Flattening the world: how to harness Web 2.0 tools to engage learners inside and outside the classroom
1. KING’S HEATH LEADING EDGE PARTNERSHIP INSET DAY FRIDAY, 23 rd NOVEMBER 2007 INNOVATION, CREATIVITY AND NEW TECHNOLOGY TO ENGAGE Flattening the world: how to harness Web 2.0 tools to engage learners inside and outside the classroom Doug Belshaw
12. We’re going to be looking at 3 things today: 1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my classroom? 2. How can I ensure students have access to material which is directly relevant to them and their course? 3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development?
13. 1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my classroom? Wikis Collaborative documents & presentations Student blogs
14. 1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my classroom? Wikis (Wikispaces / Pbwiki / Wetpaint)
15. 1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my classroom? Collaborative documents & presentations (Google Docs / Zoho / Buzzword)
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17. 1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my classroom? Student blogs (Wordpress / Edublogs / Blogger)
27. How could you use these with your students? http://edte.ch Name Promoting learning beyond the classroom (Blogs, etc.) C
28. 2. How can I ensure students have access to material which is directly relevant to them and their course? Custom start pages (e.g. iGoogle / Pageflakes / Netvibes)
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30. 3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development? Subject/role-specific arenas Social networking/commenting Non role-specific arenas Online conferences
31. 3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development? Subject/role-specific arenas (e.g. schoolhistory.co.uk/forum)
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33. 3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development? Social networking/commenting Twitter / Tumblogs / Blogs
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38. 3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development? Non role-specific arenas (e.g. NextGen Teachers)
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40. 3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development? Online conferences (e.g. K12 online conference)
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42. Which of these look promising? http://edte.ch D Name Promoting learning beyond the classroom (blogs, etc.) Directly relevant information (Wikis, etc.)
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Notas del editor
1. Tell (funny) historical story 2. “You’ll have to forgive me - I’m a History teacher. Or am I?”