Introduction

Attribution

 The Web 2.0 course was created by Diane Brook, Helen Christou and Greg Basford at CEO Sydney and was first released in 2009. Since then, the CEO Sydney eLearning team has continued to update the course with relevant content and activities. Sydney Diocese has kindly offered to share this resource across all Dioceses which now offers us this on-line PD option.

Message from the course creators
To Wollongong Teachers,

We hope it provides a scaffold for learning and a basic introduction to the potential of working in the world of Web 2.0 for all teachers and interested staff. This is a dynamic course, we invite feedback and regularly incorporate changes and improvements. Please don't be concerned if new things appear in modules you have already done, you don't need to go back, just keep going, working through at your own pace.

If you would like to make recommendations or changes to this course please contact Wollongong Learning Technologies Education Officers and these recommendations will be forwarded onto Sydney CEO for consideration.

               
Diane, Helen and Greg.

Course Aims:

The aim of the course is to offer teachers an alternate PD option. This Web 2.0 Course aims to encourage exploration, learning and sharing between teachers in an online environment with a particular focus on the google Apps for Education.

Teachers are encouraged to enjoy engaging in the course for their

own learning. Engagement and experience in using web tools is further developed by creating blog posts and sharing blogs within the course learning community.

Participants are also encouraged to consider the potential of Web 2.0 tools to enhance student learning outcomes in physical and virtual learning spaces.

Why Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 tools can:

•  foster communication, collaboration, reflection and creativity between
educators and students across our schools;

•  enable joint knowledge construction and management;

•  help encourage student engagement and increase participation in learning;

•  allow teacher the opportunity to reflect on their online learning journey;

create an online learning community of educators.

What will I learn?

The 10-module course introduces you to the power of Web 2.0 online tools for the classroom. It aims to engage you in developing your confidence and knowledge of appropriate Web 2.0 technologies for contemporary learning.You will learn about tools like Google Docs, Drive, Blogger and Sites. You will also explore services like YouTube, Picasa, Delicious and diigo. And skills like podcasting and vodcasting.

Who is this course suitable for?

All teachers within the Wollongong Diocese.