Materials for the Mission III

 

At Gig Harbor High School, we are relentless in the continuous pursuit of the “Vital Three”:

Professional Excellence 

 

The entire article 21st Century Skills for 21st Century Learners can be found at this link:

 

http://www.metiri.com/21/Metiri-NCREL21stSkills.pdf

 

Web 2.0: the Read/Write Web

            The biggest change in web use over recent years has been the advent of Web 2.0. More than half of our students create content of their own on the web on websites, blogs and social networking sites. This article has more results from the PEW study:

 

http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Teens_Content_Creation.pdf

 

 

Wikipedia is one example of the way Web 2.0 works. Content can be added by anyone and edited by anyone. The editors then check for accuracy. A more personalized version of the concept is the wiki. A wiki can be set up for free by any educator and can be used to enhance classroom practice and communication. Here’s more on the tools on Web 2.0 by David Jakes in wiki format:

http://newtools.pbwiki.com/An+Introduction+to+Web+2 

 

Jakes has a wiki page with links to information on best practice using Web 2.0 features:

http://newtools.pbwiki.com/Best+Practice 

 

The links on this page go to AP Calculus examples of Web 2.0 in practice:

http://newtools.pbwiki.com/Darren+Kuropatwa      

 

This link leads you to an example of a tag sharing site called del.icio.us. I hope to begin using del.icio.us as a format for sharing important links with the staff. The links on this page lead to more examples of Web 2.0 best practice.

http://del.icio.us/djakes/bestpractice