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Teaching with Web 2.0: What is all this talk about social networking and how can I use it in my classroom?

 

Credits: 3

 

 

Course Prerequisites: None

 

 

Skill Requirement: This is not an introductory course in computer use or Internet use. To succeed in this course, you should already know how to use a browser (like Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer) to explore the Web and you should be comfortable with loading, editing and saving files to your hard drive from an application program (a word processor, for example). You will need to be able to read and follow directions and to work independently within time constraints.

 

 

Course Description: This course is designed to introduce students to web-based social networking environments and provide them with the resources and experiences to effectively integrate them into their teaching repertoire. In addition, students will be exposed to the concepts of Digital Citizenship and 21^st Century Skills

 

 

Global Goals: Students will learn

 

• To design more effective curriculum by using new emerging technologies

   

• To use a variety of social networking tools to integrate technology into their curriculum

   

• To understand the global world that our students will be entering and how the way we present instruction with the effect their success

   

 

Instructional Objectives:

 

1.     Students will become familiar with web-based social networks and their use in education.

 

2.     Students will explore and evaluate a variety of social networking sites through collaboration on a class blog.

 

3.     Students, in consultation with the instructor, will implement social networking tools in a currently taught course. Students will show evidence of integration with course content and objectives.

 

4.     Students will develop a corresponding student assessment rubric.

 

5.     Students will share results on class blog.

 

6.     Students will develop a portfolio of effective, appropriate, collaborative teaching/learning environments, to include a pedagogical rationale for their use as well as suggested course applications. Students will submit this work on a class wiki.

 

 

 

Course Agenda

 

1. The Read, Write Web: What is Web 2.0?

    

2. Wikis: Easy collaboration for all

    

3. Weblogs: Pedagogy and practice

    

4. Weblogs: Getting started with and using different blogging sites

    

5. The hype about Skype

    

6. RSS: What is it and using Bloglines

    

7. The Social Web: Learning together

    

8. Creating, Publishing and Using Digital Images and Multimedia Online

    

9. Podcasting: Creating and publishing

    

10. Using Google Earth

     

11. Google Tools: Anyone can use to communicate and collaborate

     

12. Effective Search Strategies: Beyond the “Google It” mentality

     

13. What It All Means: New literacies and big shifts

     

14.  Showcase of class work and how students are using Web 2.0 in their classrooms

     

 

 

Grading

 

Final Grade:

30% Wiki

25% Classroom Implementation of Social Networking Tools

25% Blog Contributions

20% Participation

 

 

 

 

Course text:

Richardson, Will.

Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin Press, Mar 6, 2006. (Paperback)

 

Readings from:

 

Ribble, Mike and Gerald Bailey. Digital Citizenship in Schools. Eugene Oregon: International Society for Technology in Education, 2007.  

 

The course will run Thursday evenings, January 31, 2008 – May 15, 2008

Cost: $200.00 3 Credits Salem State

 

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