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Linda McSweeney
Linda McSweeney

Presented at VermontFest November 2008, this presentation describes a 5-day web 2.0 summer institute for teachers at Spaulding High School in Barre, VT.

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Spreading the Word about Web 2.0 Linda McSweeney Spaulding High School/Barre Tech Center [email_address] http://shsbtc.org
what we learned what we did what’s next
Web 2.0 for Teachers: A Summer Institute 5-day, 2 recertification credits Incentives! Lots of sandbox time The opportunity to collaborate what we did
support administration IT staff what we did
groundwork 30 minute thursdays pre-approved recertification credits adult learner research what we did
adult learners --are digital immigrants (all over the place on the learning curve) -- always try to avoid failure --want learning to be practical (must know what it will do for them) --need immediate feedback (corollary: immediate gratification hinders trial and error) --learn by comparing past experience to new one what we did
Put ‘Digital Immigrants’ at ease…with humor Understand our students How to Use a Mouse Introducing Le Book A vision of K-12 students Marc Prensky readings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Institute wiki: web204u.pbwiki.com what we did
what we learned
Put technology in teachers’ hands and... what we learned
they will put it in students’ hands. what we learned
Give them permission to make mistakes and… what we learned
they will learn how to troubleshoot. “ Hardware first!” “ Undo is your friend” “ Operator error” what we learned
Create opportunities for collaboration. Assign making passwords as homework. Walk the tightrope between risk and frustration. Provide at least as much ‘sandbox time’ as instruction. Sprinkle in some pedagogy. Provide choices and extensions. what we learned
continued support for ‘graduates’ encouragement for ‘reluctant’ teachers ‘ workshop in a block’ another teacher institute or graduate course migrate summer institute to moodle admin 2.0 (summer 2009) what’s next
parting words… http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =XFkzd0fSv_8

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  • 1. Spreading the Word about Web 2.0 Linda McSweeney Spaulding High School/Barre Tech Center [email_address] http://shsbtc.org
  • 2. what we learned what we did what’s next
  • 3. Web 2.0 for Teachers: A Summer Institute 5-day, 2 recertification credits Incentives! Lots of sandbox time The opportunity to collaborate what we did
  • 4. support administration IT staff what we did
  • 5. groundwork 30 minute thursdays pre-approved recertification credits adult learner research what we did
  • 6. adult learners --are digital immigrants (all over the place on the learning curve) -- always try to avoid failure --want learning to be practical (must know what it will do for them) --need immediate feedback (corollary: immediate gratification hinders trial and error) --learn by comparing past experience to new one what we did
  • 7. Put ‘Digital Immigrants’ at ease…with humor Understand our students How to Use a Mouse Introducing Le Book A vision of K-12 students Marc Prensky readings
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  • 17. Institute wiki: web204u.pbwiki.com what we did
  • 18. what we learned
  • 19. Put technology in teachers’ hands and... what we learned
  • 20. they will put it in students’ hands. what we learned
  • 21. Give them permission to make mistakes and… what we learned
  • 22. they will learn how to troubleshoot. “ Hardware first!” “ Undo is your friend” “ Operator error” what we learned
  • 23. Create opportunities for collaboration. Assign making passwords as homework. Walk the tightrope between risk and frustration. Provide at least as much ‘sandbox time’ as instruction. Sprinkle in some pedagogy. Provide choices and extensions. what we learned
  • 24. continued support for ‘graduates’ encouragement for ‘reluctant’ teachers ‘ workshop in a block’ another teacher institute or graduate course migrate summer institute to moodle admin 2.0 (summer 2009) what’s next
  • 25. parting words… http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =XFkzd0fSv_8