What is Web 2.0? What are the ideals it is based on? What are popular web 2.0 tools? What are weaknesses and challenges? How are web 2.0 tools integrated in schools? How do we create a strategic plan for our school's web 2.0 use?

1. SCHOOLS AND WEB 2.0

2. SCHOOLS AND WEB 2.0
WHAT IS WEB 2.0
HOW IS WEB 2.0 INTEGRATED INTO EDUCATION?
BRAINSTORM

3. WHAT IS IT?
SCHOOLS AND WEB 2.0

4. WHAT IS WEB 2.0?

5. WHAT IS WEB 2.0?
“The internet is all
about the user.”
-- Bergman et al., Web 2.0 and Education, University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign, 2007
(http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Web_2.0_and_Education)

6. WHAT IS WEB 2.0?
Values
Collaboration
Collaboration allows web 2.0 users to
create content in a cooperative effort.
-Trusts users
- think of wikis, memes, discussion
boards www.wikipedia.org

7. WHAT IS WEB 2.0?
Values
Social Networking
Social networking allows people to
create communities online. This
includes your popular web-based
communities, as well as course
management software and listservs.

8. WHAT IS WEB 2.0?
Values
Customization
Rich Content
The new information model doesn’t
require people to seek information;
rather, you can select which data
comes to you, and you can customize
when and how you receive your
information. Rich content utilizes
multiple media like video, audio,
hyperlinks, and text to provide and
individualize the information your user
would be interested in.
iGoogle homepage

9. WHAT IS WEB 2.0?
Values
Seamlessness
More data is stored online and in
formats that will show up on laptops,
tablets, and phones.
http://www.20thingsilearned.com/en-
US/cloud-computing

10. WHAT IS WEB 2.0?
Values
Linked Data
Linked data allows you to create
relationships between information
elements and locate data using those
relationships.

11. WHAT IS WEB 2.0?
Values
“Free” Data
In the open source model, information is
not “owned” but rather should be shared
openly and with as little cost to the user as
possible. The code is made openly
available so others may customize it to
their liking.

12. WHAT IS WEB 2.0?
Values
Collaboration
Social Networking
Customization
Rich Content
Seamlessness
Linked Data
“Free” Data

13. WEAKNESSES AND CHALLENGES
SCHOOLS AND WEB 2.0

14. WEAKNESSES AND CHALLENGES
• Privacy we’re talking the world-wide web. That means without privacy
controls, your information is accessible to everyone.
• Security
• Lack of authority
• Misuse

15. WEAKNESSES AND CHALLENGES
• Privacy Web 2.0 tools are meant to share
information, but can also share much more
than that. Viruses, Trojans, and other
• Security malware are easily spread using these
technologies. Be aware of what links you
click on and what apps you allow to access
your data. Don’t click on advertisements,
• Lack of authority and don’t download or accept anything
without reading the fine print or running
your virus scanner.
• Misuse

16. WEAKNESSES AND CHALLENGES
• Privacy There is no editor validating the
sources on a wiki; there is no librarian
telling you which websites are
• Security authoritative, and which are not.
Information appears, disappears, and
changes depending on the author and
the time you access it. Web 2.0 allows
• Lack of authority you to share information—even
misinformation.
• Misuse

17. WEAKNESSES AND CHALLENGES
Misuse 1: organizations don’t have the systems or
• Privacy the culture to support use of Web 2.0 technologies.
Be very aware of how you are going to utilize Web
2.0 and make sure that your stakeholders are on
• Security board; otherwise, you have wasted money, time,
and effort. Moreover, too much technology at once
will overwhelm everyone. Experimentation is great,
if you have the resources. Pilot your programs,
• Lack of authority evaluate them, and share your results so that
others can learn from your experiences.
Misuse 2: If you have to post your cat pictures and
• Misuse your political rants, save it for your personal blog or
Facebook account.

18. TOOLS OF THE TRADE
SCHOOLS AND WEB 2.0

19. TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Blogs and microblogs
Wikis
Folksonomies: hash tags, tag clouds
Podcasts
Widgets / Apps
RSS Feeds
Mashups

20. TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Blogs and microblogs
Blogs are similar to journals, but
with enriched content and the
ability for people to provide
comments, like what you say, and
link to what you say. You have an
archive of posts that allows you to
easily access earlier entries.
Microblogs, like blogs, allow you to
post short statements to share with
the people you want to share with.
They also allow you to follow the
Twitter posts of people or organizations
you care about.

21. TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Wikis
A wiki is an online space that
allows users to contribute
content. Wikipedia is the most
famous example. Others include
services like wikispaces, which
allows you to create your own
wiki.

22. TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Folksonomies
Folksonomies capitalize on the
principal of linked data. This social
network site, 43 things, allows you to
post your goals online. The words
you use to define your goals are
compared to the site’s lexicon, and
then the site will connect you to
users who have similar goals.

23. TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Folksonomies: Hash Tags
Hash tags allow you to
search for user data related
to specific information.

24. TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Folksonomies: Tag Clouds
Tag clouds group the most frequently discussed
terms and organizes them by size: the larger
the word, the more frequently it is used. This is
a Flickr tag cloud showing the most frequently
used tags in photos.

25. TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Podcasts
Podcasts are audio/video files, often in
episodes or series. You can think of them
as a series of lessons on a topic, an audio-
visual blog, or even entertainment shorts.

26. TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Widgets / Apps
Widgets and apps filter data to select
the information you want and display
it in the way you want, where you
want it. Sometimes apps are purely
for entertainment—think of Words
with Friends. Other apps are
incredibly useful for processing,
evaluating, and viewing data, like the
app that will tell you when the bus will
arrive or where the nearest gas
station is. Pretty handy.

27. TOOLS OF THE TRADE
RSS Feeds
RSS means really
simple syndication.
Syndication is the ability
to provide updates
about your content on
other platforms. So RSS
feeds allow users to
track sites with
frequently published
content and visit only
the ones that have
updates.

28. TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Mash-ups
A mash-up is a platform that
aggregates data from
different sources into one
site or application. Google
Maps is the most famous
example; also check out the
interactive population map
from Census 2010.

29. TOOLS OF THE TRADE
COURSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(CMS) A course management system
will integrate features like
class lists, discussion boards,
course reserves, study
guides, etc. Open Source
software like Word Press and
Drupal, or proprietary software
like Blackboard achieve these
results. Make sure if you
select a CMS that the
software provides the services
https://elms.umd.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp you need (or that you can
integrate it) in the format you
need (some run on different
code or OS).

30. SCHOOLS AND WEB 2.0
WHAT IS WEB 2.0 
HOW IS WEB 2.0 INTEGRATED INTO EDUCATION?
BRAINSTORM

31. INTEGRATION
SCHOOLS AND WEB 2.0

32. INTEGRATION
USING WEB 2.0 is NOT the
objective.
WEB 2.0 is merely a TOOL that can
facilitate meeting your objective.

33. Train the staff in Web 2.0 techniques, provide
examples of how each subject area uses tools
to enhance student learning, or how
INTEGRATION
administration can benefit from tools. It is up
to the individual to decide whether to use Web
2.0 or not.
Have students learn Web 2.0 techniques and
tools that will enhance their learning and help
Staff Training them understand benefits and dangers.
Student Training Select a grade or a class to serve as a pilot
program for integrating Web 2.0 techniques.
Class Pilot Teachers, students, parents, and
administrators will be required to utilize Web
Group Project 2.0 tools in some way for this class or grade.
Whole-School Select a project (ex. Recycling Club, Green
School, President’s Day) that will utilize Web
2.0 technologies.
The whole school is on board! Every teacher,
administrator, student, and parent utilizes
Web 2.0 tools. They are woven into the
curriculum and daily life of the school.

34. INTEGRATION
Consider:
What are your parents and teachers
able and willing to contribute?
Do your students have the
necessary technologies available at
home?
Do you have the personnel and the
budget to support integration?

35. INTEGRATION
EXAMPLES
Eric Sheninger. Best Practices in Social Networking. http://www.slideshare.net/Esheninger/best-practices-in-
social-networking
A school principal shares how social networking can help your school communicate with stakeholders.
Brian Benzinger. Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0. http://www.solutionwatch.com/512/back-to-school-
with-the-class-of-web-20-part-1/
A compilation of Web 2.0 tools organized by category.
Kerry Turner. Successful use of Web 2.0 in the classroom. http://kerryturner.wordpress.com/kerry-
turner/successful-use-of-web-2o-in-the-classroom/
A blog that shares successful use of Web 2.0 techniques in school.
Mr. Crosby. Collaborative Class Blog. Blogmeister. http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=65078
A 6th grade class piloting a 1:1 computer use program and Web 2.0 tools; this is their blog.
Kathy Schrock. Bloomin’ Apps. http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
A revision of Bloom’s taxonomy with related software applications.
Kathy Schrock. Kathy Schrock’s guide for educators.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/edtools.html
A list of useful web 2.0 tools for your school.

36. INTEGRATION
EXAMPLES
Top 25 Web 2.0 Apps to Improve a Student's or Professor's Productivity. http://oedb.org/library/beginning-
online-learning/top-25-web20-productivity-apps
A list of useful applications for the classroom.
20 Things I learned about browsers and the web. http://www.20thingsilearned.com/en-US/home
Open Source Web Applications for Libraries. Karen A. Coombs & Amanda J. Hollister.
http://www.amazon.com/Open-Source-Web-Applications-Libraries/dp/1573874000
Reference and Information Services in the 21st Century. Kay Ann Cassell, Uma Hiremath.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1555707408/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00

37. SCHOOLS AND WEB 2.0
WHAT IS WEB 2.0 
HOW IS WEB 2.0 INTEGRATED INTO EDUCATION? 
BRAINSTORM

38. YOUR TURN!
SCHOOLS AND WEB 2.0

39. YOUR TURN
Brainstorm: Work with a partner. Select a
project that you work on. List the
stakeholders involved, which web 2.0
tools would help make that project more
efficient, and challenges you might face.

40. YOUR TURN
For strategic planning:
• Why do we want to use Web 2.0?
• How do we want to use Web 2.0?
• What systems and technologies will we
have to support the use of Web 2.0?
• Are there any restrictions on our use?
• Who is responsible for what?

41. YOUR TURN
• How will we evaluate success?
• How will we document and share our
successes and challenges with others?