Making Student Work Public: All About Web 2.0 By Robin Rider and Andreas Brockhaus Hosted by UWB...

Making Student Work Public: All About Web 2.0

By Robin Rider and Andreas Brockhaus

Hosted by UWB Teaching and Learning Center

April 25, 2008

By Robin Rider and Andreas Brockhaus

Hosted by UWB Teaching and Learning Center

April 25, 2008

Order of the Session

• 10-11 Presentation of Possibilities of Web 2.0

• 11-11:30 Student Panel Discussion

• 11:30-12:00 Open Forum Discussion–Concerns–Classroom Applications of Web 2.0

• Web 1.0 – Consuming content– Users read, listen– Lecture modes of teaching

• Web 2.0– Internet is a means of communication,

content creation, collaboration– Users write, create media, interact with

other users, participate in learning networks– Active, constructivist teaching and learning

The “Evolution” of the WebWhat is Web 2.0?

New Type of Students

• Millennials – “Technology is assumed to be a natural part of the environment.”

• Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants

New Possibilities for Teaching and Learning with Web 2.0

• Collaboration – External– Internal

• Learning from expansive networks

• Connecting to Authentic Audiences

• Media Rich Content Creation

• Wikis – online collaborative spaces:– Robin’s class: Final project

http://uwbeduc591.pbwiki.com/

– Amrit’s class: building and presenting small group projectshttp://4thgradesocialstudies.pbwiki.com/

• Google Docs– Group Projects and collaboration

http://docs.google.com

Making Student Learning Public withCollaboration

• Social Bookmarks - saving bookmarks to a public website– Del.icio.us

• Art Resources: http://del.icio.us/nancyrogers1

– Diigo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RvAkTuL02A

• Social Networks – often includes profiles, public commentary and social connections– Ning: http://secondarycohort.ning.com/– Facebook: http://www.facebook.com

Network and Community Building

Connecting with Authentic Audiences

• Blogs - personal online log/journal – http://heyjude.wordpress.com/– http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/

• Podcasts – media files distributed via the Web– http://aspengler.edublogs.org/

• Literacy Vignettes– http://dawsona9.googlepages.com/vignette

Media Rich Content Creation

• Tech Portfolioshttp://dowling.carlene.googlepages.com/home

• Digital Storytelling – audio/video narratives– How to Create a Science Notebook

http://x8redcarpet.blogspot.com/2008/01/science-notebooks.html

• Google MapsOur Community

• Voice Threads - collaborative online conversations around images, documents and videos– http://voicethread.com/#q.b71272.i365716

Privacy • Student Privacy

– Social Networking• Faculty Stalking• Facebook Policy

– Blogs/Wikis– Discussing privacy

issues with students– Student work featuring

minor children

• Instructor Privacy– 24/7 Office Hours– Social Networking – Change blog settings

so students wouldn't see personal/family blogs

Panel DiscussionI hope they remember that it is Friday. We can’t answer hard

questions on Fridays.

I should be home in bed

instead of doing this…

What was I thinking?

Questions for Panelists

• Digital Native or Digital Immigrant? • In what ways was your work made “public”?

– What were your concerns regarding this?

• How did you use Web 2.0 tools for collaboration?• How did Web 2.0 change the way you did

assignments? • How did using Web 2.0 tools enhance or detract

from your learning? • How has the use of Web 2.0 changed the way

you use the web?

Open Forum

Concerns?

Classroom Applications?