Web 2.0 for Educators

Web 2.0 for Educators Dr. Richard J. Voltz Associate Director Illinois Association of School Administrators

Socialnomics Over half the world's population is under 30 years old 96% of Millennials have joined a social network Facebook tops Google for weekly traffic in the US 1 out of 8 couples in the US met via social media 80% of companies use social media for recruitment (and 95% of that percentage use LinkedIn ) Ashton Kutcher and Britney Spears have more Twitter followers than the entire populations of Sweden, Israel, Switzerland, Ireland, Norway and Panama combined - 4.8 million each 50% of mobile internet traffic in the UK is for Facebook 78% of Wikipedia content is in languages other than English 25% of search results for the world's top 20 largest brands are links to user-generated content 90% of people skips ads via TiVo / DVR

Think-Pair-Share What implications does the information in this video have to do with education? What implications does the information in this video have to do with education?

Slides available at http://bit.ly/9pDPt7 http://bit.ly/9pDPt7

What do you want to get out of this workshop?

Would you like your school to look like this?

Improving literacy with iPod touch

Morning announcements with iPod touch

Marzano Study Evaluation Study of the Effects of Promethean ActivClassroom on Student Achievement Results clearly show that technology … makes a positive impact on learning Content, and knowing what you're trying to teach, is key.

Mooresville Statistics From 38 to 8 in student achievement in two years after 1:1 May be number 1 this year Increased attendance Decreased suspensions All 34 sub-categories meet NCLB except 1

Yes and... If my school had a 1:1 program ... If my school had a 1:1 program ...

Yes but... If my school looked like the previous pictures ... If my school looked like the previous pictures ...

Change is difficult…make it fun

If a blind student can compete in HS athletics, you can learn Web 2.0...

Blogger: Anne Peoples , University of Ulster Helene Blowers has identified the new Digital Divide ( Reality Check 2.010 ), as one between those with the skills to find and use information and those without. Among some of the skills she highlights are: Knowing how to “think” about search Knowing how to validate soft information Knowing how to get information to travel to you instead of chasing it Knowing where to find information in new “hot” channel

Google MagicFill and LookUp Function

Do students learn different today, should educators change?

What technology do you think students want in the classroom today?

Technology kids want in their classrooms... Laptops Bluetooth Cell Phone Digital Camera Graphing Calculator Nintendo NS Video Camera Flash Drive

Chatterous http://chatterous.com/iasa/ http://chatterous.com/iasa/ http://chatterous.com/iasa/

Five K-12 Technology Trends for 2010 by Bridget McCrea THE journal 12/10/09 eBooks will continue to proliferate Netbook functionality will grow More teachers will use interactive whiteboards Personal devices will infiltrate the classroom Technology will enable tailored curriculum

Ustream video with your iPhone

What do teachers and schools need to do to stay in front in this race toward 21st Century learning?

If public education spends $ on technology then we cannot still teach the same. still teach the same.

What is the best way to train teachers?

Technology costs, where can you save?

Mathtrain-1.TV Probability with Ben and Jerry

Determine what works for you...

All of this is why we need to organize teachers into Professional Learning Communities

What I’d Buy Instead of an Interactive Whiteboard by Bill Ferriter, The Tempered Radical Give me $5,000-$6,000 to spend on a middle school classroom with 25 students and I’ll buy: 5 Netbook Computers Cost: $1,250 Give me one netbook for every 5 kids in my classroom and I can create instant workstations for groups. 5 YEARS of VoiceThread for my Students Cost: $300 With little digital skill, kids of all ages can interact in Socratic style conversations on school related topics with one another both in and out of school. 5 YEARS of Brainpop Access for my Classroom Cost: $731 Brainpop is a service that creates short (3-5 minute) animated videos on topics across the curriculum. 5 YEARS of Access to Poll Everywhere Cost: $645 What makes Poll Everywhere—an online application that allows teachers to create and deliver quick surveys—unique is that students can respond to surveys via text message from their cell phones, making the need for student responders obsolete in most middle school classrooms considering the number of students carrying cell phones to school each day. A Mid-Range Data Projector Cost: $595 Total = $3,521 Camtasia Screencasting Software Cost: $179

Students need to be more involved in their own learning

As an educator what concerns you about 21st Century Learning?

Whose world are we preparing students for ? What kind of work will they do ? What skills will they need ?

Why a Digital Conversion? Close the Digital Divide Relevant Instruction 21st Century Readiness (Half the jobs today require technology skills, expected to be 77% in the next decade - Bureau of Labor Statistics) Real World Experience Instructional Practice Improving Academic Achievement

New Views of Learning . . . from traditional student learning rote memory of predetermined facts disseminated by teachers . . . to cognitive science students construct meaning by making connections with prior knowledge through language

Formula: Number of Proficient Test Scores on Reading Grades 3-8, Math Grades 3-8, and EOCs divided by the total number of tests taken in school year 2008-09. Mooresville Graded School District 305 N. Main Street Mooresville, North Carolina 28115 704.658.2530 704.663.3005 fax MGSD Ranked 8th in State District Percent Proficient using EOG Reading and Math; EOC Per Pupil Expenditure 1 Chapel Hill Carrboro 88% $10,579.00 2 Polk County 85% $10,449.00 3 Carteret County 83% $9,272.00 4 Transylvania County 83% $8,860.00 5 Watauga County 82% $8,305.00 6 Union County 82% $7,739.00 7 Camden County 81.9% $8,742.00 8 MGSD 81.8% $7,902.00 9 Yancey County 81.6% $9,417.00 10 Dare County 81.6% $11,011.00

NIU professor brings video games to class "Students would always be sort of on the edge of their seat watching this thing because it's just so cool to see how it works," Coller said of the video. "But that sentiment just ended as soon as you turned off the video, and then they're back to their boring old homework again." "Right away, they just really warmed up to it," Coller said. "They were incredibly jazzed about it. So right away, I just saw the learning levels were just so much higher and excitement levels were just so much higher than anything I had done before."

Video Conferencing Connect with experts Virtual Field Trips Working Together Accessing previously unavailable courses Teaching the teachers

The single most important factor in a student's achievement is the quality of his or her teacher. Reports by: The National Council on Teacher Quality ("Increasing the Odds," 2005) and The New Teacher Project ("The Widget Effect," 2009)

Web 2.0 Enables Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers by Nik Peachey

Socialization – Through socialization our students can use the language and skills they are learning to build networks and develop relationships with real people. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers by Nik Peachey

Collaboration – They can work together with others to construct and share real knowledge. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers by Nik Peachey

Creativity – They can create genuine products, in a wide range and combination of media to high standards, that will have a real audience. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers by Nik Peachey

Authenticity – The tasks and activities they do and the people they communicate with to do them are real and motivating. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers by Nik Peachey

Sharing – They can share what they create and learn from each other. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers by Nik Peachey

Classroom Applications Google Screencasting

Senior Emily Smak, 20, tries out the treadmill workstation in one of the study lounges in the new Education and Human Services Building at Central Michigan University. There is a new iMac computer attached to it so students can get a little exercise while doing homework or other things on the computer.

Do you think students are more engaged outside of school than in school?

What is your school doing about it?

Will paper copy library books ever be replaced with digital books?

How close are we to 1:1 classroom computing?

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/education/09textbook.html?_r=2&ref=education

At Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, a select group of freshmen received Kindles, an online book reader, instead of the textbooks.

Reading on the Kindle will get students to read books independently, but it is also all-inclusive and boosts their reading and critical thinking skills regardless of reading level, said Deanna Isley.

eDGe has an e-reader screen on the left and an LCD screen on the right for color displays

Student concentrates on an iPod learning program. Oswalt Elementary School third-graders use iPod Touches for math and reading lessons at the Walnut campus Jan. 5, 2010

Would you allow students to have their own mobile devices in school?

Should we teach differently today because students learn differently?

How young professionals say they learn.

“ I can look it up on-line, find an expert and then collaborate with that person on a solution.”

What app do you want to see? http://bit.ly/9vvv4B http://bit.ly/9vvv4B

Scribes Team: Have students use Google Docs to take class notes

Research team: Use Google and AltaVista for students to do research

Tutorial Team: Students and teachers can use Jing to Create Screencasts

Teachers can make screenshot tutorials

Teachers can record lessons Put on web site Absent students can view Students on homebound instruction can view Students who need to view and hear for further understanding can view When teacher is absent, real teacher is actually teaching

Record Lecture Using ProfCast Save to GarageBand Embed in iWeb Upload to WebPage

Curriculum Team: Have Students Make Video and Audio Podcasts

YouTube Started in February 2005 Bought by Google in November 2006 for $1.65M Already has more content than TV and TV started in 1940’s. If TV played 24/7 since inception, YouTube still has more content.

Digital Education The Hollywood Treatment at NECC

Educational Videos by Developer of Wikipedia

Teachers and Students can make their own web pages using Ning, Wiki, WordPress, and others

Global team: Teachers can use e-pals and Skype to connect to others all over the world.

Teachers can use Skype In their classrooms

3 Ways, Other Than Skype, to Bring Experts Into Class

Skype Teacher Resources http://aroundtheworldwith80schools.wikispaces.com http:/ /Onlineprojects4teachers http://Skypeforeducators http://Skypeinschools.pbworks.com http://Skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com http://skyeintheclassroom.wordpress.com

How does digital text (hypertext) change education?

YouTube - Hudson Flight 1549 HD Animation with audio for US Airways Water Landing-1

How open should the Internet be for teachers?

How open should the Internet be for students?

NSBA Survey (July 2007) 52% of schools prohibit social networking Problem is student safety on-line List of Educational Networking sites at http://www.educationalnetworking.com/List+of+Networks http://thejournal.com/articles/2009/09/16/social-networking-in-schools-incentives-for-participation.aspx

Add Twitter To Your Communication

Follow me on Twitter at rvoltz and IllinoisASA

http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/

Teachers use Twitter To communicate with students and parents on homework and class activities To link up with other teachers in a type of professional learning community

Start discussing: “ What is the future computer for classroom use?”

http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/

Encourage teachers to engage students in their own learning

“ We should instead use technology funding to bolster new learning models and innovations, such as online-learning environments, to level the playing field and allow students from all walks of life -- from small, rural communities to budget-strapped urban schools -- to access the rich variety that is now available only to children in wealthy suburban districts.”

Read Blogs Look for blogs written by people who share your interest Who do these bloggers follow? Who comments to these blogs? Comment to the blog yourself

Blogs to Read Superintendent Principal News & Content Technology Kent Bugg Principals Page – The Blog TED Talks Dangerously Irrelevant Scott Kuffel The Principal and Interest TWIT Free Tech for Teachers Don White Practical Principals Podcast Mashable 2 Cents Worth

Start an audio Podcast and update regularly For students For parents

http://bit.ly/7fyVVs To join IASA4U.NING.COM

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