Paul McMahonLearning Solutions Asia

Why Web 2.0? An overview of 3 tools I consider essential

for educators. Why I consider teachers should use these. Keeping kids safe in the online world. Deeper look at 3 tools including hands on. Review and questions.

2.0 as indicative of a new versionFormerly like TV, now like telephoneHuge explosion in contentEveryone can now be an authorMany mainstream schools have not

yet caught onMany conventional business models

under threat

http://www.go2web20.net/Some of these allow you to do things

you already do but online and maybe using a different purchasing model (quite often free)

Others harness the power of social networking to offer more

What is it? http://blip.tv/file/282928

Social Bookmarking

Writing for the community (Blogging) Shared webspace development (Wiki)

What is it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU

Furl http://www.furl.net/ Nice layout. Common tagging is good.

Connected to Looksmart search engine Delicious http://del.icio.us Create your own tags. Bit US centric.

More popular with existing blogs. Time to sign up! Add me to your network!

We are supposed to be using Bloom’s Taxonomy as a model

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We should be there for the kids, not their parents. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

More and more of the universities are requiring these skills (and, in some cases, ignoring school assessments)http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/hs/home/home/index.htm

If we are only “organising and delivering content” we are in trouble

Schools are becoming too busy for staff to access traditional PD

Schools in my mind are the best places to educate children about using the internet

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I will only use my first name I will never give out my email address I will never give out my home address I will never give out my telephone number I will respect others I will never use rude or threatening words I will not use text talk or chat language I will not copy other people’s work I will be responsible for everything I write I will check my spelling before posting

You need to model learning for a Knowledge-based job in a flat world to students

Do your students know how you learn?

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Authentic WritingComments can be shared with a

group of your choosing or the worldBlogs exist for about every subject

you can imagineMany of your students probably have

a blogTechnorati is a great index/feed for

blogshttp://technorati.com/

http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/ also http://coolcatkid.blogspot.com/

http://namckeand.blogspot.com/2007/01/getting-my-students-blogging-again.html

http://inpractice.edublogs.org/ http://www.petrterrss.eq.edu.au/home/mc

rid2/67blog/

http://www.giangdaytructuyen.com/

http://www.edublogs.orgDesigned for schools and teachersAd free for educators Easier to link to others edublogsSupportive of school and teacher

policies

Offer things of use to your students or other teachers

It needs to be something you enjoy writing about

Spread the word and encourage comments.

Commoncraft Wiki video http://blip.tv/file/246821

Shared space for notes/worksheets etc.

Public or privateCan access comments and page

history

http://englishplace.wetpaint.comhttp://elt.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page http://wiki.vec.hku.hk/index.php/

Main_Page http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/

view/Main/WebHome http://educators.pbwiki.com/K-

12+example+wikis

Most wikis are set up the same way (concept is most important)

Professional tutorial on PB wiki hereMany blog postings about how to

insert elements into wikis/blogs.http://www.wikispaces.org

Paul McMahonLearning Solutions Asia Email:

pmc@learningsolutions.com.hk Phone: w81702808 m91705605PowerPoint

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