Web 2.0 Projects
Why Web 2.0?
- It's what kids know and use already.
- Students don't see how what they do online connects to what they do in school- unless we make that connection explicit.
- Web 2.0 projects allow students to learn and develop the 21st Century skills they will need to survive.
What are the tools of Web 2.0?
Wikis
Podcasts
Blogs
Google Empire
Social Bookmarking
Largely focused on content creation and collaboration
Making the Connection Between Web 2.0 and Curriculum Standards
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has developed curriculum maps that show connections between 21st Century Skills and the curriculum in various grade levels.
English Map
Social Studies Map
How Can the Web 2.0 Tools Work Together?
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Middle School Journal Examples
Why Projects?
Project Based Learning- Special Report from eSchool News, January 2009
Challenge-Based Learning- Report from Apple
Critical Aspects of a 21st Century Project
Curriculum Based Reader's Theater- turn it into a podcast
More Reading
Minds on Fire- by John Seely Brown and Richard P. Adler; from Educause magazine January/February 2008
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