Web 2.0 is what web 2.0 does
Interaction
Discussion
Transformation
Collaboration
The modern Classroom
We are moving from an industrial age to a creative age
We need to teach our students to teach themselves
According to Singapore's ICT Masterplan III
20% of learning will be:
- Collaborative
- Self directed
- Every school will have 4 ICT members
- Virtual worlds, blogging/twitter and hand phone technologies will be used in the classroom
Mobile Phone (Hand Phone) Technology
Every second 3 people are born
Allows you to:
- Setup a social network of your own
- This is a great way to make a "safe place" for your students
- Gives you the collaborative benifits of Web 2.0 without the drawbacks of large networks - like facebook
- Its free!
- go to www.classroom20.com
Taking it Global
- A youth community focused on positive action
- Has support for educators
- Free!!
- www.takingitglobal.org
Prezi
Poptropica - A Virtual World
- Created for kids from 6 to 14
- Puts the kids on missions where they have to find out about topics - A bit like a interactive museum
- Go to www.poptropica.com
Live Mocha
- A soical network for people who want to learn a langugage
- www.livemocha.com
- Written by UNICEF
- Gives students a chance to find out whats it like to live in poverty
- Google AYITI (long horroble link)
Web 2.0
- Phones are getting smarter
- We are getting to the point where it is no longer necessary to have a PC because a phone will do the same job
Every second 38 mobile phones are made
Facebook has over 350Million users
Adding 1 Million a day
Minister of Education
Mr S Iswaran
A very different presentation tool
- It works on mac and pc
- You can work on it at different places (I did this presentation on my work PC and Home PC)
- You will get a free license (with extended access as an educator)
- It looks really cool
go to www.prezi.com