Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education

We're about to have the biggest discussion about

education in decades, maybe longer.

How do we learn?

What is the purpose of schools?

Make Phone Calls Send Text Messages Download Music Play Music Surf the Web Take Photos Send Photos Play Games

This is just the start...

Web 2.0

The Internet is becoming a platform

for unparalleled creativity.

And *we* are creating the new content

of the Web.

Ten Web 2.0 TrendsThat Will Have a Profound Impact

on Education

(1)

A New Publishing Revolution

Principles of Web 1.0

Reading

Receiving

Researching

Principles of Web 2.0

Contributing

Collaborating

Creating

A Revolution in 1436 AD

(2)

A Tidal Wave of Information

The Answers to The Answer to Content Overload

(3)

A Culture of Openness

(4)

A Culture of Participation

(5)

The Age of the Collaborator

(5)

The Age of the Collaborator

HARGADON'S WEB 2.0 LAW:

The wisdom of the group replaces the

expert

(6)

An Explosion of Innovation

(7)

The World Is Getting Flatter & Faster

(8)

The Long Tail

(9)

Social Learning Moves Toward Center Stage

(10)

Social Networking

First Came Blogs...

Then Wikis...

“A Web Page with an Edit Button” Level One: instant publishing Level Two: instant, multiple-author publishing

AP US History SupportBlogging.com

Level Three: collaborative publishing Neutral Point of View Wikipedia

Social Networks

Web Statistics

Unparalleled creation of content: 70 million weblogs About 120,000 new weblogs each day, or... 1.4 new blogs every second 1.5 million posts per day, or... 17 posts per second 80% of college students have used Facebook MySpace: 375,000 new members EACH DAY MySpace: 172,000,000 total members

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Most Populous Countries

1.China - 1,313,973,7132.India - 1,095,351,9953.United States - 300,176,0354.Indonesia – 245,452,7395.Brazil – 188,078,2276.MySpace - 172,000,0007.Pakistan - 165,803,5608.Bangladesh - 147,365,3529.Russia - 142,893,54010.Nigeria - 131,859,73111.Japan - 127,463,611

FLASH: 300 Million as of

February 3, 2008

9,900 Interested in Web .20 in Education

Why This All Matters

Learning Is Changing

Education Will Need to Change

The Factory Model of Schooling Is Dying

Customization, Collaboration, and

Creation Are the New Model

What You Can Do

Learn About Web 2.0 Lurk Participate Digest This Thought: The Answer

to Information Overload Is to Produce More Information.

Teach Content Production Make Education a Public

Discussion Help Build the New Playbook