This presentation was prepared for the Catholic Education Commission,Congregational Schools Targeted Programs Workshop, held at Mary MacKillop Place, Mount Street North Sydney.

1. Web 2.0?
Literacy remixed
in a
Web 2.0 World
Judy O’Connell
http://judyoconnell.com
27 August, 2007

2. This presentation was prepared for the
Catholic Education Commission
Congregational Schools Targeted Programs Workshop
held at
Mary MacKillop Place
Mount Street North Sydney.
A short presentation - opening up ideas!
Follow underlined links to sites and videos.
Visit Heyjude Blogroll to find Edubloggers mentioned in the presentation.
Presentation available at Heyjudeonline at Slideshare
With thanks to
Literacy [R]Evolutions by Jess Laccetti
Blogs, Wikis, and Other Cool Tools for Education in a Flat World by J. Tubbs

3. August 9, 1996: The World Goes Flat

4. August 9, 1996: The World Goes Flat

5. Thomas Friedman: The World Is Flat

6. Thomas Friedman: The World Is Flat

7. What is the Flat World?
quot;...a global, Web-enabled playing field that allows
for multiple forms of collaboration on research
and work in real time, without regard to
geography, distance or, in the near future, even
language.quot;

8. The Internet has opened almost limitless possibilities for
contributing, collaborating, & connecting
Web 2.0
Read/Write Web

9. http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/

11. http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/
Welcome to the Human Network

12. Our Students
Already Know This

13. Our Students
Already Know This
87%
Online
Pew Internet & American Life Project 2005

14. Our Students
Already Know This
57%
Content Creators
Pew Internet & American Life Project 2007

15. Have you been
paying attention?

16. Ubiquitous
Connectivity
Photo source: Introduction to Social Bookmarking

17. In the Flat World, what happens to traditional
approaches to learning & teaching?

18. Adapt Your Teaching Methods
Photo Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34017702@N00/74907741/

19. Adapt Your Teaching Methods
21 Century Skills
st
Photo Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34017702@N00/74907741/

20. Prepare your students, and yourself, for the Flat
World

21. Communication Skills
Photo Source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/678805

22. Communication Skills

23. Communication Skills

24. Communication Skills

25. Communication Skills

26. The Toolbox
Photo Source: http://www.itz.net/images/feature/toolbox_c.jpg

27. The Toolbox
Create
Photo Source: http://www.itz.net/images/feature/toolbox_c.jpg

28. The Toolbox
Create
Contribute
Photo Source: http://www.itz.net/images/feature/toolbox_c.jpg

29. The Toolbox
Create
Contribute
Collaborate
Photo Source: http://www.itz.net/images/feature/toolbox_c.jpg

30. The Toolbox
Create
Contribute
Collaborate
Connect
Photo Source: http://www.itz.net/images/feature/toolbox_c.jpg

31. The tools of Web 2.0 are abundant, free, and easy to
use.
• Blogs [Blogger, Edublogs]
• Wikis (Wikispaces, Wetpaint)
• Photo sharing (Flickr, Photobucket)
• Video (YouTube, TeacherTube)
• Online Slideshows (SlideShare)
• Podcasting
• Thinking Tools [Gliffy, Writely, Zoho]

32. Spark Innovation & Creativity
Photo Source: Electric Gadget Experiment

33. Photo source: loic hay photostream

35. flatworlded.wikispaces.com
horizonproject.wikispaces.com

38. blogs & wikis
• Encouraging students to write
• Communicating through an exciting
medium which engages the learner
• Provide a resource to students and
teachers
• Accessing the minds of “experts”

39. Rachel Boyd, NZ

40. a teacher’s voice

42. a teacher’s voice

43. “Somewhere around the corner” by Jackie French

44. Darfur

45. a teacher’s voice

46. a student’s voice

47. a student’s voice

48. a student’s voice

49. a student’s voice

51. our voice

52. Global
connections
http://parracoordinators.blogspot.com/

53. Heyjude

54. what’s next?

55. photo source: 02ma

56. judy’s notes
http://judyoconnell.wordpress.com

57. thank you
judy.oconnell@parra.catholic.edu.au