This document discusses how Web 2.0 technologies can transform passive learners into active learners by encouraging collaboration, accessibility, and student engagement. It provides examples of how tools like wikis, podcasts, and online assessments can be used to improve learning outcomes by making content more interactive and personalized for students. The document also acknowledges some potential drawbacks of technology in education, but argues that when used properly Web 2.0 has mostly positive impacts on learning.

1. Web 2.0: turning passive learners into active learners By Jonathan Civitella M.Ed. Technology in Education Lesley University Created for International School of Trieste INSET March 19, 2010

2. What is Web 2.0? Term coined by O’Reilly Media in 2004 Business  Education Users as co-developers Harnessing collective intelligence Open Source software Web 1.0 versus Web 2.0 Reading  Writing Companies  Communities Owning  Sharing Wires  Wireless Web 2.0: An Introduction

4. “ Today's [digital learners] brains are shaped by various information streams… constantly popping and sparking and competing for attention” ( Susan Blackmore, Ph.D in Psychology, Oxford University ) “ Young people (ages 8-18) mainline electronic media for more than six hours a day, on average” ( Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation ) “ Students attitudes towards learning and their own self-concept improved consistently when computers were being used” ( Jay Sivin-Kachala research study 1998 ) “ [computer usage] Maximizes student reflection and encourages progressive thought, taking multiple perspectives, and independent thinking” ( Scardamalia & Bereiter’s CSILE studies 1996 ) Web 2.0: Studies Have Shown…

5. Web 2.0: +/- Positives Extends learning (school to home) Grabs/holds attention Relevance (utilizing their tools) Personalization (individual education) Globalization Special Education Negatives Focus (technology over education) Dependency (reliable resources) Power shift (teacher to community) Credibility (objective or subjective) Disposition/Social (introvert over extrovert) Digital Native versus Digital Immigrant (student versus teacher)

7. Benefits Students learn at their own pace, wherever and whenever they want (put iPods to good use) Provide supplemental information Post-secondary preparation Stay connected/informed Create original audio content Audacity Free audio editor and recorder Example: Operation Bernhard Utilize existing content iTunes U free educational media Example: Introduction to Spanish Web 2.0: Podcasting

8. Benefits Collaboration (student  student; student  teacher; teacher  teacher) Accessibility Interactive Peer to peer editing Accountability Create/edit original written content PBWorks Free online collaboration forum Example: Colleagues building an educational database Web 2.0: Wiki’s

9. Benefits Bloom’s categories (analysis; synthesis; etc.) Engaging Interactive Personalization Research Assessments for learning (help students learn) WebQuest Guiding questions & Internet links Example: Visiting the BBC WWI Web site (i.e. text; flash; simulations) Assessments of learning (verify achievement) ePortfolio Collection of evidence (online) Example: Upload compare/contrast paper on George Orwell’s novels Web 2.0: Assessments

10. eReading Kindle; iPad Touchscreen tablets; multifunction handheld devices providing online text Convenience; cost effective; ability to revise and update Virtual Worlds TeenSecondLife, Quest Atlantis Educationally oriented; safe Population of virtual world users 186 million today  640 million by 2015 ( Strategy Analytics ) eLearning Blackboard; Moodle Distant learning; Web enabled classrooms Flexibility; increased access; builds digital literacy skills Future of Education

11. Rework lesson to incorporate Web 2.0 Web 2.0: Closing Activity

12. “ History is a race between education and catastrophe.” – H.G. Wells

13. ONLINE EDUCA December 2-4, 2009, Berlin, Germany Debate - Technology and social software is damaging student’s minds and undermining the benefits of traditional methods of learning (view debate ) Video - We Are The People Movie (educational reform, directed by Lord Puttnam – view video ) Further Information

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