Shift Happens: Web 2.0 Applications for Reading

Shift Happens: Web 2.0 Applications for Reading John Thompson, Ph.D. Buffalo State College

Presentation Agenda

Web 2.0

Definition

Applications

Interactive presentation – during and after session

Share your thoughts, etc.

Resources for future use

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What is “Web 2.0?”

Web 1.0

read-only medium

static Web – provide information

Web 2.0

read-write Web

relies on user participation

information is transmitted and consumed with content being created, shared, remixed, repurposed, and passed along ( Downes, 2005 )

Web 2.0 in K-12

User-centric

users become information producers

promotes user-centered learning

increases user creativity and community while concurrently empowering user ownership of content

user-generated content leading to "collective intelligence" that benefits many

Collaborative in nature

Creates rich, engaging & exciting environment

Web 2.0 Videos

A 5 minute intro to Web 2.0

The Machine is Us/ing Us

Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0

- video

- Narrated version

More Web 2.0 Videos

Introducing Web 2.0

What is Web 2.0?

Coming of Age: Web 2.0 for Primary

Co-Creating with Web 2.0

Web 2.0 and Education

Web 2.0 in Education

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human-computer interaction personal connections--from words, pictures, video, and audio authentic, peer-to-peer channel of communication open, flexible collaboration data and applications opened to creative use by the public harnessing collective intelligence collaboration/participation/collective intelligence second generation of services Web as a platform the wisdom of crowds creative amateur is cherished “ democratizes” media amoral authentic, peer-to-peer channel of communication collective judgments user-generated content safety in numbers participative Web collective power community Web changing from “medium” to “platform” user actions provide value architecture of participation bookmarking >>> social bookmarking transparent selves…transparent Web interactive, community-based Internet applications participatory culture cloud computing Web 2.0

Trying to define and categorize what “Web 2.0” means can be as difficult as trying to change the tire on your car while it’s going down the highway. But let’s have Tim O’Reilly define it. His definition -

Benefits of Web 2.0

Free applications (mostly)

Receive & contribute information from/to multiple sources in multiple ways

Access from home, school, traveling…anywhere with an Internet connection

Use any platform – Windows, Mac, mobile devices

Low maintenance – no hardware, no software, no backups, auto updates without user or IT effort

Improved communication and collaboration among many possible users

More Benefits of Web 2.0

Asynchronous communication allows measured, considered responses

One stop shopping instead of pulling together multiple applications

Permits control of material (through use of permissions) while encouraging collaboration

Tracks users’ contributions

Users can work on same version in real time or not

Built-in tutorials

Potential for mobile device access

Engage the students

Problems Using Web 2.0

Unaware

Inadequate instructions

Usual suspects

Mindset

Lack of imagination

Insufficient support

Change – personal & school-wide

Time

Others?

Directory of Web 2.0 apps & services – 1937 logos as of 1/19/08 2476 logos as of 6/11/08 2655 logos as 8/30/08

Web 2.0 Sites for Reading

The Best Websites To Help Beginning Readers

The Best Websites For Beginning Older Readers

The Best Websites For Intermediate Readers

Source: Larry Ferlazzo

- - uses podcasts & Web videos to connect kids in grades 3-8 with books to get them excited about reading.

- - open-source instructional program that helps educators teach early literacy

Web 2.0 Sites for Reading

- Flipbook

Ex. - http://clients.acroflip.com/?userpath=00000003/00009379/00029528/

- - transfers documents you upload into audio; read electronically aloud in Spanish, French, or English. Great for reading instruction and ESL

Ex. - http://thinkingmachine.pbwiki.com /

- - talking pictures

More Web 2.0 Sites for Reading

Web 2.0 Sites for Reading - “learning with the read/write web”

A Blog for Reading Teachers - teaching tips and links to free K-3 literacy resources on the Internet

A Year of Reading - two reading teachers talk about books in their blog

Free Technology for Teachers - how teachers can use free technology

Thing 2 Web 2.0 - middle school teacher blog entry

- - a chapter in an extensive

site on teaching literature

Blogs

Contraction of the term “ Web log ”

"Blog" can also be used as a verb - maintain or add content to a blog

Internet-based, usually maintained by one person, with regular text entries in personal online diary or commentary, descriptions of events, &/or other material such as video. Entries are usually displayed with most recent first.

(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog )

Technorati.com is tracking 113 million blogs

Blogs Audio blogs/conversations Blog Top Sites by Directory Will Richardson’s blog FREE online service to subscribe to blogs, etc. & bring them to you in one location

Education Blogs Best Education Blogs 2007 Top 100 Education Blogs 2006 Find a Teacher Blog Blogs on Educational Blogging 50 Must-Read Up and Coming Blogs by Teachers Doug Johnson’s blog wiki listing of blogs

Using Blogs

“ One of my favorite performance tasks this year was our Reviving The Art of Storytelling Project. After a unit on fables, myths, and folktales students created their own modern day myth, fable, or folktale and had to podcast it on our class blog.…The most amazing thing was how I was able to help students read with more inflection in their voice simply by using Audacity. The students could see when they were reading monotone visually in Audacity! We now use Audacity to document progress on fluency…I now frequently use my blog site for students to post responses to readings and to collaborate on new vocabulary. They even go as far to correct each other!” http://successfulteaching.blogspot.com/2008/03/web-20-and-special-education-student.html

Another Blog Use

Nieman Enhanced Learning Center Blog

“ Students will learn to be safe and responsible social networkers. They will understand intellectual property and copyright issues. Students will have the opportunity to write real and relevant content which is viewed by an authentic audience. The content may be original thoughts or stories, comments in response to peers or response to reflection questions posted by teachers as blog entries or threaded discussions.”

Podcasts

Shortened form of “i POD broad CAST”

Audio broadcast converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player &/or on a computer

Can be played in a regular computer, but the original idea was to listen on a portable device like an iPod

Although podcasts are mostly verbal, they may contain music, images & video

Source: http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=podcast&i=49433,00.asp

Podcasts “ Record your podcast via a toll-free call from any phone. Never even touch a computer!” Podcasting in Plain English video 100,000+ podcast episodes from independent creators and big names like HBO, NPR, ESPN, CBS Sports, and The New York Times.

Podcast Recommendations

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Authors Reading Podcasts - classic works read in excerpts or as a whole by the authors

- - research-based, classroom-tested teaching ideas

- - for a high school English course that uses student-created audio projects to engage students in new literacies associated with digital culture & the traditional literacies of writing, reading & speaking

Wikis Wiki – online software that lets users modify any content, plus everything (formatting included) about the wiki wiki.com domain name sold for $2.86 million (8/06) EDC Ed Tech Courses – http://bscedtech.wetpaint.com/ Educational Computing Portal – http://edcwebportal.wetpaint.com/ Wikis in Plain English video

Using Wikis

Wikis make good collaborative writing tools for students. E.g., students create products, copy to wiki, and then peer-edit the work of their classmates.

Students can post papers for peer feedback

Students and/or teachers post and respond to questions on a given topic

Students work together in one place to research, outline, draft and edit projects

Wiki Examples

- - classrooms picked one (or several) of Dr. Seuss's books & created a Web page, wiki , blog, etc. about their book

- - community to create a free library of

educational textbooks that anyone can edit

How we use wikis in class

Examples of educational wikis

Wikis in Teaching

Sharing Documents 24/7 anytime, anywhere access to projects or assignments – extends class time (& work time) Educators talking about using Google Docs

Sharing PowerPoints And even more sites! “ Free Web-based alternative to PowerPoint. Create & edit Flash presentations online. Send presentations via e-mail or publish on your Web site or blog.” Synch uploaded video with your PowerPoint

Sharing Photos

Reading Uses

Scrapbooking

Portfolio

School events

Embed in blogs, PowerPoints, class Web sites…

Other uses?

Video – Online Photo Sharing in Plain English

Sharing Videos Jan. 2008 - 48% of online adults have visited video Web sites, according to a Pew Internet & American Life Project report. A year ago, it was 33% -- a 45% year-to-year growth. http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/232/report_display.asp List of video sharing sites - http://www.hybridsem.com/blog/2007/07/01/list-of-video-sharing-sites-and-impact-of-video-marketing/ 100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers

Social Networks Educators Using Educational Technology

Social Bookmarking Social bookmarking – store, organize, search, tag, share and manage bookmarks of Web sites Social Bookmarking in Plain English video 30 Largest Social Bookmarking Sites List of 175+ Social Bookmarking Sites Delicious.com tutorial

Miscellaneous Cool Apps “ online media album that can hold essentially any type of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish. A VoiceThread allows group conversations to be collected and shared in one place, from anywhere in the world.” -- group audio blogging to enhance group communication and reflection “ captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere” “ Enables users to express themselves on the web in their own voice using a talking character. Customize your Voki to look like you…Your Voki can speak with your own voice which is added via microphone, upload, or phone.”

Web 2.0 Apps in Education

Web 2.0 in Education

Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0

Best Web 2.0 Applications for Elementary School

Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2007

Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher

Kathy Schrock suggested links

“Top” Lists

Best Places to Learn Web 2.0 Basics

The Most Useful Web Tools

Best Web 2.0 Apps For Education - 2007

Free Tools for Teachers

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Directory of Learning Tools

ISTE’s Top 10 Blogs & Podcasts for Jan. 2008

- self-running slide show of 1,400+ of the best Web2.0 sites - categorized by tags and sorted alphabetically

Coming Attractions

Starbucks Effect

Blurring of work & personal lives…& apps

9 to 5

Growing reliance on Internet – “cloud”

Future?

What Next? “ Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” - James Baldwin Baby steps…one new app at a time “ Just do it.”

Summary

Loads of Web 2.0 apps for reading

Promotes student-centered learning

Users become information producers, not simply consumers

Creates rich, engaging & exciting learning environment

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Additional Resources

Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning? http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/Web20ANewWaveofInnovation/40615?time=1219192081