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KING’S HEATH LEADING EDGE PARTNERSHIP INSET DAY
FRIDAY, 23rd NOVEMBER 2007
INNOVATION, CREATIVITY AND NEW TECHNOLOGY TO ENGAGE
Flattening the world: how to harness Web 2.0 tools to engage learners inside and outside the classroom
Doug Belshaw
Half-a-minute style quiz
(on tech. usage, etc.)
Who are you?
Put your name here
http://edte.ch
A
A bit more context…
Current school• 92.5%• White middle-class• 1300• Specialist
engineering status
Previous school• 19%• White
disadvantaged• 1750• No specialist status• Merged - 1 in
measures
“On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog…”
•Web 1.0 was about reading, Web 2.0 is about writing
•Web 1.0 was about companies, Web 2.0 is about communities
•Web 1.0 was about home pages, Web 2.0 is about blogs
Web 2.0 for education?Web 2.0 for education?
•Web 1.0 was about portals, Web 2.0 is about RSS
•Web 1.0 was about owning, Web 2.0 is about sharing
•Web 1.0 was about web forms, Web 2.0 is about web applications
Web 2.0 for education?Web 2.0 for education?
Breaking down the Breaking down the walls of the classroom…walls of the classroom…
We’re going to be lookingWe’re going to be lookingat 3 things today:at 3 things today:
1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my classroom?
2. How can I ensure students have access to material which is directly relevant to them and their course?3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development?
1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my
classroom?
WikisCollaborative documents & presentations
Student blogs
1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my
classroom?
Wikis(Wikispaces / Pbwiki / Wetpaint)
Collaborative documents & presentations(Google Docs / Zoho / Buzzword)
1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my
classroom?
Student blogs(Wordpress / Edublogs / Blogger)
1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my
classroom?
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Which of these
exampleswould /
could you use?
http://edte.ch
Name
B
2. How can I ensure students have access to material which is directly
relevant to them and their course?
WikisCustom start pages
Wikis(Wikispaces / Pbwiki / Wetpaint)
2. How can I ensure students have access to material which is directly
relevant to them and their course?
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a w
iki
Exam
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a w
iki
How could you use these
with your students?
http://edte.ch
Name
Promoting learning beyond
the classroom
(Blogs, etc.)
C
Custom start pages(e.g. iGoogle / Pageflakes / Netvibes)
2. How can I ensure students have access to material which is directly
relevant to them and their course?
3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for
informal professional development?
Subject/role-specific arenasSocial networking/commenting
Non role-specific arenasOnline conferences
Subject/role-specific arenas(e.g. schoolhistory.co.uk/forum)
3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for
informal professional development?
Social networking/commentingTwitter / Tumblogs / Blogs
3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for
informal professional development?
Non role-specific arenas(e.g. NextGen Teachers)
3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for
informal professional development?
Online conferences(e.g. K12 online conference)
3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for
informal professional development?
Which of these look promising?
http://edte.ch
D
Name
Promoting learning beyond
the classroom
(blogs, etc.)
Directly relevant
information
(Wikis, etc.)
Where on earth do I start?
http://edte.ch -> workshop
• How to set up a blog
• How to set up a wiki
• Links to useful sites
• More contact details!
