So what are Primary schools doing about Web 2.0 ?

Some schools and teacher training establishment have taken on board the excitement and the potential that Web 2.0 offers:

I regularly run CPD sessions for schools/teachers often on 'teacher days' or for 'twilight' sessions and need to get teachers quickly into the contexts without any technological fiddles. Attention time is often at a premium and so I have taken to building blogs in which I have just placed the links that I want the teachers to view (as part of the session). All I need to do then is give them a single url and they can get started straight away, and, they can easily access the materials anywhere they wish, and, they can let their children have access to the url if they wish.

A very simple example of the materials for a teacher day involving science and term 1 can be found here

Newbridge Primary School offer a 'mash up' site that gives a flavour of what can be done.

Some of the things that Miles Berry says are very apt as far as education is concerned. You decide.



If you don't know it a really good read is the collaborative book edited by Terry Freedman entitled Web 2.0, Coming of Age:An introduction to the NEW worldwide web ... this link from Chris Smith's Shambles site.

Here Brian Kelly reports on Andy Powell's use of Facebook in the Primary School. Another example of a 'mash up'.

Sandaig Primary School is rife with the use of Web 2.0 applications.

The best blog I have seen for a specific curriculum context comes from Marin Country Day School ... just wonderful stuff !

Meanwhile, in New Zealand at Stratford Primary School they explored the good, the bad and the ....

So listen to Paul Harrington from Cefn Fforest Primary school in Wales and his use of Web 2.0 in the primary classroom.



You could go here and see the links that East Carmuirs Primary School in Falkirk have saved on del.icio.us or even read their blog.

In New South Wales, in Australia del.icio.us is widely used.

Some schools are using applications such as Slide to show parents and friends photos of school visits ( after checking the school and LA policy on such things)

Teachers TV has run on blogging ... well worth a watch and a listen.

And so on and on and on ...

Are you there yet ?