Web 2.0 Tools For

CollaborationPresented bySarah Price

Secndary ELA Technology Curriculum Coachsarah.price@cfisd.net

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What is Integration?• Integration

–generally means combining parts so that they work together to form a whole

– in education, is combining best teaching practices with technology use in the classroom

– is not just a replacement for pencil and paper

•Web site exploration

•Expert groups

•Collaboration

•Research

•Practice

What Integration Looks Like in the ELA Classroom

Students with laptops open and logged in

What Integration Looks Like in the ELA Classroom

(Teacher Using Projector)

• Sharing• Modeling• Note taking• Critical reading• Background

material

• Vocabulary• Examples• Review Games• Making

connections to the world

What is Web 2.0?

Collaboration in the SecondaryELA Classroom

Collaboration is…teachers

working together

Collaboration is…teachers

in partnership

working together

Collaboration is…teachers

working together in partnership

sharing leadership

Collaboration is…teachers

working together in partnership

sharing leadership

co-evolving, co-learning

Collaboration is…teachers

working together in partnership

sharing leadership co-evolving, co-learning

for student success

The Focus of Collaborative Learning

student learning where students are actively demonstrating their understanding, rather than students passing written tests as the sole sign of knowing.

Collaboration Through Discussion

Using Blogs, Forums, and Discussion Boards in the

Secondary ELA Classroom

PurposeWhat are blogs, forums, and

discussion boards, and why should teachers use them?

How do teachers incorporate forums/discussion boards into their lessons?

a Web-based publication of periodic journal entries (news) called “posts.”presented in reverse chronological

order with the most current post appearing first.

an online journal with one or many contributors.

What is a blog?

a public (online) meeting place for open discussions on a topic

an area where users can interact with questions, answers, and discussions

a great way to meet people who share similar interests and to learn more about a topic of interest

What is a forum?

Forum ExampleNing.com allows participants to create a polished and user-friendly forum. Groups form around a topic of interest or a common need.

What is a discussion board?A list in which users can read, post, and

reply to messages from other users who are members of the same discussion board.Members may read comments or questions

and respond with their own remarks over time.

All posts to a question or response become “threaded” to the original posting.

Discussion BoardExampleNotice that each response is threaded to the original post. After the first two replies, each subsequent post is evidently a reply to the previous one. Only the first, second, and last postings are responses to the original.

Discussion Using Schoolwires•In Schoolwires, the discussion postings can be allowed or not allowed.•The teacher can prompt or require specific details or ask open-ended questions to make students think more deeply about a topic.

can participate on their own time

Why use blogs, forums, or discussion boards?

know about and often use forums (i.e. Facebook, Twitter,

other social networks).

want their voices to be “heard.”

have no fear of wrong answers.

enjoy real-world writing.like to read what their friends have written.

Students

Why use blogs, forums, or discussion boards?

Teacherscan join in, guide, and monitor discussions

can foster a “sense of community” within a class

will see more student engagement than in a classroom discussion.

can use postings to make in-class discussions more

meaningful.

Example:cyfair3.schoolwires.net>Cypress Lakes>

Faculty >Amy HawkinsBlog - writing practice and student assessment.

Original post lays out the requirements.Students write their own blog within set

parameters.Students use the postings to comment on

others’ writing.

Discussion Board/ForumUsing Schoolwires

Where can you find other places to blog?www.blogster.comwww.blogger.comwww.blogs.com www.thoughts.com www.livejournal.co

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www.xanga.com www.cerei.org www.piczo.comwww.vox.comwww.TypePad.com