Fahan School, Hobart, Tasmania
“Web 2.0 Goes to School”
Technologies in the next 10 years will equip students to supercharge or side-step classroom learning. Both will happen. You get to choose which side you’re on.
Open Source Learning
Overview for Hands-on Sessions
In the Spirit of CEQALL and open source learning, you are the best person to determine what’s good for you to learn. Below are some options. Skim through the list and see what appeals to you. The first provides a chance to go through the 2nd10 Steps on your own. Next are two are hands-on using Web 2.0 tools (blogs and social networking) and other Mac tutorials. You might also like to explore CEQALL and the project MyPlace (years 5 - 10). The last section provides some links to interesting readings. Choose what’s most interesting to you. Put Effort into the exercise and look to pursue Quality with ICT-enhanced learning this term.
WordPress Weblogs - be online in minutes!
- Have a play
- Download this Tutorial
- WordPress.com
- Get started on your own Bog
- Download this Tutorial
- Class Portals (to start your own ClassAct Portal)
The 2nd10 Steps
- Explore the Steps (click a step for info)
- Search Filamentality
- Peruse aNew3R’s (try “editor’s Picks”)
- Study the “Freedom Fighter or Terrorist” WebQuest
The MyPlace Personal Learning Environment (elgg)
- Download this Tutorial
- MyPlace Community Web site
- Log-in
- Complete Profile (Tagging!)
- Add RSS Feeds
- Look for Friends
- Add Photo
- Blog your learning today (you can do this in any of the blogs you may have started: WordPress, Class Portal or the MyPlace Community).
Hands-on Macintosh
- Video Tutorials for Macintosh - Atomic Learning
Introducing C E Q A LL
- (pronounced “seek all”)
- Choice
- Effort
- Quality
- Attitude
- Labour of Love
- Read an Overview
- CEQALL Profiles (pdf download)
Year 9 - MyPlace.com
Readings
- E-learning 2.0, by Stephen Downes
- The Hive - Atlantic Monthly article about Wikipedia
- Know it All - New Yorker Magazine article about Wikipedia
- The Wisdom of Crowds - Wikipedia entry, Comments from a blog
- Dion Hinchcliffe’s Web 2.0 Blog
Blog your Learning
Use the comments link below to share your learning from today or make a post on your WordPress Blog or your MyPlace Community page.