Using Web 2.0 Tools to Create a Professional Learning Environment Julie Lindsay International School Dhaka March 2007

Some Questions Who am I? What do I do? Where do I stand as a 21 st century educator? How do I communicate and interact with my students, colleagues and the world? How can I foster an online learning environment? What trends suggest this is a worthy pursuit for an educator?

Who am I? What do I do?

Where do I stand as a 21 st century educator?

How do I communicate and interact with my students, colleagues and the world?

How can I foster an online learning environment?

What trends suggest this is a worthy pursuit for an educator?

Who am I? An international educator (Australia, Zambia, Kuwait, Bangladesh) A specialist in E-Learning and digital literacy MA in Music and an MA in Education and Human Development (Educational Technology Leadership)

An international educator (Australia, Zambia, Kuwait, Bangladesh)

A specialist in E-Learning and digital literacy

MA in Music and an MA in Education and Human Development (Educational Technology Leadership)

Where in the world am I? See where International School Dhaka is on Google Earth

What do I do? Head of Technology, Director of E-Learning at International School Dhaka Coordinate a whole-school approach to E-Learning and digital literacy Coordinate an IT Tech Support department Manage a laptop and a handheld program ‘Teach’ ITGS and MYP Technology Play jazz piano in my spare time…….

Head of Technology, Director of E-Learning at International School Dhaka

Coordinate a whole-school approach to E-Learning and digital literacy

Coordinate an IT Tech Support department

Manage a laptop and a handheld program

‘Teach’ ITGS and MYP Technology

Play jazz piano in my spare time…….

What do I Really Do? … ..try to make sense of a changing world where everything seems to be categorized by numbers… Web 2.0 School 2.0 Web 3.0, Web 3D 21 st century learning 2020 Vision (Karl Fisch) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7281108124087435381

… ..try to make sense of a changing world where everything seems to be categorized by numbers…

Web 2.0

School 2.0

Web 3.0, Web 3D

21 st century learning

2020 Vision (Karl Fisch) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7281108124087435381

21 st Century Education? Equality of learning opportunities Inquiry based learning Online learning Virtual worlds Digital Native vs Digital Immigrant (Marc Prensky) Impact of Web 2.0 and digital literacy issues (Wesch: The Machine is Us/Ing Us) http://youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g

Equality of learning opportunities

Inquiry based learning

Online learning

Virtual worlds

Digital Native vs Digital Immigrant

(Marc Prensky)

Impact of Web 2.0 and digital literacy issues (Wesch: The Machine is Us/Ing Us) http://youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g

Interacting with the World Why is this important? Who is really out there? The profile of an international educator, student, person....... What does internationalism and globalization mean? How does this relate to what I do in my classroom? With my students? As an administrator?

Why is this important?

Who is really out there?

The profile of an international educator, student, person.......

What does internationalism and globalization mean?

How does this relate to what I do in my classroom? With my students? As an administrator?

Globalization for Education? It means increased opportunities to learn with and from the global community It means wonderful collaborative projects for students and teachers It means wonderful opportunities for students to be involved in global projects on their own Anita McAnear ISTE Learning and Leading with Technology Editor

It means increased opportunities to learn with and from the global community

It means wonderful collaborative projects for students and teachers

It means wonderful opportunities for students to be involved in global projects on their own

Anita McAnear

ISTE Learning and Leading with Technology Editor

Think Global! "An education leader today cannot claim to be an informed leader without knowledge of what is happening in education within and outside that leader’s own country. Learning with and from the global education community stimulates ideas that might never have come to mind otherwise. Understanding how educators and young learners in other countries overcome shortages of resources can provide both inspiration and strategies to help the most seasoned leader". Don Knezek, CEO ISTE

"An education leader today cannot claim to be an informed leader without knowledge of what is happening in education within and outside that leader’s own country. Learning with and from the global education community stimulates ideas that might never have come to mind otherwise. Understanding how educators and young learners in other countries overcome shortages of resources can provide both inspiration and strategies to help the most seasoned leader".

Don Knezek, CEO ISTE

A Day in the Life….. ….. of a Global, Connected Educator Online collaboration With students With colleagues With a Pulitzer prize winning author Online resources IBO Online Curriculum centre Online mentors: using the collective wisdom of my extended network

….. of a Global, Connected Educator

Online collaboration

With students

With colleagues

With a Pulitzer prize winning author

Online resources

IBO Online Curriculum centre

Online mentors: using the collective wisdom of my extended network

The Day Continues…….. Using VOIP to speak to a teacher workshop in the USA on global collaboration Sharing a video on YouTube Podcast Bangladesh viewed over 2000 times since last September! Immediacy, collaboration, interaction, networking, socializing, connecting, learning……… What is YOUR day like? http:// julielindsay.wikispaces.com/A+Day+in+the+Life

Using VOIP to speak to a teacher workshop in the USA on global collaboration

Sharing a video on YouTube

Podcast Bangladesh viewed over 2000 times since last September!

Immediacy, collaboration, interaction, networking, socializing, connecting, learning………

What is YOUR day like?

http:// julielindsay.wikispaces.com/A+Day+in+the+Life

Online Learning Environment What does this mean to me? To my students? To my school? Does that mean I have to ‘master’ new software? Is this meant only for the tech savvy? But I like talking to people in person……. Second Life? What’s wrong with first life? The importance of games and gaming

What does this mean to me? To my students? To my school?

Does that mean I have to ‘master’ new software?

Is this meant only for the tech savvy?

But I like talking to people in person…….

Second Life? What’s wrong with first life?

The importance of games and gaming

Trends in 21 st Century Education The Horizon Report 2007 Edition from the New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiate has outlined 6 trends they believe will be impacting college and university campuses within the next five years. Key trends identified in the practice of teaching, learning and creativity

The Horizon Report 2007 Edition from the New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiate has outlined 6 trends they believe will be impacting college and university campuses within the next five years.

Key trends identified in the practice of teaching, learning and creativity

Horizon Report 2007: Six Key trends User-created content Social networking Mobile phones Virtual worlds New scholarship and emerging forms of publication Massively multiplayer educational games

User-created content

Social networking

Mobile phones

Virtual worlds

New scholarship and emerging forms of publication

Massively multiplayer educational games

Digital Future Report 2007 Internet use is growing and evolving as an instrument for personal engagement, through blogs, personal Web sites and online communities Hours online increased: average of 8.9 hours per week Internet users who keep a blog has more than doubled in 3 years (now 7.4%) http://digitalcenter.org

Internet use is growing and evolving as an instrument for personal engagement, through blogs, personal Web sites and online communities

Hours online increased: average of 8.9 hours per week

Internet users who keep a blog has more than doubled in 3 years (now 7.4%)

http://digitalcenter.org

PEW: Internet and American Life Project More than half (55%) of all online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites. Fully 87% of online users have at one time used the internet to carry out research on a scientific topic or concept. Some 34% of internet users have logged onto the internet using a wireless connection either around the house, at their workplace, or some place else. http://www.pewinternet.org/index.asp

More than half (55%) of all online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites.

Fully 87% of online users have at one time used the internet to carry out research on a scientific topic or concept.

Some 34% of internet users have logged onto the internet using a wireless connection either around the house, at their workplace, or some place else.

http://www.pewinternet.org/index.asp

In the News March 19, 2007! MySpace: New 'impact' website to focus on political and other individuals and events eg US election 2008 http://impact.myspace.com/ Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) buys an island in Second Life http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21403473%5E16123%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html Italian schools ban mobile phones http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21406708%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

MySpace: New 'impact' website to focus on political and other individuals and events eg US election 2008 http://impact.myspace.com/

Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) buys an island in Second Life http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21403473%5E16123%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

Italian schools ban mobile phones http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21406708%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

Professional Learning Environment What is it? a place or places on the Internet where learning and interaction with others takes place using available online tools. a collection of resources and tools specifically chosen by the individual to be used for recording or documenting the journey of learning professionally (and personally)

What is it?

a place or places on the Internet where learning and interaction with others takes place using available online tools.

a collection of resources and tools specifically chosen by the individual to be used for recording or documenting the journey of learning professionally (and personally)

A PLE is where you can….. Store pertinent information Show professional development Share personal experiences Share resources: socialbookmarking, online images and multimedia files Blog and interact Collaborate with educators around the world Publish user content

Store pertinent information

Show professional development

Share personal experiences

Share resources: socialbookmarking, online images and multimedia files

Blog and interact

Collaborate with educators around the world

Publish user content

Going Beyond a Digital Portfolio A Professional Learning Environment goes beyond being a digital portfolio Inspired by the work of Dr Helen Barrett and ePortfolio best practice examples http://electronicportfolios.org/blog/index.html http://eportfolios.wikispaces.com/

A Professional Learning Environment goes beyond being a digital portfolio

Inspired by the work of Dr Helen Barrett and ePortfolio best practice examples

http://electronicportfolios.org/blog/index.html

http://eportfolios.wikispaces.com/

Essential Web 2.0 Tools Wiki-centric Blog Podcast RSS Social bookmarking Sharing multimedia Social networking

Wiki-centric

Blog

Podcast

RSS

Social bookmarking

Sharing multimedia

Social networking

Wiki-Centric The central focus of the PLE Can be the core of all other activity with everything else radiating from it. Wikispaces tutorial http://digitalportfolio.wikispaces.com/Digital+Portfolio+using+a+Wiki May include more than one wiki Julie’s PLE: http://julielindsay.wikispaces.com/

The central focus of the PLE

Can be the core of all other activity with everything else radiating from it.

Wikispaces tutorial http://digitalportfolio.wikispaces.com/Digital+Portfolio+using+a+Wiki

May include more than one wiki

Julie’s PLE: http://julielindsay.wikispaces.com/

Why use a Wiki? A wiki allows for easy and immediate web-page authoring (yes, I love Dreamweaver but............) A wiki allows for inclusion of multimedia, widgets and RSS feeds A wiki allows for collaboration with others through discussion and page creation if required

A wiki allows for easy and immediate web-page authoring (yes, I love Dreamweaver but............)

A wiki allows for inclusion of multimedia, widgets and RSS feeds

A wiki allows for collaboration with others through discussion and page creation if required

Blogs and Blogging Both professional and classroom blogs are represented to show professional development and involvement in education E-Learning Blog http://123elearning.blogspot.com ITGS Blog on eduspaces.net (ELGG) http://elgg.net/itgs/weblog NextGenTeachers http://nextgenteachers.com

Both professional and classroom blogs are represented to show professional development and involvement in education

E-Learning Blog http://123elearning.blogspot.com

ITGS Blog on eduspaces.net (ELGG) http://elgg.net/itgs/weblog

NextGenTeachers http://nextgenteachers.com

I Blog, Therefore I Am

Blog Toys Technorati http://technorati.com Talkr http://talkr.com GCast (embed audio) http://gcast.com ClustrMaps http://clustrmaps.com GeoVisitors http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/geovisitors/ NeoWorx http://neoworx.net/blue/index.php MyBlogLog http://mybloglog.com Clocklink http://clocklink.com Library Thing http://librarything.com

Technorati http://technorati.com

Talkr http://talkr.com

GCast (embed audio) http://gcast.com

ClustrMaps http://clustrmaps.com

GeoVisitors http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/geovisitors/

NeoWorx http://neoworx.net/blue/index.php

MyBlogLog http://mybloglog.com

Clocklink http://clocklink.com

Library Thing http://librarything.com

If a Blog Falls

Online Social Networking Social bookmarking http://del.icio.us/ Sharing photos http://flickr.com Sharing videos http://youtube.com Sharing slideshows http://slideshow.net Folksonomies that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users (tagging)

Social bookmarking

http://del.icio.us/

Sharing photos

http://flickr.com

Sharing videos

http://youtube.com

Sharing slideshows

http://slideshow.net

Folksonomies that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users (tagging)

Productivity Web 2.0 Tools These are often used on a daily basis to find information and create interfaces for personal or shared use Google Docs and Spreadsheets Google Earth Protopage: http://protopage.com Pageflakes: http://pageflakes.com

These are often used on a daily basis to find information and create interfaces for personal or shared use

Google Docs and Spreadsheets

Google Earth

Protopage: http://protopage.com

Pageflakes: http://pageflakes.com

RSS and feeds HitchHikr.com: (use the online tag maker) http://hitchhikr.com Bloglines: http://bloglines.com

HitchHikr.com: (use the online tag maker) http://hitchhikr.com

Bloglines: http://bloglines.com

Multimedia Online storage and social networking areas: Podcasts (create, find and share!) Evoca http://evoca.com Podomatic http://podomatic.com Videos Google Video http://video.google.com Blip.tv http://blip.tv Archive.org http://archive.org

Online storage and social networking areas:

Podcasts (create, find and share!)

Evoca http://evoca.com

Podomatic http://podomatic.com

Videos

Google Video http://video.google.com

Blip.tv http://blip.tv

Archive.org http://archive.org

Using Web 2.0 to Create a PLE Presented by Julie Lindsay International School Dhaka, Bangladesh At ECIS IT, International School Düsseldorf March 2007 All resources mentioned in this slideshow (and more!) can be found on the wiki page: http://julielindsaylinks.pbwiki.com/ Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License 3.0

Presented by

Julie Lindsay

International School Dhaka, Bangladesh

At ECIS IT, International School Düsseldorf

March 2007

All resources mentioned in this slideshow (and more!) can be found on the wiki page: http://julielindsaylinks.pbwiki.com/

Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License 3.0