1. Web 2.0 Ten (not-so) Secrets about Wikispaces Laptop Institute Memphis, TN, USA July 2007 Jeff Whipple Technology Mentor School District 18 Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada Literacy & Learning 21st Century II Fredericton, NB August 2007

2. 21st century Digital Literacy…??

5. In the beginning…Web 1.0 First generation web services Special skills and tools required for web authoring Most individuals limited to being consumers of web- based information

6. What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 – second generation of web-based services Web based authoring tools readily available Everyone can be an author / producer of information – limited skill required

7. Web 2.0 – as a learning tool Many educational benefits to web 2.0 Authentic student authorship, collaboration and sharing Blogs, wikis and podcasts most popular tools for education

8. Web 2.0 – as a learning tool Web-based No special software needed!! Anytime…anywhere!

9. Wikis

10. Wiki “wiki wiki” - Hawaiian for “fast” Backronym “What I Know Is” Wikipedia

11. Wiki Website – allows visitors or members to add, remove, edit content Ease of use, like using MS Word document Three levels of participation (edit, edit with moderation, read-only) Text, images, videos, links

12. Uses for Wikis Home / School communication Class websites (information, links, etc.) – Teacher generated notes – Links to resources

13. Uses for Wikis Collaborative projects – Collaborative student note keeping – Group project management / hosting – Student Centered Activities – Student writing / editing Collaborative ability to edit is key feature

14. Workshop Wiki whipple-tsaw.wikispaces.com