The Story of the WA Mash
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Presented at the WhippleHill User Conference 2009 in Boston, MA. A variation of the previous version uploaded here at Slideshare.
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- 1. The Story of the WA Mash Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 2. Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 3. The use of social media – from blogging to online social networking to creation of all kinds of digital material – is central to many teenagers’ lives. Source: PEW INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT “Teens and Social Media” December 19, 2007 Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 4. Some 93% of teens use the internet, and more of them than ever are treating it as a venue for social interaction – a place where they can share creations, tell stories, and interact with others. Source: PEW INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT “Teens and Social Media” December 19, 2007 Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 5. So how do we educate our students for success in the Web 2.0 world? Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 6. Old School Creative Writing • Genre based instruction • Anthology of work as primary text/resource • Student work not published • Blogging/Journaling • Assessments were traditional, rubric based • Mostly fiction, poetry etc. • Workshop style with peer edit, peer review process • In depth study of literary elements and terms as vehicle for creation Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 7. And then...... Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 8. Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 9. What do you want to communicate? Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 10. Who are you communicating that message to? Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 11. How best do we communicate that message? Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 12. Can we harness the power of social media to provide students with a vehicle for exploring and creating original content? Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 13. Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 14. What is the basis for thinking about the New Humanities? Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 15. Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 16. Why should schools rethink they way they teach traditional humanities subjects? Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 17. MIT TechTV New Media Literacies http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/newmedialiteracies Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 18. multitasking play transmedia navigation visualization judgement performance collective intelligence negotiation appropriation simulation distributed cognition Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 19. “Content Creators are online teens who have created or worked on a blog or webpage, shared original creative content, or remixed content they found online into a new creation.” Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 20. The questions asked respondents if they create or work on a blog; create or work on a personal webpage; create or work on a webpage for school, a friend, or an organization; share original content such as artwork, photos, stories, or videos online; or remix content found online into a new creation. Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 21. Content Creation Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 22. WHAT IS THE WA MASH? The Worcester Academy Mashup http://wamash.com Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 23. Our Primary Publishing Tools wamash.com MashTube MashPics MicroMash FacebookMash Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 24. The Birth of The WA Mash Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 25. WA Mash Visits from 9/2008 to 5/2009 Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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- 28. Our Process Was Organic • Sir Ken Robinson “Are Schools Killing Creativity?” • KSU “Vision of Student Today” • Modeled after Salon.com and Slate.com, Huffington Post • We did not stick to any specific game plan or prescribed syllabus • Did not use a traditional text book Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 29. Three Words to the World Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 30. YouTube Hits Since September 2008 1518 Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 31. Video Essay on “Poverty” Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 32. Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 33. “On education, we will expand exchange programs, and increase scholarships, like the one that brought my father to America, while encouraging more Americans to study in Muslim communities. And we will match promising Muslim students with internships in America; invest in on- line learning for teachers and children around the world; and create a new online network, so a teenager in Kansas can communicate instantly with a teenager in Cairo.” President Barack Obama, June 4, 2009 Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, July 1, 2009
- 34. edsocialmedia.com antonioviva.com Wednesday, July 1, 2009