Holiday Readings

I have had a couple of requests for holiday readings and so I thought I would share a few ideas here.

For a good introduction to blogs, wikis, podcasts, RSS, and all things Web 2.0 you would be hard pushed to go past Coming Of Age: An Introduction To The NEW Worldwide Web This “booklet” is a free download and a great example of the online collaboration that Web 2.0 is enabling. (Source Website: http://www.ictineducation.org)

On a similar theme Will Richardson (find his blog here) presented a great presentation at NECC this year entitled A Web of Connections: Why the Read/Write Web Changes Everything. You can listen to a podcast of this presentation here

And I recently wrote a post about Social Software and Learning another great article from FutureLab. Again well worth the read.

And finally if you have any energy left you might like to look at the prereading for the TEACHnology moving toward 1:1 for Leaders course .

Have a great holiday whatever you get up to.

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Reading list for TEACHnology moving toward 1:1 for Leaders course .

Readings 2007
TEACHnology
moving toward 1:1 for Leaders
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COURSE

The reading list below is provided as stimulus for participants the TEACHnology moving toward 1:1 for Leaders course .

This prereading will enable participants to share a common understanding of the current dialogue around visions for twenty-first century learning.

Participants are asked to read the two articles by Mark Prensky (2001, 2004), a significant speaker, writer and visionary of education and learning. In addition, we would ask you to read the executive summary and sections 1 and 2 (Pp3-29) from Social Software and Learning from Futurelab.

The Podcasts will extend your thinking about technology, 1:1 and creative ways to overcome obstacles. You can listen to the podcasts directly from your computer or download them to your ipod or mp3 player to listen to on the move.

Reading List:

• Owen M, Grant L, Sayers S and Facer K (2006): Social Software and Learning; Futurelab 2006

• Prensky M (2001); Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants; NCB University Press, Vol. 9 No 5, October 2001

• Prensky M (2004); The Emerging Online Life of the Digital native: What they do differently because of technology, and how they do it; Available: http:// www.marcprensky.com/writing/default.asp; [Accessed: December 18, 2006]

Podcasts

One Laptop Per Child	A pioneer of the digital age, Nicholas Negroponte is a founder of Wired magazine and author of the bestselling book Being Digital, which has been translated into more than 40 languages. Negroponte believes that laptops are both a window into the world and a tool with which to think. Laptops promote independent interaction and exploration and with them, children “learn learning.”
Preventing Your One-to-One Dreams from Becoming Nightmares — Gary Stager	One-to-one computing is inevitable and its backlash growing. Learn to be the imaginative articulate leader required to inspire public support and sustain classroom innovation.
“Unleash the Potential:Remix Obstacles into Opportunities! – Anne Davis	This keynote will reflect on some of the most significant obstacles we face as we focus on best practice in the use of Web 2.0 tools to transform teaching and learning. The discussion will center on the crucial role that relationships, conversations, connections and networks play in supporting effective learning. It will also include suggestions and ideas for action, as well as approaches that foster discussions which result in effective strategies to overcome obstacles.

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Social Software and Learning

Social Software and Learning

This is a great professional reading about social software, Web 2.0 and learning in the current web environment.

[Open pdf version for best printing results (opens 994kb file in same window)]
CONTENTS

_{Executive summary}

_{1. Introduction: How do we learn in an era of connection and collaboration?}

_{2. What is social software?}

_{3. Does learning change in an information society?}

_{4. How do we move towards ‘c-learning’?}

_Bibliography

_{Appendix 1: Some annotated links}

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Web 2.0 Advent Calendar

Web 2.0 treats for Advent. Sample 24 new exciting opportunities for online interaction, collaboration and learning. Check out the calendar here

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Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better

There may be nothing new here but that doesnt mean you wont gain from revisiting these ideas. Maybe you could try a couple with your class each week next year?

Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better | OEDb

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Flock – the social web browser

If your getting into web 2.0 then you will have found the limits of Safari quite often. While Firefox works well where Safari won’t I have fallen in love with Flock.

Its a fully functional browser that integrates directly with Flickr to make uploading, sharing and using photos easier. It allows you to write blogs from within the browser and contains a really good RSS agregator. Start using these tools and you wont go back!!

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Zotero

Zotero is a production of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.

It is their attempt to create a tool that will help organise and record research sources, allow users to add notes and create an accurate bibliography. This tool may help to solve some of our challenges with students adequately referencing research tasks.

i would be interested to hear from some librarians who are willing to look at this tool and try it within a classroom setting. You will need the latest version of firefox (free download here) and then you can download the Zotero plugin here.

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