This document discusses several key aspects of Web 2.0 including user-created content, new forms of publishing and research, the shift from software to web-based applications, mobile learning, and openness. It provides examples of how these trends are impacting education and transforming the way students learn and teachers teach.

1. Web 2.0 Promises and Potential Quentin D’Souza and Rob De Lorenzo

2. Web 2.0 Buzzword Read/Write Web Participatory Web Openness Services and Tools

3. Two Tim’s

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE

5. Our Children Have A Different Relationship With Information

6. under 5,000 hours reading 10,000 hours playing video games 200,000 e-mails 20,000 hours watching TV 10,000 hours on cell phones Net Generation by 21 Years Old From Teaching and Learning with the Net Generation by Kassandra Barnes, Raymond C. Marateo, and S. Pixy Ferris

7. What is Changing? 1. User Created Content 2. New Forms of Publishing and Research 3. Webware vs. Software 4. Mobile Learning 5. Openness References: New Media Consortium and Educause, The Horizon Report, 2007. P. Anderson, What is Web 2.0? Ideas, Technologies and Implications for Education, 2007. M. Owen, L. Grant, S. Sayers and K.Facer , Social software and learning: An Opening Education report from Futurelab, 2006. Educational Shifts with Web 2.0

8. User Created Content Paradigm Shift: From mass media to personal publishing From Code to Content From consuming to contributing

9. User Created Content Personal Publishing Book Author Radio Show Hosts Film Producer Writer Photographer Guide

10. User Created Content Motivation Big Corporations Money The Head The Long Tail Mainstream Media People Hits Reputation C. Anderson, The Long Tail, 2006 Publisher Has Final Say

11. User Created Content

12. New Forms of Publishing and Research Paradigm Shift: From: static content To: dynamic content From: writing to a limited audience To: writing to a broad audience From: isolation To: collaboration

13. New Forms of Publishing and Researching Why Blog? Teachers: Easily publish to the World Wide Web PD and Professional dialogue Students: eJournaling Online discussions; i.e. Literature Circles Sharing work with global audience Administrators: Staff community space Strengthening the home - school connection

14. Grade 2 Blog on Community Secondary School Students’ Hamlet Blogs Administrators’ Blogs Ed Blogs

15. New Forms of Publishing and Researching Using Podcasts/Video Podcasts in Schools Teachers: Enhance Instruction. Incorporate suppplementary course information Students: Culminating activities Broadcast student community & cultural events Example of an instructional podcast: LearnOutLoud Great Speeches in History Example of a student-created podcast: Bishop Strachan School

16. Student Created Content Enhance Instructional Content

17. New Forms of Publishing and Researching Other Forms of Publishing Publishing images for assignments/presentations Use Creative Commons-licensed images for presentations Publishing documents for global sharing Publishing documents for presentations Sharing/collaborating on assignments

18. Sharing Teacher Created Content Publishing School Content

19. Webware vs. Software Paradigm Shift: From: limited mobility To: unlimited mobility From: limited accessibility To: unlimited accessibility From: desktop applications To: web applications

20. Software vs. Webware Why Use Web 2.0 Webware? Web-based versions are affordable Webware offers collaborative tools Web-based suites are available remotely and from any computer

21. Mobile Learning Paradigm Shift: From: learning in a classroom To: learning anywhere

22. Mobile Learning Using Mobile Devices for Learning - iPod Free Audiobooks - LibriVox Using Mobile Phone in the Classroom Create Content for iPod - Mogopop Public domain texts for PDA, iPod, mobile phone image from http://www.socksoff.co.uk

23. Mobile Learning

24. Openness Paradigm Shift: Opening up of Classrooms Mass Collaboration Open Educational Resources

25. Openness Konrad Glogowski Teacher http:// twitter.com/teachandlearn Gray morning here in Toronto ... getting ready for a busy day in grade eight 08:09 AM April 26, 2007 from web. Just finished talking to one class of grade eights about their research - the progress chart seems to be working well 11:22 AM April 26, 2007 from web. Just finished reading some new student entries - good progress generally speaking 09:45 AM April 26, 2007 from web. Looking over the progress reports that the eights filled out today 06:50 PM April 26, 2007 from web. Tim Lauer Principal http:// twitter.com/timlauer Open Source Software Open APIs Firefox Apache MySQL Open Editing Heading home soon.. pizza night tonight... 05:47 PM April 27, 2007 from web Covering chess club 03:30 PM April 27, 2007 from txt Working in the tech lab with 4th and 5th grade students 10:56 AM April 27, 2007 from txt Designing a new egress map... 07:43 AM April 27, 2007 from web Updating lewis web page... file upload seems to be busted... 05:48 PM April 26, 2007 from web

27. Openness Open Source Software Open APIs Firefox Apache MySQL Open Editing

28. Openness Open Source Software Open APIs Firefox Apache MySQL Open Editing Mulivo: the multilingual vocabulary resource Flat Planet Project

29. Participate