Session 11

Web 2.0 and Communities of Practice

Session Description:

This presentation will examine the unique opportunities Web 2.0 provides to Communities of Practice (CoP), professional development, and collaboration. By understanding the functionality of a CoP, the integration of Web 2.0 applications will be illustrated as a natural shift for enrichment. Web 2.0 provides unique opportunities for accessing, sharing, and creating information. An understanding of traditional information structures, as well as shifts in the way knowledge is built and organized will also be discussed.

Audience: K-12 teachers and teacher librarians

Presenter: Hazel Clark

Hazel Clark has been a secondary school teacher-librarian, ICT, and English teacher for twenty years. She is a sessional instructor for the Faculty of Education in the University of British Columbia’s Teacher Librarianship program. Hazel has an MA in Curriculum and Instruction, with a focus on Education and Technology, from Simon Fraser University. Her Bachelor’s degree is in teacher-librarianship from the University of British Columbia. In 2005, Hazel was awarded the Teacher Librarian of the Year, by the Canadian Association for School Libraries, for her work in implementing school library programs based on a collaborative model, which integrates the library with classroom programs and technology resources. She conducts workshops provincially in promoting effective use of technology to develop and implement innovative thinking and creative problem solving.