This document discusses how Web 2.0 technologies can promote collaboration in classrooms and beyond. It defines Web 2.0 as focused on collaboration and sharing information online. It provides examples of tools for online collaboration between teachers and students, or students alone, including Google Docs, Edmodo, wikis and blogs. It also lists benefits of online collaboration, such as promoting critical thinking. The document offers tips for integrating technology successfully and emphasizes that technology should not replace teachers, but enhance educational opportunities.

1. Web 2.0 Technology for
Collaboration in the Classroom
and Beyond
Jonathan Fass

2. What is Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 is the term given to describe a second
generation of the World Wide Web that is
focused on the ability for people to collaborate
and share information online.

3. Where We Are
TYPICAL TEACHER

4. Where We Are Going
NETWORKED TEACHER

5. The Impact of Technology
In a poll on the Digital Learning Environments website
(www.guide2digitallearning.com) about Technology’s Impact on
Learning (2009), educators were asked how technology has
enhanced educational opportunities in their classrooms: 38%
said it had increased support for project based learning; 29%
said that it had improved critical-thinking skills, and 24% said it
had resulted in a stronger ability to communicate.
Schrum, Lynne and Solomon, Gwen. Web 2.0 How-To for Educators. International Society for Technology in Education, 2010.

6. Tips for Getting There
TEACHERCHANNEL.COM
USING SOCIAL MEDIA IN A LESSON PLAN

7. Tips for Getting There
8 Steps to Successful Technology Integration
• Anticipate Barriers to Integrating Technology
• Development a Working Relationship with the Technology Specialist
• Define Lesson Objectives
• Select Technology that Meets the Objectives
• Build a Personal Learning Network
• Build Technology into Assessment
• Try Technology Before Bringing it into the Classroom
• Discuss with Students How Well the Technology Worked

8. Benefits of Online Collaboration
• Promotes critical thinking skills.
• Promotes creative thinking through social
stimulation and sharing of ideas.
• Requires active student involvement in the learning
process. Students increase preparation and practice
working with one another.
• Provides a social support system for students.
• Builds diversity understanding among students.
• Allows version control management with the
creation of a central folder or location where recent
versions are saved.
• Develops team skills used on the job and beyond.
Adapted from:
http://online.rit.edu/faculty/teaching_strategies/collaborative_learning/benefits.cfm

9. Let’s Collaborate
Teacher to Teacher Teacher to Student Student to Student
Communities of X
Practice
Mindmapping X
Edmodo X
Google Docs/Drive X X X
Evernote X
Wikis X X
Blogs X X
Weebly X X
Livebinder X X X

10. Collaboration Platforms
• Communities of Practice
• Virtual spaces for participants to
The Educator's PLN share ideas and resources for
professional and personal growth.
The personal learning network for
educators
• Mind Mapping
• Mind mapping and brainstorming tool.
• Online Resources
• Share resources

11. Collaboration Platforms
• Virtual Classrooms
• Virtual
spaces for teachers and
students to share ideas as well as
manage classroom activities.
• Files in the Cloud
• Shareand edit documents
synchronously or asynchronously.

12. Collaboration Platforms
Virtual Notetaking
• Store notes, webpages, videos, images,
audio, and more. Collaborate and
share notes with others.
Simple space for collaborative
projects and sharing information.
Secure space for creating blogs
for education.
Drag and Drop Websites
Virtual Binders with “Tabs”

13. Tips for Getting There
8 Steps to Successful Technology Integration
• Anticipate Barriers to Integrating Technology
• Development a Working Relationship with the Technology Specialist
• Define Lesson Objectives
• Select Technology that Meets the Objectives
• Build a Personal Learning Network
• Build Technology into Assessment
• Try Technology Before Bringing it into the Classroom
• Discuss with Students How Well the Technology Worked

14. Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself
“The truth is that technology will never replace teachers,
however teachers that know how to use technology
effectively to help their students connect and collaborate
together online will replace those who do not.”
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
21st Century Collaborative

15. Further Reading
Web 2.0 How To for Educators
By Gwen Solomon and Lynne
Schrum

16. Web 2.0 Technology for
Collaboration in the Classroom
and Beyond
Contact me at
jonathan.fass@gmail.com
Jonathan Fass