class business blog expectations. class business survey results
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Class Business
• Blog expectations
Class Business
• Survey Results
Times are changing!
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20th Century vs. 21st CenturyEducation
• Time-based
• Focus: memorization of discrete facts
• Lessons focus on the lower level of Bloom’s Taxonomy – knowledge, comprehension and application.
• Textbook-driven
• Passive learning
• Learners work in isolation – classroom within 4 walls
• Outcome-based
• Focus: what students Know, Can Do and Are Like after all the details are forgotten.
• Learning is designed on upper levels of Blooms’ – synthesis, analysis and evaluation (and include lower levels as curriculum is designed down from the top.)
• Research-driven
• Active Learning
• Learners work collaboratively with classmates and others around the world – the Global Classroom
• Teacher-centered: teacher is center of attention and provider of information
• Little to no student freedom
• Grades averaged
• Teacher is judge. No one else sees student work.
• Curriculum/School is irrelevant and meaningless to the students.
• Literacy is the 3 R’s – reading, writing and math
• Student-centered: teacher is facilitator/coach
• Great deal of student freedom Integrated and Interdisciplinary curriculum
• Grades based on what was learned
• Self, Peer and Other assessments. Public audience, authentic assessments.
• Curriculum is connected to students’ interests, experiences, talents and the real world.
• Multiple literacies of the 21st century – aligned to living and working in a globalized new millennium
20th Century vs. 21st CenturyEducation
The way we communicate is changing!
What is Web 2.0?
• does not refer to an update of software or equipment
• refers to changes in the ways software developers and end-users use the web
• the “old” Internet– static – publisher/creator maintains control of
content– not interactive – users visit websites to
retrieve information, check for updates, etc.
What is Web 2.0?
What is Web 2.0?
It encourages…– collaboration– creativity– communication
It challenges…– authority– ownership
The “Read/Write” web is interactive.
Some old: e-mail, chat, forums
Some new: Weblogs (blogs), wikis, podcasts, social networking sites (MySpace), web-based office applications (Google docs), RSS feeds
What does this mean for
our classrooms?
What is Web 2.0?
RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
• The “old” Internet– users visited every web site from which they
wanted to retrieve information– information linked to programming code
• Web 2.0– information is free from programming code– content can be collected and compiled from
multiple sites using an RSS aggregator• Netvibes• Google Reader
RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
What is a wiki?
• A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language] Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites.
» Wikipedia, January 15, 2009
"Wiki" (/wiːkiː/) is a Hawaiian word for "fast"
What is a wiki?
Group projects: Students work together in one place to research, outline, draft, and edit projects within the wikiAssignments: Post homework, course materials, study guides, and more.Resource Collections: Organize articles, websites, videos, and other resources for studentsPeer Review: Post questions for student brainstorming, or have students post papers for peer feedbackGroup FAQ: Students and/or teachers post and respond to questions on a given topicParent Involvement: Give parents a chance to be a part of the classroom and stay up to date on classroom news and eventsOnline Newspaper: Create a student-published online newspaper
How can wikis be used in the classroom?
Wiki Examples - Students
• http://computerdude.pbwiki.com/FrontPage
• http://tce-utotes.pbwiki.com/
• http://sces-election.wikispaces.com/
• http://aroomwithaview.pbwiki.com/
• http://salutetoseuss.wikispaces.com/
• http://welkerswikinomics.wetpaint.com/?t=anon
• http://gingerbreadmanproject.pbwiki.com/
Wiki Examples - Teachers
• http://lit-arts-tech.wikispaces.com/
• http://wakeliteracy.pbwiki.com/
• http://technologyties.pbwiki.com/
How do I set up my wiki?
• Wikispaces
• PB Wiki
• WetPaint