Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Video Post
As ICT can be used in all different subject areas it must be able to transcend learning styles and appeal to all students.
Videos suc as this one can be addded to a class blog to break up the monotimy of straight facts, information and rote learning.
Videos appeal to more creative, visual, musical and kinetic learning styles. They also help to develop deeper, higher level thinking as the students can only view the information and has to analyse it themselves, where as written information often includes discussions, conclusions and evaluations within it. A video simply stimulates this.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Our Class Wiki
our wiki address http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddjz64dp_0gwkpss
So after quite a bit of confusion, a few giggles and a dash of silliniess..... we created our own Wiki!!!!!!
As a class a wiki is a famtastic learning tool as it is basically like a online classroom! The students can go on at home whenever they like to share ideas, discuss work and view other people thoughts.
The wiki can appeal to many different learning styles as it assists group work, can incorporate visual learning as well as allow students to venture on in their own time and work individually.
So after quite a bit of confusion, a few giggles and a dash of silliniess..... we created our own Wiki!!!!!!
As a class a wiki is a famtastic learning tool as it is basically like a online classroom! The students can go on at home whenever they like to share ideas, discuss work and view other people thoughts.
The wiki can appeal to many different learning styles as it assists group work, can incorporate visual learning as well as allow students to venture on in their own time and work individually.
Wiki
Example of a small Wiki...
Contents [hide]
1 Descriptions, definitions, synonyms, organizer terms, types of
2 Application in classrooms and similar settings
3 Evidence of effectiveness
4 Critics and their rationale
5 More Books by Dreikurs
6 Alternative explanations due to diversity considerations
7 Signed "life experiences," testimonies and stories
8 References and other links of interest
...then on to further detail in these topics
SOURCE: http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Dreikurs,_Rudolf
A Wiki is similar to a blog in which it is a document that is served on a server and anyone can access, view or add to the information on the Wiki.
It is an example of e-leraning for the second generation (2.0). It is a group colloaberation to gather and construct knowledge for the general public to access and use at any time on almost any topic.
It is also an example of Web 2.0. This means that it is an example of collaborating with other people to create knowledge.
Wiki's are designed to make learning very easy. The possible structure of a Wiki would be something like the following:
1.Name of wiki
2.Aims, Goals, Objectives and Outcomes
3.History and members of this group who are contributing
4.How have we learnt? Key elements of our experience that have worked well or that we would improve on
5.What we have learnt about online learning
6.What resources have we found that are really good
7.How would you structure an e-learning group
8.How would you asses an e-learning group
9.rubric for a course using e-learning 2.0 approaches.
Contents [hide]
1 Descriptions, definitions, synonyms, organizer terms, types of
2 Application in classrooms and similar settings
3 Evidence of effectiveness
4 Critics and their rationale
5 More Books by Dreikurs
6 Alternative explanations due to diversity considerations
7 Signed "life experiences," testimonies and stories
8 References and other links of interest
...then on to further detail in these topics
SOURCE: http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Dreikurs,_Rudolf
A Wiki is similar to a blog in which it is a document that is served on a server and anyone can access, view or add to the information on the Wiki.
It is an example of e-leraning for the second generation (2.0). It is a group colloaberation to gather and construct knowledge for the general public to access and use at any time on almost any topic.
It is also an example of Web 2.0. This means that it is an example of collaborating with other people to create knowledge.
Wiki's are designed to make learning very easy. The possible structure of a Wiki would be something like the following:
1.Name of wiki
2.Aims, Goals, Objectives and Outcomes
3.History and members of this group who are contributing
4.How have we learnt? Key elements of our experience that have worked well or that we would improve on
5.What we have learnt about online learning
6.What resources have we found that are really good
7.How would you structure an e-learning group
8.How would you asses an e-learning group
9.rubric for a course using e-learning 2.0 approaches.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Intelligence Test My Results
http://www2.bgfl.org/bgfl2/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/questions/results.cfm
The intelligence test is available to take online and the results indicate which intelligences are your strongest.
As a teacher it is very important to know which intelligence is dominating your learning as this will tend to bised your teaching towards this learning.
Personally I learn well through visual and kinetic aides and am very people based. This means hat as i teacher i would probably be more likely to teach through groupwork and very active, hands on type activitys.
This means that when preparing lessons I'm going to need to take special care to not be biased toward these and incorporate all learning styles, including the ones that do not appeal to me.
The intelligence test is available to take online and the results indicate which intelligences are your strongest.
As a teacher it is very important to know which intelligence is dominating your learning as this will tend to bised your teaching towards this learning.
Personally I learn well through visual and kinetic aides and am very people based. This means hat as i teacher i would probably be more likely to teach through groupwork and very active, hands on type activitys.
This means that when preparing lessons I'm going to need to take special care to not be biased toward these and incorporate all learning styles, including the ones that do not appeal to me.
Second Life
www.secondlife.com
Second Life is a digital world. It is literally a second life that you can live out as naturally as your real life online.
It was created by the people that "live" in it and since its creation has had a virtual population boom. The complicated and intricate nature of the program is what makes it so real and life like. The people who reside in ths wolrd have possesions, laws, jobs, trades a and hobbies. They interact with their fellow residence on a dialy basis, form connections and have families just as real human beings do.
When used in education, the program could cover quite a few topic in relation to students. For younger students it can give them an idea about the "real world". About how adults live and interact in the world. About their responsibilities and positions.
It could also help to make children more aware of serious issues or conditions such as schitzo[phrenia and multiple personalities. As the students live doubkle lives, they become aware of the anxiety, fear and hope associated with trying to continuously keep those two live seperate and manage to control one or the other at any given time.
Second Life is a digital world. It is literally a second life that you can live out as naturally as your real life online.
It was created by the people that "live" in it and since its creation has had a virtual population boom. The complicated and intricate nature of the program is what makes it so real and life like. The people who reside in ths wolrd have possesions, laws, jobs, trades a and hobbies. They interact with their fellow residence on a dialy basis, form connections and have families just as real human beings do.
When used in education, the program could cover quite a few topic in relation to students. For younger students it can give them an idea about the "real world". About how adults live and interact in the world. About their responsibilities and positions.
It could also help to make children more aware of serious issues or conditions such as schitzo[phrenia and multiple personalities. As the students live doubkle lives, they become aware of the anxiety, fear and hope associated with trying to continuously keep those two live seperate and manage to control one or the other at any given time.
Cyke!!
www.cyke.com
Cyke is an example of an interactive learning website. However this one in particualr is aimed at kids with learning disabilities.
Whislt cnatining useful information for both parents and children, Cyke also has multiple games and activities on line for kids. These games not only healp to advance learning but they can also healp the children to accept and learn in spite of their disability.
The games are often thearaputic as well as appealing to many different intelligences to ensure that the child is not dependant on one particular intellegence, which may be thier disability leading ultimatly to "failure".
Cyke is an example of an interactive learning website. However this one in particualr is aimed at kids with learning disabilities.
Whislt cnatining useful information for both parents and children, Cyke also has multiple games and activities on line for kids. These games not only healp to advance learning but they can also healp the children to accept and learn in spite of their disability.
The games are often thearaputic as well as appealing to many different intelligences to ensure that the child is not dependant on one particular intellegence, which may be thier disability leading ultimatly to "failure".
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