Steve+Notes


 * Steve Hargadon**
 * steve@hargadon.com
 * 916-899-1400
 * [Hargadon.com]
 * [|www.EdTechLive.com]
 * [|www.K12Computers.com]
 * [|www.SupportBlogging.com]
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 * **Hargadon Titanic Story**


 * **Anyone heard of [|Myspace.com]? (Show the site)**
 * Is it popular?
 * Why?
 * Kid's bedrooms (personal expression)
 * Attention & feedback (parenting lesson: even bad attention is better than no attention)
 * Does anyone here have an account? Or with another social networking site?


 * **What is [|Web 2.0]?**
 * The Read/Write Web
 * Web used to be read only.
 * I remember getting an email for the first time from an old college roommate.
 * We spent all of our time helping students learn how to protect themselves from inappropriate content. Now we have to teach them how to be careful to create appropriate content!
 * User content becoming most important content


 * **[|Wikipedia.org]**
 * Anybody been to this site?
 * Anybody go daily?
 * Anybody go more than daily?
 * Amish situation / Daniel Doronda
 * What can you tell me about it?
 * Has anyone here edited Wikipedia? Another wiki?
 * What is a “wiki?” How does a wiki work?
 * 2 minutes on average to correct error*
 * Secret Sauce:
 * RSS
 * History page


 * **We're going to start a wiki for this workshop**
 * Bring in my outline
 * Put in attendees names
 * Put in a short sentence about yourself
 * You can sign up for an account if you want, otherwise OK to be anonymous.
 * Start a discussion page (can you get an RSS feed on that?)
 * What are other ways to do this?
 * How could you use a wiki professionally?
 * [|SupportBlogging]
 * NECC 2006 & CUE 2006
 * [|EduBloggerCon]
 * How could students use wikis?


 * **RSS Readers**
 * Does anyone use one? Which one(s)?
 * [|Google Reader]
 * Bloglines
 * Someone else used to aggregate and select content for us (newspapers, television...)
 * Each person sign up
 * Add in a feed for our wiki
 * How could you use a reader professionally?
 * Searches
 * Professional development
 * How could students use readers?


 * **Bloggging**
 * Who can tell me what a blog is?
 * Does anyone blog? If so, put the link on the wiki page for yourself.
 * Web-log
 * What makes blogs special
 * Peer to peer
 * Expression
 * Writing
 * Bring a blog into reader
 * Have everyone sign up for a blog. (Remember to put your link in.)
 * Take a photo and upload
 * How could you use a blog professionally?
 * How could students use blogs?
 * Secret Life of Bees
 * Freedom Writers (movie)


 * **Other Web 2.0 Technologies**
 * Podcasting (show [|EdTechLive.com])
 * Photo sharing (show my Flickr account)
 * Video sharing (show YouTube/Google Video)
 * Video conferencing
 * Gmail
 * Customized portals


 * **What are the possible positive outcomes for education?**
 * Students getting engaged—not just learning about, but learning to be
 * My guess is that there will be some work ahead, but the potential is incredible
 * Spanish students in N. Carolina / Georgia and Bangladesh
 * Teacher as tour guide
 * Need for “wisdom”
 * Tech directors hold one of the real keys to helping teachers understand the potential


 * **What are the concerns that you face with these technologies?**
 * 40-year jail sentence for substitute teacher
 * How do you address these concerns?
 * Walled gardens


 * **Open Source Software**
 * What programs have you used?
 * "FLOSS"
 * In education
 * Linux
 * OpenOffice
 * Firefox
 * Moodle
 * The Gimp
 * As education**