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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?
