The Fuse is Lit...Web 2.0 Needs School 2.0

Technology changing Education -

and not just a simple change

but a fundamental change.

Changing students.Changing teachers.Changing schools.

Stuart Hasic March 2008

Teacher 2.0Classroom 2.0School 2.0

What was Web 1.0?

When the Web started in the early 90’s only a select few could produce content for it: People who could code in HTML People who knew how to FTP People who had access to (usually

paid for) webserver space

Many sites were produced full of static content: one-way information

In 1997, free “home page” sites like Geocities started...

What is Web 2.0?

The term was first used late-2004: A new wave of dynamic and totally

interactive websites the previous travellers of the

information superhighway could all suddenly become consultants to and constructors of it

Web 2.0 sites and services are increasing the generation of content on the web exponentially, simply by giving everyone the ability to easily contribute – almost always for free.

With Web 2.0,not only can you create aprofessional-

looking websitewithout any

knowledge ofHTML, FTP,

Dreamweaver, FrontPage etc,

but…

…visitors to yoursite can add

their comments,links and can

also linkback toyour posts – making yourblog totallyinteractive.

You also havefull control overcomments that

are posted.

Web 2.0 – The Machine is Us/ing Us

Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology Kansas State University

Please take 5 minutes to watch this amazing video

at YouTube:

http://tinyurl.com/2ge2gq

Web 2.0 – in a nutshell

Mitch OlsonOutsmart Labs

“YouTube and other video sharing sites have 100,000 new videos uploaded…every day.”

As atDecember 2006

source: http://web2.wsj2.com

Web 2.0

“myspace and other social blogging sites have 900,000 new blog posts

uploaded…every day.”

As atDecember 2006

source: http://web2.wsj2.com

“del.icio.us, digg and other social bookmark

sites have millions of new sites and tags

uploaded…every day.”

As atDecember 2006

source: http://web2.wsj2.com

Flickr

•Social Photo Sharing•Tag your photos•Discuss your photos•Blog your photos

Last.fm

•Tracks music you listen to•Recommends other music based on your listening choices•Connects you to other people with similar tastes in music•Blog about your musical tastes

See why students might find it all so attractive?

It gives them a

voice. An identity.

They are no longer just consumers.

TIME Magazine: 2007 Person of the Year

It’s NOT:

Bill Gates or

Steve Jobs

It’s NOT even

John Howard or

Kevin Rudd

its…

Isn’t this just Information Overload?

The two-way Internet is growing exponentially

How is it possible for us to keep up? How do teachers survive in this

ocean of information that their students seem to swim through easily?

We may be afraid to enter that world, but we MUST – for our students often swim in uncharted waters without the benefit of adult guidance

Today’s teachers must help to build the new teaching playbook

Digest this Statement:

“The Answer to Information Overload is to Produce MORE Information”

...because it is in the act of our becoming a creator that our relationship with content changes

When we create content, we become more engaged and more technologically capable at the same time

In a world of overwhelming content, we must swim with the current or tide

Help Build the New Playbook:

How do you teach to a generation of students who are so tech-savvy?

The reality is they NEED you. For centuries we have taught students

how to seek out information Now we teach them how to sort relevance

from an over-abundance of information

For the last 10 years we’ve taught students how to protect themselves from inappropriate content Now we have to teach them to CREATE

appropriate content

Help Build the New Playbook:

Our students may be “Digital Natives”, but their knowledge is actually surface level

They have no Fear They have not developed Patterns They desperately need training in real thinking skills

Teachers MUST enter “their” world because “their” world is fast becoming the “Real” world

Shattering the Paradigms – We Need to Move

From Consuming...

ToProducing

From Authority...

ToTransparency

FromThe Expert...

ToThe Facilitator

From The Classroom...

ToAny O/W/T

From Access to Information...

To Access to People

John Seely Brown

Shattering the Paradigms – We Need to Move

From Learning About...

ToLearning to Be

From Passive Learning...

To Passionate Learning

FromPresentation...

ToParticipation

From Publication...

ToConversation

From Supply - Push

To Demand - Pull

John Seely Brown

Now Let’s Take a Step Back…

The Trouble with Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is outpacing (by far): Governments Privacy & Copyright laws Schools & Teachers

Without any guidance, students are: Publishing videos and photos Writing articles on anonymous and

identified blogs Communicating with friends & strangers Commenting on “Rate Your Teachers” Changing Wikipedia entries

Managing Students’ Internet Use

Educational Authorities and Schools have pretty simple Internet Access Policies: Typically devised in the 90’s and not

revised and updated: “Using e-mail and school online systems

to seek out, access or send any material of an offensive, obscene, pornographic, threatening, abusive or defamatory nature is prohibited and may result in disciplinary action.”

“We have filters that will block you”

The Trouble with Web 2.0 and Schools

Most high-school students have a mobile phone with a camera

It takes minutes to upload videos taken in the playground and in class

YouTube has minefields of: Teenagers damaging property and

themselves (Jackass-style) Playing pranks and bullying Schoolyard fights Teachers out of control (all PhoneCams)

...and of course it’s NewsworthySource: SMH

Defamatory Articles and Comments

You can say whatever you like anonymously about real people:

http://au.ratemyteachers.com Positive and negative comments about

real teachers in real schools in Australia

http://www.dontdatehimgirl.com Negative comments about men that

women don’t like (justified or unjustified)

These are just two example sites

Web 2.0 Sites at School

The most popular Web 2.0 sites used by students: YouTube – BLOCKED: STUDENTS & STAFF Myspace – BLOCKED: STUDENTS & STAFF Bebo – BLOCKED: STUDENTS & STAFF Facebook – BLOCKED: STUDENTS & STAFF Blogger – BLOCKED: STUDENTS & STAFF Digg – BLOCKED: STUDENTS Flickr – BLOCKED: STUDENTS Rate Your Teachers – BLOCKED: STUDENTS

How Edu Depts Manage Web 2.0

“…just as long as they can’t do it at school!”

“It’s OK if they do this Web 2.0 stuff at home…”

Students are Smarter than Teachers

There’s a huge school student self-help library on the internet to show students how to: Bypass any filter using an anonymiser Install keyloggers on staff PCs Gain the trust of teachers in order to

be given ICT privileges Perform Social Engineering on teachers

to get their passwords (my secret question) Cover their tracks Stand behind their “rights”

So How Applicable is This Really?

“Using e-mail and school online systems to seek out, access or send any material of an offensive, obscene, pornographic, threatening, abusive or defamatory nature is prohibited and may result in disciplinary action.”

“We have filters that will block you”

What Authorities Should be Doing

Governments and Laws are ill-equipped to manage the problems of Web 2.0: What if the poster is a minor? What if the service is hosted in

another country? What lesson will be learnt by the

poster if the only repercussions are that the offending post will be removed - sometime after it has been found and reported?

Appropriate, enforceable guidelines and laws are needed

What Edu Authorities Need to be Doing

Be open-minded about the social-networking phenomenon

Stop managing the posts and start managing the students who post

Update the age-old difference between right and wrong to mould it into a Web 2.0 environment

Model appropriate use of Web 2.0 Teach respect, critical thinking

and consideration and responsible self-publishing

What Parents Need to be Doing

Understand that “I need a PC and the Internet in my room to help me with homework” is a just a tiny fraction of the truth

Reinforce the core family values of respect, sharing, communication

Take an interest in what they do and get them to talk about their on-line “friends”

Find the right balance between caring and being over-bearing

What Students Need to be Doing

It’s GREAT to have an on-line identity – BUT: You have to be aware of the risks It’s safer to keep your MySpace/Blog

set as Private (invitation only) rather than Public (globally visible)

Carefully consider WHAT you publish on-line. Your Digital Footprint will follow you years into your future

Prospective employers now regularly check for employee “on-line lives”

School 1.0 : What Schools Currently Do

The traditional classroom operates around anchors: Desks anchor students the front of the classroom anchors the

teacher Textbooks anchor the content the walls anchor the relics of what was

learned and is to be learned  Grades anchor our children’s attention Teaching the same thing, the same way,

year after year anchors our understanding of being a teacher.

education technology pioneer, David Warlick

School 1.0 : What Schools Currently Do

The traditional classroom is also made to feel safe at anchor:

When major pratices remain throughout generations of school attendees. Just try changing the [insert capital city] excursion !

When pedagogy reflects the experience of the parents.

When our view of leadership is a blended vision of what we have seen as effective in our past.

Added by a secret visitor to this ppt

Let’s Shed the Anchors

“Today’s children, the Millennials, enjoy and flourish in an information landscape that would have been unimaginable when most of us were in school. And it dwarfs, by comparison the experiences they have in their classrooms.  Their information experience puts them in control, gives them information that becomes a raw material for new information experiences.  It connects them to wings instead of to anchors.”

education technology pioneer, David Warlick

The Difference with School 2.0

“The education that we received was defined by limits.  Its rules and roles were confined to what could happen inside the four walls of a classroom and the two covers of a text book.

The education that our children and our future deserve, must be defined by its lack of limits.”

education technology pioneer, David Warlick

What YOU Can Do

Find out more about blogs, wikis, forums, and other Web 2.0 sites

Start a blog yourself – doesn’t have to be about school or work Investigate other blogs in the same

field of interest and make contacts Ask students if they have a blog

Some may be hesitant to tell you Others are very proud of their self-

produced on-line work Show an interest and ask them about it

Think about ways to use Podcasting

How You Can Get Started

Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0 – Parts 1, 2 and 3: http://tinyurl.com/g7oq6

23 Learning 2.0 Things:http://tinyurl.com/ynof5e

Coming of Age – An Introduction to the New World Wide Web: http://tinyurl.com/yrnp42

Room 9’s Writing Spot – 6 and 7 year olds class blog (NZ):http://tinyurl.com/2vnxyp

Mullum Writers:http://tinyurl.com/yqg8om

Web 2.0 is Windows AND Mac

Who cares about stupid platform arguments?

Pay Attention

Darren Draper, Secondary Schools Technology Curriculum Specialist Jordan Schools District, Utah.

Please take 5 minutes to watch this motivational

video (Quicktime required)

http://tinyurl.com/335nmk

Stuart Hasic

Regional Technology AdviserSydney RegionNSW Department of Education & Training

Website – http://stuhasic.comBlog – http://paralleldivergence.com