Aug 23 2008
Tunners 7 to 10. Making sense of DET NSW and Web2.0 Acronyms
(For other visitors, please add your views on the broader web2.0 changes you have seen in the last 4 years, why is it so powerful as a learning tool and what are the implications for education)
Tuncurry staff, you now know what these DET NSW and Web2.0 words mean and are ready to post your answers, what is the next step. Now reduced to 7 words, see if you understand the implications of these, not just the definitions.
CCP Web2.0 gmail VC
Creative commons Wikis PLN or PLE
Comment about what you have learned about any of the future directions introduced during the week 6 staff meeting. (or even something funny to make us laugh at the next staff meeting, come on Al and Mick PUN it up, we will review our learning, TAS staff to start the discussion, hey Lee?)
Follow the comment directions to post your answers (name, email, anti spam code)
Your answer may take a little while to appear so bookmark this page and come back later to see what others are saying and sharing.
Paul may even post his daily funny here for us as well. (HINT HINT Paul!!)
If you want to have a crack at the prizes, help is available back at Thought Provokers or ask any of the Just in Time Learning Team. We are happy to help individuals or faculty groups. Just ask us.
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Hey Searly…..
Yes, your presentation has inspired (at least) one techno-resistant teacher to have a play! (pleased to hear it Mick, just small steps is all 21st century learners need TS)
Hmmmm…reading your publication notes it says you published this at 1.14am….is this a trick to see if we’re reading closely, or are you really a night owl? Lawso’(technology and I are trying to find some common ground, wouldn’t have a clue how to change the time settings yet, just learning as we go)
DET what we’ll be in if DET doesn’t give us a laptop & we have to buy our own.
DER what I say to a GenZ when they ask me do I know what myspace is. (yep agreed Mick, easy to define a word, some idiot set that basic task for Professional Learning I hear. But I also wonder what the deeper learning implications are for schools that don’t engage? TS)
CCP a ‘computer cool person’, a person who is comfortable using a PC .
IWB like IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), but refers to an unhappy post gen y female blogger (irritable woman blogger).
Web2.o when you’ve been on the web 4 such a long session that your brain fx is equiv to that of a person with a blood alcohol limit of 2.0.
gmail an undercover name 4 an FBI agent…sorry ladies they were all mail back in the days of Gmen
VC very cross….how I feel when my lesson is (yet again) ruined by a technology failure.
More 2 come…the real world (hungry kids who want their dinner cooked!) is calling. (Mick, surely they should be cooking for you by now? great effort so far, I think your 15minutes is up though)Lawso’
(He’s back, we have a keen one here, good on you Mick, but thats 15 minutes)
Classroom2.0= feeling like you have a 2.0 blood alcohol level after a 5 period day; (similar to Web2.0 see above).
Creative commons =PCs shared by theCAPA faculty.
TaLe=a narrative (eg short story) especially one composed using word processing software on a DET computer.
Twitter= the wife/ female partner of a bloke who is a twit on computers.
edna= an internet security system used in the education industry which tracks inappropriate computer usage by processing dna samples from keyboards and mouses.
Wikis= dyslexic New Zealanders. (Mick, my favourite so far
, I’ll use this at Bledisloe Cup time…TS)
PLN=plain, a term used to describe the dress sense of computer technicians.
PLE=all that remains of an original text message sent by a computer operator in the Twin Towers on 9/11; probably ;”PLEASE DON’T FLY YOUR PLANE INTO MY WORKSTATION!” (hello to all our US readers, Aussie humour, forgive him)
Moodle=a search engine (like Google), which specialises in finding Mongolian noodle recipes and restaurants on the web.
CLi=short for ‘computer literacy’; in reality this abbreviation proves that computers do not improve literacy (Li=pronounced ‘lie’).
Wordle =see moodle; but this searches all the noodle recipes and restaurants in the world.
Flickr=a social networking site for horses; as in ‘My Friend Flicker”
=site from which users can download really old movies (this was my wife Jenny’s). (love it Jen, you have hit the lead)
Blogs=the kind of stool passed by a teacher when they think the computer has wiped a whole class of reports; (deleted in the name of preserving Mick’s HTT rep).
Will that get through the moderation process? (sorry no Mick, our role as teachers would be to moderate comments before publication, students quickly learn to self moderate and write for a real world audience. They also enjoy the feedback via comments on a job well done, so well done Mick, love your post so far)
Ta TS
teachertube=a bit like a spare tyre around the waist that one gains from sitting at a computer rather than interacying with the ‘real world’ in outdoor physical activity. (so thats what happened to me?
Hmmm….not too witty, but at least I had a go!
Some of the answers to staff meeting quiz
DET. They pay me. (tick)
DER. Digital Education Revolution – correct
CCP = Connected Classroom Program – also a tick for the Maths Guru
IWB = Interactive Whiteboard – note the word INTERACTIVE thats the vital word.
Web2.0 = For making programs for IWB? (Geoff, hit the link top right corner of home page for a brief video explanation of what web2.0 is, or just ask tomorrow)
gmail Another form of email (yep sort of, ever heard of google?, just a hint for all your good work)
VC ?
Classroom2.0 similar to Web2.0?
Creative commons Copyright
Tale Teacher and Learning exchange
twitter computer messaging program
edna ?
Wikis are great (fantastic that you’ve now developed your own, thats real 21st century learning)
Moodle. Watched the video on the school using Moodle definately the direction to go. (Glad you are hitting the links and learning, its pretty easy. Tomaz and his WA school are amazing)
CLI ?
Hi Tony
Have just read Mick’s answers. Very funny specially definition of Blogs.
Teachertube a libary of videos posted by teachers.(tick)
I will have to ask you about the remaining acronyms. (please do Geoff, happy to help anyone having a go)
Your presentation at the staff meeting really helped bring the world of the DER literally to our finger tips. Maybe it was the catalyst that was needed to start us here at GLC. Hows that I used 2 acronyms, but the thing that really worries me is where is spell check, you know what some maths teachers are like at spelling
Geoff
(I’m impressed with your efforts Geoff! How easy was that wiki to establish? Keep playing you are doing a top job. Try all the links back at the thought provokers wiki, answers are provided because thats what web2.0 is about; sharing the power of collaboration in a read/write digital world, no wonder kids engage with it and learn)
Hello Tuncurry,
Congratulations on making your way through the minefield of terms. I have recently moved from working in a K – 12 where we worked on our web 2.0 journey. One thing we found interesting was that our students were as unaware of the terms as we were. We started to work together in finding out about them and we all came to the table with ideas on how they could be integrated into our classes. Out of your list I think one of the most powerful is creativecommons as it teaches us all about knowledge sharing and that we learn best through remixing, remodelling, innovating and sharing ideas.
DET Dept of Educ & Training (tick)
DER Digital Education Revolution (tick)
CCP Connected Classrooms Program The Connected Classrooms Program consists of three projects:
1. Interactive Classrooms Project
2. Learning Tools Project
3. Network Bandwidth Enhancement Project (NGEN).(tick)
TaLe – teaching & learning exchange for the NSW portal for Primary, Secondary and TAFE teaching and learning resources.(tick)
CLI The Centre for Learning Innovation (CLI) produces high quality learning resources and provides leadership in the use of technology in education and training.(tick)
IWB interactive white board(tick, not the word INTERACTIVE)
Web2.0 is a 2-way medium for representing the next phase of usage of the internet where almost anyone can become a publisher, or a “content producer.” (tick)
Blogs are websites where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order (tick)
gmail – a web-based e-mail system developed by Google for saving many e-mails. (tick)
Classroom2.0 is a social network of educators using collaborative technologies (tick)
Creative commons Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from “All Rights Reserved” to “Some Rights Reserved.” (tick, a very important rethink about copyright in the digital age)
twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send “updates” (or “tweets”; text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter website, via short message service, instant messaging, or a third-party application such as Twitterrific.(tick)
edna Educational Network Australia (tick, fantastic educators support)
Wikis are web sites that let any visitor become a participant: you can create or edit the actual site contents without any special technical knowledge or tools. All you need is a computer with an Internet connection. A wiki is continuously “under revision.” It is a living collaboration whose purpose is the sharing of the creative process and product by many. One famous example is Wiki-pedia, an online encyclopedia with no “authors” but millions of contributors and editors. The word “wiki” comes from Hawaiian language, meaning “quick” or “fast.” (tick)
PLN’s or PLE’s personal learning environments (tick)
• PLN’s or PLE’s personal learning environments set their own learning goals
• manage their learning; managing both content and process
• communicate with others in the process of learning
and thereby achieve learning goals.
Moodle is a course management system (CMS) – a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. Download and use it on any computer, including webhosts, yet scale from a single-teacher site to large numbers of students. (tick)(and unavailable@GLC according to NCI, won’t be installed or supported for the college)
Flickr is a photo sharing website and web services suite, and an online community platform. It was one of the earliest Web 2.0 applications.(tick)
VC Virtual campus (so close…..Lesley)
Teacher tube is an online community for sharing instructional teacher videos.(tick)
(Fantastic effort Lesley, our new guest speaker at the week 9 staff meeting)
A man laid sprawled across three entire seats in a theatre.
When the usher came by and noticed this, he whispered to the man, ”Sorry, sir, but you’re only allowed one seat.”
The man groaned but didn’t budge. The usher became impatient. ”Sir,” the usher said, ”if you don’t get up from there I’m going to have to call the manager.”
Again, the man just groaned, which infuriated the usher who turned and marched briskly back up the aisle in search of his manager. In a few moments, both the usher and the manager returned and stood over the man.
Together the two of them tried repeatedly to move him, but with no success. Finally, they summoned the police. The cop surveyed the situation briefly.
”All right buddy, what’s your name?”
”Sam,” the man moaned.
‘Where are you from, Sam?” the cop asked.
”The balcony.”
(a golden oldy, Thanks Paul at last someone stuck to the 15 minutes maximum – a succinct comment re our web2.0/digital learning at the next meeting)
An Israeli doctor says, ‘Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a kidney out of one man, put it in another, and have him looking for work in six weeks.
A German doctor says, ‘That is nothing; we can take a lung out of one person, put it in another, and have him looking for work in four weeks.’
A Russian doctor says, ‘In my country, medicine is so advanced that we can take half a heart out of one person, put it in another, and have them both looking for work in two weeks.’
The Texas doctor, not to be outdone, says, ‘You guys are way behind, we recently took a man with no brains out of Texas, put him in the White House for eight years, and now half the country is looking for work.’
Contemporary Latin Phrases:
“Domino vobiscum.” (The pizza guy is here.)
“Sharpei diem.” (Seize the wrinkled dog.)
“Bodicus mutilatimus, unemploymi ad infinitum.” (Better take the nose ring out before the job interview.)
“Motorolus interruptus.” (Hold on, I’m going into a
tunnel.)
“Sic semper tyrannus.” (Your dinosaur is ill.)
“Veni, Vidi, Velcro” (I came; I saw; I stuck around.)
the best yet Paul, thanks for your contributions
My brain hurts.
(Thanks for joining in the conversation Jenny.
All learning steps are good ones.TS)
A jeweler standing behind the counter of his shop after hours was astounded to see a suspicious looking man in a black ski mask come hurling headfirst through the window.
“What on earth are you up to? What happened?!” he demanded.
“I’m terribly sorry,” said the man, “I forgot to let go of the brick.”