A presentation given to attendees at the Birmingham Kings Heath Leading Edge INSET day on Friday 23rd November 2007.

1. KING’S HEATH LEADING EDGE PARTNERSHIP INSET DAY FRIDAY, 23 rd NOVEMBER 2007 INNOVATION, CREATIVITY AND NEW TECHNOLOGY TO ENGAGE Flattening the world: how to harness Web 2.0 tools to engage learners inside and outside the classroom Doug Belshaw

2. Half-a-minute style quiz (on tech. usage, etc.)

3. Who are you? Put your name here http://edte.ch A

7. “ On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog…”

11. Breaking down the walls of the classroom…

12. We’re going to be looking at 3 things today: 1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my classroom? 2. How can I ensure students have access to material which is directly relevant to them and their course? 3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development?

13. 1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my classroom? Wikis Collaborative documents & presentations Student blogs

14. 1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my classroom? Wikis (Wikispaces / Pbwiki / Wetpaint)

15. 1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my classroom? Collaborative documents & presentations (Google Docs / Zoho / Buzzword)

17. 1. How can I promote learning beyond the four walls of my classroom? Student blogs (Wordpress / Edublogs / Blogger)

18. Examples of student blogs

19. An example…

20. The response…

21. The response (2)…

22. Which of these exampleswould / could you use? http://edte.ch Name B

23. 2. How can I ensure students have access to material which is directly relevant to them and their course? Wikis Custom start pages

24. 2. How can I ensure students have access to material which is directly relevant to them and their course? Wikis (Wikispaces / Pbwiki / Wetpaint)

25. Example of a wiki

26. Example of a wiki

27. How could you use these with your students? http://edte.ch Name Promoting learning beyond the classroom (Blogs, etc.) C

28. 2. How can I ensure students have access to material which is directly relevant to them and their course? Custom start pages (e.g. iGoogle / Pageflakes / Netvibes)

30. 3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development? Subject/role-specific arenas Social networking/commenting Non role-specific arenas Online conferences

31. 3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development? Subject/role-specific arenas (e.g. schoolhistory.co.uk/forum)

33. 3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development? Social networking/commenting Twitter / Tumblogs / Blogs

38. 3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development? Non role-specific arenas (e.g. NextGen Teachers)

40. 3. How can I collaborate with educators across the world for informal professional development? Online conferences (e.g. K12 online conference)

42. Which of these look promising? http://edte.ch D Name Promoting learning beyond the classroom (blogs, etc.) Directly relevant information (Wikis, etc.)