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**14 June 2009**

Outline draft number 478

Definition and background
 * What is web 2.0?**

Definition Tools Examples of classroom use Applications Examples of classroom use Opportunities Challenges Future implications in education Global implications in education
 * How does Web 2.0 fit into the classroom?**

The “wisdom of the crowds” vs. the “wisdom of a few” What is the effect of the ‘long tail’? Who will ‘own’ the information? How does this globalize our culture?
 * How will this trickle out to society?**


 * 9 June 2009**

Great meeting tonight everyone! We talked about reworking the outline a bit, making sure to include the three guiding questions more effectively. As a result, we will try to rework the outline a bit, and have a new draft posted before the week is out.

Also, we talked about the necessity of work, school, home. We will change this to focus primarily on education. From there, however, we will make sure to address how web 2.0 is shaping our classrooms--how does the new idea of friends, collaboration, etc affect what our classrooms look like? Too, we will examine how education is changing to prepare students for the working world.

Jane reminded us that we need to create more original content by next week, so the plan is to continue working with our topics, but come up with original content--both text and other media!!!--that we can later shuffle around in our new outline!

Lastly, we made a small change to turn social and cultural ramifications into globalization, since the globalization asks us to explore how we share our societies and cultures.

If you have any questions, let me know! Again, great job tonight all!


 * 3 June 2009**

Hey W2G3! Here are our assignments for this week--hope they look ok to everyone! One thing before I go--Jane mentioned last night that our globalizaton looked thin thus far. Let's keep an eye out for that as we research for this week. If we find enough information, maybe we can ask Elizabeth to pick that topic up when she gets back from her wedding celebrations :).


 * Angela**-History and Content
 * Jillian**-Challenges and Opportunities
 * Paula**-Tools and Applications
 * Jay**-Future Implications
 * David**-Social and Cultural Ramifications
 * Luke**-Home, Work, School
 * Elizabeth**-Globalization


 * 2 June 2009**

W2G3 met tonight for the second time. We talked about splitting up the outline for this week to give each member a focus for the week (with the intention of crossing over/editing/revising one another in later weeks). If anyone has a preference as to which portion of the outline s/he is interested in, please post them in the discussion window. The areas are :

 Assignments will be posted above by Wednesday 3 June.
 * History and content
 * Home, work, school
 * Challenges and opportunities
 * Tools and applications
 * Future implications
 * Social and cultural ramifications.

We also got excellent feedback from Jane, and will use that to make sure we stay on track. And, while we don't have a definite assignment for our next due date, we are ultimately looking to flesh out our outline with resources and increasingly specific information.


 * 26 May 2009**

Web 2.0 group 3 met tonight for the first time. Elizabeth posted the outline we have below, and our task by Saturday Evening is to look through and fill the outline with ideas that we can turn into a full fledged Web 2.0 resource that will rock the foundations of understanding.

I wasn't sure if this page would get crowded or not, so I made individual pages in the light green bar on the left for each item on the outline. We don't have to use them, but if the examples are any indication (and since we'll clearly be rising above and beyond :) ) it might be nice to keep our thoughts organized...

To see some sample sites from past years, check out the following links:

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 * One outline to rule them all:**

I introduction II history and content III web 2.0: home, school, and work a challenges and opportunities b. tools and apps c. future implications

IV social and cultural ramifications V conclusion VI. references Vii Helpful links


 * the three defining questions:**

1. What are the educational opportunities and challenges arising from these developments?

2. How do these problems relate to activities across different areas of life – not only in formal educational institutions per se, but also to informal contexts and activities of learning?

3. How does the context of globalization influence each issue?