Making Student Work Public: All About Web 2.0

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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
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Order of the Session

• 10-11 Presentation of Possibilities of
  Web 2.0
• 11-1130 Student Panel Discussion
• 1130-1200 Open Forum Discussion
• Concerns
• Classroom Applications of Web 2.0

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The Evolution of the Web What is 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

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New Type of Students

• Millennials Technology is assumed to be a
  natural part of the environment.
• Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants

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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

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Making Student Learning Public with Collaboration

• Wikis online collaborative spaces
• Robins class Final projecthttp//uwbeduc591.pbw
  iki.com/
• Amrits class building and presenting small
  group projectshttp//4thgradesocialstudies.pbwiki
  .com/
• Google Docs
• Group Projects and collaboration
• http//docs.google.com

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Network and Community Building

• Social Bookmarks - saving bookmarks to a public
  website
• Del.icio.us
• Art Resources http//del.icio.us/nancyrogers1
• Diigo http//www.youtube.com/watch?v0RvAkTuL02A
• Social Networks often includes profiles, public
  commentary and social connections
• Ning http//secondarycohort.ning.com/
• Facebook http//www.facebook.com

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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

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Media Rich Content Creation

• Tech Portfolios
• http//dowling.carlene.googlepages.com/home
• Digital Storytelling audio/video narratives
• How to Create a Science Notebook
• http//x8redcarpet.blogspot.com/2008/01/science-no
  tebooks.html
• Google Maps
• Our Community
• Voice Threads - collaborative online
  conversations around images, documents and videos
• http//voicethread.com/q.b71272.i365716

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Privacy

• Instructor Privacy
• 24/7 Office Hours
• Social Networking
• Change blog settings so students wouldn't see
  personal/family blogs

• Student Privacy
• Social Networking
• Faculty Stalking
• Facebook Policy
• Blogs/Wikis
• Discussing privacy issues with students
• Student work featuring minor children

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Panel Discussion
I should be home in bed instead of doing
this What was I thinking?
I hope they remember that it is Friday. We cant
answer hard questions on Fridays.
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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?

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Open Forum
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Concerns?
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Classroom Applications?