Transcript What is Web 2.0 and How Can it Enhance Teaching and Learning?

Making Student Work
Public: All About Web 2.0
By
Robin Rider and Andreas Brockhaus
Hosted by UWB Teaching and Learning
Center
April 25, 2008
Order of the Session
• 10-11 Presentation of Possibilities of
Web 2.0
• 11-11:30 Student Panel Discussion
• 11:30-12:00 Open Forum Discussion
–Concerns
–Classroom Applications of Web 2.0
The “Evolution” of the Web
What is Web 2.0?
• Web 1.0
– Consuming content
– Users read, listen
– Lecture modes of teaching
• Web 2.0
– Internet is a means of communication,
content creation, collaboration
– Users write, create media, interact with
other users, participate in learning networks
– Active, constructivist teaching and learning
New Type of Students
• Millennials – “Technology is assumed to be
a natural part of the environment.”
• Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants
New Possibilities for Teaching and Learning
with Web 2.0
• Collaboration
– External
– Internal
• Learning from expansive networks
• Connecting to Authentic Audiences
• Media Rich Content Creation
Making Student Learning Public with
Collaboration
• Wikis – online collaborative spaces:
– Robin’s class: Final project
http://uwbeduc591.pbwiki.com/
– Amrit’s class: building and presenting small
group projects
http://4thgradesocialstudies.pbwiki.com/
• Google Docs
– Group Projects and collaboration
http://docs.google.com
Network and Community Building
• Social Bookmarks - saving bookmarks to a
public website
– Del.icio.us
• Art Resources: http://del.icio.us/nancyrogers1
– Diigo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RvAkTuL02A
• Social Networks – often includes profiles,
public commentary and social connections
– Ning: http://secondarycohort.ning.com/
– Facebook: http://www.facebook.com
Connecting with Authentic Audiences
• Blogs - personal online log/journal
– http://heyjude.wordpress.com/
– http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/
• Podcasts – media files distributed via the Web
– http://aspengler.edublogs.org/
• Literacy Vignettes
– http://dawsona9.googlepages.com/vignette
Media Rich Content Creation
• Tech Portfolios
http://dowling.carlene.googlepages.com/home
• Digital Storytelling – audio/video narratives
– How to Create a Science Notebook
http://x8redcarpet.blogspot.com/2008/01/sciencenotebooks.html
• Google Maps
Our Community
• Voice Threads - collaborative online conversations
around images, documents and videos
– http://voicethread.com/#q.b71272.i365716
Privacy
• Student Privacy
– Social Networking
• Faculty Stalking
• Facebook Policy
– Blogs/Wikis
– Discussing privacy
issues with students
– Student work featuring
minor children
• Instructor Privacy
– 24/7 Office Hours
– Social Networking
– Change blog settings
so students wouldn't
see personal/family
blogs
hope they remember
Panel I Discussion
that it is Friday. We
can’t answer hard
questions on Fridays.
I should be
home in bed
instead of
doing this…
What was I
thinking?
Questions for Panelists
• Digital Native or Digital Immigrant?
• In what ways was your work made “public”?
– What were your concerns regarding this?
• How did you use Web 2.0 tools for collaboration?
• How did Web 2.0 change the way you did
assignments?
• How did using Web 2.0 tools enhance or detract
from your learning?
• How has the use of Web 2.0 changed the way
you use the web?
Open Forum
Concerns?
Classroom Applications?