Web 2.0 and the classroom
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The document outlines the use of Google Docs and Slides in the classroom, detailing their benefits such as cloud accessibility, collaboration features, and regular updates, while also noting challenges like the need for internet access. It also introduces blogging as a tool for student communication, highlighting popular platforms, benefits like unique student voices, and potential challenges such as privacy concerns. Ultimately, it provides guidance on implementing these tools effectively in educational settings.
Web 2.0 and the classroom
- 1. Web 2.0 and the Classroom Lance Eaton Coordinator of Instructional Design North Shore Community College leaton@northshore.edu, @leaton01 http://www.byanyothernerd.com
- 2. Outline Google Docs & Slides Introduction to Google Docs & Slides How to Use Google Docs How to Use Google Slides Examples Blogging Introduction to Blogging How to Use Blogger
- 3. Intro to Google Docs & Slides Google Docs: cloud-based, browser-based word processing program. Google Slides: cloud-based, browser-based presentation program. Benefits ● Constantly saves ● Detailed revision history ● Sharing options ● Comment & chat feature ● Add-on features ● Upgrades regularly ● Download options ● Web-page options ● Citation uses Challenges ● Internet access required ● Sharing options ● Upgrades regularly ● Klugey ● 1 more account-challenge
- 4. Google Docs Example Select the link below. If it doesn’t take you to a website, then try holding “Control” and selecting the link. If that doesn’t work, the link will be posted in the chat area. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rDWFM1Oyy5nmd L43vlozgVH_YY2r7-G-sCDYOT6Gfok/edit?usp=sharing
- 5. Google Slides Example Select the link below. If it doesn’t take you to a website, then try holding “Control” and selecting the link. If that doesn’t work, the link will be posted in the chat area. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jG4KtRiFjmigY3 oCH0os1G8J7mHBAKaAlqVnLZmCyf4/edit?usp=sharing
- 6. Examples Google Docs ● Course notebooks (personal or group) ● Ongoing Revising ● Portfolio Development ● Reports/Essays ● Group Reports/Essays Google Slides ● Presentations ● Group Presentations ● Sharing Content Missed in Class ● Dialogue Around Content
- 7. Blogging What is a blog? Website whose format is designed for regularly publishing new content. What is blogging? A form of communication that can entail multimedia and is often considered dialogic or bias-oriented. Akin to the Op-Ed page of a newspaper. Popular Blogging Platforms WordPress: http://www.wordpress.com Blogger: http://www.blogger.com (Google product) Tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com
- 8. Benefits & Challenges Benefits ● Individual voices ● Unique approaches ● Getting all the students’ views. ● Multimedia content ● Engaging in new communication forms. ● Potential for public dialogue ● Useful professional skill Challenges ● Internet access required ● Privacy concerns ● Getting students onto it ● Getting students into it ● Getting students to experiment
- 9. Get Started With Blogger 1. Go to http://www.blogger.com 2. Log in with Google Account (or create one).
- 12. Blog Title Blog Address Blog Template (how it looks) Press this to actually create!
- 14. New Post! Posts: Drafts, Scheduled, Published Static information Determine comment rules Determine sidebar content General aesthetics of the page. Additional features
- 15. Blog Post title Content area to write. Tool bar for: 1. Editing & formatting text 2. Inserting links, images, video Publish to blog or save as a draft. Provide labels (tags) Schedule when to publish.
- 16. Post types Labels/tags Post type Post Author
- 17. Examples Blogging Assignments 3 Approaches 1. Students comment on instructor’s blog (Simple) 2. Students are authors on one blog (Challenging) 3. Each student has their own blog (Hard) Assignment Ideas ● Current Events Related to Course ● Research & Resource Sharing ● Group Journaling about Course ● Role-playing Blog (e.g. blogging as Shakespeare characters, cell parts, historical figures, etc) ● Prompt-Responses/Applying the Week’s Learning
- 18. No matter what you use for tools, always: 1. Spend time teaching the tool to students. 2. Provide substantial support documents & videos (Youtube is great for this!) 3. Create a low-stakes first assignment to get them situated and familiar with the tool. 4. Gradually penalized technical issues after giving substantive feedback.
- 19. QUESTIONS ANSWERS??? (Hopefully!) BTW: This presentation was created on Google Presentations and can be found at this address: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uiY8Ak2VJ0YDKs9yfX2lByHdUJ3i1 CAB7TrvkxNtgVE/edit?usp=sharing
- 20. THANK YOU! Lance Eaton Coordinator of Instructional Design North Shore Community College leaton@northshore.edu, @leaton01 http://www.byanyothernerd.com