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Seminar Script:

Good afternoon and thanks for coming.

My personal introduction.

My name is Melissa Merritt and I teach American and World History survey courses here at GSU. I also
am a student in the Masters of Education Instructional Technology Program. Today I am doing a
workshop on using Web 2.0 in the classroom and I really appreciate your support in helping me finish a
major requirement of my Practicum class.

Have them introduce themselves.

Today we are going to discuss Web 2.0 technology and how it can be utilized in the face to face and
online classroom settings to foster more effective learning.

What is Web 2.0?

The first thing we need to do is define Web 2.0.

Think – Pair - Share

Take a minute with one or two people around you and come up with a definition for Web 2.0.

Web 2.0 can be difficult to define, but it’s pretty easy to list examples because most of us use them all
the time.

The most noteworthy aspect of Web 2.0 is the way that it differs from Web 1.0 in that the users are not
just consuming information posted online by someone else, but the users are actually creating
information online via user friendly platforms already created for them. This precludes the necessity for
one to know html and have web design skills.
Who are Generations Y and Z?

So now that we know what Web 2.0 is, we should examine who Generations Y and Z are.

Defining birth dates for these generations overlap and vary according to different sources, but they are
the traditional students you are teaching right now and the students who will be entering college in the
upcoming years.

Generation Y:  The generation following Generation X, especially people born in the United States and
Canada from the early 1980s to the late 1990s.

 Generation Z:  The generation of people born between the early 1990s and the early 2000s.  As the
most recent generation, the earliest birth year commonly noted is 1991.

(*there is disagreement about the exact birth dates for Generations Y and Z and many have the two groups overlapping)

Quick Fist Survey

I would like to take a moment to see what you think students who belong in these generations feel
about certain teaching techniques.

I surveyed some of my students and had them rate the effectiveness of different teaching tools on a
scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being least effective and 5 being the most effective.

(Write the 4 things on the board and have people raise their hands)
Write in backwards order, write number of people who chose beside the tool, and then discuss.

“How many of you think that students found ______________ to be the most effective teaching tool?”

PowerPoint

Web 2.0 Tools

Videos

Lecture

The two most technological forms of instruction rated highest and lecture rated last, but lectures are
usually the primary component of teaching.

Students clearly want technology and they want diversity in instruction.

So why use Web 2.0 to teach these students?

They are a culture who values what they perceive to be meaningful experiences and uses of their time.

They spend an average of 3 hours a day on mobile phones, computers, or other electronic devices.

Some spend upwards of 7 hours a day with these devices.

They often use multiple devices at one time.

Most of them no longer use e-mail (GAView is an e-mail based communication tool)

They are the most technologically savvy humans to ever walk the Earth. (Why not take advantage of this
and appeal to their strengths?

AND

How long can we usually expect to hold a student’s attention in class?

About 8 minutes.

CHANGE TO WEB 2.0 FOR INSTRUCTION WIKI

So diversification of learning practices can help us keep students attention and appeal to the fact that
they are accustomed to being stimulated by multiple things at one time.

Lectures, PowerPoint’s, showing videos, and other forms of instruction are all good, valid forms of
instruction, but they don’t exclusively cater to the needs of today’s students.

Web 2.0 tools can help diversify the teaching process and the student – teacher relationship.

Web 2.0 resources can easily and effectively be used for instructional purposes to:

Obtain information

Store information

Present information

- Instructor led

- Student led

Communicate with Students

 There will be some overlap in the technologies. Some might perform one or more of these
functions while others might fulfill all four areas.

 I have divided the tools into 4 components to make things easier, but there is some overlap in
certain areas.

I would like to emphasize that you don’t have to be an expert in Web 2.0 to use the tools.

There are hundreds of different Web 2.0 tools so no one can master them all and there are plenty of
online tutorials and guides.

Social Media

Show Video (3:33)

Are there any tools that anyone is not familiar with?

Here are some examples of Social Media Tools. Take a minute with a partner or a small group
and think of some ways these tools could be utilized for instruction.

YouTube (Anne Boleyn)

TeacherTube

Flickr (obtain pictures for PowerPoints or other presentations)

Blogger – (Education classes – keep a journal for PPB, Student teaching, Practicum Classes)

PB Wiki – (Store information and websites for student use, online portfolios)
Once you have obtained information online, it can be difficult to keep up with all of the websites
and this is where Social Bookmarking comes in.

Social Bookmarking

Show Video (3:20)

Delicious

(Store important educational links, find links deemed worthy by others in your field)

(Hitler demonstration)

Diigo

After you have obtained the information and bookmarked it, it’s time to present it to students.

Presentation Tools

Many students like PowerPoint presentations, but if you want to do something different and
appeal to their technological side you can present information to students or have them present it
using Web 2.0 tools.

Demonstrate and talk about Slideshare / Sliderocket

Slideshare

SlideRocket

Prezi (Show video) (1:39)

(Show my Prezi)

Xtranormal (introductions in online classes, debates, presentations)

Have them choose a technology to play around with

Take a minute with a partner or a small group and think of some ways these tools could be
utilized for instruction.

After an instructor has presented the information, communicating with students is very
important. Students like to feel that their instructors care and social networking tools can
foster a positive relationship between student and instructor.

Social Networking

Show Video (1:47)

Facebook (Communications, foster relationships with students, online office hours)

MySpace

Twitter

Conclusion:

There are a myriad of teaching techniques and they are valid and effective in their own ways.

However, we can only expect to hold our students’ attention for about 8 minutes at a time before
we lose them. For this reason and also because of the generation gap between many instructors
and students, instruction should be diversified and Web 2.0 tools can facilitate that process and
foster more effective learning.

GIVE ASSESSMENT