Transcript Powerpoint presentation

Using the Cloud
Web 2 enabled
learning
Philip Mann
City of Westminster
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
ICT Conference June 9th 2010
Presentation brief:
Faster broadband and improved wireless access is
enabling our children to make use of many applications
that are freely available on the web. These kinds of
online applications are known as Web 2. As our
children become more sophisticated users of the VLE,
making use of Web 2 material is becoming more of a
seamless process. This presentation aims to inform
and illustrate how useful Web 2 activities can be and
how they can offer a creative and stimulating input to
the curriculum. Delegates will have an opportunity to
try out a variety of Web 2 applications.
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agenda
o Web 2 – where does it stop?
o Following the impact?
o International comparisons – where are we
and why?
o Is it all good? (money and safety)
o Following the apostles
o Practical activity
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The lessons are taken from . . .
• Terry Freedman’s “Amazing Web 2 Projects” –
ICT Consultant
• Suzie Vesper who works as an ICT Facilitator in
New Zealand
• Apps4class UK wiki
• Computer Kiddos Wiki from USA containing
Web 2 index
• Hitchhikerweb2 New Zealand Web 2 wiki
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How might the child benefit from the use of Web 2 applications?
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Web 2 having an impact yet?
Web 2 applications
School
•Forward thinking
•Flexible creative
approach
•Buoyant ICT
teacher
Child
•Challenging
•Offering planning
opportunities
•Breaks down several
barriers
•Motivating
•Stimulating
•Creative
•Ownership
•Fun
•Confidence building
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The educational benefits of using Web 2 applications (Terry Freeman 2010)
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Global differences
• English schools: clearly defined curriculum
• VLEs defining the way children access ICT
• Abroad, less curriculum prescription,
limited impact of the VLE
• Geographical isolation driving
communication through ICT
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The world in the classroom
Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog
“I teach a class of six year olds in Moose
Jaw, Canada who are inviting the world
into their classroom to help them learn.
You can contact me at
[email protected]”
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Where is Moose Jaw?
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Downtown Moose Jaw
Kids eat free Tuesdays
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Range of Web 2 applications
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Web 2 resources into your VLE
Blogging
Wikis
Multimedia – graphics, sound . .
Organisational – mindmapping . .
Social networking . .
Resource production . . .
Endless ideas
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Pupil blogging
Santaig Otters Primary School Glasgow
Start blogging with Primary Blogger
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Where’s Sandaig?
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Google Street View - staff escaping
Pupil wikis
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Some popular applications
• Animoto at Weston Village Primary School, Crewe, go
here for more
• Photopeach at Hawkes Farm, East Sussex, go here
for more
• Voicethread go to here to see lots more, peer
assessment too
• Wordle and ideas how to use it
• Glogster bringing posters to life, details here
• Scrapblog an online scrapbook
• Sliderocket
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What are the risks in using Web 2 applications?
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Web 2 risks
• E-Safety issues
• Pupil conduct online
• Public accountability
• Traditional ethos
• Assessment issues
• ICT skills of staff
• ICT skills of pupils
• Infrastructure
• Technical and other support.
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Putting it altogether - practical
Look at Amazing Web2 Projects
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Page 32 Blog as Online Portfolio (Moose Jaw)
Page 34 E-book Creations
Page 39 Going Batty With Web 2.0
Page 52 Gunpowder Plot
Page115 The Hitchhikers Guide to Web 2.0
Go to slide 6 to review Web 2 material on other
websites
Look at Suzie Vesper’s Web 2 tools page found here
Look at the list from the recent Hampshire Teachers Meet
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