The document discusses how Web 2.0 tools can change education by engaging today's digital native students and preparing them for 21st century skills. It provides examples of how social bookmarking, wikis, media sharing, and social networking tools can be used to organize content, encourage collaboration, and foster communication both in and outside the classroom. The role of building a personal learning network for teachers to stay connected is also highlighted.

1. Changing Education with Web 2.0 Tools By Cindy Wright Instructional Technology Specialist Columbus City Schools I believe that we cannot even begin to imagine the changes that are going to take place as the two-way nature of the Internet begins to flower, and that even those of us who have spent time imagining this future will be astounded by what happens. ~ Steve Hargadon Photocredit :http://leadinganswers.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/03/15/monarch_stages.jpg

2. Engaging today’s students means tapping into what is important to them.

3. We have a responsibility to prepare them for their future, not our past.

4. Technology allows learners get their information When they want it How they want it Wherever they want it

5. Today’s students are Digital Natives ( Marc Prensky ) Visual learners Multi-taskers Short attention spans Use technology to express themselves Information analysts Content producers Real-time learners - instant messages, text messages

6. How students live with technology Different kinds of experiences lead to different brain structures. Dr. Bruce D. Perry, Baylor College of Medicine

7. Educators must get over the idea that technology will replace them. Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer absolutely deserves to be, because they just do not get it. Ian Jukes

8. When I Become A Teacher

9. Other programs have come and gone…. but technology is not program!

11. Technology is changing Impossible to keep up with it Skills learned today will be irrelevant in the near future Focus less on the technology skill Focus more on the 21 st century skill

12. Why Change? You change because you understand learning is dynamic and that to not change means to quit growing. ~ Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/blog/ Photo credit :http://leadinganswers.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/03/15/monarch_stages.jpg

13. 21 st Century Skills Communication Innovation Creativity Problem-Solving Interactive Collaboration Critical Thinking

14. Applied skills refer to those skills that enable new entrants to use the basic knowledge acquired in school to perform in the workplace.

15. What Employers Want: Professionalism/Work Ethic Oral and Written Communications Teamwork/Collaboration Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

16. • Professionalism/Work Ethic , Teamwork/Collaboration and Oral Communications are rated as the three “most important” applied skills needed by entrants into today’s workforce. • Knowledge of Foreign Languages will “increase in importance” in the next five years, more than any other basic skill, according to over 60 percent (63.3 percent) of the employer respondents. • Making Appropriate Choices Concerning Health and Wellness is the No. 1 emerging content area for future graduates entering the U.S. workforce as reported by three-quarters of the employer respondents (76.1 percent). • Creativity/Innovation is projected to “increase in importance” for future workforce entrants, according to more than 70 percent (73.6 percent) of employer respondents. Currently, however, more than half of employer respondents (54.2 percent) report new workforce entrants with a high school diploma to be “deficient” in this skill set.

17. Welcome to Web 2.0

18. Web 2.0 Open source content and applications Sites that get their value from their users Blogs/Microblogs Wikis Social Networking/Bookmarking Sites RSS Feeds Podcasting

19. Open Source Content and Applications Anyone can be a publisher All open source material is free Relies on a community that encourages reusing materials Tools for commentary/free expression-text, audio, video Supports social networking

22. Impacting the Classroom With Web 2.0 Tools

23. The Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Honors websites, tools and resources of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning as embodied in the American Association of School Librarians' Standards for the 21st-Century Learner . http://ala.org/aasl/bestsites

24. The award winning websites foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover.

25. “ Top 25” The "Top 25" Web sites foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover. Organizing and Managing Content Collaboration Curriculum Sharing Media Sharing Virtual Environments Social Networking and Communication

26. Organizing and Managing With Web 2.0 Tools

27. Social Bookmarking Web based service where shared lists of user created Internet bookmarks are displayed. Allows user to locate, classify, rank, and share Internet resources by tagging sites. Diigo.com Del.icio.us http://handouts.wesfryer.com/ohio http://delicious.com/lwright3768 http://www.diigo.com/user/teacher4tech

28. Social Bookmarking Saves links to web pages Web based so your bookmarks are available anywhere-not just on one computer in the favorites Share web page links with others Create “networks” of people with like interests and bookmarks Organize your web pages with tags

29. Social Bookmarking Users create “clouds” of tags to easily locate resources http://www.diigo.com/list/eflclassroom/web-20

30. Content Collaboration With Web 2.0 Tools

31. Wikis www.pbwiki.com www.wikispaces.com www.wetpaint.com www.wikipedia.com

32. Wiki A free online writing space that is created and edited by multiple authors Encourages collaboration Student interaction Easy-to-use interface for creating Web pages No software - all you need is Web-based Public or private, and you can invite participants

33. What can you do with a Wiki? Build a classroom/school newspaper online Publish student projects and research Manage documents Use as a presentation tool Debate course topics, assigned readings Design a student-created “Solutions Manual” Support service learning projects (build a website about a challenge in your city)

34. www.wikispaces.com Now we're taking the next step - we want to give away 100,000 free K-12 Plus wikis. That includes all the features and benefits that normally cost $50/year - for free. No fine print, no usage limits, no advertising, no catches.

35. Wikis http://whsbulldogs.wikispaces.com

36. http://mehs-slockuk.wikispaces.com/Friends

37. Media Sharing With Web 2.0 Tools

38. http://www.slideshare.net/lwright3768/

39. www.slideshare.net

40. www.slideshare.net

41. Digital Video www.zamzar.com

42. Wordle Welcome Wordle

43. VoiceThread Powerful way to share images, documents, and videos What is a VoiceThread? http://voicethread.com/share/409/

44. Animoto http://www.animoto.com Allows students to put together presentations using photos and text that are then synchronized to music for a very professional effect. Student Example

45. Glogster Allows students to create a visual blog Similar to a scrapbook page, but each item can be linked to another area

46. Social Networking and Communication With Web 2.0 Tools

47. Create your own Personal Learning Network (PLN) How can web 2.0 tools help you become a better teacher? How can you work smarter not harder? How can you feel connected to teachers with similar issues, feelings, worries, struggles? Get a Network!

48. Not this type of network

49. But a professional network

50. Begin building your PLN Join a professional social network. I belong to Classroom 2.0 (Ning) and the Discovery Educator’s Network (Discovery Education) (http://socialnetworksined.wikispaces.com/) Find 3-5 Blogs (Google Blogs) you like and subscribe to them using RSS feeds or Google Reader Join a microblogging network like Twitter or Plurk Lurk for awhile Participate-Become a part of the conversation

51. Classroom 2.0 Ning http://www.classroom20.com/ A great place for building contacts with other educators who are interested in using Web 2.0 tools. A weekly live show on Saturdays gives members a chance to communicate and learn together. ISTE Ning http://www.iste-community.org A new Ning created by ISTE to promote communication among ISTE members. Special Interest Groups for Tech Coordinators, 1:1 and more give an opportunity for focused conversations. 1. Join a Social Network

52. 2. Find 3-5 Blogs to follow

53. Really simple syndication, a way of aggregating web content in one place. Users subscribe to sites with RSS feeds and the aggregators collects new content and sends it to your desktop. So the content of 30 sites is visible in one place. Aggregators Bloglines.com Netvibes.com Subscribe to Blogs using RSS

54. www.bloglines.com All the blogs you follow are collected in one place for easy reading.

55. Microblogging tool 140 characters or less Use it to see what others are doing Use it to ask questions and get ideas http://www.commoncraft.com/show 3. Join a microblogging site

56. Twitterator http://twitterator.org/ Use this URL to be added to STAR Discovery Educators list http://tinyurl.com/4a7mnu http://www.edutopia.org/twitter-professional-development-technology-microblogging

57. What will you do today? Build digital literacy Use the right tool for the job Use the tools to communicate more effectively Create learning networks for teachers and students Provide learning whatever, whenever, wherever Provide authentic learning experiences-engaging and contextual Provide opportunities beyond the classroom

58. Don’t prepare us for your world, prepare us for our world. http://www.boxoftricks.net/?page_id=29 –Box of Tricks

59. My contact information: Cindy Wright Columbus City Schools 737 E. Hudson St. Columbus, OH 43211 614-365-5102 [email_address]