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2.0 Freedom: Assessing responses together
May 17, 2008



Let's take a look at the responses so far in our little 2.0 Freedom poll.  I'll keep the polls open indefinitely so please feel free to add your voice if you haven't yet contributed. 

I will also make a couple of general observations relating to this very informal data collection.  I urge you to use your comments to help us better understand the data together.

(Note: I had to bust out the Digital Storytelling slice of the pie chart so the long label would be readable.)

Very important note
:  These two informal polls invited multiple responses from participants.  It may be more useful to examine the frequency of response than the percentages.  Though we know the number of responses, we do NOT know the number of respondents.

The numbers suggest that wikis, blogging, and digital storytelling are the more allowed 2.0 applications among those responding. 

The numbers suggest that FaceBook/MySpace and YouTube are among the least allowed among those responding.  The distribution among the other not allowed applications--Nings, student email, Google Video, Flickr, Twitter, and blogging are close to even.  They are within a range of 17 to 21 votes.

What does this mean?  Can these charts help us better understand the climate? What else do you see in these responses?  Please comment.  Please suggest future polls.

Poll #1:

Please check off the 2.0 applications that ARE allowed in your school or district. (Check all that apply)

Of 386 responses:






Poll #2:
Please check off the 2.0 applications NOT allowed in your school or district. (Check all that apply)
Of 200 responses:






Posted by Joyce Valenza on May 17, 2008 | Comments (3)


May 18, 2008
In response to: 2.0 Freedom: Assessing responses together
AuntyTech commented:

I heard a participant in Christopher Harris' recent presentation "60 sites in 60 minutes" remind people: "Anything that is blocked can be unblocked." If we use and understand the tool and can show connections to 21st century skills for students, we can lead the way to 2.0 Freedom.




May 18, 2008
In response to: 2.0 Freedom: Assessing responses together
joycevalenza commented:

I love that as a banner, AuntyTech. It rings a little louder than don't stop at "no."




May 18, 2008
In response to: 2.0 Freedom: Assessing responses together
Terry commented:

It would be interesting to run this through a school level filter; ie what are responses from elementary; middle; or high school perspectives. Also, size of district would be interesting perspective. As a middle school lms (in a medium-size district), I get a bit more "space" than my elementary colleagues. The Web 2.0 tools that have "moderator-type controls", such as wikispaces and edublogs, are an easy sell. Student e-mail (other than gaggle.net and linked gmail) are a hard sell because of "space costs" and desire to keep school networks a bit more protected from "personal use" issues. General tendency is to steer clear of apps that have had bad press (Facebook, MySpace, YouTube) or "weak" filters (Google Images, Google Videos. Twitter, well - I don't "get it" yet, so..... To date, as long as I can document a case to support it (i.e. state standards); am willing to take an active role with teachers to integrate and support it; am mindful of COPPA and CIPA and try to incorporate safeguards via unit design and explicit online safety instruction, and it costs nothing, I have had no problems getting approval to use Web. 2.0 tools.





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