Engaging Digital Natives with Web 2.0 Jennifer Dorman http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/digitalnatives

Agenda The Case for Digital Learning The Learning Profile of Digital Natives National Educational Technology Standards The Evolution of Web 2.0 Implications of Participatory Culture 21 st Century Literacies Web 2.0 Applications That Support 21 st Century Learning

The Case for Digital Learning

The Learning Profile of Digital Natives

National Educational Technology Standards

The Evolution of Web 2.0

Implications of Participatory Culture

21 st Century Literacies

Web 2.0 Applications That Support 21 st Century Learning

Essential Questions What is education for? What attributes do we value and need in our young people as workers, as learners? Where does learning happen? What role should young people themselves play in shaping their education? How can students harness technology to become lufe-long learners? http://snipurl.com/1xi77

What is education for?

What attributes do we value and need in our young people as workers, as learners?

Where does learning happen?

What role should young people themselves play in shaping their education?

How can students harness technology to become lufe-long learners?

Powerful Learning Environments Powerful learning environments are usually defined as being environments that seek to develop complex and higher order cognitive skills, deep conceptual understanding and metacognitive skills such as the ability to self-regulate one’s own learning de Corte 1990

Powerful learning environments are usually defined as being environments that seek to develop complex and higher order cognitive skills, deep conceptual understanding and metacognitive skills such as the ability to self-regulate one’s own learning

de Corte 1990

Learning Career A learning career describes the changes in a student’s dispositions to knowledge and learning across contexts and time. Bloomer 1997

A learning career describes the changes in a student’s dispositions to knowledge and learning across contexts and time.

Bloomer 1997

Based in Research Such outcomes, which foster the productive use of acquired knowledge and skill and support the transfer of learning, have long been deemed desirable, and recent research has shown how digital technologies can positively affect powerful learning environments de Corte 1994; Bereiter and Scardamalia 2003; Lehtinen 2003; Kremer 2004

Such outcomes, which foster the productive use of acquired knowledge and skill and support the transfer of learning, have long been deemed desirable, and recent research has shown how digital technologies can positively affect powerful learning environments

de Corte 1994; Bereiter and Scardamalia 2003; Lehtinen 2003; Kremer 2004

Education is changing. Competition is changing internationally. The workplace, jobs, and skill demands are changing. The Case for Digital Learning

Education is changing.

Competition is changing internationally.

The workplace, jobs, and skill demands are changing.

Did You Know? http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=6f2c2eba77f39993d118

The Implications These changes, among others, are ushering us toward a world where knowledge, power, and productive capability will be more dispersed than at any time in our history—a world where value creation will be fast, fluid, and persistently disruptive. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams

These changes, among others, are ushering us toward a world where knowledge, power, and productive capability will be more dispersed than at any time in our history—a world where value creation will be fast, fluid, and persistently disruptive.

Digital Natives Learning Profile

Digital Natives Our students today are all “native speakers” of the digital language of computers, video games, instantaneous communication, and the Internet. Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants – Marc Prensky

Our students today are all “native speakers” of the digital language of computers, video games, instantaneous communication, and the Internet.

Digital Natives It is now clear that as a result of this ubiquitous information environment and the sheer volume of their interaction with it, today’s students think and process information fundamentally differently from their predecessors. Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants – Marc Prensky

It is now clear that as a result of this ubiquitous information environment and the sheer volume of their interaction with it, today’s students think and process information fundamentally differently from their predecessors.

Digital Natives “Different kinds of experiences lead to different brain structures” - Dr. Bruce D. Berry of Baylor College of Medicine. it is very likely that our students’ brains have physically changed – and are different from ours – as a result of how they grew up Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants – Marc Prensky

“Different kinds of experiences lead to different brain structures” - Dr. Bruce D. Berry of Baylor College of Medicine.

it is very likely that our students’ brains have physically changed – and are different from ours – as a result of how they grew up

The Challenge Our Digital Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language (that of the pre-digital age), are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new language

Our Digital Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language (that of the pre-digital age), are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new language

Digital Natives are used to receiving information really fast. They like to parallel process and multi-task. They prefer their graphics before their text rather than the opposite. Learning Profile of Digital Natives Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants – Marc Prensky

Digital Natives are used to receiving information really fast.

They like to parallel process and multi-task.

They prefer their graphics before their text rather than the opposite.

Learning Profile of Digital Natives They prefer random access (like hypertext). They function best when networked. They thrive on instant gratification and frequent rewards. They prefer games to “serious” work. Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants – Marc Prensky

They prefer random access (like hypertext).

They function best when networked.

They thrive on instant gratification and frequent rewards.

They prefer games to “serious” work.

National Educational Technology Standards "What students should know and be able to do to learn effectively and live productively in an increasingly digital world …" http://snipurl.com/1w89f

Creativity and Innovation Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students: apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes. create original works as a means of personal or group expression. use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues. identify trends and forecast possibilities.

Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:

apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.

identify trends and forecast possibilities.

Communication and Collaboration Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students: interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.

Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students:

interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.

communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.

develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures.

contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.

Research and Information Fluency Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students: plan strategies to guide inquiry. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks. process data and report results.

Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:

plan strategies to guide inquiry.

locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.

evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.

process data and report results.

Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving & Decision-Making Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students: identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation. plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project. collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions. use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions.

Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students:

identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation.

plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.

collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.

use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions.

Digital Citizenship Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Students: advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity. demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning. exhibit leadership for digital citizenship.

Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Students:

advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.

exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity.

demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning.

exhibit leadership for digital citizenship.

Technology Operations and Concepts Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems and operations. Students: understand and use technology systems. select and use applications effectively and productively. troubleshoot systems and applications. transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies.

Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems and operations. Students:

understand and use technology systems.

select and use applications effectively and productively.

troubleshoot systems and applications.

transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies.

Web 2.0

Web 1.0  Web 2.0

What is Web 2.0? "It's made of people. It's not content." Jeff Jarvis, Buzzmachine "The interconnected web." Andrew Anker, Six Apart "Web 2.0 is the two-way web where content finds you." Ron Rasmussen, KnowNow "People doing things together on the web." Mitchell Baker, Mozilla Foundation "Web 2.0 is about platforms that other people can build on." Rajat Paharia, Bunchball

"It's made of people. It's not content."

Jeff Jarvis, Buzzmachine

"The interconnected web."

Andrew Anker, Six Apart

"Web 2.0 is the two-way web where content finds you."

Ron Rasmussen, KnowNow

"People doing things together on the web."

Mitchell Baker, Mozilla Foundation

"Web 2.0 is about platforms that other people can build on."

Rajat Paharia, Bunchball

The New WWW Whatever Whenever Wherever Tom March, Web-based educator, author, and instructional designer

Whatever

Whenever

Wherever

Tom March, Web-based educator, author, and instructional designer

What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is a term often applied to a perceived ongoing transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of static websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users The evolution of social software Tim O’Reilly

Web 2.0 is a term often applied to a perceived ongoing transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of static websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users

The evolution of social software

Tim O’Reilly

Social Software The term social software came into use in 2002 and is generally attributed to Clay Shirky. Shirky, a writer and teacher on the social implications of internet technology, defines social software simply as “software that supports group interaction”

The term social software came into use in 2002 and is generally attributed to Clay Shirky.

Shirky, a writer and teacher on the social implications of internet technology, defines social software simply as “software that supports group interaction”

Social Software and Education Social software and the changing goals in education seem to be moving in the same direction.

Social software and the changing goals in education seem to be moving in the same direction.

What does Web 2.0 look like? Creation, Collaboration, Community Blogs Wikis Podcasts Information Aggregating Social Bookmarking and Content Tagging Social Networking

Creation, Collaboration, Community

Blogs

Wikis

Podcasts

Information Aggregating

Social Bookmarking and Content Tagging

Social Networking

Atomic Learning Web 2.0 Tutorial http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/web20/

Participatory Culture

Participatory Culture According to a recent study from the Pew Internet & American Life project (Lenhardt & Madden, 2005), more than one-half of all teens have created media content, and roughly one-third of teens who use the Internet have shared content they produced. Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century Henry Jenkins

According to a recent study from the Pew Internet & American Life project (Lenhardt & Madden, 2005), more than one-half of all teens have created media content, and roughly one-third of teens who use the Internet have shared content they produced.

Forms of Participatory Culture Affiliations — memberships, formal and informal, in online communities centered around various forms of media Expressions — producing new creative forms, such as digital sampling, skinning and modding, fan videomaking, fan fiction writing, zines, mash-ups Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century Henry Jenkins

Affiliations — memberships, formal and informal, in online communities centered around various forms of media

Expressions — producing new creative forms, such as digital sampling, skinning and modding, fan videomaking, fan fiction writing, zines, mash-ups

Forms of Participatory Culture Collaborative Problem-solving — working together in teams, formal and informal, to complete tasks and develop new knowledge Circulations — Shaping the flow of media Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century Henry Jenkins

Collaborative Problem-solving — working together in teams, formal and informal, to complete tasks and develop new knowledge

Circulations — Shaping the flow of media

Benefits A growing body of scholarship suggests potential benefits of these forms of participatory culture, including: opportunities for peer-to-peer learning, a changed attitude toward intellectual property, the diversification of cultural expression, the development of skills valued in the modern workplace, and a more empowered conception of citizenship. Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century Henry Jenkins

A growing body of scholarship suggests potential benefits of these forms of participatory culture, including:

opportunities for peer-to-peer learning,

a changed attitude toward intellectual property,

the diversification of cultural expression,

the development of skills valued in the modern workplace, and a more empowered conception of citizenship.

Impact on Learning Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to community involvement. The new literacies almost all involve social skills developed through collaboration and networking. These skills build on the foundation of traditional literacy, research skills, technical skills, and critical analysis skills taught in the classroom. Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century Henry Jenkins

Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to community involvement.

The new literacies almost all involve social skills developed through collaboration and networking.

These skills build on the foundation of traditional literacy, research skills, technical skills, and critical analysis skills taught in the classroom.

21 st Century Literacies

21 st Century Literacies Play — the capacity to experiment with one’s surroundings as a form of problem-solving Performance — the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation and discovery Simulation — the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real-world processes Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century Henry Jenkins

Play — the capacity to experiment with one’s surroundings as a form of problem-solving

Performance — the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation and discovery

Simulation — the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real-world processes

21 st Century Literacies Appropriation — the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content Multitasking — the ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus as needed to salient details. Distributed Cognition — the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand mental capacities Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century Henry Jenkins

Appropriation — the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content

Multitasking — the ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus as needed to salient details.

Distributed Cognition — the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand mental capacities

21 st Century Literacies Collective Intelligence — the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal Judgment — the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sources Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century Henry Jenkins

Collective Intelligence — the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal

Judgment — the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sources

21 st Century Literacies Transmedia Navigation — the ability to follow the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities Networking — the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century Henry Jenkins

Transmedia Navigation — the ability to follow the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities

Networking — the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information

21 st Century Literacies Negotiation — the ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century Henry Jenkins

Negotiation — the ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms

Learning 2.0

Learning 2.0? Is it possible to draw on the activities emerging through social software to create learning communities which offer young people personalized, collaborative learning experiences such as those that are already emerging in the world outside the school gates ? www.futurelab.org.uk/research/opening_education.htm

Is it possible to draw on the activities emerging through social software to create learning communities which offer young people personalized, collaborative learning experiences such as those that are already emerging in the world outside the school gates ?

Social Software and Learning Some of the key attributes of social software in relation to education are that it: Delivers communication between groups. Enables communication between many people. Provides gathering and sharing resources. Delivers collaborative collecting and indexing of information. Allows syndication and assists personalization of priorities. Has new tools for knowledge aggregation and creation of new knowledge. Delivers to many platforms as is appropriate to the creator, recipient and context. www.futurelab.org.uk/research/opening_education.htm

Some of the key attributes of social software in relation to education are that it:

Delivers communication between groups.

Enables communication between many people.

Provides gathering and sharing resources.

Delivers collaborative collecting and indexing of information.

Allows syndication and assists personalization of priorities.

Has new tools for knowledge aggregation and creation of new knowledge.

Delivers to many platforms as is appropriate to the creator, recipient and context.

Delivers communication between groups There are implicit mechanisms that allow interest groups to electronically coalesce – to be aware of what each other are doing and to review each others’ actions and to allow those actions to benefit each other member of a community. www.futurelab.org.uk/research/opening_education.htm

There are implicit mechanisms that allow interest groups to electronically coalesce – to be aware of what each other are doing and to review each others’ actions and to allow those actions to benefit each other member of a community.

Enables communication between many people If the authors wish, all their work is available to the rest of the digital world. Access is available to expert and novice alike and, in fact, social software provides systems whereby experts and novices can work together. www.futurelab.org.uk/research/opening_education.htm

If the authors wish, all their work is available to the rest of the digital world.

Access is available to expert and novice alike and, in fact, social software provides systems whereby experts and novices can work together.

Provides gathering and sharing resources It provides a means of gathering and making material available. Simple acts like putting holiday snapshots on a searchable photo site can give others insight into the location, for instance; for other people making available their work in progress can both inform others and prompt critical feedback. www.futurelab.org.uk/research/opening_education.htm

It provides a means of gathering and making material available.

Simple acts like putting holiday snapshots on a searchable photo site can give others insight into the location, for instance; for other people making available their work in progress can both inform others and prompt critical feedback.

Delivers collaborative collecting and indexing of information No longer is knowledge limited by historically constructed visions of curricula. There are new ways of organizing and finding knowledge objects that are of interest to you and the groups with whom you share interests. www.futurelab.org.uk/research/opening_education.htm

No longer is knowledge limited by historically constructed visions of curricula.

There are new ways of organizing and finding knowledge objects that are of interest to you and the groups with whom you share interests.

Allows syndication and assists personalization of priorities There are mechanisms to be passively active. You can choose what information streams you want to be kept informed about and that information will come to you rather than you having to go and seek it. It will help you both keep abreast with your co-workers’ online activity and those other information streams you actually prioritize. www.futurelab.org.uk/research/opening_education.htm

There are mechanisms to be passively active.

You can choose what information streams you want to be kept informed about and that information will come to you rather than you having to go and seek it.

It will help you both keep abreast with your co-workers’ online activity and those other information streams you actually prioritize.

Has new tools for knowledge aggregation and creation of new knowledge The massive uptake of MP3 music players is indicative of a move to collecting material from many sources and aggregating it for our personal use. There are also tools that allow that content to be modified and incorporated in new formulations: the concept of a mash-up. www.futurelab.org.uk/research/opening_education.htm

The massive uptake of MP3 music players is indicative of a move to collecting material from many sources and aggregating it for our personal use.

There are also tools that allow that content to be modified and incorporated in new formulations: the concept of a mash-up.

Delivers to many platforms as is appropriate to the creator, recipient and context Creators and users of social software tools and content know their lives are not constrained to desktops, they use many media: mobile phones; PDAs; MP3 players and games consoles. They increasingly expect that the digital part of their life will integrate with them in the context that they are in. www.futurelab.org.uk/research/opening_education.htm

Creators and users of social software tools and content know their lives are not constrained to desktops, they use many media: mobile phones; PDAs; MP3 players and games consoles.

They increasingly expect that the digital part of their life will integrate with them in the context that they are in.

Supporting 21 st Century Learning Web 2.0 Applications

RSS Feeds and Readers

What is RSS? Depending on who you talk to, RSS stands for Rich Site Summary or Real Simple Syndication

Depending on who you talk to, RSS stands for Rich Site Summary or Real Simple Syndication

RSS in Plain English http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=086faafd8c122981cc82

Syndication and Aggregation Bloglines Google Reader (iGoogle widget) Pageflakes Netvibes Grazr

Bloglines

Google Reader (iGoogle widget)

Pageflakes

Netvibes

Grazr

Bloglines

Bloglines Save Time, Read it Your Way View all your subscriptions by clicking on the My Feeds tab Modify display preferences in feed Options View articles by selecting from the links in your Feeds folder Modify individual subscription options using the Edit feature Choose a Notifier for Bloglines alerts View Bloglines on your mobile device Read Bloglines in your favorite language http://www.bloglines.com/

Save Time, Read it Your Way

View all your subscriptions by clicking on the My Feeds tab

Modify display preferences in feed Options

View articles by selecting from the links in your Feeds folder

Modify individual subscription options using the Edit feature

Choose a Notifier for Bloglines alerts

View Bloglines on your mobile device

Read Bloglines in your favorite language

Bloglines What interests you? Blogs , News , Podcasts and more Weather forecasts Package tracking View the 200 Most Popular Feeds Track future web articles by creating a search subscription

What interests you?

Blogs , News , Podcasts and more

Weather forecasts

Package tracking

View the 200 Most Popular Feeds

Track future web articles by creating a search subscription

Bloglines Subscribe to it Subscribe with one click from your browser toolbar Subscribe from search results Look for RSS enabled sites with 'Subscribe with Bloglines' or XML/RSS buttons If you don't see an RSS button, use the 'Add' link and enter the URL and Bloglines will find all available feeds for you. Manage mailing list clutter by creating unique email addresses

Subscribe to it

Subscribe with one click from your browser toolbar

Subscribe from search results

Look for RSS enabled sites with 'Subscribe with Bloglines' or XML/RSS buttons

If you don't see an RSS button, use the 'Add' link and enter the URL and Bloglines will find all available feeds for you.

Manage mailing list clutter by creating unique email addresses

Bloglines Publish, Share & Save Publish your own blog Post a 'Subscribe with Bloglines' button on your blog Share your blogroll Email articles to any address using the 'Email This' feature Save articles with the 'Keep New' or 'Clip/Blog This' features

Publish, Share & Save

Publish your own blog

Post a 'Subscribe with Bloglines' button on your blog

Share your blogroll

Email articles to any address using the 'Email This' feature

Save articles with the 'Keep New' or 'Clip/Blog This' features

Bloglines My public Bloglines feeds are available at http://www.bloglines.com/public/jdorman

My public Bloglines feeds are available at http://www.bloglines.com/public/jdorman

Google Reader

Google Reader Stay up to date Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content. Share with your friends Use Google Reader's built-in public page to easily share interesting items with your friends and family. Use it anywhere, for free Google Reader is totally free and works in most modern browsers, without any software to install. https://www.google.com/reader/view/

Stay up to date

Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content.

Share with your friends

Use Google Reader's built-in public page to easily share interesting items with your friends and family.

Use it anywhere, for free

Google Reader is totally free and works in most modern browsers, without any software to install.

Sharing Feeds with Google Reader

Importing and Exporting

Added Functionality

Added Functionality

Added Functionality

Added Functionality

Google Reader Take a tour of Google Reader at http://snipurl.com/1w843 Create a personalized homepage with iGoogle http://www.google.com/ig Integrates with Google Reader Learn more about Google Resources for Educators at http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Google

Take a tour of Google Reader at http://snipurl.com/1w843

Create a personalized homepage with iGoogle http://www.google.com/ig

Integrates with Google Reader

Learn more about Google Resources for Educators at http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Google

Netvibes

Netvibes Netvibes is a personalized page – you can now modify everything: move modules, add new RSS/ATOM feeds, change the parameters for each module, etc. Your modifications are saved in real-time and you'll find your page when you get back on Netvibes.com. If you want to be able to access your page from any computer, you can sign in with your email and a password. http://www.netvibes.com/

Netvibes is a personalized page – you can now modify everything: move modules, add new RSS/ATOM feeds, change the parameters for each module, etc.

Your modifications are saved in real-time and you'll find your page when you get back on Netvibes.com.

If you want to be able to access your page from any computer, you can sign in with your email and a password.

Netvibes NetVibes can pull content from: RSS or web feeds Podcasts Calendars Widget and applications modules http://www.netvibes.com/

NetVibes can pull content from:

RSS or web feeds

Podcasts

Calendars

Widget and applications modules

Pageflakes http://www.pageflakes.com

Pageflakes Pageflakes is your personalized start page on the Internet. Your address book, local weather information, to-do-list, news, blogs and much more – all on one page that you can access from anywhere. You can also use Pageflakes to keep up with your favorite blogs and news feeds. "Flake" is our word for those little modules which you can see on the screen. http://www.pageflakes.com

Pageflakes is your personalized start page on the Internet.

Your address book, local weather information, to-do-list, news, blogs and much more – all on one page that you can access from anywhere.

You can also use Pageflakes to keep up with your favorite blogs and news feeds.

"Flake" is our word for those little modules which you can see on the screen.

Pageflakes in Action

Pageflakes in Action

Customizing – Content Click on the Flake button in the upper right

Customizing – Layout Click on the Flake button in the upper right

Customizing – Themes Click on the Flake button in the upper right

Pagecasting with Pageflakes “ Pagecasting” means publishing your Pageflakes page for others to see. You can share your Pagecast with the world or with a private group. You can even let others edit and contribute to your Pagecast! http://www.pageflakes.com

“ Pagecasting” means publishing your Pageflakes page for others to see.

You can share your Pagecast with the world or with a private group.

You can even let others edit and contribute to your Pagecast!

Pagecasting Click on the Flake button in the upper right Select Make Pagecast Designate sharing permissions

Click on the Flake button in the upper right

Select Make Pagecast

Designate sharing permissions

Pagecasting Broadcast the URL address and invite others to collaborate to maintain dynamic page content Helpful hint: You can shorten your Pagecast URL with the following applications: http://snipurl.com , http://tinyurl.com/ , http://teach42.com/go/

Broadcast the URL address and invite others to collaborate to maintain dynamic page content

Helpful hint:

You can shorten your Pagecast URL with the following applications: http://snipurl.com , http://tinyurl.com/ , http://teach42.com/go/

Public Pagecast http://snipurl.com/1w80a

Sharing Pagecasts Users can: Follow the Pagecast by clicking “Watch this Pagecast” Copy the Pagecast into their account and modify the content for their purposes E-mail the Pagecast to others

Users can:

Follow the Pagecast by clicking “Watch this Pagecast”

Copy the Pagecast into their account and modify the content for their purposes

E-mail the Pagecast to others

Grazr Grazr is a free and easy way to gather and organize information from all over the Web. Use our drag and drop editor to collect feeds and links to Web pages, and then share them with others on this site, or place them on your own pages with our free widget. http://www.grazr.com/

Grazr is a free and easy way to gather and organize information from all over the Web.

Use our drag and drop editor to collect feeds and links to Web pages, and then share them with others on this site, or place them on your own pages with our free widget.

RSS Reading Lists with Grazr

Creating Widgets with Grazr

Grazr Embedded Grazr feed reader

Embedded Grazr feed reader

Grazr Widget Reading feeds through embedded Grazr widgets

Reading feeds through embedded Grazr widgets

Blogs

Blogs in Plain English http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=367ab9eed5af82966a48

Blogs Weblogs are easily updatable personal websites, often used as personal journals. The social aspect of weblogs can be seen in the ability for readers to comment on postings, to post links to other blogs and, through using pingback or trackback functions, to keep track of other blogs referencing their posts. This enables bloggers to know who is referring to and building on what they say in their blogs.

Weblogs are easily updatable personal websites, often used as personal journals.

The social aspect of weblogs can be seen in the ability for readers to comment on postings, to post links to other blogs and, through using pingback or trackback functions, to keep track of other blogs referencing their posts.

This enables bloggers to know who is referring to and building on what they say in their blogs.

Blog Hosting Blogmeister – http://classblogmeister.com/ (school code required) Edublogs – http://edublogs.org/ Blogger – https://www.blogger.com/ 21 Classes – http://21classes.com/ (free service is limited) http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/+Blogs

Blogmeister –

http://classblogmeister.com/ (school code required)

Edublogs –

http://edublogs.org/

Blogger –

https://www.blogger.com/

21 Classes –

http://21classes.com/ (free service is limited)

Podcasts

Podcasts iPod + Broadcast = Podcast Amateur radio Podcasting is the method of distributing multimedia files over the Internet using RSS syndication formats for playback on mobile devices and personal computers.

iPod + Broadcast = Podcast

Amateur radio

Podcasting is the method of distributing multimedia files over the Internet using RSS syndication formats for playback on mobile devices and personal computers.

Podcasts Audacity GCast VoiceThread

Audacity

GCast

VoiceThread

Audacity – Audio Editing Software http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Publishing Your Podcasts - GCast

VoiceThread A VoiceThread is an online media album that allows people to make comments, either audio or text, and share them with anyone they wish. A VoiceThread allows an entire group's story to be told and collected in one place. VoiceThreads can be embedded into blogs, wikis, and other web sites. http://voicethread.com/

A VoiceThread is an online media album that allows people to make comments, either audio or text, and share them with anyone they wish.

A VoiceThread allows an entire group's story to be told and collected in one place.

VoiceThreads can be embedded into blogs, wikis, and other web sites.

VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/

Social Bookmarking and Tagging

Social Bookmarking and Tagging Fundamentally, social bookmarking is a web-based application that allows users to store bookmarked links to URLs in a format accessible via the internet rather than searching bookmarks stored on a specific computer. It has taken off since the launch in 2003 of one of the early social bookmarking sites, del.icio.us.

Fundamentally, social bookmarking is a web-based application that allows users to store bookmarked links to URLs in a format accessible via the internet rather than searching bookmarks stored on a specific computer.

It has taken off since the launch in 2003 of one of the early social bookmarking sites, del.icio.us.

Social Bookmarking and Tagging The point at which this bookmarking activity becomes social is when tagging is added to the functionality. This means that when users add a bookmark to their list, they also add a tag (a keyword) to that link. This means that users can search other people’s bookmarks through tags (keywords) defined by users.

The point at which this bookmarking activity becomes social is when tagging is added to the functionality.

This means that when users add a bookmark to their list, they also add a tag (a keyword) to that link.

This means that users can search other people’s bookmarks through tags (keywords) defined by users.

Social Bookmarking and Tagging The principle here is that searching by keywords assigned by other members of your community means you are searching in a social context. Because you are searching sites tagged by people with whom you may share a perspective rather than simply searching text in a web page, you will achieve more relevant results than relying on search engines.

The principle here is that searching by keywords assigned by other members of your community means you are searching in a social context.

Because you are searching sites tagged by people with whom you may share a perspective rather than simply searching text in a web page, you will achieve more relevant results than relying on search engines.

Social Bookmarking in Plain English http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=3e17aa176019eafac82a

Clipping Tools Clipping tools are a compliment to tagging tools. A clipping tool sits on the toolbar of your browser and allows you to either clip the resource you are viewing and add it to your blog and/or add it to your social bookmarks. Whichever way you choose, clipping tools allow you to add annotation to information that you have found and want to keep a reference to, and then to share this information and your added value-tags and annotation with others.

Clipping tools are a compliment to tagging tools.

A clipping tool sits on the toolbar of your browser and allows you to either clip the resource you are viewing and add it to your blog and/or add it to your social bookmarks.

Whichever way you choose, clipping tools allow you to add annotation to information that you have found and want to keep a reference to, and then to share this information and your added value-tags and annotation with others.

Social Bookmarking Diigo Del.icio.us Blinklist Furl

Diigo

Del.icio.us

Blinklist

Furl

Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/

Furl http://www.furl.net/

BlinkList http://www.blinklist.com/

BlinkList http://www.blinklist.com/static/classroom.php

Digg Find an article, video, or podcast online and submit it to Digg.com. Your submission will immediately appear in “Upcoming Stories,” where other members can find it and, if they like it, Digg it. Subscribe to RSS feeds of particular topics, popular/upcoming sections, individual users, and the search terms of your choice Digg. Participate in the collaborative editorial process by Digging the stuff that you like best. Build a friend list; then your friends can track what you’re Digging. They can also subscribe to an RSS feed of your submissions and/or your Diggs. http://www.digg.com/

Find an article, video, or podcast online and submit it to Digg.com. Your submission will immediately appear in “Upcoming Stories,” where other members can find it and, if they like it, Digg it.

Subscribe to RSS feeds of particular topics, popular/upcoming sections, individual users, and the search terms of your choice

Digg. Participate in the collaborative editorial process by Digging the stuff that you like best.

Build a friend list; then your friends can track what you’re Digging. They can also subscribe to an RSS feed of your submissions and/or your Diggs.

Diigo http://www.diigo.com/

Diigo Group http://groups.diigo.com/groups/edn

Wikis

Wikis Wiki software allows people to easily upload content to the internet, with the important addition that it is then editable by other readers. One of the most well-known examples is Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia.

Wiki software allows people to easily upload content to the internet, with the important addition that it is then editable by other readers.

One of the most well-known examples is Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia.

Wikis The principle behind the operation of wikis is that the knowledge of the group is greater than that of an individual, and that the group who use it are also the group who create it. In this way, individuals within the group decide when new entries should be created and through collaborative editing of entries an article will emerge that satisfies the needs of the group.

The principle behind the operation of wikis is that the knowledge of the group is greater than that of an individual, and that the group who use it are also the group who create it.

In this way, individuals within the group decide when new entries should be created and through collaborative editing of entries an article will emerge that satisfies the needs of the group.

Wikis in Plain English http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=51aeb480ecbd988cd8cc

Wikis Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/ http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K PB Wiki http://pbwiki.com/ http:// pbwiki .com/education.wiki

Wikispaces

http://www.wikispaces.com/

http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K

PB Wiki

http://pbwiki.com/

http:// pbwiki .com/education.wiki

Wikispaces in Education Wikispaces is offering its Plus account to teachers for FREE ($50/year value) The Plus account offers the following: No advertising Enhanced privacy features Increased storage space http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K

Wikispaces is offering its Plus account to teachers for FREE ($50/year value)

The Plus account offers the following:

No advertising

Enhanced privacy features

Increased storage space

http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K

Synchronous Sharing and Editing Productivity Platforms

Synchronously Edited Web Documents Another text-based format that is evolving in Web 2.0 is collaborative synchronous web-based creation tools such as collaborative word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation software.

Another text-based format that is evolving in Web 2.0 is collaborative synchronous web-based creation tools such as collaborative word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation software.

Synchronously Edited Web Documents Productivity Suites Google Docs Zoho Concept and Mind Mapping Gliffy Bubble.us MindMeister Mindomo

Productivity Suites

Google Docs

Zoho

Concept and Mind Mapping

Gliffy

Bubble.us

MindMeister

Mindomo

Google Docs Create, edit and upload quickly Import your existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, or create new ones from scratch. Access and edit from anywhere All you need is a Web browser. Your documents are stored securely online. Share changes in real time Invite people to your documents and make changes together, at the same time Tour of Google Docs http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html http://docs.google.com/

Create, edit and upload quickly Import your existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, or create new ones from scratch.

Access and edit from anywhere All you need is a Web browser. Your documents are stored securely online.

Share changes in real time Invite people to your documents and make changes together, at the same time

Tour of Google Docs

http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html

Google Docs in Plain English http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=77c5560d4cd9c3ffb6cd

Zoho http://www.zoho.com/

Gliffy http://www.gliffy.com/

Gliffy Diagramming in your web browser without downloading additional software Desktop application feel in a web-based diagramming solution Add collaborators to your work and watch it grow Link to published Gliffy drawings from your blog or wiki Create many types of diagrams such as Flowcharts, UI wireframes, Floor plans, Network diagrams, UML diagrams, or any other simple drawing or diagram http://www.gliffy.com/

Diagramming in your web browser without downloading additional software

Desktop application feel in a web-based diagramming solution

Add collaborators to your work and watch it grow

Link to published Gliffy drawings from your blog or wiki

Create many types of diagrams such as Flowcharts, UI wireframes, Floor plans, Network diagrams, UML diagrams, or any other simple drawing or diagram

Bubble.us Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online. Create colorful mind maps online Share and work with friends Embed your mind map in your blog or website Email and print your mind map Save your mind map as an image http://bubbl.us/

Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online.

Create colorful mind maps online

Share and work with friends

Embed your mind map in your blog or website

Email and print your mind map

Save your mind map as an image

MindMeister MindMeister brings the concept of mind mapping to the web, using its facilities for real-time collaboration to allow truly global brainstorming sessions Users can create, manage and share mind maps online and access them anytime, from anywhere. In brainstorming mode, fellow MindMeisters from around the world (or just in different rooms) can simultaneously work on the same mind map - and see each other's changes as they happen http://www.mindmeister.com/home/about http://www.mindmeister.com/

MindMeister brings the concept of mind mapping to the web, using its facilities for real-time collaboration to allow truly global brainstorming sessions

Users can create, manage and share mind maps online and access them anytime, from anywhere. In brainstorming mode, fellow MindMeisters from around the world (or just in different rooms) can simultaneously work on the same mind map - and see each other's changes as they happen

http://www.mindmeister.com/home/about

Mindomo A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualize, structure and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, and decision making Mindomo maps allow users to: Manage and retain information more efficiently Communicate information more effectively Enhance thinking and learning Recognize trends, clusters, and other patterns in your information Synthesize separate pieces of information into new knowledge http://mindomo.com/

A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualize, structure and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, and decision making

Mindomo maps allow users to:

Manage and retain information more efficiently

Communicate information more effectively

Enhance thinking and learning

Recognize trends, clusters, and other patterns in your information

Synthesize separate pieces of information into new knowledge

Mindomo http://snipurl.com/1xi75

Learning and Affinity Networks

Affinity and Social Networks Personal networks are shared contacts systems - databases of contacts, and contacts of contacts. These are often geared to plain sociability (e.g. Friendster) or for business contacts (Linkedin). Affinity systems allow people to register their membership of groups – such as old school friends or work colleagues. Profile matching systems require individuals to enter personal details which are either matched against the profiles of others or searchable by others. This is the typical mechanism for dating websites, but this approach can be mapped onto any need to find people of a particular profile.

Personal networks are shared contacts systems - databases of contacts, and contacts of contacts.

These are often geared to plain sociability (e.g. Friendster) or for business contacts (Linkedin).

Affinity systems allow people to register their membership of groups – such as old school friends or work colleagues.

Profile matching systems require individuals to enter personal details which are either matched against the profiles of others or searchable by others. This is the typical mechanism for dating websites, but this approach can be mapped onto any need to find people of a particular profile.

Social Networking in Plain English http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=b8f6786609d31c8ef129

Affinity and Social Networks Ning LinkedIn

Ning

LinkedIn

Ning As part of Ning's free service, you can create a full social network that you can customize and brand as your own Ning just announced Ad-Free K-12 networks http://www.ning.com

As part of Ning's free service, you can create a full social network that you can customize and brand as your own

Ning just announced Ad-Free K-12 networks

Ning Social Networking invite new members, meet new people, and make new friends enjoy a full message center with address book importing set different privacy settings for every photo, video, and blog post Full Customization Add your own logo, branding, and visual design Features Photo, video, blog sharing Discussion forums Embed widgets Management Dashboard public or private moderate photos and videos before they are posted, as desired delete members, photos, videos, blog posts, chatters, and forum posts, as desired http://www.ning.com

Social Networking

invite new members, meet new people, and make new friends

enjoy a full message center with address book importing

set different privacy settings for every photo, video, and blog post

Full Customization

Add your own logo, branding, and visual design

Features

Photo, video, blog sharing

Discussion forums

Embed widgets

Management Dashboard

public or private

moderate photos and videos before they are posted, as desired

delete members, photos, videos, blog posts, chatters, and forum posts, as desired

Ning Network

Requesting Ad-Free Status on Ning Create your student network, if you don't already have one Go to http://help. ning .com/?page_id=27 Use the subject line: "Ad Removal Request for K-12 Education Site" Put in your network ID at the beginning of the "Describe your issue" box, then just give a one-sentence description of your network usage. Email [email_address] if your network isn't ad-free within 24 hours Join the Ning in Education community to get help, hint, and tips for using Ning in educational settings Consider thanking Ning by placing a Ning in Education badge on your front page by following the link on the right side of that network that says " Get a Ning in Education Badge! "

Create your student network, if you don't already have one

Go to http://help. ning .com/?page_id=27

Use the subject line: "Ad Removal Request for K-12 Education Site"

Put in your network ID at the beginning of the "Describe your issue" box, then just give a one-sentence description of your network usage.

Email [email_address] if your network isn't ad-free within 24 hours Join the Ning in Education community to get help, hint, and tips for using Ning in educational settings

Consider thanking Ning by placing a Ning in Education badge on your front page by following the link on the right side of that network that says " Get a Ning in Education Badge! "

LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/

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http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/digitalnatives

Contact me at [email_address] or 267-893-5743 for follow-up