Slides used for presentation to Polytech HS students.

1. Web 2.0 and Beyond:
Participatory culture and DIY
Learning
Polytech High School – Lisa Wilson’s class
Mathieu Plourde
September 21, 2012

2. Before We Start…
• Slides, links, and material will be available at the
following URL:
bit.ly/web20-polytech
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3. Sections
Out of the questions you provides, I identified four
categories:
• Career
• School and learning
• Technology trends
• Science fiction
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4. CAREER QUESTIONS
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5. My career at a glance
‘97 `09
Start of Project Leader,
college, ‘00 LMS,
Université Bachelor’s in ’06 University of
Laval Graphic Design MBA Delaware
‘99 ’02 ‘07 `11
First faculty Instructional Instructional Start of
support Designer, Designer, Ed. D.,
contract College of University of University of
Business, Delaware Delaware
Université
Laval
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6. My career at a glance
LEARNER
‘97 `09
Start of Project Leader,
college, ‘00 LMS,
Université Bachelor’s in ’06 University of
Laval Graphic Design MBA Delaware
‘99 ’02 ‘07 `11
First faculty Instructional Instructional Start of
support Designer, Designer, Ed. D.,
contract College of University of University of
Business, Delaware Delaware
Université
Laval
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7. Digital footprint
• If you Googled yourself,
what would you find?
• 1) Is it you?
• 2) Is it what you want to
share about yourself?
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8. Overexposed
http://youtu.be/jSdw9m3FskA
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9. Why do I blog?
To
remember
Blogging
To
To share
connect
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10. Blogging feeds into my social media presence
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11. Why did I decide to become a teacher?
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12. SCHOOL AND LEARNING
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13. Learning without schools?
• A Robot in Every Korean
Kindergarten by 2013?
• Machines tutoring humans
• Personal learning networks
(PLN)
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14. DIY Learning
• http://www.khanacademy.org/
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15. Maker movement
• Super Awesome Sylvia
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16. Personal learning environment
• http://youtu.be/YEls3tq5wIY
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17. From the sage on the stage to…
• Coach
• Mentor
• Guide on the side
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Photo credit: Ole Olson on Flickr

18. TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
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19. Technology as a “thing”
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20. Technology as a “process”
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21. Technology now speaks
human
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22. Watson wins Jeopardy
• http://youtu.be/o6oS64Bpx0g
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23. And it goes faster and faster…
Moore’s Law:
Computing power
doubles every 18 months
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24. Web 1, 2, 3.0
• Web 1.0: Read only
• Web 2.0: Read and write
• Web 3.0: Read, write, anticipate, and
recommend
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25. The Old Way
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26. The Origin of Wikis
I chose wiki-wiki as
an alliterative
substitute for quick
and thereby
avoided naming
this stuff quick-
web.
Ward Cunningham, 1995
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27. A Web Page
Audience
Author Web Page Audience
Audience
Grenier (2007)
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28. A Wiki Page
Author/
Audience
Author/ Web Author/
Audience Audience
Page
Author/
Audience
Grenier (2007)
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29. The Origin of Blogs
I started a daily log of
interesting Web links
published in reverse
chronological order, and
called it “Robot Wisdom
WebLog”.
Jorn Barger, 1997
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30. Anatomy of a Blog
RSS Topic
Post
Profile
Archive
Comments Blog Roll
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31. One Step Further
Real Time
II I
Collaboration
Conversation
III IV
Asynchronous
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32. Chat and SMS
• Backchannel conversation
• Just-in-time support and decision-making
• Remote and face-to-face
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33. Live Documents
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34. Google Sites
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35. SCIENCE FICTION
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36. Important questions!
• How soon is it going to be before technology
takes control over our decisions?
• it already does…
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37. Important questions!
• Do you think that there could actually be cyborgs
among humans?
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38. Thank You!
• Questions, Comments?
• Mathieu Plourde
mathplourde@gmail.com
Twitter: @mathplourde
http://mathplourde.wordpress.com/about
• All contents for this session: bit.ly/web20-polytech
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