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Learning 2.0 Conference

Learning 2.0 Conference. Shanghai 14 th – 16 th June 2007. What was it?. Organized by local schools Hosted at Concordia Excellent line up of speakers A non-paper conference

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Learning 2.0 Conference

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  1. Learning 2.0 Conference Shanghai 14th – 16th June 2007

  2. What was it? • Organized by local schools • Hosted at Concordia • Excellent line up of speakers • A non-paper conference • Web 2.0????“Second generation web-based communities and services which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users” • Using the 2.0 tools • Twitter • Ning – Social Notetaking (Great Summary)

  3. Big Themes • It is about Learning not Schooling • Teachers need to model and lead in their use of Web 2.0 tools for learning. Students need to: • Deal with massive amount of information and reveal underlying patters • Possess global communication skills • Be self-directed; life-long learners (students should and can organize THEIR personal learning environment) • Have both their left and right brain engaged

  4. Justin • Ongoing work with Concordia (myConcordia) • Collaboration Wiki • Blogging

  5. Ian • Web 2.0 in School • RSS • Great blog example What is a RSS? An RSS document, which is called a "feed", "web feed", or "channel", contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favorite web sites in an automated manner that's easier than checking them manually. What is a Blog? a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order.

  6. Richard • How to Start a Film Festival at YOUR School – Richard Friedericks (Presentation) • HKIS sponsored online film festival • Started a blog • http://friederishi.wordpress.com • Promoting wiki program for writing – Broadcast Journalism, Film, Advanced Video Production: • http://www.celtx.com/ • Use del.icio.us for social bookmarking (tags)

  7. Joanne & Chris • Class Wiki • Built on ideas of Chris Welker • Using Wetpaint • Joanne’s Wiki • Chris’s Wiki • Free software from Michael Weber What is a Wiki? online collaboration model and tool that allows any user to edit some content of webpages through a simple browser.

  8. Ana • Skype for Language Learning • Student blogging

  9. RL: Rob FerrinSL: Bodhi Shepherd What is Second Life? user-defined world of general use in which people can interact, play, do business, and otherwise communicate What isn’t Second Life? A game • Second Life • MUVE (Multi-User Virtual Environment)

  10. Linda & Shumin • Podcasting • Voicethread (example) What is a Podcast? a digital media file, or a series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet using syndicationfeeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers What is Voicethread? picture/audio presentations can be commented upon via voice or written messages to the creator. So it is a powerful tool for languages.

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