Web Tools For Learning

and Teaching

Ravindra Dastikop

Web Tools for Learning and Teaching

email: ravindra.dastikop@gmail.com
Workshop Agenda

Importance of Web
Importance of web
What web can do for you - as a
LEARNER, ENTERPRENEUR,RESEARCHER,
TEACHER and more
Using Web Tools
Why web Tools

Most educational experts agree that technology should be

integrated, not as a separate subject or as a once-in-a-while
project, but as a tool to promote and extend student learning on
a daily basis” (Starr, 2009).
 Importance of Information

Information is the resource on resources

Information is the DIFFERENCE that makes the Difference

As a rule, he -or she- who has the most

information will have the greatest success in
life.
Benjamin Disraeli quotes

Reference
 Importance of Web

Web is a veritable resource- it has information, tools, ideas

and opinions
Web is powered by two fundamental forces- Communication
Networks and Contents.
Web enabled entrepreneurial fortunes for many
Google
Hotmail
Facebook
July Systems

Web has become the infrastructure to build anything and

everything
 What Web can do for us?

When printing machine was invented - it made possible to

produce books in large numbers- that created opportunity for all
Publishers
Authors
Columnists
universities

When camera was invented - it made possible to capture

picture permanently and led to
Photography
Cinema etc

Web has similar potential to unleash new way of industries

“Five years ago, we thought of the Web as a new medium,
not a new economy.”
Clement Mok quotes

The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending

worldwide conversation.[1] : Tim Berner Lee
Information Tools

Recovering and Discovering

Presentation outline

General Nature of Web Resource

web as general information source
web a repository of tools
Web from Librarian perspective
web as general source of information
web tools for librarian
TECHNOLOGICAL PILLARS OF THE WEB

Web is created by two powerful technologies

Communication Technology-
Allows users to gather information in large
volumes nearly instantaneously
Computing -
Allows users to almost immediately exercise
action at a distance
TOGETHER they are unleashing
connectivity and content revolution
Perspectives of the WEB

Multimedia
Content HUGE
database
World Wide Web

Growing
community

Content Connectivity
Web 2.o TOOLS

Discover Information
search engine
custom search engines
Publish and Dessimate Information
web sites- getting online
blogs-share your story
Network and Build Community
email
chats
Online documents
Google docs
Collaborate with others
wikies
Survey of web technologies

e-mail
allows people to communicate globally asynchrnously

How to take advantage

Business can use email to allow customers to communicate
from any corner of the world.
Students can use to communicate with classmates and
faculty
Faculty can use to enhance teaching process
support students queries
allow students send/recieve instruction materils

seminar topic submission using email

 Survey of web technologies

chat: allows people to communicate online and real-time

Advanatges:
Business can use it to communicate with consumers
Times of India uses chat to help customers book
adspace
Stat counter uses chat for technical help
Business can use chat to discuss and book orders
students can use it to communicate with
expert to solve acadmic or related challenges
eg: TGMC
Faculty can use to seek help/offer help
Get only what you want

Custom search engine

helps u do a focused search within a specified set of web sites
curriculum search
India education search
Blogs: Express Your Self

is a platform for people to share their personal stories,

a can also be used to tell the story of an organization.
a blog can be a powerful — and influential —
communication and public-relations tool for your
organization.

SDMWORLD

Winning With Web

Online Publishing

Documents can be published and shared online

http://docs.google.com
http://blist.com

ETM Resources

seminar presentationa are created using online PPTS

Publish Your Self

Web sites allow you to publish your content to the world

http://edusense.googlepages.com
Creating Communities

Web has tools that help a professional to create groups- invite

people and conduct discussions.

Management and Entrepreneurship

Network and Build Community

Social networking platforms like Flickr, Friendster, and

MySpace, orkut give you a forum for meeting like-minded
people,organizations and potential supporters, and provide
a medium for spreading their messages beyond the
immediate community.
Facebook
Professional networks
Know Events as they happen

Alert Services allow you to follow the trends in areas of your

interest

http://google.com/alert

You can set alert for keyword "web 2.0" and keep
your self updated as and when something happens
in web 2.0 world
Collaborate with Others

Wikis — collaborative Web sites that allow users to change the

content of pages easily — can help your organization share
information.

Wiki
RSS - update me with your changes

Really Simple Syndication — is a great technology for

staying on top of news and announcements that are
important to your organization and its mission.
you can leverage other sites' RSS feeds,
you can create your own feeds in order to deliver new and
important information to your community

RSS

Example
Working Wonders

Mashups
Mashups allow them to combine online data from multiple
sources to create customized, interactive Web applications

http://nearhop.com
http://housingmaps.com
How Tools Join Together

Netexplore- online explore and experience

web 2.0 tools

web 2.0 in class room

Management & Entrepreneurship Course

Information Tools ( PULL)

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a

subject ourselves, or we know where
we can fin information upon it.
Samuel Johnson quotes
 Wikipedia

Information Common Wealth

Search Engines

Gateway to the Web

Searching at Home

Our desktop must be the first stop- when we want to search for
something

Google Desktop

Utility that indexes files on desktop PC and displays results in a

Google search page, with some relevance ranking based on
modified dates
 Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool Details Teaching and Learning Uses

Tool: Google Search Discovering teaching

Type: Web search Engine resources
Category: Information Tool verify facts and figures

Alternatives: Bing Lessons

Basic Search
Use: Search web for useful Google Search Techniques
resources and information Advanced searching examples

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Searching with Google

Using Google effectively

 Effective Search

Tips for get good results of u r

search
 Mastering Boolean Operator

Using boolean operators- "and" and " OR" and "NOT"

selectively improves search output. Here is a game that
teaches you the appropriate use of these operators

Mastering Boolean Operators

Understanding Boolean Operator

Understanding Boolean Operators

Search Complete

Basic Search Tips

Choosing Links

Google Search for Educators

Test Your Searching Skills

Workshop Exercise
 Flavors of Seach

structured data (database)

text ( general search engine)
video
image,
sound
musical scores
DNA sequence
Additional Search Tips

Search Never Ends

http://www.feeltiptop.com/

Searching: Different Approach

Custom Search Engines

Give what I need not all that u have

Custom Search Engines
An often-overlooked option is Google Custom search
creating a custom search engine engine
that hones in on the sites and
searches that you are most example
interested in.
Royallo
Course related sites-SOA
Discipline reated sites : CSE Links
Web search strategies - Video

Web Search Strategies

 SDM Search

Search within SDMCET Website

 Multimedia

Not mere text, Pictures, Video also

 Education

Gates are always open

Web For Learning

Twitter for learning

Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Teaching and Learning Uses

Collaborate globally
Web Tool Details Google Docs, our word processing application, doesn't
just give you access to the same document, it actually
allow students to work on the same document at the
Tool: Google Docs same time from anywhere in the world.
Type: "Collaborative projects really make for an excellent
Category: education experience not only because students
bounce ideas off each other and improve each other's
writing skills, but also because the process itself
Alternatives: teaches them how to work well with others - a valuable
Teacher,
skill for everyone." - Richard
Use: Columbia Secondary School.

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 Google Docs

For students and teachers, the Google Docs collection provides

a streamlined, collaborative solution to
writing papers,
organizing presentations and
putting together spreadsheets and reports.
(source)
Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool Details Teaching and Learning Uses

Tool: Blog
Type: http://googleforstudents.
Category: blogspot.com/

Alternatives:

Use:

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Writing Papers

An assignment or similar document can be created using

Google doc

Example:
Creating and editing a draft
Writing Papers

Some time you have create a documents and let others to edit-

Sharing a document with project members

Preparing reco with your faculty

You also email it

You can edit with u r class mate
Writing Papers

Today creating and sharing Bio-data or CV is a regular

activity- frequent updates- sharing with new people
or organization very necessary.
Publishing CV ( biodata )

UPDATE YOUR STATUS- (Varun H M Goes to Argentina)

Sharing documents for
comments
Corrections Please
CTS needs a Recommendation Letter

Recently a group of SDMITES joined CTS and needed a reco.

We used GOOGLE DOCS to create a documents and asked
student to enter their name and otther details

CTS RECO LETTER

Avoid conversion- change into different
formts

Instead of converting a file into different format u can simply

change its formats
Translating a documents

A document created in a language can be translated into

another

use tools menu

 Organizing Presentation

Google docs can used to create presentation and share with

others.

Presentation Rules

Paper presentation
Seminar presentation
Tutorials

Live Teaching
 Specialists

Meeting special needs

http;//biomedicalcentral.com
http://intute.ac.uk
 Articles

Articles Galore
http://findarticles.com
Information Tools (Push)
 Alerts

Update me all the time

 Alerts

Helps user to pull information of relevance from Google search

index.
Updates are received as they happen

Uses
Collecting information about a seminar Topic- set alert for
phrase " agile networks"
find popularity of something - "Rajasthan Royals"
Monitor a company of your interest - Accenture
 RSS

Send me a copy for reading

RSS

Short for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary, this

handy service is revolutionizing the way we search for content.
In addition, us web searchers don't necessarily have to keep
checking back to any particular site to see if it's been
updated - all we need to do is subscribe to the RSS feed,
much like you would subscribe to a newspaper, and then
read the updates from the site, delivered via RSS feeds, in
what's called a "feed reader." (We'll get to feed readers in
just a minute!)

More on RSS
How can u Use of RSS
Communication Tools
Emails essentials

adding signature
shorts to speed up work
 Online Groups

Placement Pratice-

Cloud Computing

Service oriented Architecture

 Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool Details Teaching and Learning Uses

Tool: Twitter Open a communication line

Type:Micro blogging
Category: Communication
Tool
to share updates example
Communicate students of a
course
share updates with
colleagues/project teams

Use: Useful for sharing

current status info with
others

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Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool Details Teaching and Learning Uses

http://www.facebook.com/education
Tool: Facebook http://www.facebook.
Type:SSN com/EduConnection
Category:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?
gid=2208499259
Alternatives:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?
Use: gid=12163528007

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Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool Details Teaching and Learning Uses

http://developers.facebook.com/
Tool: Facebook
Type: http://developers.facebook.com/tools.php

Category: http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.
php/Main_Page
examples
Alternatives:

Use:

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Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool Details Teaching and Learning Uses

Tool: Blog
Type: http://googleforstudents.
Category: blogspot.com/

Alternatives:

Use:

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Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool Details Teaching and Learning Uses

Tool: Education http://code.google.com/edu/

Type:
Category:

Alternatives:

Use:

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 A Presentation on
Web Tools for Teaching

Ravindra Dastikop
Assistant Professor,
SDMCET, Dharwad
Email: ravindra.dastikop@gmail.com
Course Description

This course discusses how to use web tools in various stages

of teaching-
curriculum design-class room teaching-evaluation
At the end of this faculty will know
what web-based tools are available,
how to access these tools,
and how best to use these tools in a course.
Topics include e-mail, web sites, blogs, online docs and
other tools
Presentation Outline

Web realities-
The Importance of Web
Why use web for Teaching
Harnessing web for Teaching Productivity
Resources, tools available for teachers
Web Realities: 1
Value of the web
Pivotal platform-
establish presence- come, stay, grow, flourish
Example: email, web site
Channel-
communicate, create and become part of community
Mother of all resources-
Source of information, resources, tools
Web Realities 2:
Enabling effect of Web
Web enables us to over come THREE fundamental
barriers
Distance- death of distance example
Time- 24/7 access example
Language – translating your way to the world
example
The Result

Web has become

Pivotal platform for all human endeavor
Professional, business,
educational,
government,
temples,
political parties,
politicians
mother of all resources
Information, tools, resources etc
Why use web for teaching?
Why use the Web in Teaching?

Conceptual reasons
how web is reshaping teaching process
web is a lecture hall
Practical reasons
how web tools help enhance teaching porcess
course home

How am I using it ?
Why Use the Web?- Practical Us

Distribution of Course Materials example

Improved Communication- example
Going Beyond Paper – example-seminar
Better Access-
Using Web For Teaching

Conceptual Reasons

Web a new TEXT BOOK

Web is a New REFERENCE LIBRARY
web is a new platform for communication
Web is a new
Why Use the Web?
Distribution of Course Materials

Distribute lecture notes on a web site.

Provide additional study resources.
Provide pointers to other useful web sites.
Some textbook companies provide supplemental web-
based information to augment their textbooks and keep
them current.
Why Use the Web?
Improved Communication

E-mail to the entire class can be used to send

announcements to students. example
Students can use e-mail to ask questions of the
instructor, set up appointments, etc.
Groups and Chat can facilitate class participation and
discussion.
WARNING: Instructor must monitor and participate for
this to be successful
Why Use the web?
Going Beyond Paper

Movie and Sound clips can enhance the class. example

Picture and Diagrams can add value to your class room
delivery
Why Use the web?
Better Access

Better access to course materials

Better access to support from the instructor
Web sites, e-mail, and web-based programs can be
used from home instead of labs.
Why Use the Web?
Not Just for Distance Education

Support students with disabilities who have trouble

taking notes in class. Example
Brings out shy students who may participate more in
online discussions than in-person class discussions.
Online course notes assist students who miss courses
due to illness or other reasons
Learning Goals

Learn how to
Design and develop online resources to support class
room teaching
Create class group and mailing list
Understand how to post email to a group
Show how students can submit assignments for grading
through the web.
Learn how to set up web pages and other web
interfaces
The Agend
Harnessing Web for teaching
Productivity
Using web resource for enhancing
aspects of teaching process
Collaboration Tools
Entrepreneurial Tools
Tools for Promoting Small Business

Maximizing your web presence is key to building your small

business
Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Teaching and Learning Uses

Web Tool Details

Tool: Resource web 2 projects

Type: http://www.terry-freedman.org.
uk/web2_2010/Amazing%20Web%
Category: 202%20Projects.pdf

Alternatives:

Use:

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Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool Details Teaching and Learning Uses

Tool: web 2
Type: http://www.shambles.
Category: net/pages/learning/ict/web2edu/

Alternatives:

Use:

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Open source resources- Google Code

Online resources can be used to develop systems,

products and utilties

An online exam tool as a part of an internship thing.

It was named
Webtests

More about the Projects

A Cloud Teaching Systems
The AlumniMaps

Using API to connect two web service and create ALUMNI

MAPS

ALUMNI MAPS
API's

Examples

Tweetmeme
Using API

Using content from Guardian RSS feeds - Guardian API Talk |

Google ...
My plan is to drag in full reviews from Guardian using API (at
this >
point, this is going to be pretty easy to do) and work out the
best ...
<http://groups.google.com/group/guardian-api-
talk/msg/0f810ecb1eb18949>
Forums

Forums where the interaction

phpbb is one such form which is open source and free to
use
Web Infrastructure

Develop your applications

 Google APP Engine

Google App Engine was first released as a beta version in April 2008. It is
a platform for developing and hosting web applications in Google-managed
data centers.
Google’s App Engine opens Google’s production to any person in the world
at nocharge. Much like Google gives us all free email with an amazing amount of
long term storage, we now have the ability to run the software that we write in
Google’s data centers.
Google App Engine is cloud computing technology. Google App Engine is
software that facilitates the user to run his web applications on Google
infrastructure. It is more reliable because failure of any server will not affect either the
performance of the end user or the service of the Google.
It virtualizes applications across multiple servers and data centers. Other cloud-
based platforms include offerings
such as Amazon Web Services and
Microsoft's Azure Services Platform.
Reference
Publishing Tools
Blogging
 Blogging

Blogger

Wordpress Example Blog

Typepad
Wikies

Wikis are web sites that can be edited online. Wiki software
allows the creators of a website to allow viewers to edit all or
part of their site.
The most well known Wiki is Wikipedia an online encyclopedia.
Users can create their own Wikis with free or commercially
available software. One popular free product is PB Wiki which
claims one can "make a free wiki as easily as making a peanut
butter sandwich."
Wikipedia has a comparison chart of wiki software available on
their wiki.
Content Aggregation and Tagging

Content Aggregators are web sites on which users can

organize sources of information. Intelligent and programmable
agents can help users find new sources of information to add to
their site. In fact these agents can help users keep the
information on their sites current.
Two popular Content Aggregators is Delicious and Furl.
In addition, companies and special interest groups do content
aggregation as a service. Sometimes this service is for sale.
RSS

RSS (Real Simple Syndication) is one example of a content

aggregator. Syndication is a means of sharing information
across the Internet. Users subscribe to syndication’s feeds
which route content directly to email or website. Many Web
sites provide RSS feeds to which users can subscribe.
Visit the MDDE663 RSS Portal for more information.
Learning Objects

Another emerging trend in the development of content is that of

Learning Objects.
A learning object is a piece of digital content that can be used
as a stand-alone unit of instruction. The purpose of developing
learning objects is to simplify the reuse and re-purposing of
courseware. The idea is not new. Instructors and professors
have for years reused pieces of instruction in new courses, in
papers, and in presentations. What is new is the idea of
creating objects in a standards compliant format.

An Example

Visit the MDDE663 Learning Objects Portal for more

information.
Immersive Learning

Example
Immersive environments combine the power of information and
communication on the Web in creating virtual worlds. Users in
these worlds can create characters who walk around and
participate in a virtual community. Second Life is an example of
one of these virtual communities.
Active Worlds is another. Companies and schools can create
their own instances of a virtual community to achieve specific
educational goals.
Immersive environments are an example of communication
with "machines" as well as with humans since some of the
"people" in an immersive environment are part of the software
and have no human counterpart. The River City project is an
example of an immersive environment used for educational
21st Century Learning Skills
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