English and ICT

Working with Web 2.0

Further Web 2.0 activities

In some modules we are able to provide student teachers with a richer experience of Web 2.0 at their own level. By using the blog function in our VLE (Blackboard) and using wikis provided by www.pbworks.com or www.wikispaces.com, we work with them to create online environments in which they can share their investigations of new media. Part of this work involves encouraging them to look at work on new literacies, in which academics and researchers are using Web 2.0 tools to develop and publish their own thinking.

We encourage them to read blogs such as:

http://www.henryjenkins.org/
http://www.everydayliteracies.blogspot.com/
http://wordandimage.wordpress.com/
http://digitalliteracies.blogsome.com/
http://myvedana.blogspot.com/

To visit wikis such as:

http://digilit.wetpaint.com/
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Education
http://macned.wikispaces.com/
http://partake.pbworks.com/

To look at video channels such as:

http://www.youtube.com/user/mwesch#p/c/D3D9C7D4F13D2442
http://vlog.rheingold.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/harnessingtechnology
http://www.youtube.com/user/FutureLabExpo
http://www.youtube.com/user/WebSeed

Contents

Introduction

Moving image

Using the web

Out-of-school contexts

Working with Web 2.0

ICT and teaching literacy

Digital writing

Using ICT for reflection