Meeting+NSS+2+(10+Nov+08)

Here's are some notes from yesterday’s meeting.

I am interested in exploring the educational possibilities of Web 2.0. In particular, I would like to examine 1) how teachers' pedagogies change, and 2) what student learning outcomes (academic and attitudinal) are as a result of effectively integrating Web 2.0.

We are starting a collaborative venture based on a naturalistic design. This means that I will not suggest interventions initially. Instead, I will find out what you are already doing with aspects of Web 2.0 and suggest ways of enhancing, enabling or even transforming both teaching and learning.

So far, the ideas tabled are for Patricia to use a wiki project that she developed when she was in NIE. She has tried it out with a class before and might use it again with Sec 2 express and Sec 3 normal classes. Abigail might explore more authentic student blogging for the purpose of developing English language concepts and skills.

We plan on having a more concrete proposals of these or other ideas by **Fri, 19 Dec 08**. Instead of relying on email, I suggest we use a wiki to co-construct these ideas. The wiki is at **[|http://web20teachers.wikispaces.com] .**

I also mentioned how the authentic use of Web 2.0 requires learners to have ready access to these technologies. While the school has several labs and resource rooms, the movement to these venues does not necessarily promote the culture of Web 2.0 use. One option that Northland has is to acquire mobile labs (carts with about 20 notebooks or netbooks) so that mobile devices can be used in class. The company that lent me the netbooks, i-Know, might be willing to sponsor a trial mobile lab. This is that same company that has provided the Kohjinsha netbook that is now with Abigail.

Some resources http://wiki-talk.pbwiki.com //This is the workshop wiki I use for introducing educational Web 2.0 to teachers. The most recent inputs are at ZHSS link. Bear in mind that the content was generated by teachers who were new to Web 2.0.//

http://ict-course.pbwiki.com //You might refer to the lesson ideas generated by my teacher trainees here.//

http://voicethread.com //This is the text/voice/other annotation tool I introduced towards the end of our discussion. It is quite popular with language teachers in the USA as it promotes multimodal use and development of language.//