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Using Web 2.0 in a school environment Phil Bradley http://www.philb.com
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This is my generic Web 2.0 presentation, but with examples and data from the schools arena.
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Using Web 2.0 in a school environment
Phil Bradleyhttp://www.philb.com
What is Web 2.0?
• Let’s just not go there shall we?• Definitions are less important than what you
can do with it• Oh, if you really insist…
What is Web 2.0?
• Web 2.0 is a term often applied to a perceived ongoing transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users. Ultimately Web 2.0 services are expected to replace desktop computing applications for many purposes. – Wikipedia entry
• Web 1.0 was computer based
• Web 2.0 uses the web as a platform
• Web 1.0 relied on installed software
• Web 2.0 uses the browser
• Web 1.0 was solitary • Web 2.0 encourages sharing
• Web 1.0 was individuals working alone
• Web 2.0 is community, sharing wisdom
• Web 2.0 is the portability of data
• Web 1.0 was data in one place
• Web 1.0 was about consuming (data)
• Web 2.0 is about creating data– Weblogs– Photograph sharing– Wikis– Collaborative
resources– Social networking– Bookmarking
• Web 1.0 was home pages
• Web 2.0 is weblogs
• Web 1.0 was tracking information down
• Web 2.0 is having information come to you
• Web 1.0 was badging your content
• Web 2.0 is getting the answer out there quickly
• Web 1.0 was slow transfer rates
• Web 2.0 is about broadband
• Web 1.0 was hardware £s
• Web 2.0 is broadband £s
• Web 1.0 was getting it perfect
• Web 2.0 is doing it and moving on
• Web 1.0 was stationary
• Web 2.0 is mobile
• Web 1.0 was about limitations
• Web 2.0 is about a state of mind
Yes… but?
• “It’s vacuous marketing hype”• “Web 2.0 is totally silly”• “Meaningless”• “is made entirely of pretentious self serving
morons.”• “a lot of thin but very hot air blown at you by
those who are convinced that having nothing to say is by no means a good reason to shut up.”
So…
• Is it a question of degrees of difference?
Or…
• A difference of kind? (Is it or isn’t it a fad?)
So…
How can I use it?
Websites
• “If you don't have the will or the ability to change your website at a moment's notice, then you don't have a website. You have a billboard.”– http://twitter.com/defenestrate99
Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
A Jigsaw
• A website should be modular in approach• Composed of various different elements• Click them in, try them in different places• Discard, start again• Living, changing and dynamic
Different elements
Greater involvement
• Use Twitter– Integrate your tweets into your website– Contact and connect with other librarians,
parents, school children– View Trending information for current affairs– Follow historical figures
More Twitter
• Use hashtags to involve a class– 140 word book reviews
• Or to involve parents!– Create closed Twitter accounts
• Use Twitter polls • Use Twitpic for images
Wordle
• Take some text– Webpage– Opening page of a book– Essay– Book titles– Characters in a book– Author names
• Go to Wordle.net– Cut and paste the text– Display the Wordle– Save and use in the library, or on the website
How you can use this:
• Which book/author/play is this?
• Children’s book reviews wordled
• Create posters, copy onto t-shirts
• Poll a classroom (favourite colour, team etc.)
Tagxedo
• Next generation Wordle product
• Simple and easy to use
• Flexible
• You can add your own images to create your own wordcloud shapes
Wikis
• A wiki allows individuals to collaborate together
• Creative writing• Book clubs• Story telling
Yarra Road Primary School wiki
• “Facebook is dangerous, so don’t use it”• “Facebook is dangerous, so here’s how to use
it safely”
Presentations
• Create presentations and use them online with– Slideshare– Authorstream– Sliderocket
• Embed them on your site, weblog, wiki
Home/Start pages
• Netvibes, Pageflakes or iGoogle• Create content, hosted by a 3rd party• Update when necessary, instantly• Incorporate content back onto the website• Easy to create and maintain
Dixie Grammer School on Netvibes
Using Flickr
• Create a free account• Post photographs of the school, school trips,
the library, library events, local history• Create trading cards• Create motivational posters• Blend back into the website, weblog, wiki
Multimedia
• Voice thread– A secure network to allow students and teachers
to collaborate and share ideas with classrooms anywhere in the world
• TeacherTube– an online community for sharing instructional
videos• SchoolTube
– Educational, moderated
Collaborative whiteboards
Timelines
Weblogs
• Use weblogs as an aid in the library– Historical, educational, fictional weblogs– Link to existing book collections– Create new weblogs– Use weblogs for book reviews
WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier
Lochaber High School
Communication & news gathering
• Weblogs– Create a library weblog– Additional or new library resources– Introduce members of staff– Use it as a repository of data and information by
using categories and tags– Don’t regard a weblog as a diary – it’s an
important website in its own right…
Weblogs continued…
• Use the weblog RSS feed on the site home page as a news feed
• Encourage people to add the feed to their start page or RSS reader
• Create a different weblog for a different subject area – invite other authors
• Use it in a different way, on a different page
Bookmarking
• Share and collaborate on bookmarks– With Staff, students, parents, other librarians
• Blend bookmarks into website, specific pages, weblog, wikis
• Encourage continual additions• Delicious, Diigo etc.
Fur.ly
Trailfire
Pearltrees
LiveBinders
Museumbox
Jogtheweb
http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/CIPGOqlOglsi/Library-tools
Podcasting and Video
Masher
Glogster – create posters
Wallwisher
Cartoons
Create a newspaper
Create your own search engines
And there’s more...
• Quizzes, jigsaws and crossword puzzles
• Speaking avatars
• Google street view
• Etc...
LOLCats!
Blend it all together!
There are challenges
• Cyberbullying– Is this CYBERbullying or just BULLYING?
• Copyright issues• Privacy issues
– Images of children• Technical issues• So create spaces, not just posters• Cultivate volunteers
In summary:
• Websites must be flexible and under the control of the librarian
• Blend information• Be a cyber nomad• Incorporate, play, use, discard• Encourage collaboration• ‘Let’s try it’ and not ‘Let’s not’
Web 2.0 ...
Gives you control
Just one more thing...
• Recent material that I’ve found, in no particular order
Photopeach.com
• Add images, grab some music, create a video!
Online Stickies http://en.linoit.com
• Like Wallwisher, but more flexible
Start pages with Tizmos.com
• Mine is at http://www.tizmos.com/Philbradley
Pearltrees
Edistorm
Kidblog
Formspring.me
Thank you
• http://www.philb.com• http://www.philbradley.typepad.com• http://www.twitter.com/Philbradley• http://www.slideshare.net/Philbradley• http://www.flickr.com/photos/philbradley/ • http://delicious.com/Philbradley
