Literacy remixed in a Web 2.0 World.

Literacy remixed in a Web 2.0 World. - Presentation Transcript

Web 2.0? Literacy remixed in a Web 2.0 World Judy O’Connell http://judyoconnell.com 27 August, 2007

This presentation was prepared for the Catholic Education Commission Congregational Schools Targeted Programs Workshop held at Mary MacKillop Place Mount Street North Sydney. A short presentation - opening up ideas! Follow underlined links to sites and videos. Visit Heyjude Blogroll to ﬁnd Edubloggers mentioned in the presentation. Presentation available at Heyjudeonline at Slideshare With thanks to Literacy [R]Evolutions by Jess Laccetti Blogs, Wikis, and Other Cool Tools for Education in a Flat World by J. Tubbs

August 9, 1996: The World Goes Flat

Thomas Friedman: The World Is Flat

What is the Flat World? \"...a global, Web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of collaboration on research and work in real time, without regard to geography, distance or, in the near future, even language.\"

The Internet has opened almost limitless possibilities for contributing, collaborating, & connecting Web 2.0 Read/Write Web

http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/

http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/ Welcome to the Human Network

Our Students Already Know This

Our Students Already Know This 87% Online Pew Internet & American Life Project 2005

Our Students Already Know This 57% Content Creators Pew Internet & American Life Project 2007

Have you been paying attention?

Ubiquitous Connectivity Photo source: Introduction to Social Bookmarking

In the Flat World, what happens to traditional approaches to learning & teaching?

Adapt Your Teaching Methods Photo Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34017702@N00/74907741/

Adapt Your Teaching Methods 21 Century Skills st Photo Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34017702@N00/74907741/

Prepare your students, and yourself, for the Flat World

Communication Skills Photo Source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/678805

Communication Skills

The Toolbox Photo Source: http://www.itz.net/images/feature/toolbox_c.jpg

The Toolbox Create Photo Source: http://www.itz.net/images/feature/toolbox_c.jpg

The Toolbox Create Contribute Photo Source: http://www.itz.net/images/feature/toolbox_c.jpg

The Toolbox Create Contribute Collaborate Photo Source: http://www.itz.net/images/feature/toolbox_c.jpg

The Toolbox Create Contribute Collaborate Connect Photo Source: http://www.itz.net/images/feature/toolbox_c.jpg

The tools of Web 2.0 are abundant, free, and easy to use. • Blogs [Blogger, Edublogs] • Wikis (Wikispaces, Wetpaint) • Photo sharing (Flickr, Photobucket) • Video (YouTube, TeacherTube) • Online Slideshows (SlideShare) • Podcasting • Thinking Tools [Gliffy, Writely, Zoho]

Spark Innovation & Creativity Photo Source: Electric Gadget Experiment

Photo source: loic hay photostream

flatworlded.wikispaces.com horizonproject.wikispaces.com

blogs & wikis • Encouraging students to write • Communicating through an exciting medium which engages the learner • Provide a resource to students and teachers • Accessing the minds of “experts”

Rachel Boyd, NZ

a teacher’s voice

“Somewhere around the corner” by Jackie French

Darfur

a teacher’s voice

a student’s voice

our voice

Global connections http://parracoordinators.blogspot.com/

Heyjude

what’s next?

photo source: 02ma

judy’s notes http://judyoconnell.wordpress.com