Edc Webinar 21st Century Learner Tools

EDC MAY 8, 2008 Tools for 21st Century Students

The MySpace Mind
“ There’s not really an avenue at school for me to share, or publish my own stuff, or especially get feedback from people all over – that’s really the only reason I rush home to do MySpace so much.”
High School Honors Student

John Seely Brown’s Web 2.0 & Culture
Research on “Social Flows”
Highly effective conversations don’t end abruptly
True learning isn’t an individual phenomenon
Most successful college students are those who learn to socialize in study groups

Social Research Online
44% of the 18-29 age group use Wikipedia often to look for information;
Wikipedia is now the top free online educational reference site;
It’s more exciting knowing that what I found isn’t the “final answer.”
Pew Internet Project, April 2007 Hitwise, March 2007 7 th Grader

Social Video
Video – Social Culture
57% of the total surveyed population watch video with others ;
73% of the young adult group does so;
YouTube’s popularity is due to its social backbone, not just isolated videos
Pew Internet Project, July 2007

Social Networking

Common Characteristics
Communicating
Socializing
Writing
Creating
Producing
Collaborating
Reading
Decision Making

In Schools?

Workforce 2.0 What skills are most important for job success when hiring a High School graduate? Work Ethic 80% Collaboration 75% Communication 70% Social Interactions & Responsibility 63% Critical Thinking & Problem Solving 58% Released October 2, 2006, by The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, Partnership for 21 st Century Skills, and the Society for Human Resource Management. From the report “Are They Really Ready to Work?”

NETS for Students

Critical “Learner 2.0” Skills
Communicating
Socializing
Writing
Creating
Producing
Collaborating
Reading
Decision Making

21 st Century Tools Web 2.0 Resources @ school2.wikispaces.com

Students and Blogging
“ My teacher measured my posts from the beginning of the year until now.
What did I learn? Well, I pretty much found out that the more detailed posts I wrote, the more comments I got back. I loved that part.”

Educational Context TOPIC Developing Sufficient Excellent Applied writing techniques accordingly Engaged audience appropriately Responded to questions within specified timeframe

Google Docs

School Tube

xTimeline

Modeling 2.0
Join Classroom 2.0 Social Network Site
Use some Web 2.0 tools in a meaningful way:
Internal planning Wiki
Record a presentation for TeacherTube
Google Docs for collaborative writing
Blog for departmental updates/feedback

Resources
Overview of Web 2.0 Educational Tools
http://school2.wikispaces.com
Sampling of web 2.0 resources
Classroom 2.0 Social Site
http://www.classroom20.com
Social network for Educators

Final Thoughts
We're so busy measuring all these "on-task" things that we don't realize that much of what’s happening “off-task” may actually be more relevant to learning. – JS Brown
Web 2.0 tools are an easier way to capitalize on seemingly “off-task” behaviors – we just have to help teachers see this. – CS ONeal
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Edc Webinar 21st Century Learner Tools

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