John Allan

Introduction Web 2.0 commonalities Web 2.0 and materials development for TESOL EVO course DMPT (survey) create a learning object (in pairs) Present your LO

Brock ESL CALL LINC Middle East Distance education CIC LINC LOR/LMS

Internet is the platform (not the PC) a page or collection of web pages powered by a new generation of “dev” tools end user driven (data drives the web) perpetual beta (always changing) participation in creation by end users

AJAX Asynchronous JavaScript and XML a group of interrelated web development

techniques creates interactive & rich web applications

community based interactivity users consume content users create content users comment on content content is shared between publishers &users content is shared via syndication (RSS)

video sharing YouTube wikis Wikipedia blogs Blogger community Facebook social bookmarking delicious ………….. travel Expedia shopping…….. PriceLine

Engagement the act of content creation (blogs)

Collaboration genuine group effort to create

Authenticity creation for a real audience

Participation. Chris Anderson’s “Long Tail” blog (www.thelongtail.com) became a book being a contributor to world’s body of knowledge (Wikipedia).

Openness and Access to Information a natural extension of the open source movement

Creativity digital media in all forms is creating an

explosion

Passionate Interest & Personal Expression Flickr, YouTube, blogging

Discussion Blogosphere/forums

Asynchronous Contribution students can contribute at school, home, café, or

anywhere with an IPod

Proactivity is rewarded

Critical Thinking vast amounts of data no longer an era of trusted authorities Wikipedia discussion tabs

teacherTube.com wikiversity.com edtags.org voicethread.com ask500people.com schooltube.com ning.com (Classroom20.com) eslvideo.com

ning.com (Classroom20.com)

training teachers need time and training to learn to use

these tools in the classroom

safety exposure to inappropriate material exposure predators

Time revolutions don’t come with a manual it will take time to build new “strategies”

use and adoption in schools will not be possible or equal due to budgets

compounded for ubiquitous computing

“Evil” a negative impression of Web2.0 some early Web2.0 sites showcased vulgarity due to the absence of influential adults

• personal portfolio pages• discussion forums• video and photo repositories• messaging• other social networking functions

Free (budget) Functional (duplicate disk base resources) Current

6 weeks Free Volunteer On line International CALL-IS sponsorship 10 years old

Digital materials production and techniques Novice user Moodle platform (LMS) Areas of focus

Document/text Audio WWW as a resource Capture/conversion

Wall of Voki!”

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Resource Glossary

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Guides

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more guides

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enter as a guestText

http://www.edtechisus.com/moodle

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Adobe Reader, PDF file reader, get.adobe.comAllMyFaves, visual link homepage www.allmyfaves.com Ask500People, polling the world www.ask500People.com Authorstream, visual media sharing www.authorstream.com Blogger, blogging www.blogger.com Dafont, font repository www.dafont.comDelicious, social bookmarking www.delicious.com Docstoc, professional document sharing www.docstoc.com Ehow, knowledge resource www.ehow.com Epals, electronic writing & reading www.epals.com FaceBook, social community www.facebook.com Flickr, photosharing www.flickr.com Google Translate, language translation translate.google.comKartoo, visual search www.kartoo.com LexTutor, data-driven learning www.lextutor.caLorem Ipsum, place holder text generator www.lipsum.comMicrosoft Office Online, office document resources office.microsoft.comMind42, mind mapping/brain storming www.mind42.com Moodle, learning management system www.Moodle.org Myna, online audio editor aviary.com/tools/mynaMySpace, vanity websites www.myspace.com PBwiki, wiki www.pbwiki.com PDPhoto, copyright free photos www.pdphoto.orgPhotobucket, photo sharing resource www.photobucket.com Picnik, image-photo editor www.picnik.com Project Gutenburg, copyright free texts www.gutenberg.orgScholastic Mini-Dictionary, definition generator wordwizard.scholastic.com/minidictionaryScreenToaster, online screen capture www.screentoaster.comSlideShare, presentation sharing www.slideshare.com SpellingCity, activities generator www.spellingcity.comSynthasite, website editor www.synthasite.com TeacherTube, education video sharing www.teachertube.com ToonDoo, comic strip creator www.toondoo.com VisualThesaurus, visual thesaurus www.visualthesaurus.com Vocabgrabber, word list generator www.visualthesaurus.comVoiceThread, media discussion www.voicethread.com Voki, talking avatar creator www.voki.comWikipedia, encyclopedia www.wikipedia.com Writeboard, wiki www.writeboard.com Zamzar, online file conversion www.zamzar.com

Complete the survey Names of areas Resources within each area

Complete the task Present the task to your peers

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