Web 2.0 Tools: Transforming Education in BiSD Change…

Where Have We Been?

Agricultural Age

Industrial Age

Information Age

And now?

Conceptual Age Source: Pink, Daniel (2005). A Whole New Mind. Riverhead Books: New York.

“To successfully face rigorous higher education coursework, career challenges and a globally competitive workforce, U.S. schools must align classroom environments with real world environments by infusing 21st century skills.” Partnership for 21st Century Skills (www.21stcenturyskills.org)

Skills Today’s Students Will Need Tomorrow Adaptability Creativity Communication Critical Thinking Organization Multi-tasking Collaboration Initiative Leadership Tech and media literacy Social/Cross-cultural

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” -Alvin Toffler Photo Credit

"Even if the state test is dominated by lower-level thinking skills and questions are posed in a multiple-choice format, the best preparation for such tests is not mindless testing drills, but extensive student writing, accompanied by thinking, analysis, and reasoning.” Douglas Reeves (2004)

Design Elements of Effective Classrooms High levels of engagement Documented student achievement Understanding of what needs to be learned Knowledge and resource are organized around student needs and interests Meaningful end product is focus Clear expectations and standards Based upon Working on the Work, by Phillip Schlecty.

Design Elements of Effective Classrooms Physical, emotional, and intellectual safety Affirmation by significant observers Opportunities for collaboration Variety and novelty of learning tasks Availability of choices in demonstrating learning Tasks are engaging and authentic Based upon Working on the Work, by Phillip Schlecty. 20th & 21st Century Teachers

The Read/Write Web as a Tool for 21st Century Teaching/Learning

The Old Web? Browse Search Read One-way Consume

The New Web? Receive Classify Connect Create Did You Know?

Why Web 2.0? Cost Effective Collaborative Authentic Accessible Engaging Relevant Learning and Motivation in 21st Century

Blogs · Blogger (https://www.blogger.com) · Edublogs (http://edublogs.org) · Epals (http://www.epals.com/) · Gaggle (http://www.gaggle.net) Talented Texans History Rocks! Isbell Science Mrs. McClure’s Blog Raider Report The Tellez Team Raider Nation The Warrior Way Talented Texans Talk

Wikis Wikispaces (http://www.wikispaces.com/) Pbwiki (http://pbwiki.com/) Wetpaint (http://www.wetpaint.com/) Google Sites (http://sites.google.com) Ms. Isbell Science ACFT Science Lab The Stayafters

Podcasting Gcast (http://www.gcast.com) Jott (http://jott.com/) Podbean (http://podbean.com/) Podomatic (http://www.podomatic.com/) Switchpod (http://www.switchpod.com/) Mrs. Davis’s Podcasts W.T. Fransisco’s Podcasts Spelling Words Signed Lone Star ‘n’ More

Digital Media Voicethread (http://voicethread.com/) Scrapblog (http://scrapblog.com/) Kerpoof (http://www.kerpoof.com/home) Youtube (http://youtube.com/) Teachertube (http://teachertube.com/) Schooltube (http://www.schooltube.com) Edublogs.TV (http://edublogs.tv) How to Hide a Geocache Josh Grizzelle: YouTube

Video Streaming Ustream (http://www.ustream.tv/) Stickam (http://www.stickam.com) Yahoo! Live (http://live.yahoo.com/) Richland Rams Live! BIT TV BISD TIMS

Office/Productivity Tools Google docs (http://docs.google.com) Zoho (http://zoho.com/) Buzzword (http://www.buzzword.com/) Thinkfree (http://thinkfree.com)

Social Networks Ning (http://www.ning.com/) Facebook (http://www.facebook.com) BISD Web Tools

Online Bookmarks Delicious (http://del.icio.us) Stumbleupon (http://stumbleupon.com/) Diigo (http://www.diigo.com/) Birdville ITS on Diigo

Tele- and Videoconferencing Skype (http://www.skype.com/) Mebeam (http://mebeam.com/) OoVoo (http://www.oovoo.com/) DimDim (http://dimdim.com/)

Virtual Worlds Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com) Lively by Google (http://lively.com/)

Other Web 2.0 Sites Twitter (http://twitter.com) Google Notebook (http://www.google.com/notebook) Mozilla Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/) Slideshare (http://www.slideshare.net/)

Keys to Success Learn the tools and terminology. Use tools that meet your students’ needs. Work to foster communication/collaboration. Involve parents and the community. Use students’ experience and expertise. Share with your peers. Get comfortable with discomfort.

“Do or do not. There is no try.” -Yoda Image Credit