Wednesday, 25 June 2008
session 1
Session One: What is the Read/Write Web?
In this introductory session, participants will read three articles that articulate how the web is changing with new tools that allow users to interact with each other and build learning communities. These articles will also start to explain the implications that these technologies can have for teaching and learning in the classroom. As an activity, participants will explore different blogs and online publications focused on the changing web and its impact on education.
Readings
* Teaching & Learning with the Read/Write Web
This article by Wesley Fryer explains how the web is changing and how the new read/write web tools can impact teaching and learning in the classroom.
* Tech Tools for Learning
This article by Will Richardson defines some of the Read/Write Web tools such as blogs, podcasts, and streaming videos and gives tips for how to integrate these tools into the classroom.
* From Web 2.0 to School 2.0
This article provides a great overview of the Web 2.0 tools and touches on some of the important safety issues to consider when integrating Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.
Optional Video: The Machine is Us/ing Us
This video overview of Web 2.0 was produced by Michael Wesch, a professor at Kansas State University and a cultural anthropologist and media ecologist exploring the impacts of new media on human interaction. The video was released in February of 2007 and was viewed more than 3 million times in less than a year.
Activities
1. The following Blogs are maintained by people or organizations that are dedicated to integrating the Read/Write Web and new technology tools in education. Explore the content in some these blogs and online publications to learn more about how the web is changing and how these changes can impact teaching and learning in the classroom. As you read, examine how the content is organized and take the time to read some of the comments that other people make in response to the bloggers' initial posts. Notice how the authors often include hyperlinks in their texts and think about how this form of writing differs from traditional journaling.
*The Fischbowl: Karl Fisch
*Learning.Now : Andy Carvin
* Moving at the Speed of Creativity: Wes Fryer
* 2 Cents Worth: David Warlick
* Teach42.com by Steve Dembo
* The Tech Savvy Educator
* Weblogg-ed: Will Richardson
2. As you are exposed to the various Read/Write web tools throughout this workshop, you should be thinking about how you can incorporate these tools to both strengthen and widen the learning communities in your schools and districts. To assist you in this process, use the following planning template to plan the integration of some of these tools. Begin filling out Part I by deciding on the lesson or unit you will focus on and the standards that this lesson or unit will address. (The National Educational Technology Standards for Students were revised in 2007 to include skills that can be easily addressed using Web 2.0 technolgies. Visit them here.
Discussion
1. Share your initial ideas about how you want to incorporate some of the tools mentioned in this week's readings in your classrooms or schools and share some of the basic information about the lesson or unit you will be working on throughout this workshop.
2. Make sure to respond to at least one other message posted by a colleague in the discussion board.
additional resources
Optional Reading
* Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age
* Educating the Net Generation
* K12 Online Conference: Agenda
* Back to School with the Class of Wen 2.0: Part 1
* Adam Sutcliffe: Web Tools I Use
In this introductory session, participants will read three articles that articulate how the web is changing with new tools that allow users to interact with each other and build learning communities. These articles will also start to explain the implications that these technologies can have for teaching and learning in the classroom. As an activity, participants will explore different blogs and online publications focused on the changing web and its impact on education.
Readings
* Teaching & Learning with the Read/Write Web
This article by Wesley Fryer explains how the web is changing and how the new read/write web tools can impact teaching and learning in the classroom.
* Tech Tools for Learning
This article by Will Richardson defines some of the Read/Write Web tools such as blogs, podcasts, and streaming videos and gives tips for how to integrate these tools into the classroom.
* From Web 2.0 to School 2.0
This article provides a great overview of the Web 2.0 tools and touches on some of the important safety issues to consider when integrating Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.
Optional Video: The Machine is Us/ing Us
This video overview of Web 2.0 was produced by Michael Wesch, a professor at Kansas State University and a cultural anthropologist and media ecologist exploring the impacts of new media on human interaction. The video was released in February of 2007 and was viewed more than 3 million times in less than a year.
Activities
1. The following Blogs are maintained by people or organizations that are dedicated to integrating the Read/Write Web and new technology tools in education. Explore the content in some these blogs and online publications to learn more about how the web is changing and how these changes can impact teaching and learning in the classroom. As you read, examine how the content is organized and take the time to read some of the comments that other people make in response to the bloggers' initial posts. Notice how the authors often include hyperlinks in their texts and think about how this form of writing differs from traditional journaling.
*The Fischbowl: Karl Fisch
*Learning.Now : Andy Carvin
* Moving at the Speed of Creativity: Wes Fryer
* 2 Cents Worth: David Warlick
* Teach42.com by Steve Dembo
* The Tech Savvy Educator
* Weblogg-ed: Will Richardson
2. As you are exposed to the various Read/Write web tools throughout this workshop, you should be thinking about how you can incorporate these tools to both strengthen and widen the learning communities in your schools and districts. To assist you in this process, use the following planning template to plan the integration of some of these tools. Begin filling out Part I by deciding on the lesson or unit you will focus on and the standards that this lesson or unit will address. (The National Educational Technology Standards for Students were revised in 2007 to include skills that can be easily addressed using Web 2.0 technolgies. Visit them here.
Discussion
1. Share your initial ideas about how you want to incorporate some of the tools mentioned in this week's readings in your classrooms or schools and share some of the basic information about the lesson or unit you will be working on throughout this workshop.
2. Make sure to respond to at least one other message posted by a colleague in the discussion board.
additional resources
Optional Reading
* Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age
* Educating the Net Generation
* K12 Online Conference: Agenda
* Back to School with the Class of Wen 2.0: Part 1
* Adam Sutcliffe: Web Tools I Use
session 2
Session Two: Motivating Writers and Enhancing Communication with Blogs
Statistically speaking, there is a new blog created every 11 seconds. The readings for this week will highlight the many ways in which school and classroom blogs can motivate learning in the classroom and enhance communication between schools, families, and students around the world. You will view some exemplary examples of classroom blogs and discuss how you might use a blog for your own purposes. You'll also have an opportunity to create your own blog which we will use as an additional tool for learning and reflection on the content of this workshop.
Readings
* Blogs: Webs of Connected Learning
This article highlights the many ways that blogging can be used for educational purposes while also acknowledging the challenges of integrating this tool in the classroom.
* To Blog or Not to Blog? You Decide
Read pages 28-33 as Wes Fryer outlines the pros and cons of blogging and provides some great examples and information for how to get started.
Information on "Blogging the Verb"
Read these three blog entries that highlight how blogging differs from traditional journaling and helps to build learning communities.
* Blogs Growing Up (Will Richardson)
* Blogging? Writing? Feeling? (Will Richardson)
* Blog, blogged, blogging, to blog, blogger (Steve Dembo)
Activities
1. Explore several examples of how some teachers and students are using blogs to enhance learning. These examples come from around the globe. How are teachers using this to foster student learning? How are students using the blogs to interact with each other? How can blogs such as these improve the home/school connection?
* Cool Cat Teacher's Student Blog
* Ms. Baker's Biology Blog
* Mr. Coyle’s Grade 8 Humanities Blog
* Sandaig Otters Weblog
* Students 2.0
* Anne Smith's Learning Blog
2.
The best way to understand blogging is to create your own blog. In this session you will set up your own blog and use it both to reflect on what you are learning and to interact with fellow participants throughout the remainder of this workshop. Feel free to also share the link to your blog with others in your personal and professional communities who may be interested in reading your reflections.
Set up a classroom blog using either Edublogger or 21 Classess. Both are tailored specifically to classroom use with features to enhance privacy and security. If you are not a classroom teacher- you may consider pairing up with a teacher who wants to experiment with classroom blogging. (If you currently have your own blog using another blogging system, you can share the link and use it for this assignment.)
* Edublogs
"Edublogs" is a free education blogging tool powered by WordPress that is secure and free of advertising. To get started, follow the instructions in this document.
* 21 Classes
“21Classes lets teachers set up and manage a multi-user blog solution with independent blogs for students instantly and easily.” If you intend to have your students create their own blogs, take the time to set up the free account.
3. Complete Section II of your planning template
Discussion
1. Share the link to your blog site so others can access your blog. Also, in the discussion for this week, share your ideas about how you would want to use a blog for educational purposes in your classrooms, schools, or districts.
2. Make sure to respond to at least one other message posted by a colleague in the discussion board and leave a comment on at least two of your colleagues' blogs.
additional resources
Optional Reading
* State of the Blogosphere, April 2007
* Let Them Blog: Using Weblogs to Advance Literacy in the K-12 Classroom .
* Blogging: Best Practices Wiki
* Successful and Safe Educational Blogging
This article defines blogging and provides practical tips for getting started with classroom blogs.
Statistically speaking, there is a new blog created every 11 seconds. The readings for this week will highlight the many ways in which school and classroom blogs can motivate learning in the classroom and enhance communication between schools, families, and students around the world. You will view some exemplary examples of classroom blogs and discuss how you might use a blog for your own purposes. You'll also have an opportunity to create your own blog which we will use as an additional tool for learning and reflection on the content of this workshop.
Readings
* Blogs: Webs of Connected Learning
This article highlights the many ways that blogging can be used for educational purposes while also acknowledging the challenges of integrating this tool in the classroom.
* To Blog or Not to Blog? You Decide
Read pages 28-33 as Wes Fryer outlines the pros and cons of blogging and provides some great examples and information for how to get started.
Information on "Blogging the Verb"
Read these three blog entries that highlight how blogging differs from traditional journaling and helps to build learning communities.
* Blogs Growing Up (Will Richardson)
* Blogging? Writing? Feeling? (Will Richardson)
* Blog, blogged, blogging, to blog, blogger (Steve Dembo)
Activities
1. Explore several examples of how some teachers and students are using blogs to enhance learning. These examples come from around the globe. How are teachers using this to foster student learning? How are students using the blogs to interact with each other? How can blogs such as these improve the home/school connection?
* Cool Cat Teacher's Student Blog
* Ms. Baker's Biology Blog
* Mr. Coyle’s Grade 8 Humanities Blog
* Sandaig Otters Weblog
* Students 2.0
* Anne Smith's Learning Blog
2.
The best way to understand blogging is to create your own blog. In this session you will set up your own blog and use it both to reflect on what you are learning and to interact with fellow participants throughout the remainder of this workshop. Feel free to also share the link to your blog with others in your personal and professional communities who may be interested in reading your reflections.
Set up a classroom blog using either Edublogger or 21 Classess. Both are tailored specifically to classroom use with features to enhance privacy and security. If you are not a classroom teacher- you may consider pairing up with a teacher who wants to experiment with classroom blogging. (If you currently have your own blog using another blogging system, you can share the link and use it for this assignment.)
* Edublogs
"Edublogs" is a free education blogging tool powered by WordPress that is secure and free of advertising. To get started, follow the instructions in this document.
* 21 Classes
“21Classes lets teachers set up and manage a multi-user blog solution with independent blogs for students instantly and easily.” If you intend to have your students create their own blogs, take the time to set up the free account.
3. Complete Section II of your planning template
Discussion
1. Share the link to your blog site so others can access your blog. Also, in the discussion for this week, share your ideas about how you would want to use a blog for educational purposes in your classrooms, schools, or districts.
2. Make sure to respond to at least one other message posted by a colleague in the discussion board and leave a comment on at least two of your colleagues' blogs.
additional resources
Optional Reading
* State of the Blogosphere, April 2007
* Let Them Blog: Using Weblogs to Advance Literacy in the K-12 Classroom .
* Blogging: Best Practices Wiki
* Successful and Safe Educational Blogging
This article defines blogging and provides practical tips for getting started with classroom blogs.
session 3
Session Three: Tools for Finding and Organizing Information on the Web
This session will expose you to some tools which can make finding, retrieving, and bookmarking resources more efficient and productive. You will learn about RSS feeds and how to subscribe to feed aggregators so you can retrieve new and relevant information in one convenient place. You will also learn about Social Bookmarking tools which allow you to save all of your favorite websites on a web space and enables you to connect with other people who are searching for information on the same topics.
read
Readings
RSS
* RSS Quick Start Guide for Educators
In this guide, Will Richardson defines RSS feeds and walks you through the steps of creating an account using Bloglines. He then walks you through the process of subscribing to feeds and setting up feeds with student and classroom weblogs.
* RSS Ideas for Educators
Read pages 4-14 to learn more about RSS feeds and discover different ways that you can use them.
Social Bookmarking
* Seven Things to Know about Social Bookmarking
This article briefly defines social bookmarks and the implications for teaching and learning with this technology.
* Storing Bookmarks Online
In additional to explaining social bookmarking and providing links to some of the popular social bookmarking sites which you can explore.
activities
Activities
1. Take the time to set up an RSS aggregator for yourself if you do not already have one. You can follow the directions in the "Quick Start Guide" to set up a Bloglines account or you can read this review of some other popular aggregators and select another aggregator to fit your needs.
2. Find and add some feeds to your aggregator account. The "Quick Start Guide" provides you with some good suggestions of how to get started adding feeds; Most aggregators have built in search features. You might want to start with your local paper and favorite news and education sites. Some of the blogs highlighted in the previous sessions might be of interest to you, and you can add them to your aggregator. Technorati is one of the most popular blog searching tools and you can try to search for other blogs of interest there.
3. Watch the video about Diigo which allows you to clip and highlight specific content. Think about how this might help students to organize information.
4. Add another post to your blog. Reflect on what you learned as you explored the variety of educational blogs on the web.
5. Complete Part III of your planning template, which requires you to record information about some of the sites you found.
6. Optional: Getting Started With Social Bookmarking Using Del.icio.us
Alan November created this excellent step-by-step guide to walk you through the process of setting up an account in Del.icio.us which is one of the most popular social bookmarking tools. For information on other bookmarking tools, you can read the article below.
7. Never Search Alone
This article by PC Magazine reviews five of the top Social Bookmarking sites. Read the reviews and decide if you want to try another Social Bookmarking tool.
discuss
Discussion
1. Share one or two of the feeds that you subscribed to in your aggregator and describe why you choose to include them. Also, share the site feed to your blog so that others can subscribe to your blog in their aggregators.
2. Make sure to respond to at least one other message posted by a colleague in the discussion board.
additional resources
Optional Reading
* Blogging and RSS - The "What's It?" and "How To" of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators
* Focus on Effectiveness: Organizing Resources
* Will Richardson’s RSS Resources
This session will expose you to some tools which can make finding, retrieving, and bookmarking resources more efficient and productive. You will learn about RSS feeds and how to subscribe to feed aggregators so you can retrieve new and relevant information in one convenient place. You will also learn about Social Bookmarking tools which allow you to save all of your favorite websites on a web space and enables you to connect with other people who are searching for information on the same topics.
read
Readings
RSS
* RSS Quick Start Guide for Educators
In this guide, Will Richardson defines RSS feeds and walks you through the steps of creating an account using Bloglines. He then walks you through the process of subscribing to feeds and setting up feeds with student and classroom weblogs.
* RSS Ideas for Educators
Read pages 4-14 to learn more about RSS feeds and discover different ways that you can use them.
Social Bookmarking
* Seven Things to Know about Social Bookmarking
This article briefly defines social bookmarks and the implications for teaching and learning with this technology.
* Storing Bookmarks Online
In additional to explaining social bookmarking and providing links to some of the popular social bookmarking sites which you can explore.
activities
Activities
1. Take the time to set up an RSS aggregator for yourself if you do not already have one. You can follow the directions in the "Quick Start Guide" to set up a Bloglines account or you can read this review of some other popular aggregators and select another aggregator to fit your needs.
2. Find and add some feeds to your aggregator account. The "Quick Start Guide" provides you with some good suggestions of how to get started adding feeds; Most aggregators have built in search features. You might want to start with your local paper and favorite news and education sites. Some of the blogs highlighted in the previous sessions might be of interest to you, and you can add them to your aggregator. Technorati is one of the most popular blog searching tools and you can try to search for other blogs of interest there.
3. Watch the video about Diigo which allows you to clip and highlight specific content. Think about how this might help students to organize information.
4. Add another post to your blog. Reflect on what you learned as you explored the variety of educational blogs on the web.
5. Complete Part III of your planning template, which requires you to record information about some of the sites you found.
6. Optional: Getting Started With Social Bookmarking Using Del.icio.us
Alan November created this excellent step-by-step guide to walk you through the process of setting up an account in Del.icio.us which is one of the most popular social bookmarking tools. For information on other bookmarking tools, you can read the article below.
7. Never Search Alone
This article by PC Magazine reviews five of the top Social Bookmarking sites. Read the reviews and decide if you want to try another Social Bookmarking tool.
discuss
Discussion
1. Share one or two of the feeds that you subscribed to in your aggregator and describe why you choose to include them. Also, share the site feed to your blog so that others can subscribe to your blog in their aggregators.
2. Make sure to respond to at least one other message posted by a colleague in the discussion board.
additional resources
Optional Reading
* Blogging and RSS - The "What's It?" and "How To" of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators
* Focus on Effectiveness: Organizing Resources
* Will Richardson’s RSS Resources
session 4
Session Four: What is a Wiki?
Wikis can really exemplify the idea of the Read/Write Web in that they allow a web space to constantly evolve into an informative and ever-changing educational resource, with contributions from people working together across space and time. In this session, you will learn how wikis are constructed and maintained and you will get the opportunity to explore how people are using this technology as an educational tool. You will also have the opportunity to create your own wiki for personal or educational use.
Readings
* Think Outside the Blog
This article describes how Wikis differ from blogs and provides information about how you can get started using this tool in the classroom.
* Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not
This article defines wikis and detail and addresses the pedagogical benefits and challenges of using them in the classroom.
* Wiki definition in Wikipedia
This continually evolving definition of Wikis can provide you with a thorough history about how they came about as well as information about the various types of tools available for creating Wiki communities and how these different tools work.
Activities
WIKIS in EFL (from Tom)
1. Explore some of these examples of how wikis are currently being used for educational purposes.
* Holocaust Wiki Project
Following a WebQuest model, this project asks students to create a branching simulation about a family in the Holocaust. They have to come up with realistic decision points, describe the pros and cons, address the consequences of each decision, and create a narrative that reflects their research on the Holocaust.
* Pay It Forward Wiki
This wiki is being created by students attending Arapahoe High School who are currently reading Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. They are using it to brainstorm project ideas and eventually propose a plan to give back to their community so that the world doesn't lose individualism and end up like the world described by Huxley in the book.
* Thousand and One Flat World Tales Project
This project eplaces the "authentic" publishing of the 20th century classroom--hallways, newsletters, literary journals, etc--with authentic publishing in the 1001 Flat World Tales "blook": a potentially endliess series of stories from students around the world, inter-linked on individual student blogs.
* Wikibooks
Wikibooks is a collection of open content textbooks, manuals, and other texts with supporting book-based texts that are written collaboratively. This site is a wiki, meaning that anyone, including you, can edit any book module right now by clicking on the edit this page link that appears in every Wikibooks module.
* wikiHow
wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world's largest how-to manual.
2. Complete Section IV of your planning template.
3. There has been a lot of recent debate on the validity of articles and content posted in Wikipedia and Wikibooks. After exploring some of these educational wiki projects, reflect in your blog about the benefits and challenges of using this technology with students. Post a comment on at least two of your colleague's blogs.
Optional
Set up your own wiki space at one of these free hosting sites or make a contribution to one of the spaces you find as you search through some of the wikis currently hosted on these servers.
* Wikia
* WikiSpaces
* PBWiki
* Webb-logged
1. Brainstorm ideas for how you might use a wiki in your classroom or school to create a meaningful project for collaboration and learning.
2. Make sure to respond to at least one other message posted by a colleague in the discussion board.
Optional Reading
* Wikis in the Classroom
* Wikimania Conference
* Wikipedia in the Classroom: Consensus Among Educators?
Wikis can really exemplify the idea of the Read/Write Web in that they allow a web space to constantly evolve into an informative and ever-changing educational resource, with contributions from people working together across space and time. In this session, you will learn how wikis are constructed and maintained and you will get the opportunity to explore how people are using this technology as an educational tool. You will also have the opportunity to create your own wiki for personal or educational use.
Readings
* Think Outside the Blog
This article describes how Wikis differ from blogs and provides information about how you can get started using this tool in the classroom.
* Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not
This article defines wikis and detail and addresses the pedagogical benefits and challenges of using them in the classroom.
* Wiki definition in Wikipedia
This continually evolving definition of Wikis can provide you with a thorough history about how they came about as well as information about the various types of tools available for creating Wiki communities and how these different tools work.
Activities
WIKIS in EFL (from Tom)
1. Explore some of these examples of how wikis are currently being used for educational purposes.
* Holocaust Wiki Project
Following a WebQuest model, this project asks students to create a branching simulation about a family in the Holocaust. They have to come up with realistic decision points, describe the pros and cons, address the consequences of each decision, and create a narrative that reflects their research on the Holocaust.
* Pay It Forward Wiki
This wiki is being created by students attending Arapahoe High School who are currently reading Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. They are using it to brainstorm project ideas and eventually propose a plan to give back to their community so that the world doesn't lose individualism and end up like the world described by Huxley in the book.
* Thousand and One Flat World Tales Project
This project eplaces the "authentic" publishing of the 20th century classroom--hallways, newsletters, literary journals, etc--with authentic publishing in the 1001 Flat World Tales "blook": a potentially endliess series of stories from students around the world, inter-linked on individual student blogs.
* Wikibooks
Wikibooks is a collection of open content textbooks, manuals, and other texts with supporting book-based texts that are written collaboratively. This site is a wiki, meaning that anyone, including you, can edit any book module right now by clicking on the edit this page link that appears in every Wikibooks module.
* wikiHow
wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world's largest how-to manual.
2. Complete Section IV of your planning template.
3. There has been a lot of recent debate on the validity of articles and content posted in Wikipedia and Wikibooks. After exploring some of these educational wiki projects, reflect in your blog about the benefits and challenges of using this technology with students. Post a comment on at least two of your colleague's blogs.
Optional
Set up your own wiki space at one of these free hosting sites or make a contribution to one of the spaces you find as you search through some of the wikis currently hosted on these servers.
* Wikia
* WikiSpaces
* PBWiki
* Webb-logged
1. Brainstorm ideas for how you might use a wiki in your classroom or school to create a meaningful project for collaboration and learning.
2. Make sure to respond to at least one other message posted by a colleague in the discussion board.
Optional Reading
* Wikis in the Classroom
* Wikimania Conference
* Wikipedia in the Classroom: Consensus Among Educators?
session 5
Session Five: Incorporating Podcasting and Video Streaming
Dynamic web content is becoming more accessible. In this session you will read about how streaming video and audio podcasts can enhance teaching and learning in the classroom. You will explore some of the available resources on the web and locate audio or video content that you can use in your classroom and school.
read
Readings
* Video Goes to School: Part 1
This is the first of a three-part series on the use of video in education and describes how recent studies have shown that streaming video can increase motivation and boost student achievement.
* Classroom Audio Podcasting
"This article provides an overview of the benefits of classroom podcasting and showcases several exemplary classroom podcasts teachers and students can use as models when creating their own."
* There's Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education
This article explains how to create podcasts, subscribe to podcasts, and gives readers a glimpse as to how podcasting may change how teachers teach and students learn in the years to come
activities
Activities
1. Watch this brief video which demonstrates the power of video and Web 2.0 tools to educate and change lives around the globe at lightening speed.
Water Buffalo Movie:
http://t2.com/waterbuffalo/
2. Explore some of the following sources to find free streaming video and educational podcasts. Be sure to add relevant resources for use in your classrooms or schools to Part V of your planning template.
Video: Try to view at least one video clip from each site.
* Library of Congress Wecasts
* PBS NOVA
* NASA TV
* Annenberg Media
* History Channel Speeches and Video
* School Tube
* Streaming Video Webcasts
* TeacherTube
Podcasts:
* Education Podcast Network
The menu on the left of the page will help you find podcasts relevant to various subject areas.
* Learn Out Loud This site has one of the most extensive collections of educational podcasts. You can watch a brief video tour of the site to see everything it has to offer.
* Podcast Alley
A huge collection of podcasts are available as well as many good resources for learning more about how to create your own podcasts.
* Podcasts for Teachers
Fordham University 's Regional Educational Technology Center (RETC) in New York City provides lively conversations about technology and education with leaders in the field. Scroll down and click on "Listen to the Podcasts" to hear samples of recent podcasts.
* Radio WilliowWeb
Radio WillowWeb is a podcast for kids and by kids from the students at Willowdale Elemetary School in Omaha, Nebraska. It is an excellent example of how this technology can be used to enhance teaching and learning.
* Room 208 Podcasts
Podcasts from an amazing 4th grade teacher and his students in Wells, ME.
* Edupodder.Com
A library of educational podcasts from Steve Sloan at San Jose State
3. Post an entry in your blog about what you learned from listening to one of the podcasts or watching one of the videos highlighted in this session. Comment on the postings of at least two of your colleagues on their blogs.
4. Complete Part V of your planning template which requires that you describe how you can integrate these forms of digital media into your current teaching practices.
discuss
Discussion
1. Discuss the benefits and challenges that you anticipate from integrating streaming audio and video into your classroom, school, or district. When discussing the challenges brainstorm the steps you might take to overcome these challenges.
2. Make sure to respond to at least one other message posted by a colleague in the discussion board.
additional resources
Optional Reading
* Getting YouTube in the Classroom
* A Teacher's Tour of YouTube
* There's Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education
* Podcasting Craze Comes to K-12 Schools
* Will Richardson Wiki: Pod and Vod Casting Resources
Dynamic web content is becoming more accessible. In this session you will read about how streaming video and audio podcasts can enhance teaching and learning in the classroom. You will explore some of the available resources on the web and locate audio or video content that you can use in your classroom and school.
read
Readings
* Video Goes to School: Part 1
This is the first of a three-part series on the use of video in education and describes how recent studies have shown that streaming video can increase motivation and boost student achievement.
* Classroom Audio Podcasting
"This article provides an overview of the benefits of classroom podcasting and showcases several exemplary classroom podcasts teachers and students can use as models when creating their own."
* There's Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education
This article explains how to create podcasts, subscribe to podcasts, and gives readers a glimpse as to how podcasting may change how teachers teach and students learn in the years to come
activities
Activities
1. Watch this brief video which demonstrates the power of video and Web 2.0 tools to educate and change lives around the globe at lightening speed.
Water Buffalo Movie:
http://t2.com/waterbuffalo/
2. Explore some of the following sources to find free streaming video and educational podcasts. Be sure to add relevant resources for use in your classrooms or schools to Part V of your planning template.
Video: Try to view at least one video clip from each site.
* Library of Congress Wecasts
* PBS NOVA
* NASA TV
* Annenberg Media
* History Channel Speeches and Video
* School Tube
* Streaming Video Webcasts
* TeacherTube
Podcasts:
* Education Podcast Network
The menu on the left of the page will help you find podcasts relevant to various subject areas.
* Learn Out Loud This site has one of the most extensive collections of educational podcasts. You can watch a brief video tour of the site to see everything it has to offer.
* Podcast Alley
A huge collection of podcasts are available as well as many good resources for learning more about how to create your own podcasts.
* Podcasts for Teachers
Fordham University 's Regional Educational Technology Center (RETC) in New York City provides lively conversations about technology and education with leaders in the field. Scroll down and click on "Listen to the Podcasts" to hear samples of recent podcasts.
* Radio WilliowWeb
Radio WillowWeb is a podcast for kids and by kids from the students at Willowdale Elemetary School in Omaha, Nebraska. It is an excellent example of how this technology can be used to enhance teaching and learning.
* Room 208 Podcasts
Podcasts from an amazing 4th grade teacher and his students in Wells, ME.
* Edupodder.Com
A library of educational podcasts from Steve Sloan at San Jose State
3. Post an entry in your blog about what you learned from listening to one of the podcasts or watching one of the videos highlighted in this session. Comment on the postings of at least two of your colleagues on their blogs.
4. Complete Part V of your planning template which requires that you describe how you can integrate these forms of digital media into your current teaching practices.
discuss
Discussion
1. Discuss the benefits and challenges that you anticipate from integrating streaming audio and video into your classroom, school, or district. When discussing the challenges brainstorm the steps you might take to overcome these challenges.
2. Make sure to respond to at least one other message posted by a colleague in the discussion board.
additional resources
Optional Reading
* Getting YouTube in the Classroom
* A Teacher's Tour of YouTube
* There's Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education
* Podcasting Craze Comes to K-12 Schools
* Will Richardson Wiki: Pod and Vod Casting Resources
session 6
Session Six: Keeping Students Safe on the Read/Write Web
The workshop highlights the benefits of Read/Write tools for enabling enhanced communication and collaboration across distance and time. It is important that educators help make students aware of the dangers of interacting online and teach them about how they can stay safe and maintain privacy while still having access to the educational benefits of the Read/Write Web. This final session will highlight some available resources that teachers and students can use to discuss and practice safe online interaction. In this session, you will also complete your planning templates and share them for feedback in our discussion area.
read
Readings
1. A Web 2.0 Approach to Internet Safety
The article focuses on six key components to consider when addressing the issue of online safety.
2. Patrolling Web 2.0
One Denver Public Schools administrators shares his beliefs about the need for increased filtering to address safety issues in the Web 2.0 world.
3. 'Safe' social networking sites emerge
”Amid rising concerns over popular social networking sites, a new crop of "safe" sites is currently emerging. These "safe" sites hope to limit the dangers associated with other sites, such as talking to predators and revealing too much personal information. In addition, these safer sites aim to develop in users a proper online skill set--one that incorporates elements of online safety as well as proper behavior in virtual communities.“
activities
Activities
1. ConnectSafely is a website dedicated to informing teachers, students, and parents about internet safety. The website contains a forum where parents, teens, educators, and experts can discuss and learn about safe blogging and social networking. This week, explore the discussions on the forum. To join the discussion you must first register a free account.
2. Playing It Safe: A WebQuest on Internet Safety
This WebQuest on Internet Safety is written for 6th grade students. Explore the WebQuest to see if this might be a resource you can use with your students.
3. Complete sections VI and VII on your planning template and post your completed plan with appropriate links in the "Planning Template Forum."
4. Post an entry in your blog describing if and how you plan to continue using this blog for your own personal or professional use. Comment on the blogs of at least two of your colleagues.
5. Please take the Final Survey. Your anonymous feedback is extremely valuable so we can measure the success of the workshop, as well as design improvements for the next time we offer it. Please note that this is an expectation for workshop completion. To take the survey, click on the "Surveys" link in the workshop navigation bar.
discuss
Discussion
In this final week, we will have two discussion forums: One forum to discuss issues of internet security and another forum for sharing your completed Planning Templates. Please post in each forum and offer feedback to at least one of your colleagues on their planning templates.
1. Discuss the strategies you can use to keep your students safe while allowing them access to the tools on the Read/Write Web.
2. Post your completed planning template to the discussion board.
3. Provide feedback to at least one other person in both the discussion board and in the planning template forum.
additional resources
Optional Reading
* Cyberbee: Links to Internet Safety Resources
* Excerpts from MySpace Safety: 51 Tips for Teens and Parents, by Kevin and Dale Farnham
Read at least three of the experts published online from this book about one of the most widely used student blogging sites.
* Keeping Your Kids Internet Safe and Smart
* Stay Safe Online
* NetSmartz
The workshop highlights the benefits of Read/Write tools for enabling enhanced communication and collaboration across distance and time. It is important that educators help make students aware of the dangers of interacting online and teach them about how they can stay safe and maintain privacy while still having access to the educational benefits of the Read/Write Web. This final session will highlight some available resources that teachers and students can use to discuss and practice safe online interaction. In this session, you will also complete your planning templates and share them for feedback in our discussion area.
read
Readings
1. A Web 2.0 Approach to Internet Safety
The article focuses on six key components to consider when addressing the issue of online safety.
2. Patrolling Web 2.0
One Denver Public Schools administrators shares his beliefs about the need for increased filtering to address safety issues in the Web 2.0 world.
3. 'Safe' social networking sites emerge
”Amid rising concerns over popular social networking sites, a new crop of "safe" sites is currently emerging. These "safe" sites hope to limit the dangers associated with other sites, such as talking to predators and revealing too much personal information. In addition, these safer sites aim to develop in users a proper online skill set--one that incorporates elements of online safety as well as proper behavior in virtual communities.“
activities
Activities
1. ConnectSafely is a website dedicated to informing teachers, students, and parents about internet safety. The website contains a forum where parents, teens, educators, and experts can discuss and learn about safe blogging and social networking. This week, explore the discussions on the forum. To join the discussion you must first register a free account.
2. Playing It Safe: A WebQuest on Internet Safety
This WebQuest on Internet Safety is written for 6th grade students. Explore the WebQuest to see if this might be a resource you can use with your students.
3. Complete sections VI and VII on your planning template and post your completed plan with appropriate links in the "Planning Template Forum."
4. Post an entry in your blog describing if and how you plan to continue using this blog for your own personal or professional use. Comment on the blogs of at least two of your colleagues.
5. Please take the Final Survey. Your anonymous feedback is extremely valuable so we can measure the success of the workshop, as well as design improvements for the next time we offer it. Please note that this is an expectation for workshop completion. To take the survey, click on the "Surveys" link in the workshop navigation bar.
discuss
Discussion
In this final week, we will have two discussion forums: One forum to discuss issues of internet security and another forum for sharing your completed Planning Templates. Please post in each forum and offer feedback to at least one of your colleagues on their planning templates.
1. Discuss the strategies you can use to keep your students safe while allowing them access to the tools on the Read/Write Web.
2. Post your completed planning template to the discussion board.
3. Provide feedback to at least one other person in both the discussion board and in the planning template forum.
additional resources
Optional Reading
* Cyberbee: Links to Internet Safety Resources
* Excerpts from MySpace Safety: 51 Tips for Teens and Parents, by Kevin and Dale Farnham
Read at least three of the experts published online from this book about one of the most widely used student blogging sites.
* Keeping Your Kids Internet Safe and Smart
* Stay Safe Online
* NetSmartz
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