Teaching With Web 2.0

FACULTY IN-SERVICE TRAINING 2010

Until recently, computing has been dominated by software that has to be loaded on a computer or a server

The user's interaction with that software was typically limited to changes made to a file that was saved on the user's computer or a server

With the arrival of the World Wide Web in the mid 1990s, that model became the standard

The web itself was growing, but it was pretty much a one-way flow of information:

People posted web pages for other people to read

We now refer to that old way as Web 1.0

In the new way, the web is no longer characterized by posting static pages for people to read

the new web is all about read and respond

Historically, how have you gotten your information?

TV

These days, what percentage of your info do you get from the web?

Think of all the different web sites you visit to find this information...

Google

Instead of visiting each of your favorite sites every time you went online, what if all the content you wanted

came to you?

All in one place?

24/7?

aka the AGGREGATOR

your Favorites!

how does this work?

Let's get you a Reader!

Now let's get you some free RSS subscriptions!

PICK ONE OF THESE NEWS SITES

http://www.newsweek.com/id/38399

PICK ONE OF THESE NEWSPAPERS (PIONEER OR NYT)

http://technorati.com/blogs/directory/

When you get home, visit every site where you gather news & information, and add its RSS to your Google Reader!

Perhaps the most challenging aspect of this plan is to get in the habit of checking your Reader DAILY!

Try fitting it into your routine--check Google Reader right away in the morning or right when you get to school

Remember, the whole point is to save you time and create convenience by aggregating your resources all in one, convenient place!

Organizing the Web

Has this ever happened to you?

You find a web site you'd like to use in class, so you bookmark it

Later, you find the bookmark but can't remember what you liked about the site in the first place!

Or you bookmarked it at home but are at school now and can't access the bookmark

A solution to these problems is called diigo

Diigo allows you to create bookmarks and folders (called "lists") on the Web

Now, you're not tied to any specific computer! As long as you have Internet access, you have access to your bookmarks

Even better, you can interact with the content on the web--highlighting text and adding comments and sticky notes--so that you remember why you wanted to bookmark the site in the first place!

Now you not only have your sites wherever you go, but you also know why you wanted to save them!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlqfJsmjcOs

Diigo also lets you "tag" your web sites with keywords so that you can search and sort your related sites anytime!

Or search other people's tags and lists to identify sites of interest

You can make your bookmarks private or you can share them with other people by starting your own diigo group or joining an existing group

I created our own Faculty group so that we can share our Internet finds with...

I am handing out your username and password.

Log in and explore:

To access the bookmarks I've already shared,

click "Groups" and then "Faculty."

Try sharing a bookmark with our group.

Play with your settings.

BLOGS

We briefly touched on blogs when we signed up for our free google Reader

Now let's consider 3 major uses for blogs in your teaching

major blog use #1 Blogs as a major source of information on...

industry news/ current events

teaching ideas

you can both consume information and contribute to the conversation

This is the essential aspect of blogs--and other web 2.0 technologies: the ability to read and write on the Web!

major blog use #2 Having students write blogs for each other and you in a secure, private forum

If you want students writing in practical, useful contexts, blogs can serve as . . .

major blog use #3

Or you can set up a blog so only you can write on it--and use it to post daily and weekly assignments

It's like a public drive (H drive) on the Web that students can access outside school!

Let's use our new, free google accounts to start our free blogs!

Wikis

Wikis are the quintessential collaboration tool, which makes them the epitome of web 2.0

Wikis are also the most misunderstood web 2.0 tool

a wiki entry allows for others to edit/correct/revise/augment information that someone else started

Think of wikipedia...

Now, challenge your assumptions...

Can you think of any relevant contexts for our students to use this type of collaborative tool?

You can also use a wiki as a class homepage to...

Collaboration & Group Work

Holding online discussions and real-time chats use to require technical know-how

Now, you don't need to know any computer programming to implement these tools in your classroom

Meet Grouply

What You Can Do in a Grouply!

Grouply is customizeable, so you can choose the features you want

As with a wiki, you can...

As with a blog, Grouply provides a discussion board for asynchronous writing opportunities, such as...

journals of what students are learning

student reflections on class reading

hosts for online versions of students' portfolios

a place for students to post drafts of work or assignment ideas and get direct feedback from classmates and you

What are some useful applications of these tools?

ROLE PLAYS

We are now going to continue this meeting inside a Grouply!

go to this web site and log in using the username and password I asked you to bring today

Click on the Assignments tab atop the Grouply and select the discussion called "Respond Now to This Post"

This new web is faster

Whereas Web 1.0 was the READ web, this new way is the READ-WRITE web

WELCOME TO WEB 2.0

Or you can't find the bookmark at all!

interview questions & answers

POST

helpdesk technician - customer

http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english

front desk agent - customer

due dates

debating different sides of an issue

http://onlineroleplay.ning.com/

books

library

assignments

radio

Subscriptions

word of mouth

newspapers

links to other sites

http://www.cnn.com/services/rss/

magazines

http://www.reuters.com/tools/rss

PICK ONE OF THESE MAGAZINES

CNN

http://www.time.com/time/rss

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/11/welcome-to-the-wiki-party.ars

dictionary.com

http://www.twincities.com/rss

http://tinyurl.com/nytrss

http://mbcfaculty.grouply.com

SEARCH FOR BLOGS TO ADD

AOL

http://blogsearch.google.com/

Yahoo!

MSN

http://jonweb20.blogspot.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI

wikipedia

industry news

http://wiki.webworks.com/

http://mbccomputers.pbworks.com/

follow the directions posted there

Headlines

blogs

the READER

http://monsonclassroom.blogspot.com/

aka PRIVATE INBOX TO EVERYTHING

Did I mention it's free?

How many of you already have a reader?

RSS

Feeds

http://millersenglish10.blogspot.com/

other faculty in your department

Sara

Lee

the entire faculty

free

Jon

http://www.diigo.com/buzz/hot

go to www.google.com

http://netfiles.umn.edu/users/blum0137/googlereader.swf?uniq=juqv22

http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english

http://groups.diigo.com/index

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