Web 2.0 Why teachers should care.

Evolution of the Web Web 1.0 - originally content creation by few, static pages, digitization of existing knowledge Web 2.0 - now content creation by many - about conversations, collaboration, control of content by few gone, mass participation

Web 1.0 - originally content creation by few, static pages, digitization of existing knowledge

Web 2.0 - now content creation by many - about conversations, collaboration, control of content by few gone, mass participation

Types of Content Everything Anything By anyone Abundant Questionable reliability Easy to access Pinpoint info easily

Everything

Anything

By anyone

Abundant

Questionable reliability

Easy to access

Pinpoint info easily

Today’s Students Are IMing, blogging, YouTubing, Photobucketing, Flickring, and MySpacing instead of doing homework. Googles first, doesn’t ask questions – Libraries have fast access to Google

Are IMing, blogging, YouTubing, Photobucketing, Flickring, and MySpacing instead of doing homework.

Googles first, doesn’t ask questions – Libraries have fast access to Google

Today’s classroom Too similar to yesterday’s classroom Biggest use of tech in classroom – PowerPoint Learning is now bigger then classroom, teachers - info available any time (MIT, Stanford – free courses) Don’t give them tools they use at home, need to be competitive

Too similar to yesterday’s classroom

Biggest use of tech in classroom – PowerPoint

Learning is now bigger then classroom, teachers - info available any time (MIT, Stanford – free courses)

Don’t give them tools they use at home, need to be competitive

Some Facts Technorati now tracks over 35.3 Million blogs The blogosphere is doubling in size every 6 months It is now over 60 times bigger than it was 3 years ago

Technorati now tracks over 35.3 Million blogs

The blogosphere is doubling in size every 6 months

It is now over 60 times bigger than it was 3 years ago

Some Facts On average, a new weblog is created every second of every day 19.4 million bloggers (55%) are still posting 3 months after their blogs are created Technorati tracks about 1.6 Million new blog posts each day, about 67,000 per hour

On average, a new weblog is created every second of every day

19.4 million bloggers (55%) are still posting 3 months after their blogs are created

Technorati tracks about 1.6 Million new blog posts each day, about 67,000 per hour

Teach Different The time is now - we have new challenges Traditional reports, assignments no longer relevant (purchase papers, Wikipedia example) We need to teach them how to collaborate, search, critically cull through info, assess bias, act appropriately and professionally online We need to teach them how to learn – using our content, but the skills are probably more important, valuable to the student

The time is now - we have new challenges

Traditional reports, assignments no longer relevant (purchase papers, Wikipedia example)

We need to teach them how to collaborate, search, critically cull through info, assess bias, act appropriately and professionally online

We need to teach them how to learn – using our content, but the skills are probably more important, valuable to the student

Why? They are doing it – informally 69,000 education blogs (joanne jacobs) 25+ million kids creating content online (new york times) The world is changing, No American Left Behind, The World is Flat

They are doing it – informally

69,000 education blogs (joanne jacobs)

25+ million kids creating content online (new york times)

The world is changing, No American Left Behind, The World is Flat

How? Rip, Remix, Learn Rip – gather info Remix – do something with the info, change it, analyze it, Learn – constructivist, student centered (different from student controlled) Give ownership to them – more buy in

Rip, Remix, Learn

Rip – gather info

Remix – do something with the info, change it, analyze it,

Learn – constructivist, student centered (different from student controlled)

Give ownership to them – more buy in

No Really, How? Blogs Wikis And many other ways.

Blogs

Wikis

And many other ways.