Successful%20Web%202.0%20Initiatives%20with%20Students%20and%20Teachers

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Successful Web 2.0 Initiativeswith Students and
Teachers

• Michelle Kowalsky
• William Paterson Univ., NJ
• Terry Bese
• Fresno Pacific University, CA

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Wiki Tools

• Purpose To enable several people to contribute
  to the same document 'live'

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Google Docs Spreadsheets
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PB Wiki
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Wikispaces
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Wiki Uses for Teachers

• To collaborate on curriculum
• Help write final exam questions together
• To share lesson ideas
• For remote committee work

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Wiki Uses for Students

• True group projects (not jigsaw)
• Facilitates group-written papers
• Brainstorming at a distance
• Learn how to deal with peer editing (where best
  end product prevails)

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Wiki Tips

• Have deadlines and an 'overseer'
• Establish ground rules for posting behavior
• Assign roles (compiler, editor)
• Co-generate expectations
• Give positive feedback and celebrate

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Blog Tools

• Purpose To post thoughts and ideas on the web
  quickly and efficiently and receive comments on
  them from others

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Blogger
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Edublogs
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ClassBlogMeister
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Blog Uses for Teachers

• Establish professional development communities
• Communicate with colleagues and solidify your own
  thoughts
• Populate your web page with news items easily
  (RSS feed too)

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Blog Uses for Students

• Track peer reviews (Battle of the Books, summer
  reading, etc.)
• Writing and reading practice with peer and larger
  audience
• Moblog a science experiment or weather
  observations
• Summarize daily lessons (scribe of the day)

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Blog Tips

• Teach about plagiarism of text and images
• Talk about legality of deep linking
• Integrate with RSS from the start
• Keep it scholarly, use as a resume or portfolio
  item

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Forum Tools

• Purpose To have threaded discussions with a
  large number of people and/or on many topics at
  once

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Forumer
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Moodle
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Blackboard
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Forum Uses for Teachers

• Whole group discussion rather than many emails
• Asynchronous ongoing conversations in public
  groups
• Accommodates peoples schedules
• Organizes large amounts of information among lots
  of people

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Forum Uses for Students

• Complete homework in a more 'honest way
• Continues the conversation after class has ended
• Encourages in-person shy voices to have their
  opinions expressed and treated equally

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Forum Tips

• Designate someone in the group itself to manage
  and monitor (ie., a student)
• Leader of each forum group must be present on a
  regular basis (positive reinforcement)
• Set up for a meaningful activity so it sustains
  itself

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Instant Messaging Tools

• Purpose to have real-time conversations via
  computer, and retain a record of what was
  discussed to share links and files live

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TappedIn
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Skype

• Provides VOIP, video conferencing and IM text
  communication

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YackPack
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Instant Messaging for Teachers

• Provide virtual office hours
• Allows question-and-answer periods to carry over
  beyond the classroom
• Communicates with students in the way that they
  are talking to each other

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Instant Messaging for Students

• Talk on the backchannel to discuss course
  topics as they occur
• Allows students instant access to the teacher to
  get their questions answered
• Allows for personal attention and differentiated
  instruction

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Instant Message Tips

• Always turn on history and record conversations
  with students
• Publish your online office hours and keep them
  regularly
• Focus the conversation on student thinking

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Social Networking Tools

• To find like-minded people and share information
  and resources with them
• Favorite websites
• Common Interests
• Videos

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Del.icio.us
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Ning
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YouTube
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Second Life
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Contact Us

• Michelle Kowalsky
• William Paterson University, NJ
• michelle.kowalsky_at_gmail.com
• Terry Bese
• Fresno Pacific University, CA
• terrybese_at_gmail.com