Technology.Teaching.Learning

K-12 Education and the Read/Write Web

Lauren Fee

ITSCO

What You Already Know?

Read/Write Web Characteristics

Participative Sharing Facilitating Community Open Communication Freedom to Share and Reuse

Web 1.0

Personal Web Pages Britannica Directories Individual Desktop Bookmarks Desktop Apps Searching

Web 2.0

Personal Blogs Wikipedia/Citizenduim Tagging Social Online Bookmarks Online Apps RSS

Examples

Blogs Wikis Podcasting Social Bookmarking Photo/Video Sharing

Blogs

What is it? Short for ‘weblog’ “Empty book” Commenting feature

Ideas? Continue discussions outside classroom Update new information Q&A with guest speakers

Examples: Columbus Academy PD blog / Classroom blog AP Calculus 6th Grade Homework blog

You Find

Reading Blogs: The Easy Way

Syndicated Content (e.g., blogs, anything with RSS Feed)

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News Aggregator (e.g., Bloglines, Google Reader)

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The World in the Palm of Your Hands (RSS)

Ex. Google Reader, Bloglines

You Create!

Wikis What is it?

Free online writing space Allows multiple authors to add, update, edit The process is the product

Ideas? Group projects Manage school and class documents Use as a presentation tool

Examples: Holocaust Page 5th Grade Book Study Wiki Collaborative Novel AvonMagnolia Wiki CA wiki

You Find

Similarities Instant publishing (Mediated or Not) Free or little cost Comment features Work for any subject Give everyone a voice Promote ownership of work Reflection on process Comments incite excitement

Differences

Blogs Tend To Be:

•More Directed

•More Linear

•Sequential

•Static

Wikis Tend To Be:

•More Collaborative

•Less Linear

•Synthesizing

•Dynamic

Advantages for Education

Promotes Critical Thinking Social Learning Increase Language Skills Modalities and Learning Styles Creativity Students/Teachers as Co-Creators

Thank you!

Lauren Fee

lauren@itsco.org