Transcript TRETC Engaging Digital Natives

Engaging Digital Natives
Using the resources of Web 2.0 to
engage 21st century students
Jennifer Carrier Dorman
Central Bucks School District
We are at a turning point in
the tech industry and
perhaps even in the history
of the world
Tim O’Reilly – Feb. 14 2006
Digital Natives
• It is now clear that as a result of this
ubiquitous information environment and
the sheer volume of their interaction with
it, today’s students think and process
information fundamentally differently from
their predecessors.
– Marc Prensky – “Digital Natives, Digital
Immigrants” 2001
Digital Natives
• “Different kinds of experiences lead to
different brain structures” - Dr. Bruce D.
Berry of Baylor College of Medicine.
– it is very likely that our students’ brains have
physically changed – and are different from
ours – as a result of how they grew up
Who are the digital natives?
• Our students today are all “native
speakers” of the digital language of
computers, video games, and the
Internet.
• Those of us who were not born into the
digital world but have, at some later point
in our lives, become fascinated by and
adopted many or most aspects of the new
technology are Digital Immigrants.
The Challenge
• Our Digital Immigrant instructors, who
speak an outdated language (that of the
pre-digital age), are struggling to teach a
population that speaks an entirely new
language
The Nomadic Grazing Patterns of
Digital Natives
• Digital Natives are used to receiving
information really fast.
• They like to parallel process and multitask.
• They prefer their graphics before their text
rather than the opposite.
• They prefer random access (like
hypertext).
• They function best when networked.
• They thrive on instant gratification and
frequent rewards.
Methodology
• Today’s teachers have to learn to
communicate in the language and style of
their students.
– This doesn’t mean changing the meaning of
what is important, or of good thinking skills.
• It it does mean going faster, less step-by
step, more in parallel, with more random
access, among other things.
The New WWW
• Whatever
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• Wherever
– Tom March, Web-based educator, author, and
instructional designer
The New WWW
• The New WWW—offering us whatever we
want, whenever and wherever we want
it—may seem like just an extension of our
already-technology-enhanced
contemporary life
• To counteract the New WWW's potentially
harmful impact on youth, educators must
use technology to create learning
experiences that are real, rich, and
relevant
What is Web 2.0?
• Web 2.0 is a term often applied to a
perceived ongoing transition of the World
Wide Web from a collection of static
websites to a full-fledged computing
platform serving web applications to end
users.
– Tim O’Reilly
Web 1.0  Web 2.0
• oFoto  Flickr
• Britannica  Wikipedia
• Personal web sites  Blogging
• Publishing  Participating
• Directories (taxonomy)  Tagging
(folksonomy)
• Stickiness  Syndication
• Backflip  del.icio.us, furl, etc.
Web 2.0
• Static content transformed by dynamic
participation
• Communities
• Networks
• Read/write
Blogs
Blogs
• A blog is a website for which an individual or a
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group frequently generates text, photographs, video
or audio files, and/or links, typically (but not always)
on a daily basis.
The term is a shortened form of weblog.
Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an
article to an existing blog is called "blogging".
Individual articles on a blog are called "blog posts,"
"posts," or "entries".
The person who posts these entries is called a
"blogger".
Blogs
• Every blog is in fact a web site, and could
be used just like any other web site.
• The difference is that a blog has some
kind of tool that makes updates, or posts,
very easy to do.
Why the sudden popularity of
blogs?
• RSS - Really Simple Syndication
• With RSS, you don't have to go to the web
site any more.
– Instead, when you see a blog you like that
offers RSS all you have to do is copy the RSS
code on the site into an "RSS Aggregator" like
Bloglines.
– Then, whenever that site has new content
your Aggregator tells you.
RSS Aggregator – Bloglines
Blogs in School?
• Blogs are tools, and like any tools they can
be used or misused.
– Misuse occurs more often when there's a lack
of instruction. (MySpace, Xanga)
• Interactivity, publishing, collective
intelligence
Blogs in School
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Teacher Blogs
Homework
Keep Parents in the
Loop
Virtual Inservice
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Student Blogs
This week in class,
we...
Student Work
Why Students Shouldn’t Blog
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People will read it.
People might not like it.
They might share test answers with others.
They might be found by a child predator online
They might write something inappropriate.
They might find something inappropriate.
They might get other students to start blogging.
Why Students Should Blog
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People will read it.
They might like it.
They might share what they've learned with others.
They might participate in a collaborative learning
project.
They might become inspired to learn.
They might inspire others to learn.
They might get other students to start blogging.
If they don't talk in class, they might on a blog.
Tips for Blogging
Blog Hosting
• Blogger - http://www.blogger.com/
• Blogmeister - http://classblogmeister.com/
• NovemberLearning http://nlcommunities.com/
• Edublogs - http://edublogs.org/
Examples of Teacher Blogs
Examples of Class Blogs
Blog Resources
Podcasts
Podcasts
• iPod + Broadcast = Podcast
– Podcasting is the method of distributing
multimedia files, such as audio programs or
music videos, over the Internet using either
the RSS or Atom syndication formats, for
playback on mobile devices and personal
computers.
Why use podcasts?
• Podcasts enable students to share their
knowledge and expertise with others
through a creative outlet.
• Podcasts tap into a mode of media input
that is commonplace for digital natives.
How can podcasts be used?
• In the classroom, educators and students
can use podcasts to inform others about
class news, current events, and areas of
interest.
• Students can use a podcast forum to
persuade their peers to help others, make
a difference, or try something new.
• Podcasts can also be used to edutain
others through creative narratives.
How can podcasts be used?
• Podcasts engage students in thinking
critically about their speaking fluency and
communication skills.
• The opportunity to create a show about
what students would like to discuss and
share with others is extremely motivating.
Other Enduring Benefits
• Along with the use of technology there are
certain responsibilities that educators and
students need to follow.
– Educators need to instruct students on safe
and acceptable use of technology in and
outside of the classroom.
– Not only do students need to learn how to
appropriately research, but also how to safely
and properly share information online.
– Podcasts allow students to learn first hand
about copyright laws and fair use issues.
Creating a Podcast
1. Record an audio file. (Audacity)
2. Edit your audio and add music if you
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wish. (copyright and fair use issues)
Convert the file to an mp3 format. (LAME
mp3 encoder library)
Upload the file to a web server. (GCast
and Audioblogger are both free)
Create an RSS feed. (GCast and
Audioblogger will create the feed for
you)
Listen and share your podcast.
Examples of Classroom Podcasts
• Educational Podcast Network - The
Landmark Project
• Radio WillowWeb
• Room 208 Podcast
• Mr. Mayo's Audio Page
• Coulee Kids Podcast
• Mrs. D’s Producers
Examples of Educational Podcasts
• Monticello Podcasts
• Smithsonian Podcasts
• Colonial Williamsburg
• Podictionary
• Speaking of History
• Teach42 Podcasts
• Discovery Channel Podcasts
• NPR Podcasts
• PRI Program Podcasts
Pedagogy for Podcasting
• Education Podcast Network
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
Podcasting
• Pod Pedagogy
Online Podcasting Resources
http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/+Podcasting
Wikis
What is a Wiki?
• A wiki is a type of website that allows
users easily to add, remove, or otherwise
edit and change most available content.
How is a Wiki Constructed?
• A single page in a wiki is referred to as a
"wiki page", while the entire body of
pages, which are usually highly
interconnected via hyperlinks, is "the
wiki"; in effect, a wiki is actually a very
simple, easy-to-use user-maintained
database for searching and creating
information.
Are Wikis Safe?
• Wikis are generally designed with the
philosophy of making it easy to correct
mistakes, rather than making it difficult to
make them.
• Thus while wikis are very open, they
provide a means to verify the validity of
recent additions to the body of pages.
– The most prominent, on almost every wiki, is
the "Recent Changes" page—a specific list
numbering recent edits, or a list of all the
edits made within a given timeframe.
Tracking Changes
Managing Wikis
Using Wikis as a Source
• Wikipedia is as reliable as the external
sources we rely on.
• Properly written articles cite the sources,
and a reader should rely on the Wikipedia
article as much, but no more, than the
sources the article relies on.
• If an article doesn't cite a source, it may
or may not be reliable.
• Students should never use information in
a wiki until they have checked those
external sources.
Wikis in School?
Ways to Use Wikis
• Use wikis as formats for subject guides.
• Invite students and teachers to annotate
your catalog on a wiki.
• Make wikis meeting places for
communities inside the school.
• Link librarians and teachers in your district
in a collaborative enterprise.
Class Wikis
Professional Learning Communities
Professional Learning Communities
What the Experts are Saying
• Wikis are helping young people develop
“writing skills and social skills by learning
about group consensus and compromise—
all the virtues you need to be a reasonable
and productive member of society.”
– Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia
What the Experts are Saying
• “The media is controlled by people who
have the resources to control it,” he says.
“Wikis show that all of us have an equal
opportunity to contribute to knowledge.”
– Andy Garvin, head of the Digital Divide
Network
Social
Learning
Social Learning – Web 2.0
Social Bookmarking
• Del.icio.us
• Furl
• BlinkList
Social Networking – 43 Things
Social Networking
• Flickr
• TaDaList
• BaseCamp
• Clipmarks
• Yahoo! Answers
• Protopage
• RallyPoint
• Shadows
Photo Editing Tools
Phixr
http://www.phixr.com/
Pxn8
http://pxn8.com/
Picasa
http://picasa.google.com/
GIMP
http://www.gimp.org/windows/
Free Serif PhotoPlus
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/
Paint.Net
http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
Pixia
http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/
PhotoFiltre
http://photofiltre.free.fr/frames_en.htm
Ultimate Paint
http://www.ultimatepaint.com/
VCW VicMan’s Photo
Editor
http://www.vicman.net/vcwphoto/index.htm
ImageForge
http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_imffw.html
Video Editing Tools
Eye Spot Online Video Mixing
http://eyespot.com/
Jump Cut Online Video Editor
http://jumpcut.com/
Windows Movie Maker
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/
moviemaker/default.mspx
Avid Free DV
http://www.avid.com/freedv/
Storyboard Pro
http://www.atomiclearning.com/storyboardp
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Microsoft PhotoStory
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/
digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
Classroom Resources
• SCORE Virtual Projects and Field Trips (History/Social
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Studies) - http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/virtual/
SCORE Real World Mathematics http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/real.world.html
• SCORE Language Arts Activity Bank -
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/actbank/actbank.html
• SCORE Science Resources -
http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/
• Module Maker for Online Research Modules -
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http://questioning.org/module/module.html
Filamentality - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/
Classroom Resources
• Tapped In online educational/classroom community
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http://tappedin.org/tappedin/
Survey Monkey online surveys http://www.surveymonkey.com/
NiceNet online discussion board http://www.nicenet.org
Task Oriented Questions / Bloom’s Taxonomy http://www.stedwards.edu/cte/resources/bwheel.htm
MarcoPolo Internet Content for the Classroom http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx
NARA Educational Resources http://www.archives.gov/education/collaboration.html
Federal Resources for Education Excellence http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html
Blue Web’N (A Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites) http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Classroom Resources
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NoteStar enhanced research tools http://notestar.4teachers.org/
RubiStar rubric creation tools http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
QuizStar online quiz creation tools http://quizstar.4teachers.org/
TrackStar online hotlist and Internet activity creation tools
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/
Web Worksheet Wizard http://wizard.4teachers.org/
Project Poster online project-based activity creation tools
http://poster.4teachers.org/
Discovery School Puzzle Maker http://www.puzzlemaker.com/
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
WebQuests
• A WebQuest for K-12 Teachers utilizing the WebGuide Template •
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Internet4Classrooms version http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lesson_plan_quest.htm
WebQuest Template - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lessontemplate.htm
San Diego State University Educational Technology Department
WebQuests Page - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
Best WebQuests - http://bestwebquests.com/
WebQuest Templates SDSU http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html
Teachnology WebQuest Generator - http://teachers.teachnology.com/web_tools/web_quest/
Differentiated Instruction WebQuests http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/Differentiation/nine.htm
Using the Understanding By Design Model to create WebQuests http://www.bclacts.org/Using%20Ubd%20to%20design%20a%20w
ebquest.pdf
David Thornburg – Campfires in
Cyberspace
• The main thing that's holding technology
back is ... a fear--a well-placed fear, I
might add--that if technology becomes
ubiquitous, it will totally transform the
practice of education. There are a lot of
people who don't want the practice of
education transformed, because they're
very comfortable with it.