K12 Online Conference- Becoming Part of This Read/Write Web Revolution

by Langwitches ~ November 16th, 2008. Filed under: 21st Century Skills, Conferences, Professional Development.

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How Can I Become Part of this ReadWriteWeb Revolution?
Alice Barr, Bob Sprankle, Cheryl Oakes

Questions to ponder?

  • What is school?
  • Make our classrooms as exciting as homecoming?
  • How does teacher engage students as learners?

We have digital students, a whole new kind of literacies to teach (compared to the 3 Rs):

  • media literacy
  • collaboration
  • communication
  • innovation
  • information literacy
  • digital citizenship
  • ethics

We need to teach students how to invent, innovagte and think for themselves, be self-directed. These skill sets are different from what we were taught and how we were taught to teach.

How to you learn to teach those skills when you are stuck in a classroom, paperwork, standards, grading, NCLB, etc.? The vision of the three presenters is that you don’t have to do this on your own. Find a commmunity/network that you can share with others.

Technology tools used in the presentation:

How can web 2.0 tools help you and your students to be collaborators or co-creators of learning?

Cheryl suggest Voicethread as a great tool for beginners, easy access to publish. Bob says that bringing in these technologies has a transformative effect.

  • sharing the ownership of the learning
  • giving kids the tools and they will come up with uses we never thought of
  • using these tools allows students to make, create and archive their learning to make it more meaningful
  • tools help with differentiation for different learning styles
  • how to engage students in a participatory culture?
  • Is your class a journey, an adventure

Starting to create your own community of learners. The concersation is ongoing and asynchronous.

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