Integrating Web 2.0 Technology into the Classroom

Integrating Web 2.0 Technology Across the Curriculum

Thomas Cooper

The Walker School

Marietta, GA

2 Presentation Title, Date here

Presentation Overview Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0 A Vision of Education Social Media Tools in the Classroom Connections w/ Gardner’s 5 Minds Lesson Ideas & Project Examples


Teens and Technologyhttp://teensandtechnology.wikispaces.com


The Walker SchoolMarietta, GAhttp://www.thewalkerschool.org/


Essential Questions

How can technology support exploration? How can technology support discussion? How can technology support research and

analysis? How can computers serve as intellectual

partners that support learning by reflection? How can computers support learning by doing? How can computers support global awareness? How can computers support activism?


Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0


A Vision of K-12 Students Today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8


Web 2.0 Tools for Collaboration Real Simple

Syndication (RSS) Social Networking Blogging Social Bookmarking Podcasting /

Vodcasting

Telephony Document Sharing Photo Sharing Wikis Mashups

RSS News Feeds in the Classroom


Google News Feedhttp://news.google.com/


Netvibeshttp://www.netvibes.com/


Lesson Ideas: Create a start page for your class. Tabs can be

geared toward the major units of the class. Students can collaborate on collecting and evaluating feeds related to each topic. Evaluations could be posted on a blog and a feed for the blog could be incorporated into the front page so everyone would know when there was a new post. Give them points for getting students from other schools or countries to also post their views on current issues.

Social Networking in the Classroom


MySpace, not in my classroom?


Ninghttp://www.ning.com/


Lesson Idea: Create a social networking site that teachers

can use for professional development. These can be established on the department, school, district, or global level. Teachers can each have a blog, upload videos, articles and curriculum to share with their peers. Administrators can give professional development hours for participation.


Art Education 2.0http://arted20.ning.com/


Twitterhttps://twitter.com/teachers20

Blogging in the Classroom


Edublogshttp://edublogs.org/


K12Online Basic/Advanced Training – Blogshttp://k12onlineconference.org/?cat=4


Lesson Idea: Have each student create a blog. The blog

can be used as a lab journal, or essay practice. Once a week have them research and write about a topic that might be on the AP Exam.

Give them points for using Google Blog Search and finding professionals in their field of study and responding to their blogs.


GoAPES (AP Environmental Science Blog)http://goapes.blogspot.com/


Google Blog Searchhttp://blogsearch.google.com/

Social Bookmarking in the Classroom


Delicioushttp://del.icio.us/


Lesson Idea:

Have students create an online bibliography for a research topic, or a course. The bibliography can include: books, periodicals, websites, videos, podcasts, and professional networks.

Give them points for finding blogs, podcasts, and networks of professionals who are conducting research in the field of study.


Search Mehttp://www.searchme.com/

Podcasting in the Classroom


Taking it Globalhttp://www.takingitglobal.org/


Podomatichttp://www.podomatic.com/


Common Craft Tutorialshttp://www.commoncraft.com/


Lesson Idea: Have your students podcast interviews as part

of an oral history project. They can gain experience in developing the interview questions, conducting peer reviews, and learn about archiving oral histories, and producing documentaries.


The Oral History Projecthttp://oralhistory.minds.tv/Veteran/search_Gulf.asp


Bloom’s Taxonomyhttp://www.odu.edu/educ/llschult/blooms_taxonomy.htm

New Blooms Old Blooms


Creative Commons – Legal Issueshttp://creativecommons.org/

Telephony in the Classroom


Skypehttp://www.skype.com/welcomeback/


Lesson Idea:

Have students call a hotel in a foreign country and make a reservation for a vacation. They can also ask to speak to the concierge and ask about places of interest to see or events that they could attend. Record the session and listen to it in class so students can give a peer review.


Eluminatehttp://www.elluminate.com/academic_edition.jsp


Horizon Projecthttp://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com/http://horizonproject2008.ning.com/

Document Sharing in the Classroom


Think Free Online Office Suitehttp://www.thinkfree.com/


Author Streamhttp://www.authorstream.com/


National Archives Digital Vaulthttp://www.digitalvaults.org/

Photo Sharing in the Classroom


Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/


Lesson Idea: Have students use a photo sharing site to find

photos on a particular culture. Photos can be added to MovieMaker to produce a short ethnography about another culture. Some themes are gender inequality, sexual orientation, children at risk, and poverty.

Give them points for doing an interview of someone in another country and adding it to their presentation.


Brazilian Children’s Day


VoiceThreadhttp://voicethread.com/#home


Annotate Family Photos


Lesson Idea:(Summer Project) Have each students who travel over the

summer take photos of their adventure. Have them invite the people they meet on their adventures to come to their VoiceThread account and add comments about their culture, which can be seen in the photos, and their time interacting with your students.

Video Sharing in the Classroom


YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com


Lesson Idea:

Publish a schedule of lectures for your class. Then, have students sign up for a day in which they present a video that introduces a topic in your lecture. During class have the student introduce the video. Give your lecture. Finally, have the students lead a discussion about the video and how it relates to points in your lecture.


Dailymotionhttp://www.dailymotion.com


Lesson Idea:

Have students create a news station to report on school events, local news, and current events from foreign countries.

Give them extra points for running a live station on Ustream.tv


Lesson Idea:

Have students create vodcasts on lab experiments that you do in class as a pre-lab. Students who do the lab incorrectly is also a teaching tool. You can share them with other teachers on TeacherTube.com


Teacher Tubehttp://www.teachertube.com/


Ustream TVhttp://www.ustream.tv/

Wikis in the Classroom


Wetpaint Wikihttp://www.wetpaint.com/


Lesson Idea: Have your students create a wiki on one or

more the main topics for your class. They can include: text, photos, videos, web resources, book reviews, and more. They can import RSS feeds and social bookmarking feeds on the issues. Students can give a peer review using the discussion tab. Teachers can see who has been posting and who has not from their logins. Give them extra points for outsourcing some of the work to a different class at home or in another country.


Welker’s Wikinomicshttp://welkerswikinomics.wetpaint.com/page/Course+Information?t=anon


Wikibooks – South Africa’s Curriculumhttp://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/South_African_Curriculum

Mashups in the Classroom


Google Earth Prohttp://earth.google.com/earth_pro.html


Google Earth Outreachhttp://www.google.com/earth/outreach/showcase.html


Lesson Idea:

Use Google Earth to show the relationships between AP content and geography. Students could create a layer in Google Earth about a book, a series of poems, or an historical traveler. Students could employ analysis and synthesis skills to annotate the push and pull factors related to mass immigration or a military invasion.


Google Earth Lit Tripshttp://web.mac.com/jburg/GoogleLit/Home.html


Lesson Idea: Use mash-ups to promote stewardship and

social responsibility. Have students create a layer in Google Earth about social action project they did. They can make a video of their efforts and embed it in a placemark. It’s a great was to keep track of community service hours.


International Clean-Up Dayhttp://maps.google.com/help/maps/cleanup/


Lesson Idea: Have student create a wiki and social network

on a human rights issue. Give them points for creating videos on the topic, creating activities for younger students, and encouraging professionals in the field to join the network.


Our Lost Children’s Projecthttp://ourlostchildren.wikispaces.com/http://ourlostchildren.ning.com


Pay Attentionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEFKfXiCbLw


Always Question the Role of Technology

How has technology changed my role as a teacher? How can I use technology to help my students form

thoughtful networks? What can technology do to help my students express

their ideas? How can I use technology to study an issue and to

appreciate other’s viewpoints? How can technology help my students demonstrate

their desire to be responsible citizens?


Tips for Integrating Technology

Start with one type of technology and teach yourself first.

Develop learning teams within your department/school.

Develop learning networks to learn from others.


Contact Information Thomas Cooper The Walker School, Marietta, GA Email: [email protected] Skype: tcooper1966 Twitter: tcooper66 Other Resources:

http://www.teensandtechnology.wikispaces.com