SCUSD Summer 2008 Ed Tech Institute

Alice Mercer Oak Ridge Elementary

Creative Commons Licensed (except the BLAUGH cartoon which is used under their

guidelines)

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!

What is Web 2.0?

Content creation…

Interactive

AND social

How do we learn?

How do we learn?

The Zone

Knowledge

• 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

Create Content

Who is it?

Why is it, in spite of the fact that teaching by pouring in, learning by a passive absorption, are universally

condemned, that they are still so entrenched in practice? That education is not an affair of “telling” and being told, but an active and constructive process, is a

principle almost as generally violated in practice as conceded in theory. Is not this deplorable situation due to the fact that the doctrine is itself merely told? It is

preached; it is lectured; it is written about. But its enactment into practice requires that the school

environment be equipped with agencies for doing, with tools and physical materials, to an extent rarely

attained. It requires that methods of instruction and administration be modified to allow and to secure

direct and continuous occupations with things

John Dewey, Democracy

and Education,

1916

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

Teaching plagiarism with cut ‘n paste

From BLAUGH.COM (see their site for licensing/usage rules)

Just the facts m’am

Just do it: free-range projects = feral students

http://flickr.com/photos/bass_nroll/1442790011/

Creative Commons license http://flickr.com/photos/auntiep/2055051/

Getting more (quality)…

…by demanding less (quantity)

Creative Commons licensehttp://flickr.com/photos/sukkulaati/423983587/

You need a plan…

The elements…

Accessible Resources

Pre-vetted sitesTeaching of evaluation

skillsHow to glean a main idea

Bookmark http://flickr.com/photos/derbeth/300105723/

Otherwise, this is all they see…

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Fusce metus odio, pellentesque quis, tristique eget, pretium quis, est. Nam dignissim, diam vel rutrum vestibulum, mauris arcu condimentum diam, et tempor lacus risus ac risus. Cras risus. Nunc laoreet porttitor lectus. Aliquam ac est eget velit tempor congue. Nulla blandit. Phasellus ac magna. Integer urna velit, viverra non, congue sit amet, fringilla venenatis, velit. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae;

From: http://www.lipsum.com/

Using Diigo to show how-to

Highlighting Postmodernism http://flickr.com/photos/stephmcg/1265507662/

Good question!

Structuring for success

…and giving feedback

Scripts and storyboards: Don’t do a project without one. TITLE

SCRIPT

http://flickr.com/photos/63031528@N00/852247291

A picture is worth 1,000 words

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

In progress…TITLE The Boston Tea Party (1773)

SCRIPT The Sons of Liberty through all of the tea into the Boston Harbor. This is important because the war began.

In progress…TITLE Declarations of Independence

SCRIPT Back in the days not all people were treated fairly. So they decided to write the Declaration of Independence therefore they got representation