Flattening the world: how to harness Web 2.0 tools to engage learners inside and outside the classroom

KING’S HEATH LEADING EDGE PARTNERSHIP INSET DAY FRIDAY, 23 rd NOVEMBER 2007 INNOVATION, CREATIVITY AND NEW TECHNOLOGY TO ENGAGE Flattening the world: how to harness Web 2.0 tools to engage learners inside and outside the classroom Doug Belshaw

Half-a-minute style quiz (on tech. usage, etc.)

Who are you? Put your name here http://edte.ch A

A bit more context…

Current school

92.5%

White middle-class

1300

Specialist

engineering status

Previous school

19%

White disadvantaged

1750

No specialist status

Merged - 1 in measures

“ On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog…”

Web 1.0 was about reading, Web 2.0 is about writing

Web 1.0 was about companies, Web 2.0 is about communities

Web 1.0 was about home pages, Web 2.0 is about blogs

Web 2.0 for education?

Web 1.0 was about portals, Web 2.0 is about RSS

Web 1.0 was about owning, Web 2.0 is about sharing

Web 1.0 was about web forms, Web 2.0 is about web applications

Web 2.0 for education?

Breaking down the walls of the classroom…

We’re going to be looking at 3 things today: 1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my classroom? 2. How can I ensure students have access to material which is directly relevant to them and their course? 3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development?

1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my classroom? Wikis Collaborative documents & presentations Student blogs

1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my classroom? Wikis (Wikispaces / Pbwiki / Wetpaint)

1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my classroom? Collaborative documents & presentations (Google Docs / Zoho / Buzzword)

1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my classroom? Student blogs (Wordpress / Edublogs / Blogger)

Examples of student blogs

An example…

The response…

The response (2)…

Which of these exampleswould / could you use? http://edte.ch Name B

2. How can I ensure students have access to material which is directly relevant to them and their course? Wikis Custom start pages

2. How can I ensure students have access to material which is directly relevant to them and their course? Wikis (Wikispaces / Pbwiki / Wetpaint)

Example of a wiki

How could you use these with your students? http://edte.ch Name Promoting learning beyond the classroom (Blogs, etc.) C

2. How can I ensure students have access to material which is directly relevant to them and their course? Custom start pages (e.g. iGoogle / Pageflakes / Netvibes)

3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development? Subject/role-specific arenas Social networking/commenting Non role-specific arenas Online conferences

3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development? Subject/role-specific arenas (e.g. schoolhistory.co.uk/forum)

3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development? Social networking/commenting Twitter / Tumblogs / Blogs

3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development? Non role-specific arenas (e.g. NextGen Teachers)

3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development? Online conferences (e.g. K12 online conference)

Which of these look promising? http://edte.ch D Name Promoting learning beyond the classroom (blogs, etc.) Directly relevant information (Wikis, etc.)