We Speak Digital: Web 2.0 Tools and Project Organizers ~
Course Flier
This course will introduce educators to Web 2.0 technologies and challenge them to effectively use these web-based tools to support teaching and learning. Web 2.0 allows everyone to publish text, images, audio and video – to share ideas, receive feedback, and collaborate on projects with people across the street and around the world. During this course you will create and consume: blogs, Wikis, rss feeds, photo galleries, podcasts, and web-based project organizers. During the final weekend of the course you will envision opportunities to incorporate these technologies into your curriculum via the tools we've built.
Instructor: Sarah Chauncey, Library Media Specialist
Grandview Elementary School, East Ramapo School District
Teachers & Library Media Specialists Grades: 2-12 all subject areas
Credits: 3 graduate level or in-service ~ Mt. St. Vincent College
Schedule and hours
Schedule and hours
Each course will run three weekends with two hours of on-line correspondence during the week following.
Dates: March 9-10, March 23-24, April 13-14
Friday 4:00-7:30 (no dinner break)
Saturday 8:00-4:00 (with a working lunch)
Two hours on-line from Saturday to the following Friday
WEEKEND 1
Focus Areas/Objectives:
Participants will become familiar with Web 2.0 technologies and how they are being incorporated into teaching and learning by educators at all levels and within all disciplines. Participants will access and create weblogs (blogs), consume and publish blog feeds using really simple syndication (RSS), subscribe to an RSS aggregator. After learning how to use the technology, participants will discuss and document potential instructional uses of blogs within their instructional disciplines.
Evidence of Accomplishment:
Participants will create a blog, publish a minimum of five blog entries, make blog RSS feed available and consume RSS feeds of other class participants. Participants will read blogs published by other educators and describe how these blogs support classroom instruction. Participants will identify potential uses of blogs within their disciplines. Participants will become familiar with several image sharing applications and create a slide show which will be incorporated into a blog entry.
On-line Component # 1
Reading Assignments/Socratic Seminar: Participants will read assigned articles and readings on Web 2.0 and blogging. All readings are available as links on the Digital Pencil website. During the week between classes each participant will enter five or more blog entries before the next class meeting. One blog entry will include a slide show created with a web-based image sharing application. Each participant will use Bloglines to subscribe to RSS feeds of other class participants and three additional sources: i.e. CNN, other educator blogs etc. Participants will identify and write a reflection on the potential uses of blogs and RSS. A common online meeting time will be identified – all class participants will join in an online discussion – questions, reflections etc. using VYEW – a free web-based conferencing tool.
WEEKEND 2
Focus Areas/Objectives:
Participants will share their reflections on Blogging. RSS and image sharing. Opportunity will be provided for questions, comments regarding Week 1 Focus. Participants will access and create WIKIS. After learning how to use the technology, participants will discuss and document potential instructional uses of Wikis within their instructional disciplines. Participants will be introduced to multiple resources for image sharing. After subscribing to image sharing services (3 minimum), participants will incorporate images, image slideshows etc. into their Wikis and blogs. Participants will be introduced to podcasting, options for creating podcasts using both web-based and desktop tools. Participants will embed podcasts in their blogs and Wikis. Participants will subscribe to RSS podcast feeds.
Evidence of Accomplishment:
Participants will create a WIKI, publish a minimum of five entries and three pages and add content to each participants WIKI. Participants will read Wikis published by other educators and describe how these Wikis are being used to support classroom instruction. Participants will identify potential uses of WIKIS and within their disciplines. Participants will become familiar with several image sharing applications and create a slide show which will be incorporated into a blog entry. Participants will identify potential uses of Wikis and podcasting within their disciplines. Participants will create podcasts at least two different web-based podcasting tools and one desktop tool (In class if participant does not have access to desktop tools)
On-line Component # 2
Reading Assignments/Socratic Seminar: Participants will read assigned articles and readings on WIKIS and podcasting. All readings are available as links on the Digital Pencil website. During the week between classes each participant will enter five or more WIKI entries before the next class meeting. Each participant will add content to another participant’s WIKI. One WIKI entry will include a slide show created with a web-based image sharing application. A Wiki entry will include an embedded podcast and a linked podcast. Participants will identify and write a reflection on the potential uses of WIKIS and podcasting. A common online meeting time will be identified – all class participants will join in an online discussion – questions, reflections etc. using VYEW – a free web-based conferencing tool.
WEEKEND 3
Focus Areas/Objectives:
Pulling it all together – participants will share their thoughts on using blogs, Wikis, RSS, image sharing and podcasting. During this final weekend we will visit sites which offer video content (vlogs) and learn how to embed video clips into blogs and Wikis. Participants will be introduced to desktop tools which may be used to create video. Finally, participants will be introduced to web-based project organizers as tools to present lessons / units of study. After viewing several project organizers, participants will have the opportunity to design an organizer.
Evidence of Accomplishment:
Participants will create a storyboard for a project organizer, identify and/or create media -- images, podcasts, video -- to be included in a project organizer.
On-line Component # 3
Reading Assignments/Socratic Seminar: Participants will review several web-based project organizers created by the instructor. Sufficient time will be allocated for: identifying potential uses for web-based project organizers; storyboarding a project organizer for a lesson or unit of study, collecting / creating multiple media to be included in a project organizer. A common online meeting time will be identified – all class participants will join in an online discussion – questions, reflections etc. using VYEW – a free web-based conferencing tool.
Course Objectives & Assignments Project Organizer
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