Enabling Dynamic School Transformations

Integrating web.2.0 Tools into the learning/teaching procedure

Konstantina Georga M.Sc. e Learning, e Learning Manager in CosyLLab, University of Piraeus Science View

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9:00 9:45: Web 2.0 tools in classroom 09:45- 10:15: Methodologies while using web2.0 tools in classroom 10:45- 12:30: Presentation of Web 2.0 Tools:
Blogs,

Facebook,
Bubbl.us,

Ustream,
Voki 14:00 17:00: Hands on Activities for using Blogs and Facebook Groups

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A Web 2.0 site allows users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as creators (prosumers) of user-generated content in a virtual community, in contrast to websites where users (consumers) are limited to the passive viewing of content that was created for them.

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Hypertext

is text which contains links to other texts.

Hypermedia

is a term used for hypertext which is not constrained to be text: it can include graphics, video and sound , for example.

Digital Content

animation, audio, graphics, images and video, as part of the production process before presentation in its final medium.

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Html (HyperText Markup Language) : HTML is the basic buildingblocks of webpages.

Xml (Extensible Markup Language) : is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form, produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications.

Metadata: data about data = structured data which describes the characteristics of a resource.

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Metadata

Title: A cup of coffee

Ingredients: Espresso, crme Creator: myself

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Lets get serious Here is an example of a simple metadata record:

Element name Title: Creator: Publisher: Identifier: Format : Relation :

Value 2nd MuSciCafe Menelaos Sotiriou Science view http://en.scienceview.gr/news/20 Text/html Website News

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Tagging: A tag is a non-hierarchical keyword assigned to a piece of information (such as an Internet bookmark, digital image etc.)

This kind of metadata helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching.

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Tagging was popularized by websites associated with Web 2.0 and is an important feature of many Web 2.0 services.

Many blog systems allow authors to add free-form tags to a post, along with (or instead of) placing the post into categories.

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Web 2.0 Tools
1. Facebook

2. Blogs
3.Twitter 4. Flickr 5. Wikis 6. Ustream 7.Voki 8. Bubbl.us

9.YouTube
10. Slideshare 11. Scribd 12. Google docs And lots lots of more (http://www.go2web20.net/)

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Web2.0 in classroom

Online applications you can use without installing them on your computer. Save and share educational data on the Internet. An exciting way to integrate ICT in any subject (Maths, English, Science...) Socialize, collaborate and communicate using the Internet as a platform.

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Why?
Web2.0 empowers the dissemination of users resources.
All the content is sharable!

Self directed activities. Strong communities are established.

Web is the pool where everyone stores, share and tag resources!

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Challenges:

We need to be

while using Web2.0 Tools in Classroom.

Think of:
online safety of students using Web2.0 Tools, students might misuse them during what is supposed to be instructional time, curriculum, administrative and other requirements, network speed, lack of teacher knowledge, lack of resources, lack of Educational scenarios. .

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Thats why we need to be concrete, precise and very well organized when we decide to use Web2.0 Tools in our Classroom.

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First steps?
Specify the Learning Methodology and strategies you will integrate into your lesson activities,
design a lesson plan by setting the learning objectives, activities and resources youll need and select specific tools that youll use during your lesson based on the Educational Scenario you have on your

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Students in action

Blogs get students writing and publishing online Social media teach students about safe and intelligent online choices Skype foster global awareness with world-wide video conferencing Media sharing view and create video or photo projects Collaboration encourage group work and participatory learning

Podcasting liberate students from a focus on note-taking

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Its all about: - what we consider as Learning procedure and - how important is to bear in mind that
Learning using Web 2.0 tools allows students to extend the technology so integral to their social lives to their school lives positioning education as an active, enriching, long-lasting process.

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Thank you for your attention!

Now its your turn.