Web 2.0 Tools for 21 Literacy
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Rapid Change
Today's Sputnik?
It's a little bigger. It's
called China…
The projected growth in
high-technology products
from there is staggering.
Michael Lubell,
Science Policy Analyst
The American Physical Society
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What is at Stake?
84% of 11-13 year olds said they
would “rather clean their room,
eat their vegetables, go to the
dentist or take out the garbage
than learn math or science.”
From Rayethon Corporation
Survey of 1000 11-13 year old
students, 2006
US 15-year-olds ranked 24th out of 40 countries
that participated in a 2003 administration of the
program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
examination, which assessed students’ ability to apply
mathematical concepts to real world problems.
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Building 21st Century Literacy
It is an unprecedented change
in the human condition. For
the first time –literally –
substantial and rapidly
growing numbers of people
have choices.
For the first time, they will
have to manage themselves.
And society is totally
unprepared for it.
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The illiterate of the
21st century will not be
those who cannot read
and write, but those
who cannot learn,
unlearn, and relearn.
-Alvin Toffler
-Revolutionary wealth,
2006
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21st Century Literacies
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“Traditional”
Literacies
“New”
Literacies
Web 1.0
Web 2.0
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One of the solutions: Web 2.0?
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TEN Top Web Sites by Traffic
 Yahoo
Google
My Space
MSN
 YouTube
eBay
 Facebook
Wikipedia
Craiglist’
Windows Live
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 Yahoo
Google
W2.0
My Space W2.0
MSN
YouTube W2.0
eBay
W2.0
 Facebook W2.0
Wikipedia W2.0
Craiglist’ W2.0
Windows Live
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Web 2.0 Common Principles
Profile - requires to sign up and fill out
 Organizers – specific interface of the site
Searching Capability - built in search engines
Groups - joining groups of interest
Dialogue – ways to communicate (Comments, DF,
etc.)
 Multiple Media – pictures, audio, video
 User- Friendly Functioning - WYSIWYG
 Sharing Option (public or private)
 Notification - way to inform that the information is changed
 FREE!!!
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Web 2.0 Technologies: Tools
All Web 2.0 tools and Services provide a higher level of
connectedness, they are democratic, have a participatory
character – encourage active involvement, provide social
networking, productivity, collaboration, stimulate creativity,
involve the feedback, etc.
It Provides the user with the FREE tools that possess
all above mentioned features and meet all personal
needs of the user: e-mail, calendar, note-taking, images,
video, search, web page creator, gtalk , etc.
a tool that allows you to keep track of
things you have to do and remind you of the list via cell.
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Web 2.0 Technologies: Services and Tools
Encouraging Creative Writing:
 Blogs
 Video-blogs
 Letterpop
 Scrabblog
Scratch
Comic Strips
Collaborative Tools
 Wiki
 Google Doc
 Sightspeed
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Web 2.0 Technologies: Tools
Supporting Social Networks:
• del.icio.us
• RSS
• Ning
• Twitter
• Tapped In
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Web 2.0 Technologies: Tools
Social Media/Audio-visual Creativity Tools
Flickr http://flickr.com/photos/milasunshine/
Photobucket
Scrapblog
Jumpcut http://www.jumpcut.com
Letterpop
Storytelling Technologies:
Voicethread,
Photostory3
Animoto
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Web 2.0 Technologies: Tools
Social Media/Teaching
Jing
CamStudio
Screencastomatic
Communication Tools
WiZiQ
Skype
Sightspeed
Mikogo
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Assessment Tools for Teaching
and Learning
Epsilen My e-folio
DIGIcation
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