St Anthony’s
Canossian
Secondary
School
Paviter Singh
Head of Humanities & English
paviter_singh@moe.edu.sg
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Leveraging on Web 2.0 in Teaching/Learning
what is the
big deal??
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The Future of Education
The Internet is becoming a platform
for unparalleled creativity.
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The Future of Education
Our students are the ones
responsible for creating the new
content of the WEB. 4

Wikipedia
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Flickr
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Slideshare
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Web 1.0 Web 2.0
Reading Contributing
Receiving Collaborating
Researching Creating
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Web 2.0 Trends
that will have a profound impact on education
A new publishing revolution
A culture of openness
A tidal wave of information
A culture of participation
Mass customisation
The age of the collaborator
The world - flatter & faster
The web - a conversation
The power of social networking
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The Future of Education
Information is changing
WHERE and HOW we learn is
changing
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The Future of Education
If we don’t integrate the
tools effectively...
Formal education will
become increasingly
irrelevant
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Pedagogical capabilities of
engagement
collaboration
creativity
authenticity openness
personal expression discussion
participation proactivity
passionate interest
access to information
critical thinking
adapted from presentation by Steve Hargadon
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Our Objective
Create a wiki
to showcase a lesson that utilises at least 1 tool learnt today
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Google
Docs
wordle
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Some Useful Links
https://paviter.wikispaces.com
http://www.classroom20.com
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Google
Docs
Twenty interesting ways
to use google docs in the
classroom
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Twenty Five interesting ways
to use twitter in the classroom
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wordle
Thirty Eight interesting ways
to use wordle in the classroom
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Free & Online
Facilitates integration of web resources
Easy way to create a website without the fuss
Good way to find sites that other teachers find useful
Do not need to start from scratch
Able to take a track created by another teacher & adapt
The credit is then rewritten to include both teachers
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Interactive & Collaborative
Free & Online
Simple & Easy to use
Little Distractions / Adverts
Multiple export options
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• Allows multiple collaborators
• Facilitates discussion among
students
Interactive & • Teacher can observe or contribute
Collaborative to discussion as well
• Ability to combine information
from different mind maps
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• No payment
• Does not require downloading of
any software
• Key in email address to register
Free & Online • Application can even be used
without registering
• Anywhere, anytime
• Able to save mind maps online
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Simple & Easy • Basic features
to use • Short learning curve
• No advertisements
Little • Distraction free
Distractions
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• Can be easily printed, saved in
Multiple multiple formats or emailed
Export • Able to change colours and fonts
Options or show and hide bubbles
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Concept Mapping
Interactive & Collaborative
Free & Online
More functions
Ability to embed map in website/wiki
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Free & Online
Share documents online
Valuable content resource
Embed documents in webpages
Privacy Option
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Share
• Different methods of uploading
documents
documents
online
• Simple, easy to use uploading tool
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• Not only a means to share
Valuable documents
Content • Access to many thousands of
Resource documents on a variety of topics
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• Uses a technology called iPaper
• No need to launch an external
viewer (such as Adobe Acrobat or
Embed Word) to view or interact with the
documents in document
webpages • Able to search through any
particular document
• Good way to share notes with
students, colleagues
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• Can decide if document is to be
Privacy viewed by everyone or select
Option group of invited people
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Similar to Scribd
Able to create ‘Slide casts’
(add audio to slides to create a broadcast)
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Our Objective
Create a wiki
to showcase a lesson that utilises at least 1 tool learnt today
http://web.mac.com/paviter/ReThink
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Leveraging on Web 2.0 in Teaching/Learning
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St Anthony’s
Canossian
Secondary
School
Paviter Singh
Head of Humanities & English
paviter_singh@moe.edu.sg
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