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

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

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 This is just the start...

Make Phone Calls

Send Text Messages

Download Music

Play Music

Surf the Web

Take Photos

Send Photos

Play Games

This is just the start...

Tools

Web 2.0 The Internet is becoming a platform for unparalleled creativity.

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

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

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

(1) A New Publishing Revolution

Principles of Web 1.0 Reading Receiving Researching

Principles of Web 2.0 Contributing Collaborating Creating

A Revolution in 1436 AD

(2) A Tidal Wave of Information

The Answer to Content Overload The Answers to

(3) A Culture of Openness

(4) A Culture of Participation

(5) The Age of the Collaborator

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

(5) The Age of the Collaborator

HARGADON'S WEB 2.0 LAW: The wisdom of the group replaces the expert

(6) An Explosion of Innovation

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

(7) The World Is Getting Flatter & Faster

(8) The Long Tail

(9) Social Learning Moves Toward Center Stage

(10) Social Networking

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

“ 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

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

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 FLASH: 300 Million as of February 3, 2008

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

9,900 Interested in Web .20 in Education

Why This All Matters

Learning Is Changing Education Will Need to Change

Learning Is Changing

Education Will Need to Change

The Factory Model of Schooling Is Dying Customization, Collaboration, and Creation Are the New Model

The Factory Model of Schooling Is Dying

Customization, Collaboration, and Creation Are the New Model

The Danger: RIAA & Music Schools & Learning

What You Can Do

Students Need You More than Ever

Learn About Web 2.0 Lurk Participate Digest This Thought: The Answer to Information Overload Is to Produce More Information. Teach Content Production Make Education a Public Discussion Help Build the New Playbook

Learn About Web 2.0

Lurk

Participate

Digest This Thought: The Answer to Information Overload Is to Produce More Information.

Teach Content Production

Make Education a Public Discussion

Help Build the New Playbook

Have a Great Day Today, and Happy Learning! Steve Hargadon www.SteveHargadon.com [email_address] 916-899-1400

Steve Hargadon

www.SteveHargadon.com

[email_address]

916-899-1400

Photo Credits 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: istockphoto 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 Apprentice: istockphoto Lecture hall: istockphoto Study group: istockphoto Juggling: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Juggling_Clubs_Manuel_and_Christoph_Mitasch_8_club_passing.jpg

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: istockphoto

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

Apprentice: istockphoto

Lecture hall: istockphoto

Study group: istockphoto

Juggling: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Juggling_Clubs_Manuel_and_Christoph_Mitasch_8_club_passing.jpg