go wrong…

Research projects and the multitude of ways they can go wrong…• Teaching plagiarism with cut ‘n

paste• Just the facts m’am• Just do it:

free-range projects = feral students• One side says vote yes, the other

says vote no, I’m just confused

The elements…

• Resources that are accessible to students

• Explicit instruction in how to use resources

• Student generated research questionsThe “how” and “whys”

• Feedback, feedback, feedback• Structure, structure, structure

Sources of photos

Flickr (Creative Commons)http://flickr.com

Library of Congress (Public Domain)search for LOC on Flickrhttp://loc.gov

Wikipedia (Both)http://wikipedia.org

Do you have language learners? • Oral language is on their test• Story boards + Scripts = structure

= safety net• Don’t forget the vocabulary