Meaningful Learning and the Participatory Web

Table of Contents

Give me a hint! What is this about?
- What about the hint?
Challenging Ideas and Controversies
- Context of the Net: What are the consequences of learning from and contributing to amateur generated content?
- Context of the School: Is Technology Oversold and Underused?
A comment on priorities and practices
Is the message here different from the core ideas in your books?
It turns out that what I thought was rather original has been done before

Opening Comment
Characteristics of the Participatory Web
Benefits for Education
A comment on the "work in progress" nature of this site
A Few Words About the Software and Hardware

Theoretical and Empirical Justification

Learning what schools have traditionally taught
- Writing to learn
- Teaching to learn
- Interacting to learn
Learning skills demanded in a changing world
Taking advantage of the knowledge present in groups

Tools and Practices

What is a blog?
- Simplicity and Efficiency
- Issues to consider in selecting a blog service and setting preferences
- Simple tutorial for Blogger.com
- Blog hosts: Sites for starting a blog
The blogoshere?

Introduction
Blogs in Classrooms
Personal Learning
Blog essentials
- Finding and Following Helpful Blogs
- Bloglines – Description of a Popular Aggregator
- RSS Feeds for Searches
- Other Aggregators
- Blogging Activities
How are blogs different from web tools I am already familiar with? Why might blogs be better?
- Blogs vs. Web Pages
- Blogs vs. Listservs and Discussion Boards

What is a wiki?
Adding and Modifying Wiki Content
- The Interface and General Principles
- Core Tags
Wiki Resources
- Suggestions For Schools or Individuals Who Operate a Server
- Suggestions For Wiki Space Hosted By Others

Introduction
Application Patterns
- Personal Wiki
- Group Wiki
Unique Challenges
Resources

Tools - Social Bookmarking

Introduction
Scuttle
Scuttle For Users
- Scuttle Home Page
- Individual Entry
- Search and Discovery
Scuttle For Contributors
- Register and log in please
- Add new bookmarks
- Modifying the bookmarks of others
- Other features
The Big Time

Tactics - Social Bookmarking

Introduction
Personal Productivity
Bookmarking as a participatory tool
Bookmarking services in a class environment

Tools - Image Sharing

Introduction
Flickr
- Flickr: Introduction
- Downloading Flickr images
- Request an account
- Basics of adding photographs
- The individual photo page view
- Description
  - Tags
  - Annotation and image maps
  - Comments on comments
- Organize
  - Sets and Collections
  - Creating a New Set
- Access issues
  - Private resources and private actions
  - Protecting Resources
- Free vs. Pro Account
iLife08, .MAC & Web Gallery
Other Photo Sharing Services

Tactics - Image Sharing

Introduction
Applications of photo sharing in your classroom
- Explore a place, examine a thing, follow up on a current event
  - Explore a place
  - Examine a thing
  - Follow up on a current event
- Collect images for use in classroom activities
- Image Sharing Project Categories
  - Sharing unique experiences
  - Sharing visual stories
  - Sharing knowledge
Resources

Tools - Podcasting

Introduction
Listen and Learn
Generate a Podcast
- Audacity - Create an audio file
- Garageband - Simple and Powerful
- KidPix 3.x - Anyone can podcast
Resources
- Aggregators
- Software for Creating Podcasts
- Sources for Podcasts
- General Podcasting Resources

Tactics - Podcasting

Introduction
Examples: Documentaries and Digital Storytelling
- Filmmaking (vodcasting)
  - The 5 x 5 structure
  - Our 3 X 3 version
Resources
Suggestions for Implementation
- You need a reason, a general plan and then a structure.
Evaluation
Resources

1 Introduction
2 Using a Rubric to Assess and Evaluate Student Work
3 What competencies should I include?
4 Resources

Safety and Responsibility

Safe Participation
- Introduction
  - How should students be protected?
    - Filtering: Certain actions are required
    - Policy and Education
- Understanding Factors Responsible for Dangerous Interactions
- Cyberbullying
Responsible Participation
- Copyright Law
  - Resources to Explain Copyright
- Creative Commons For Useful Resources
  - Attribution - provide a citation
  - Creative Commons Resources

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