flattening the world: how to harness web 2.0 tools to engage learners inside and outside the...

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

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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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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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How could you use these

with your students?

http://edte.ch

Name

Promoting learning beyond

the classroom

(Blogs, etc.)

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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!