Web 2.0 Top 10 Tools for Learning

Top Ten Web 2.0 Tools for Learning Joel Kinison, Instructional Technology Coordinator, College of Southern Maryland 06/03/09 Copyright Joel Kinison, College of Southern Maryland.

Objectives

Define Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Tools for Education

Top 10 Web 2.0 Tools for Learning

06/03/09 Copyright Joel Kinison, College of Southern Maryland.

What is Web 2.0

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What is Web 2.0

In studying and/or promoting web -technology, the phrase Web 2.0 can refer to a trend in web design and development — a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services (such as social-networking sites , wikis , and blogs ) which aim to facilitate creativity , collaboration, and sharing among users. The term gained currency following the first O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004 . Although the term suggests a new version of the World Wide Web , it does not refer to an update to any technical specifications, but to changes in the ways software developers and end-users use webs.

...In Fact…

That definition came directly from Wikiedia

“ We are already well down the path to what some call a “Web2.0 world.”

- Gary Brown, The future of Web 2.0 (see handout)

Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.com Online encyclopedia, information added by anyone with knowledge. 06/03/09 Copyright Joel Kinison, College of Southern Maryland.

Web 2.0 Technologies

Remember AOL?

Most tools are online, free

Can be embedded in websites

Combination of online social networks, groups – collaborative groups

Always in Beta mode

Reflect life, learning and trends

Always new tools available “The only thing consistent is change!”

Different User Expectations Web 1.0 Web 2.0 Surfing Browsing Consuming Megabytes of published text and photos I passively consume Connecting Collaborating Creating Gigabytes of shared Audio and video We actively participate Adapted from: Web 2.0 - Understanding the substance behind the buzzwords. As part of a panel debate at Webstock.org.nz 06/03/09 Copyright Joel Kinison, College of Southern Maryland.

Web 2.0 in the Classroom

Not all tools are useful in the classroom

Enable users to interact with their peers and mentors, form communities, and connect via peer-to-peer networks within and outside the classroom.

Increased capabilities to monitor, provide feedback, and assess student progress

Web 2.0 tools include rating, sharing and commenting.

Enable active learning

K-12 Obstacle: Fear of 2.0 in public institutions

“ Employers are telling us that what they want is active, hands-on, authentic learning pedagogies that actually are more aligned with what we know about learning and good practices than much of what happens in our educational institutions currently upholding ivory tower values.”

- Gary Brown, The future of Web 2.0 (see handout)

Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0 Video

http://www.classroom20.com/video/video/show?id=649749%3AVideo%3A5905

This video, and others available at http://web2videos.blogspot.com/

Top Ten

Photo Sharing

Presentation Sharing

Video Sharing

Portfolio Development

Audio Sharing

Web Conferencing

Lesson Capture

Survey Tools

Free Photos

Productivity Tools

Photo Sharing

Publishing of a user’s digital photos online

Sharing

Groups/Networks

Critiquing/Commenting

Educational Uses

Art classes

Design Classes

History Classes

Biology Classes

Web 2.0 Sites #1 06/03/09 Copyright Joel Kinison, College of Southern Maryland.

Photo Sharing Art History using Flickr http://flickr.com/photos/ha112/901660/ The whole Merode Altarpiece This is an example of using a Web 2.0 site to support teaching and learning online 06/03/09 Copyright Joel Kinison, College of Southern Maryland.

Presentation Sharing

Share your presentations online

Turns it into a Flash slideshow

Public or private

Includes transcript

PPT PPS PDF

Audio, Video, Narrations & Animations (authorSTREAM)

Educational Uses

Any course that uses presentations.

Great resource

for a student who needs extra

review material or a student

who has missed a class.

Presentation Sharing Multimedia: Making it Happen Introduction http://www.slideshare.net/joelk/introduction-to-multimedia English 101 Lecture with Narration (See link below) This is an example of using a Web 2.0 site to support teaching and learning online http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/twhitt-50720-English101LectureThr-ee-English-101-Paper-1-Narrative-Narration-Description-Questions-consider-Essay-DB-7-8-english101lectu-Education-ppt-powerpoint/ 06/03/09

Video Sharing

View & upload videos

Great deal of educational videos

Hosting- View & upload for free

Google video has an educational category.

Educational Uses

View subject videos

Create video projects

Research (may come across inappropriate content)

Educational Outreach for collage marketing aspects

Classroom lectures

Video Sharing Integrative Biology 131 – Lecture 09: Muscular System http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSeCYT1g6eo This is an example of using a Web 2.0 site to support teaching and learning online

Portfolio Development and Hosting

Create your own Web site:

Contact information

Post course information

Links to resources

Links to documents

Online portfolio

As a student e-portfolio:

extensive résumé

links to an online repository of a student's papers, pictures

Create and maintain a professional ePortfolio

Engage in professional and social networking

Showcase scholarly work

Portfolio Development and Hosting Seanettles Designs http://sitekreator.com/seanettles Ella Bartlett http://ebartle.phoenix.epsilen.com This is an example of using a Web 2.0 site to support teaching and learning online 06/03/09 Copyright Joel Kinison, College of Southern Maryland.

Audio Sharing

Share Audio:

Course content dissemination tool

Hosting and viewing

Compressed files –MP3

Podcasts – RSS Subscriptions

Edit with Audacity

Academic Uses:

Making podcasts - online radio shows

Digital Fieldtrips

Languages, Music

Lectures or Interviews

Guest speakers & events

Audio Sharing Stanford on iTunes U http://itunes.stanford.edu/ Seanettles http://www.switchpod.com/p13628.html This is an example of using a Web 2.0 site to support teaching and learning online 06/03/09 Copyright Joel Kinison, College of Southern Maryland.

Web Conferencing

Web Conferencing - Meetings:

Meet online with colleagues and students

Demonstrate

Troubleshoot

Common conferencing tools

Audio/Video

Screen Sharing

Presentations

Polling

Whiteboard

Chat

Uses

Staff/faculty training

Help Desk Support

Guest lectures

General Communication

Web Conferencing ITC Help Desk http://zoho.com This is an example of using a Web 2.0 site to support teaching and learning online 06/03/09 Copyright Joel Kinison, College of Southern Maryland.

Lesson Capture

Sketchcast

Create sketches and annotations with narration.

Draw the sketch while explaining what your doing in audio

Embed the video player or URL on any blog/web-site

Simple GUI: Record – Preview - Publish

Recommend using a WACOM drawing board.

Requires a microphone for audio

Educational Uses

Math (Explain a math formula)

Electronics

Drawing (Create a cartoon)

Creating tutorials

White board drawings, diagrams

Lesson Capture Math 102 Geometry Lesson http://sketchcast.com/view/blBcOV1/ This is an example of using a Web 2.0 site to support teaching and learning online 06/03/09 Copyright Joel Kinison, College of Southern Maryland.

Survey Tool

SurveyMonkey

Create online surveys quickly and easily

Course/material evaluation

Student survey

100 users/10 questions (free)

Educational Uses

Classroom surveys

Course evaluations

Student Satisfaction

Professor Evaluation

Survey Tool Faculty Satisfaction Template Survey Monkey This is an example of using a Web 2.0 site to support teaching and learning online 06/03/09 Copyright Joel Kinison, College of Southern Maryland.

Free Photos

Yotophoto

Public Domain- “copy left” image search

Flickr, Wikipedia,Stock.Xchng, Pixelperfect Digital and Openphoto

Easy to use – enter keyword

Includes type of license.

Creative Commons

Educational Uses

Presentations

Biology

Art History images

Free Photos Fishy1 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/27026 This is an example of using a Web 2.0 site to support teaching and learning online 06/03/09 Copyright Joel Kinison, College of Southern Maryland.

Social Bookmarking

Del.icio.us

Store your bookmarks online

Tag them share them with students

Easy to search

Educational Uses

Students can share research

Professors can share resources

Share educational web sites

Web 2.0 Sites #9.5 06/03/09 Copyright Joel Kinison, College of Southern Maryland.

Social Bookmarking Digital Photography http://del.icio.us/search/?fr=del_icio_us&p =digital+photography&type=all Search for Digital Photography brings up my Bookmarks, along with others. 06/03/09 Copyright Joel Kinison, College of Southern Maryland.

Productivity Tools

Online tools and storage

Comprehensive suites of affordable, online productivity tools

Creating, editing, storing and editing

Educational Uses

Presentations, document creation and storage

Remote access to material

Web 2.0 Sites #10 06/03/09

Productivity Tools Google Docs This is an example of using a Web 2.0 site to support teaching and learning online 06/03/09 Copyright Joel Kinison, College of Southern Maryland.

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