1. Web 2.0 in the Science Class Colin Matheson Carmel Unified School District http://www.cytochromec.net

2. Introduction I taught science for 7 years –First at a small 6-12 charter school in Mendocino County (All Subjects) –Then at Carmel High in Monterey County (Biology and AP Biology) Now my first year as a full time technology coach/webmaster for the district

3. Web 2.0-Why Bother? Students can create and share Constructivism Increase traffic to your other web resources Prepare your students for online learning Digital Citizenship Engagement (double edged sword in HS)

4. Moodle-Moodle.org A learning management system A one stop shop/A central hub –Can be used to run classes entirely online –At first teachers tend to use it as a non interactive web site (Web 1.0) –Then start to explore interactive aspects (Web 2.0) One student login gives them access to everything Power of synergy (other teachers)

5. Moodle as a Class Webpage

6. Many Teachers on One Moodle!

7. Free Moodle Hosting http://www.k12hsn.org/resources/calaxy/ http://r5ozone.org/ http://www.globalclassroom.us/ http://ninehub.com/ http://www.keytoschool.com/ http://www.e-socrates.org/ Talk to your IT staff, they might have an old server lying around!

8. Wikis-a web page anyone can edit AND extend If you don’t have Moodle here are some wikisites: http://www.wikispaces.com http://www.pbworks.com http://www.wetpaint.com

9. Blogs/Forums-An online journal with comments If you don’t have Moodle here are some blog sites: http://www.Blogger.com http://www.edublogs.org http://www.posterous.com http://www.wordpress.com

10. Forums-A topic based discussion Use a forum if you want to have a Blog on your Moodle Science discussions can suffer from a few dominant voices and a large quiet majority Online encourages participation and reflection Create a record of learning Share data

11. Chat-Real time interaction great for review sessions

12. Glossary-Database Students or teacher can create entries

13. An Example of Data Entry

14. Student created knowledge base You can use many tools to accomplish this –Wikis –Glossary –Database –Forums

16. Eportfolios/Learning Community Can use blog/forum or wikis Let students explore concepts and show mastery

17. A Group Wiki Front Page

18. A Page of Student Wiki

19. Expectations Students often mistake online work as informal Set clear guidelines-length, number of entries, number of comments/replies, quality of writing, sources of information Provide examples and discuss rubrics

20. Grading Online Work Moodle can help keep it organized- Assignments, usage reports Moodle tracks every action so you can quickly see who has and who has not done an activity Does take more time at first

21. A Grading Screen In Moodle

22. Why Web? 3.5 million students took at least 1 online course in 2006 (a 10% increase) Online students grew by 9.7% while overall student population grew 1.5% 20% of all higher ed students were taking at least 1 online course in the Fall of 2006