Online Connections Course Overview Complete

Online Connections http://onlineconnections.wikispaces.com http://onlineconnections.ning.com

Were really good at preparing students for . . .

Why is a change – a systemic shift – needed?

This is why our class exists . . . http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=6f2c2eba77f39993d118

The distribution of the earth's population is shown in this map.
http://www.worldmapper.org/

Territory size shows the proportion of all increases in spending on secondary education between 1990 and 2001 that have occurred there.
http://www.worldmapper.org/

Philosophy
The illiterate of the 21 st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Alvin Toffler

The Danger of Illiteracy

Goal of Online Connections
The goal of Online Connections is to provide students with the technological resources and skills to facilitate:
connections to the local, national, and global community.
connections to the tools and habits of mind for life-long learning.
connections to the skills and practices valued in the professional world.

Web 1.0  Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Applications
Blogs
Wikis
Podcasts
Learning Network (Ning)
Social bookmarking and annotation
Many others . . .

Essential Questions
How has the evolution of Web 2.0 technologies impacted the reality of communication, collaboration, and the creation of content of value?

Essential Questions
How can technology users safeguard intellectual property and online identity?

Essential Questions
How has the evolution of Web 2.0 technologies impacted the form and function of the democratic process?

Essential Questions
How can technology be used to network professionally and connect users to learning resources?

Essential Questions
How has the nature of work and learning changed with the evolution of technology, globalization, and shifting demographics?

Enduring Understandings
Throughout this course, you will uncover the enduring understandings (life-long learning skills) that will empower you to be adaptable learners.
These enduring understandings are recognized as the skills/literacies necessary to prepare you to compete in the 21 st century.

What are the enduring understandings?
Play
Performance
Simulation
Appropriation
Multitasking
Distributed Cognition
Collective Intelligence
Judgment
Transmedia Navigation
Networking
Negotiation

Enduring Understandings - Explained
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

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

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

Our Sister Class Mr. Armstrong’s History Class http://onlineconnections.wikispaces.com/ globalconnections

Class Activities
Blog/wiki responses to prompts (periodicals)
Wiki collaboration on shared projects
Learner’s Toolbox application reviews (T3 bonus activities)
Podcast and wiki communication with our sister class in South Korea
Career profiler activities and professional application
Quests – using Web 2.0 technologies to solve real-world problems, collaborate, and share knowledge
Digital Storytelling – PSA

Online Connections Wiki
Each of you has a unique user name and password for our class wiki.
You will use the same user name (starts with 5951) and password (starts with oc) when you register for our Ning network.
You will change your computer login password to your wiki password.
Make it a practice to log into your wiki at the start of class and log out at the end of class.

Logging Onto the Computers
Sample user name – hol149 2 a 44
hol149 = lab
2 = 4 th period , 4 = 5 th period
a = A Day , b = B Day
44 = the number of your computer (on sticker)
Initial password is 123456 – change it to your wiki password

Homework
All assignments and announcements are posted on the wiki.
Before our next class:
Get the Online Collaborations Parent Permission form signed
Take the poll (on the wiki homework page)
Register for our Ning learning network
http://onlineconnections.wikispaces.com/announcements

Online Connections Course Overview Complete

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