(New) Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education (Slides Only)

Web 2.0 Is the Future of Everything Education Steve Hargadon www.stevehargadon.com

We're about to have the biggest discussion about education in decades, maybe longer.

Where do we get information? How do we learn? What is the purpose of schools?

Why now?

Make Phone Calls

Send Text Messages

Download Music

Play Music

Surf the Web

Take Photos

Send Photos

Play Games

And this is just the start...

The Internet is becoming a platform for unparalleled creativity.

And *we* are creating the new content of the Web.

Tools

Ten Web 2.0 Trends That Will Have a Profound Impact on Education

(1) A New Publishing Revolution

Information is Changing Who produces it What it costs to produce How it is filtered How it is distributed How we find it How it finds us How we manage it How we evaluate and understand it

Principles of Web 1.0 Reading Receiving Researching

Principles of Web 2.0 Contributing Collaborating Creating

A Revolution in 1436 AD

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(2) A Tidal Wave of Information

The Answers to The Answer to Content Overload Is to Create More Content

(3) A Culture of Openness

Unleashing Latent Energy =

New Business Models

(4) A Culture of Participation

Changing how things get done... Professional + Amateur = ProAm Culture Producer + Consumer = ProSumer Culture

(5) The Long Tail

(6) From Mass Production toward Mass Customization

(7) The Age of the Collaborator

(5) The Age of the Collaborator Historical periods favor specific traits

(5) The Age of the Collaborator

Collaborators Rule: The wisdom of the group often replaces the expert

(8) The World Is Getting Flatter & Faster

(9) The Web is Becoming a Conversation

Information Has Always Been a Conversation... ...It’s Just That Most of Us Weren’t Part of It, Until the Internet

First Came Blogs...

Then Wikis...

“ A Web Page with an Edit Button”

Level One: instant publishing

Level Two: instant, multiple-author publishing

AP US History

SupportBlogging.com

Level Three: collaborative publishing

Neutral Point of View

Wikipedia

(10) The Power of Social Networking

Social Networks

Web Statistics

Unparalleled creation of content:

70 million weblogs

About 120,000 new weblogs each day, or...

1.4 new blogs every second

1.5 million posts per day, or...

17 posts per second

80% of college students have used Facebook

MySpace: 375,000 new members EACH DAY

MySpace: 172,000,000 total members

Some from http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000493.html

Most Populous Countries

China - 1,313,973,713

India - 1,095,351,995

United States - 300,176,035

Indonesia – 245,452,739

Brazil – 188,078,227

MySpace - 172,000,000

Pakistan - 165,803,560

Bangladesh - 147,365,352

Russia - 142,893,540

Nigeria - 131,859,731

Japan - 127,463,611

300 Million as of February 3, 2008

What We Can Learn from Social Networking

Social Networking Is: The Aggregation of Web Tools for Building Community & Content

13,028 Educators Talking About Web 2.0 in Education

Learning Tools for Teachers and Students Profile Page = Personal Portfolio Forum = Announcements, Assignments, and Asynchronous Discussions Photo/Video/Audio Uploading = Content Repository & Student Showcase Directory = Personal Learning Network Groups = Learning Teams IM/Chat = Personalized Attention

Why This All Matters:

Information Is Changing

Where and How We Learn Is Changing

Education WILL

Change

If We Don't Integrate the Tools Effectively...

Formal Education Will Become Increasingly Irrelevant

A Danger: “Intellectual Isolationism”

Another Danger: RIAA & Music = Schools & Learning?

We Can/Must Harness Web 2.0's Inherent Pedagogical Capabilities:

“ BAKED IN” TO WEB 2.0

Engagement

Authenticity

Participation

Openness

Access to Information

Collaboration

Creativity

Passionate Interest

Personal Expression

Discussion

Asynchronous Contribution

Proactivity

Critical Thinking

What You Can Do:

1. Don't Be Afraid--Learn About Web 2.0

2. Keep Perspective

Students Need You More than Ever

ABOUT CROWS by John Ciardi The old crow is getting slow; the young crow is not. Of what the young crow does not know, the old crow knows a lot. At knowing things, the old crow is still the young crow's master. What does the old crow not know? How to go faster. The young crow flies above, below, and rings around the slow old crow. What does the fast young crow not know? WHERE TO GO.

3. Join a Social Network and “Lurk”

4. Participate (When Ready!)

5. Think About: The Web as Content Overload or the Web as Conversation

6. Make Education a Public Discussion

7. Help Build the New Playbook

Have a Great Day Today, and Happy Learning!

Steve Hargadon

www.SteveHargadon.com

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916-899-1400

Photo Credits

Dolphin dorsal fins: http://flickr.com/photos/melindashelton/624702882

Spinner dolphins: http://flickr.com/photos/sgregory35/2488945585/

Girls and cell phone: istockphoto

Tidal Wave: Clarke M. Smith, http://www.timeaxismedia.com/portfolio/TidalWave.html, by permission

Dam releasing water: istockphoto

Collaborating hands: istockphot

Craigslist: http://www.flickr.com/photos/acloudman/887285187/

Classified Ads: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninjapoodles/499204409/

Astronomers: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Astronomy_Amateur_3_V2.jpg

Student video conference: http://www.prizery.com/Leverano/images/_MG_8234.JPG

Building and Casino Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tylerdurden/247888774/ ; http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/520528567/ ; http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakeliefer/331448114/