Common sense tells us that learning is enhanced by social activity, which is the basic idea underlying the use of Web 2.0 tools. But is there educational theory to support it? Of the three dominant theories, one strongly emphasises the importance of social interaction.
The theory of Social Constructivism is well established. Vygotsky is considered the father of the concept. As the Wikipedia says in its excellent entry,
“Where Piaget argued that people should create their own version of the truth, Vygotsky added the importance of discussing this version of truth with others, in order to, through the process of mediation, get to a higher order of truth that has also been socially tested (Derry 1999)”
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"I know it works, but is the theory valid? Common sense tells us that learning is enhanced by social activity, which is the basic idea underlying the use of Web 2.0 tools. But is there educational theory to support it? Of the three dominant theories, one strongly emphasises the importance of social interaction. The theory of Social Constructivism is well established. Vygotsky is considered the father of the concept. As the Wikipedia says in its excellent entry, "Where Piaget argued that people should create their own version of the truth, Vygotsky added the importance of discussing this version of truth with others, in order to, through the process of mediation, get to a higher order of truth that has also been socially tested (Derry 1999)""
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C E Q * A LL - 11 views
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WiFi Web 2 world
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Labor of Love.
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People have been learning independently since the stone became a tool
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who knows what else next?
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take charge of their own learning
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"What is CEQ*ALL? What happens when students are left to their own devices? In a WiFi Web 2 world, it could be many wonderful and amazing things? Web 2 empowers the self-initiated to learn more and more personally than ever possible before. But many students, well-trained in the "playing school" see free time a chance to goof off, to escape the boredom or avoid the stress. But what if students were truly free to learn as they wish in a supportive environment? CEQ*ALL provides a research-based, common sense approach to guiding personal learning to maximize intrinsic motivation, achievement and sophisticated thinking."
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"What happens when students are left to their own devices? In a WiFi Web 2 world, it could be many wonderful and amazing things? Web 2 empowers the self-initiated to learn more and more personally than ever possible before. But many students, well-trained in the "playing school" see free time a chance to goof off, to escape the boredom or avoid the stress. But what if students were truly free to learn as they wish in a supportive environment? CEQ*ALL provides a research-based, common sense approach to guiding personal learning to maximize intrinsic motivation, achievement and sophisticated thinking."
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Foundational Skills - 0 views
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Create distribution lists for class groups
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“Bcc” (Blind carbon copy)
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Only when mistakenly sending emails about they didn't actually want people to see...
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What is this anyway? I thought it meant you published your emails to BBC TV
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It's a means of sending an email to various other people at once. For example, you might send an email addressed to a parent concerning a manner but you'd CC the same email to your year level co-ordinator so they know exactly what you're communicating to said parent.
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c Set up your own collection of RSS feeds
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Contribute resources you find to local and online colleagues
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Maintain a list of core course documents throughout the year
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core course documents
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(Powerpoint)
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Why just Powerpoint? Why not a HTML based presentation? Or one done in Flash? All are possible.
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Yes, what about great online presentation tools? How much (if at all?) do we still have to play by the "Everyone needs to know MS suite so schools need to do this as 'Job Prep?'" Do you feel this as a need in your schools?
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Juxtapose other stimulus prompts ito challenge thinking
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Edit a word processed document by: using find and replace, checking word counts, inserting page breaks, accessing the spellcheck and thesaurus functions
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Is this more of a "basic" skill that we assume that all educators already know? If this section is regarding posting documents, we are talking about a different set of skills.
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I assume this is a somewhat mandatory skill that users of Word Processing applications should have. How unprofessional to read a doc that has spelling errors etc!!
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Analyse class maps as tools for discussion
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Join a professional learning community and follow posts for several weeks
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Partner with a colleague to offer a new technology to extend or enrich learning for a group of your students
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Use tables and styles to enhance the formatting of a document
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Consider taking an active role in an online community.
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Embed a video
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Create opportunities for students to post sincere comments
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Finding online resources (Wikis, Blogs) that dont require email addresses and passwords can be an issue with younger students.
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That's why setting up an in-house system where you can create a large number of individual student accounts at the start of the year (such as VBulletin) comes in very handy.
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On the flipside, we use a vocabulary training website in LOTE which students can't access if they declare their DOB to make them younger than 13!
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Upload presentations, videos or animations for student use
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Any ideas about the best way to do this? Should it be a WEB 2.0 application, such as Dropbox? Or is bandwith use a concern, so a LAN setup should be used?
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Just to save on costs, you'd probably have to do it over a LAN. It would also create a more reliable system, since an intranet/local network is less likely to fail than the connection to outside resources.
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(QuickTime Pro)
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Create opportunities for students to synthesise their learning through projects that call for a creative, problem-solving or innovative response.
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c Join a professional learning community and follow posts for several weeks c Join an online chat, webinar or presentation as an observer c Choose one aspect of the learning framework to research
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Choose at least one work that you are willing to publish to the Web and do so. This may be in any format: visual, written, video, audio, presentation, etc. The forum may be a wiki, professional journal, educators’ social network, iTunes, etc.
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Attach files appropriately to email messages
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Foundational Skills
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Explore a new Web application and use it yourself for a lesson
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c Review a new personal device & suggest how it could aid student learning
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Best Web Tools - 15 views
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Best of Web 2 for Learning » Edge-ucators Workshops - 31 views
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Highlighting
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Highlighting
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influential presentations
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These are indeed 'influential presentations' but better suited to higher level thinkers - not an upper primary class. YouTube offers better suited, more catchy videos.
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I think the kids would love this: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
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TED web site
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to help your learning.
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online digital workspace
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YouTube
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Useful for a number of needs...these may include the need for: laughter, instruction, knowledge, understanding, clarification, etc...even down to information about how to renovate your bathroom!!
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Love the variety of videos available! (May need to be sifted through and checked to be sure of credibility)
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Far more than music
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best site
Web 2.0 for learning - 6 views
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Google TV: Australian Launch Date 2011 | Google Web TV | Sony - 1 views
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The potential power of Google Wave is far bigger than its demo « Alexander va... - 0 views
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Google has not only spent time and energy making sure Wave can suck content into the platform, it has spent as much time and energy making sure it can get out too! Farewell destination based business models. Farewell walled gardens. If Wave gets adapted, it will put the user in control, and that is exactly what we need to do to break out of our current web 2.0 boundaries. That is what makes this development so remarkable.
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Google just did some major plumbing on the web, and honestly, they were probably the only ones that could do this
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Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom - 3 views
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Edna - Web 2.0 - Site Blocking in Schools - 1 views
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TodaysMeet, great tool for use in class room - 3 views
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