Using Web 2.0 to Enhance Maths abd Science
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This was presented at the Pearson Celebrating a 21st Century Education Conference in Canberra in November 2010. The presentation looks at research around the use of Web 2.0 tools in education and shows exemplars of how they can be used to enhance teaching of Maths and Science to 21st Century learners
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- 1. Using Web 2.0 to enhance Maths and Science John Sloan Delphian eLearning
- 3. What’s on the horizon? The Horizon Report: Technologies to Watch K‐12 Report 2010 • Cloud compu?ng • Collabora?ve environments • Game based learning • Mobiles • Augmented reality • Flexible displays hIp://www.nmc.org/pdf/2010‐Horizon‐Report‐K12.pdf Aust‐NZ Report 2010 • E‐books • Mobiles • Augmented reality • Open content • Gesture based compu?ng • Visual data analysis http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2010-Horizon-Report-ANZ.pdf
- 4. • What is Web 2.0 and where did it come from? • Tools for business, socialising and learning • Who’s using them? • Applica?ons and implica?ons for Australian curriculum • What can you do in your school? Our Horizon
- 6. The Tools Sites for social par?cipa?on, collabora?on and communica?on and learning such as: • blogs (personal web‐based journals) • messaging (instant web based messaging) • chat (real ?me text based interac?on) • discussion groups (delayed text based interac?on) • wikis (modifiable collabora?ve web pages) • podcas?ng (subscrip?on‐based broadcast over the web) • vodcas?ng (video podcasts broadcast over the web) • RSS (really simple syndica?on) that enables the sharing of news across the web, free.
- 12. Department Web 2.0 sites • WA – Web 2.0 guides hIp://www.det.wa.edu.au/educa?on/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/ index.htm • VIC – ePoten?al Showcase hIp://epoten?al.educa?on.vic.gov.au/showcase/ • QLD – Smart Classrooms hIp://educa?on.qld.gov.au/smartclassrooms/index.html
- 13. Edublogs
- 14. Blogs in ac?on
- 18. Wikispaces
- 21. Classroom 2.0
- 22. TwiIer
- 23. TwiIer ac?vity
- 24. • Wri?ng for an authen?c audience • Composing in various modes and media • Sharing and exploring others’ points of view • Researching and evalua?ng informa?on • Mapping content to loca?ons • Videos and podcasts as ready‐made curriculum content • Professional learning • Reflec?on tool for teachers and students How can we use them?
- 25. Web 2.0 and the Australian Curriculum Select either the Maths or Science curriculum document • In groups of 4‐5, discuss the 3 ques?ons on your handout • Take notes • Appoint a person to report back
- 26. Web 2.0: Fear or Educate? • If the Net Genera?on values experien?al learning, working in teams and social networking, what are the implica?ons for classrooms? • Iden?fy areas where Web 2.0 could be used • What are some of the classroom issues involved in Web 2.0?
- 27. • Broadens educa?onal opportuni?es to all • Teachers can use as tools for learning Students can demonstrate their learning • Reflec?ve tool for teaching and for learning • Internet safety, online behaviour • Management of ethical issues • Parent informa?on for managing children at home Implica?ons for T & L
- 28. What the Aust. research says… Young people engaged with user‐generated content websites: Australian Communications and Media Authority, 2009, Click and connect: Young Australians' use of online social media, http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311797
- 30. In your classroom… To establish Web 2.0 applica?ons in your classroom: • Inves?gate with students some good sites they can sign up to • Check on the minimum age that sites will accept • Look for site informa?on for teachers and parents • Look for joint administrator rights for teachers on their students’ sites • Expect safety ?ps and good advice on the site • Check that the site has moderators who monitor the site • Look for the loca?on of the site and assess whether it complies with Australian standards.
- 33. ACMA cybersmart
- 36. • Educa?on has become portable • Content is downloaded and listened to or viewed when and where the learner decides • Easy to make content and upload • Tools are affordable – handheld devices & web‐based sotware Why is Web 2.0 important?
- 38. Resources • New Media Consor?um, The Horizon Report hIp://www.nmc.org/pdf/2010‐Horizon‐Report‐K12.pdf • Twenty‐two Ways to use TwiIer in the Classroom hIp://www.docstoc.com/docs/5649046/How‐To‐Use‐TwiIer‐in‐the‐ Classroom • Steve Hargadon, Educa3onal Networking: The Important Role Web 2.0 will play in Educa3on hIp://www.scribd.com/doc/24161189/Educa?onal‐Networking‐The‐ Important‐Role‐Web‐2‐0‐Will‐Play‐in‐Educa?on • Flat Classroom Project, hIp://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/ • Poll Everywhere hIp://www.polleverywhere.com/ • ACMA, Cybersmart hIp://www.cybersmart.gov.au/ • DBCDE, E‐Security Budd:e, hIps://budd‐e.staysmartonline.gov.au/