NNDSB+Web+2.0


 * = Information Literacy and the Read/Write Web (adapted from Will Richardson and here) =


 * What is Web 2.0 or the Read/Write Web**
 * From [|wikipedia]
 * Web 2.0 websites typically include some of the following features/techniques:
 * [|Cascading Style Sheets] to aid in the separation of presentation and content
 * Web 2.0 ... [|The Machine is Us/ing Us]
 * media type="youtube" key="6gmP4nk0EOE&hl=en" height="355" width="425"
 * [|Folksonomies] (collaborative tagging, social classification, social indexing, and social tagging)
 * including decisions about quality (comments in Youtube, vendors in eBay etc.)
 * [|Rich Internet application] techniques, often [|Ajax]-based (like Google Docs, Google Maps)
 * Syndication, aggregation and notification of data in [|RSS] or [|Atom] feeds
 * this is the subscription service
 * pull vs. push
 * [|mashups], merging content from different sources, client- and server-side
 * [|Weblog]-publishing tools
 * [|wiki] or [|forum] software, etc., to support [|user-generated content]


 * The Read/Write Web, the participatory web, the social web.
 * Seems related to an interest in open-source and or free software - e.g. Firefox, Flock


 * The Web is Changing How We Learn**
 * Learning is not about acquiring knowledge as much as it is about building "personal learning networks". (Articulated by [|George Siemens] (Univ. of Manitoba).)
 * Our kids are already creating their own networks. [|Fan Fiction] is one site where "affinity groups" meet.
 * And like it or not, [|MySpace] is another example of kids creating their own networks. (who is teaching them about how to do this?)
 * But so are [|student role models], (Meg Cabot)
 * Millions and millions of [|people are participating] in the new social networking services. (Wikipedia)
 * But we can help our kids to start creating their own networks as well and [|work with people around the world]. (Nata Village)
 * We can also build networks in virtual worlds. In fact, over 70 colleges already have. ([|Berkman Center in Second Life])


 * The Web is Changing our Assumptions About Knowledge, Information and Literacy**
 * It's not as much about content anymore as much as it is about context. Knowledge and information used to be scarce...that's what our education system was built upon.
 * But today, I can learn anything, anytime, anywhere providing I have access. Knowledge is [|no longer scarce]. (MIT) (1.4 million visitors per month from every country, every MIT course online by year's end.) ([|Discussion group on bio class here].)
 * We can connect to information and build knowledge from it [|collaboratively, and freely]. (Wikiversity)
 * And we tend to look at knowledge as hard or unchanging...but these days, knowledge is soft. It's [|constantly changing]. (Wikipedia) To date, almost 6.5 million articles have been created in some 250 languages by almost 6 million people.
 * (By the way, [|errors are everywhere]. What would you do with [|this textbook]?)
 * And the collaborative construction of knowledge is effective...[|just ask the CIA]. (Open Source Spying)
 * In this world, we cannot only seek information, but [|information seeks us]. (Pageflakes)
 * But in a world where anyone can create and publish information, [|how do we know what to trust]? (Dove Beauty)
 * How do we teach our students (and ourselves) to make sense of a much more complex literacy regarding [|who to trust] as authoritative sources. When we [|can be manipulated] or [|be the manipulator].
 * We can no longer be "just" readers...we must be editors as well.
 * And reading is no longer a passive, linear activity that deals simply with text. How do we read [|multimedia and hypertext]? (A Tank of Gas)
 * In this world, we must read with an ear for writing and responding, engaging and interacting.


 * The Platform and the Tools**
 * [|RSS]
 * [|Google Reader] (also Bloglines, IE 7, Flock [|etc.]) (find and subscribe to a blog)

It's not enough to know how to do basic Google searches.
 * Finding Information**
 * [|Google News>] (subscribe)
 * [|Google Blogsearch] (subscribe)
 * [|Google Scholar]

How do we identify authority? How do we know who to trust? How do we know what's accurate?
 * [|Wikipedia] (subscribe)
 * [|Technorati] (subscribe)
 * [|DHMO]
 * [|Martin Luther King site]
 * [|What is the authority?]
 * [|What links here?]

Information is exploding. The speed of reading is increasing, and information can find us.
 * Managing Information**
 * [|Pageflakes] (also iGoogle)
 * [|del.icio.us] (subscribe)
 * [|Google Docs] (subscribe?)
 * [|Google Notebook]
 * [|Flickr] (subscribe)
 * [|Youtube] (see [|user's favorities])
 * Podcasts (subscribe)
 * Shaun Else's [|Podcasting Article] (HDSB)
 * [|Podcast Alley's Education list]
 * [|Podcast Directory, Best Free And Video Podcasts] (added by an anonymous editor)
 * Creative Common's Music

__**Sharing Information**__

Weblogs
 * subscribing
 * commenting
 * creating and authoring

Digital Photography Podcasts
 * [|Tim Lauer] (Lewis Elementary School)
 * [|CBC]

Wikis
 * Sketchpad Resources
 * What does the Read/Write Web mean to educators (one day tweat...)


 * Preparing for the Future**
 * The Web as App/Utility
 * Collaboration
 * Open Source
 * Open Content


 * The Web is Changing our Assumptions about Classrooms and Teaching**
 * If teachers are no longer the arbiters of knowledge in the classroom, our roles need to change.
 * Now we have the opportunity to be connectors, to bring our classrooms to the world in a variety of ways. We can [|find other teachers] who may know more than we do. (Secret Life of Bees)
 * Here's [|another example] of students learning from mentors. (Polar Science)
 * We can also connect our students to other students around the world so they can learn together. (Flat Classrooms Wiki)
 * And in a world where all of our students can be content producers as well as content consumers, we need to re-envision the work we ask them to do.
 * Our students can [|teach in powerful ways]. (Pre Cal)
 * And they can share their experiences in meaningful ways, like [|Sam Jackson's Education Blog]--12th Grade student blog about college application process
 * As [|Marco Torres] says, students' work "[|should have wings]." (Buckle Up)

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 * We Need a 2020 Vision for Education**
 * Why is this important? Because the world is changing, and we are changing it, and our students need to know how to [|change the world with these technologies]. (Water Buffalo Movie)
 * How do we learn to help our students leverage the technologies they are already using instead of have them check them at the door? (Especially when our students can [|get around our efforts anyway].)
 * How do we change? How do we re-envision teaching for a vastly changed world?
 * How do we the use of these technologies in our own practice?
 * It starts with [|one small step].
 * Educators need to ask themselves:
 * Who are your teachers?
 * How are you building your own learning networks?
 * How are you modeling your learning for your students? ||