Teaching with WEB 2.0: BLOGS, WIKIS, AND MORE By Rabbi Tzvi Pittinsky Tzvi.Pittinsky@frisch.org Director of Educational Technology, The Frisch School

Web 2.0 Defined… The second generation of the World Wide Web, especially the movement away from static webpages to dynamic and shareable content and social networking. (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Web_2.0)

Advantages of Web 2.0 Multi-Platform: Windows and Mac Global Reach- Multilingual and available anywhere in the world. Accessibility: Inexpensive & Easy to Use 3 Cs: Communication & Collaboration, Compelling Course Content, Constructivist Learning

What the research says…

Web 2.0 for the classroom

Blogging in the Classroom Advantages Encourages writing (in any language) Ease of use Multimedia capabilities Security: Comment moderation and permissions Disadvantages Not easily customizable Cannot easily post files

Blogging Resources

Wikis in the Classroom Advantages Easy to Use- WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get Text Editor) Encourages Collaboration Supports asynchronous online discussion forums Versatile and customizable Safety- Every version of every page is saved. Security- Comment moderation (after posting) and permissions Disadvantages Discussions can only be moderated after posting.

Wikis for Education The Frisch School Wiki- http://wiki.frisch.org Password protected. Students 4 Israel Frisch Goes Green Shiriyah NJ Yeshiva High Schools

Twitter: Micro-blogging tool for posting status updates in 140 characters or less

Other Web 2.0 Tools

Photo Credits http://www.ibiblio.org/hhalpin/homepage/presentations/de2007/web-2.0.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/78726435@N00/62381076 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2735401175_fcdcd0da03_b.jpg http://forpd.ucf.edu/strategies/reflect.jpg http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart http://thepurplejournal.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/zits-blogging.jpg http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/properties/zits/art_images/tn_cg4a164a3b63efb0.jpg http://www.rpps.net/RPHS/images/Google-Docs-logo.jpg

Works Cited Blankenship, W. (2009). Making connections: Using online discussion forums to engage students in historical inquiry. Social Education, 73(3), 127-130. Merryfield, M. M. (2001). The paradoxes of teaching a multicultural education course. Journal of Teacher Education, 52(4), 283-299. Pena-Schaff, J. B., & Nichols, C. (2004). Analyzing student interactions and meaning construction in computer bulletin boards. Computers & Education, 42(3), 243-265. Warschauer, M. Comparing face-to-face and electronic discussion in the second language classroom. CALICO Journal v13 n2-3 p7-26 Win-Spr 1995-96.