Transcript the PPT for lecture 1

Communication Tools
and Web 2.0 Resources
Jack Emeleus
[email protected]
Net Communication Tools
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Websites (HTML)
Wiki websites
Bulletin Boards
Email (including Lists)
Chat
Video Chat
VOIP – Skype etc
SMS
Syndication – Blogs, Pod & Vod Cast
Other tools – mySpace, YouTube, Facebook
Some considerations for
choosing or evaluating an ICT
for the classroom
Is the ICT worth it?
Motivation (Malone)
– Are ICTs still motivational as for Malone
in the early 80s?
– The best inventions are often new
applications of existing technologies
– Expanding the use of an ICT tool
beyond the narrow extrinsically
motivated focus of a child
Is the ICT worth it?
Theoretical paradigm (SC/CC?)
Literacy aspects
Is a blog what you think it is?
Does RSS mean Really Simple Syndication or
Rich Site Summary?
Can I use FTP to cook eggs?
Will a Wiki bring good luck?
Is an iPod a bit like a pea pod? What is a pea
pod anyway?
Is the ICT worth it?
Frameworks
Productive Pedagogies
EYCG
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Is the ICT worth it?
• Will it make teaching easier?
– A legitimate question that teachers might
be embarrassed to ask
– Sharing resources with other teachers
– Reducing administration
• Will I need support to implement it?
• Can I get the support if required?
What are the risks?
• Nature of iCt is that new channels of
communication are open
• Are the risks going to land you in
trouble? (EPPR)
• Are the risks justifiable?
• Confer with a higher authority…
Other Considerations
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Cost
Equity – a whole lecture for this one!
Potential long term benefits
Innovations $$ (normally overlooked)
Your own professional development
If in doubt….always give it a try!
Which CT
are we talking about?
The Web………………….……….Web 2.0
Websites (CMS and Static)
• For teachers or students
• Can be great information sources
• If you are using someone else’s there
is usually no cost – but also less
motivation (teachers AND students)
• Generally difficult to use as ‘almost
live’ communication tools
• Great for keeping a big community
up-to-date (eg www.smithfieldshs.com.au )
Websites - Static
Request to view website
.html, .jpg, .gif
files etc stored
on server
Delivers HTML / images
Final rendered
file in Browser
window
Web Server
User
Costs: Server hosting, Domain Name (base of the URL)
Benefits of static: cheap, simple (in server terms), quick from server
Cons of static: hard to maintain, can’t give multiple admins, need
continual FTP access to update and build
Websites - Dynamic (data driven)
.asp/php, .jpg,
.gif files etc
stored on server
Request to view website
Delivers HTML file
Web Server
Render
HTML
Final rendered
file in Browser
window
User
Database Server
Costs: Server hosting incl. database, domain Name (base of the URL)
Benefits of Dynamic: easy to update, separates content and formatting,
decentralised management is an option, lots of pre-built packages, no need for
Dreamweaver etc
Cons of Dynamic: higher cost, initial set-up can be tricky, ongoing support?
Websites (CMS and Static)
• Use your own and you’ll need to
– Build
– Maintain
– Write / edit copy
• How do you give kids pages
• How do you maintain consistency,
security, privacy,….
Wiki Websites (the post-it note of the web)
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A completely different paradigm
Content over formatting
Requires some level of trust
Needs daily supervision
Wonderful medium for instant
publications, journals, full class
shared projects…
• What would you use it for?
http://ed4492.awardspace.com/wiki
Bulletin Boards / Forums
• Announcements page on LearnJCU
• Strictly controlled by the administrator
• BB is One-way communication, Forum is
two way
• Excellent for senior schooling and VocEd
situations where forms and messages from
the convenor are a regular thing
• Blurred boundary – BB, Blog & Forum
http://ed4492.awardspace.com/forum
Email
• Every child in an EQ or CES school
has an email address. Probably every
child in QLD
• Who doesn’t have one?
• Uses: asynchronous communication with..
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Parents – individual and class lists
Students – individual and class groups
Staff
Professionals in fields
List Servs (see text) how to find a good one
http://www.lists.edna.edu.au/
Email
• Why use email in a class situation?
– Archive all communications
– Low-pressure literacy (not as formal as a
letter, but still use a spell check!)
– Submission of written work
– Flattens the hierarchy (access to the top)
• Consider: changing nature of
student/teacher relationship
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_1/huffaker/index.html
• Example – draft discourse
Chat
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Synchronous communication
Grammatical correctness v expression
Global / Local / In class
Management Issues:
– Security / Safety
– Time management (or lack of)
• One-One or Many-Many
• Low tech requirements
Video Chat / Video Conferencing
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Synchronous communication
Verbal, but with textual back-up
Global / Local / In class
Virtual classrooms
Hardware requirements
– Mic / Speakers / Camera
– Bandwidth on connection
• Other uses – web cams – monitoring
projects with time lapse.
VOIP
• Why use a free phone…
– Virtual classrooms
– In-school communication
– Long distance projects become affordable
• VOIP will be the standard telephone system
within the next 2 years. Why not get your
students familiar with the idea?
SMS
• Excellent communication tool with
parents.
• Requires some $$ so admin support
would be necessary
• Administrative use most appropriate
Commercial example:
www.messagemedia.com.au
Syndication
Different things, but use both to see the full power!
• Blog – Web Log
• RSS – Really Simple Syndication
Blog Sample: http://ed4492.awardspace.com/blog
POD Case: http://jjj.net.au
• Interactive or Read Only
• Owner moderated
• Free & simple to set up
• Build on your school site or hosted
Syndication - RSS
Incorporating RSS
• Build into a website
– http://www.smcc.qld.edu.au
– Use an online aggregator like
http://www.newsgator.com
– Examples
• Custom feed:
http://search.abc.net.au/search/search.cgi?query=cairn
s&collection=abcnews&form=simple
• http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/resources/toolkit/rss_s
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• Desktop download - subscribe to homework?
http://allrss.com/rssreaders.html
Syndication – Pod Casting
• As with blogs/rss, but a pod cast
utilises audio
• MP3s as hyperlinks on the web
OR
• Use a Pod Casting aggregator like
Doppler or Juice
• Start your own Pod Cast – great for
media studies, FTV, Radio….
• Utilise previously Pod-casted material
Social Networking
http://www.aftrsmedia.com/digimedia/?p=66
“Online social networking fulfills the same function as ‘hanging
out’ for teenagers and they generally only communicate with
people their own age … teachers generally fulfill the role of the
only older mentor modern kids are likely to get…Comparisons
between schools and jails were mentioned. “
“I appreciate schools duty of care and understand that there
are pressure to protect their students but offering the education
needed to avoid these problems seems a much smarter
approach than the aforementioned head in sand model. “
Social Networking
Next Week….
Techniques for Animation and Video
Purposes of Animation and Video
Hooking up the media to the NEW media…YouTube? mySpace?
Questions?
• Internet Resources
• Optional Workshop Project