tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81077933941906684322024-02-19T04:26:32.114-06:00My View from the Southwest HorizonSupporting the teachers of Southwest Horizon School Division and our 21st Century Learners.
ICT ideas, trends and topics for your classroom.Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-12030917672759179652010-07-19T23:08:00.000-05:002010-07-19T23:08:30.025-05:007 Days to a Better EduBlog - Day 1_Blog Layout and DesignToday's lesson covers <i>web design and layout guidelines that support readability and usability of your blog.</i><br />
Decide on a goal for your blog and review the guidelines to determine which ones apply to your blog.<br />
<a href="http://www.ed421.com/?p=1265#commentlist">Day 1</a>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-2175537820991200972010-07-18T23:15:00.003-05:002010-07-19T16:21:40.120-05:007 Days to a Better EduBlog - Why am I taking this mini-course?<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am dusting off my blog...again! I will be participating in a mini-course called <a href="http://www.ed421.com/">7 Days to a Better EduBlog </a><br />
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I am a Technology Support Specialist in my school division. Yes, I have blogged before with limited success and sustainability. I am ready to try again! </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I definitely like the idea of a blog to communicate ICT ideas to the SHSD staff and encourage sharing and reflection. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have been reading blogs for several years (my RSS feeder is out of control!) and appreciate the confidence, knowledge, ability to reflect and the writing skills of EduBloggers like <a href="http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/">David Warlick</a>, <a href="http://weblogg-ed.com/">Will Richardson</a>, <a href="http://adifference.blogspot.com/">Darren Kuropatwa</a> or <a href="http://ideasandthoughts.org/">Dean Shareski</a> .... just to name a few. I feel quite inferior, <span style="background-color: white;">so </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;"><span style="color: purple;">my first hope will be to find my voice</span></b>. I will focus my edublog on ICT integration ideas for K-12 classrooms.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am planning to use a </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">wiki</span></b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> to store content: how to use some Web 2.0 tools, advice on ICT integration and file sharing, and use a <b><span style="color: purple;">Diigo</span></b> account to share URLs </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">to support my EduBlog</span></b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">I would like some ideas to make <b style="color: purple;">the appearance of my blog more attractive </b>and useful for my teachers.</span> <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I think my previous attempts at blogging failed because I didn't receive many responses from readers. Let's give it another try!</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-65976380175470139222008-03-26T18:54:00.005-05:002008-03-26T19:02:27.009-05:00Earth DayEarth Day is in April, this is an early post to help you prepare your students to be ecologically minded citizens. Your students might enjoy the <a href="http://www.planetgreengame.com/play_again.html">Planet Green Game</a>. As you travel around town you are faced with challenges to reduced energy use at your home and at school. <a href="http://www.planetgreengame.com/play_again.html">Planet Green Game</a> is a well-done interactive game that introduces students to concepts of reducing our energy consumption by making simple changes in our daily livesJanis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-22938426979387170802007-10-07T23:23:00.000-05:002007-10-07T23:40:37.168-05:00A Conference with Something for Everyone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4J0fYk0P6Ot6Ow3QRBvfHIWfOIPH-PY726Om_31AgOWK0n1VCJNmAg_GRJoPXVBtpH19Qcmqu-Xmp46Jn8qQjAs-TXX03p7OIK0ari_MfLKbLq7cYtBiRqr3vAt0TLRo6JzcAjAyhTlQ/s1600-h/k12banner.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4J0fYk0P6Ot6Ow3QRBvfHIWfOIPH-PY726Om_31AgOWK0n1VCJNmAg_GRJoPXVBtpH19Qcmqu-Xmp46Jn8qQjAs-TXX03p7OIK0ari_MfLKbLq7cYtBiRqr3vAt0TLRo6JzcAjAyhTlQ/s320/k12banner.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118820830604603010" border="0" /></a><br />The <a href="http://k12onlineconference.org/">K12 Online Conference</a> begins tomorrow. Beginning keynote is being delivered by <a href="http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2007/10/06/extending-k12-online-conference/">David Warlick </a>and will be released at midnight (my time) October 8. The K12 conference is delivered as downloadable digital video over the internet. There are 40 sessions available to anyone wanting to "Play with Boundaries" The conference has four strands, Classroom 2.0, New Tools, Professional Learning Networks, Obstacles to Opportunity.<br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/default/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-4.jpg" alt="" />Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-33603512888869094772007-09-23T21:31:00.000-05:002007-09-23T21:55:01.059-05:00Using PowerPoint for AnimationI am teaching a 2D Animation class over the IITV system which connects the school in our division. I am using <a href="http://moodle.org/">Moodle</a> and depending heavily on <a href="http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/Bridgit/">Bridgit</a> and <a href="http://www.skype.com">Skype</a>. This allows the students to work at the computers in lab. My class includes students from two schools, 13 students. My course delivery is a work in progress that will be described on this blog.<br />We are starting a new topic in 2D involving animation and Powerpoint. We will be looking at many types of simple animation, so each topic is about 3 classes. There are four animation examples in <a href="http://tilttv.blogspot.com/2005/12/tilt-episode-7-multimedia-animation.html#links">this video from TILT.</a>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-11792129154599457912007-06-28T20:29:00.000-05:002007-06-28T20:32:13.722-05:00First Things First: Technology Successes in the Primary Grades<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="">Learning Word</span></b><span style=""> –she teaches them the tools of Word that they need to use<br />Inserting Clip Art<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Writers Workshop –highlighter – edit other students work, they can show that they have made changes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Spelling Word Art<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Templates – could be used in centers – more guided – save as document template, they will then have to save and make their changes, put it on the desktop<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Internet<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">What to include in your web quest<br />Introduction<br />Tasks<br />Resources<br />Process<br />Evaluation<br />Conclusion<br /><span style=""> </span>Use links to appropriate sites, your choice<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Find ISTE upload and look up this presentation for PowerPoint<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p><a href="http://webtech.cherokee.k12.ga.us/bascomb-es/anywalker/">http://Webtech.cherokee.k12.ga.us/bascomb-es/anywalker/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Reading log – active database – printed in Access – student is to read a book every night and record it into the database.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Classroom Connections<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">PowerPoint<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">My Grade 2 Reflections – Teacher, Friends, Favorite Subject, Favorite Event<br />Templates<br />PowerPoint Slides<br />Interactive Games<br />Math Facts & Sight Word Practice<br />Jeopardy Games<br />Group Project Presentations<br />Transitioning – cloze sentences, answers come in later<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Microsoft Publisher</span></b><br /><span style="">Invitations to Parties<br />Picture Story Prompts – give them a picture, they write a story<br />Mother’s Day Cards<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="">Storybook Weaver</span></b><br /><span style="">Write your own stories and illustrations<br />Landforms<br />Space<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="">Inspiration</span></b><br /><span style="">Webs for Stories<br />Web for books – students can fill in the characters, setting<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="">Kid Pix</span></b><br /><span style="">Pictures to go with stories<br />Diagrams<br />Compound Words<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="">Type to Learn<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="">KidWorks</span></b><br /><span style="">Write the stories and Kidworks will read it back to you.<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="">Video Streaming</span></b><br /><span style="">Download video and have the students respond to the video, make template that they will have to fill out.<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="">MovieMaker</span></b><br /><span style="">Take lots of pictures and put on website<o:p></o:p><br />Does technology increase student writing scores and attitudes?<o:p></o:p><br />PowerPoint presentation is on the ISTE website – type in Any Walker<o:p></o:p></span></p>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-4245432745423376572007-06-28T20:12:00.000-05:002007-06-28T20:28:43.156-05:00Using Wikis in the Classroom<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Presented by Adam Frey - Wikispaces and Vicki Davis - <a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/08/how-i-use-wikis-what-do-you-do.html">CoolCatTeacher Wiki</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">It is hard not to be impressed by Vicki's enthusiasm and effective use of wikis. She has developed two successful wiki projects - <a href="http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/">The Flat Classroom</a> and <a href="http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com/">The Horizon Project</a>.<br /></span></p><br />A wiki is a web page with an edit button<o:p></o:p><br />Blog - stream of journal entries<br />Wiki – collection of collaborative information<br /><span style="">Faster,faster in Hawaiian<o:p></o:p></span><span style="">Wikispaces has just added multiple editng<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">To add new page – put them in workspace surrounded with brackets<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Widget – meebo<o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Why Wikis</span><span style=""><br /></span> <ul><li><span style="">Free</span></li><li><span style="">Runs on older computers<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="">Runs on slower internet<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="">Easy<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="">Technology – enables cooperative learning<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Coolcatteacher.wikispaces.com<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Use wikis – jigsaw, think pair share<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Lesson summaries<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Notes collaboration<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Cooperative learning<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>Westwood.wikispaces.com/work+ex+5<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Introductory & Exploratory projects<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>What’s a wiki – google it – to have it become their knowledge<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Wikis are for facts<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Blogs are for opinion<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p></o:p>Photobucket is not searchable – great for students<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Rewards – Vicki has an awards wiki – Award winning wikis<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Classroom organization<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Master Wikis<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Small edits<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Communicate<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Use the history <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Discuss<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Refresh before writing<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>***doesn’t allow copying off the internet**<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Students have editing names. Every student is responsible for their uses name.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Classroom Considerations<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Making student accounts<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Private vs public<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Structure vs free form<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Installation options<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Moodle has a wiki option<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Educationalwikis.wikispaces.com – teachers share examples<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">100,000 wikis free wikis for teachers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=38">http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=38</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Look at Wikis<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Horizon Project Students<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com/">http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Look at rubric for this project<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Training materials on the wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Educational Ning<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p></o:p>Classroom run as wikicentric class<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Clustrmaps<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>You can’t join Horizon Spaces – only experts can edit on this site – students that mastered the skills in Flat classroom<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>The Effective Web 2.0 Classroom – Coming of age 2.0<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">The Engaged Teacher<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>What is?<br /></span></p><ul><li><span style="">Evoca</span></li><li><span style="">Elluminate</span></li><li><span style="">Ning</span></li><li><span style="">IM</span></li><li><span style="">Skype</span></li><li><span style="">Twitter</span></li><li><span style="">Wiki</span></li><li><span style="">E-Mail</span></li><li><span style="">Wikipedia</span></li><li><span style="">Meebo</span></li><li><span style="">Second Life</span></li><li><span style="">Facebook</span></li><li><span style="">Flickr</span></li><li><span style="">Youtube</span></li><li><span style="">Teachertube</span></li><li><span style="">Google Video<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Look at her wiki for more<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Coolest Things to Embed<br /></span></p><ul><li><span style="">Meebo</span></li><li><span style="">Slideshare.net</span></li><li><span style="">Youtube, teachertube,photobucket</span></li><li><span style="">Odeo</span></li><li><span style="">Toondoo.com</span></li><li><span style=""><a href="http://www.airset.com/">www.airset.com</a></span></li><li><span style="">delicious tags</span></li><li><span style=""><a href="http://www.dr2ooo.com/tools/maps">http://del.icio.us</a></span></li><li><span style=""><a href="http://www.dr2ooo.com/tools/maps">www.dr2ooo.com/tools/maps</a></span></li><li><span style="">www1.meebo.com/rooms</span></li><li><span style=""><a href="http://www.bubbl.us/">www.bubbl.us</a> – like Kidspiration and can be embedded in your wiki</span></li><li><span style="">voicethread.com</span></li><li><span style="">edubloggercon.wikispaces.com</span></li><li><span style=""><a href="http://www.librarything.com/">www.librarything.com</a></span></li><li><span style="">netvibes</span></li><li><span style="">pageflakes</span></li><li><span style=""><a href="http://www.slurl.com/">www.slurl.com</a> – embeds coordinates from SL, creates the URL, paste in the wiki<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Have students create a creative commons license<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Allow you to connect students all over the world in a new way.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Wiki on social networking<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Flat Classroom Project – Used wikis as primary tool<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Video Questions<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>What social networking skills do you use?<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">From the Bloggers Café<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">David Warlick’s Handout<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2223v2">http://tinyurl.com/2223v2</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://neoworx.com/">http://neoworx.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>A school that wikis together stays together.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>RSS – have edits delivered to you<o:p></o:p></span></p>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-66338779545465175502007-06-28T19:55:00.001-05:002007-06-28T20:11:52.062-05:00From Hand it in to Publish It: Re-Envisioning Our ClassroomPresented by Will Richardson. I have heard Will's presentation before, however, he really gets the idea of preparing our students for 21st Century learning and I am impressed again with his thinking and ideas.<br />Will has posted his presentation on a wiki: <span style=""><a href="http://handitinnecc.wikispaces.com/">http://handitinnecc.wikispaces.com</a><br /><o:p></o:p></span>My lecture notes follow his wiki, please have a look at it.<br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">What does it mean to live in a world that is connected like it has never been connected before?<o:p></o:p><br />This changes how we teach, how we run our classroom….everything<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Trends:<br />A networked world, Wikinomics – Don Tapscott, Taking IT Global, People can come together by there passions and connect with them.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Our kids are going to enter a hyper connected world, they have to understand certain Literacies, have particular talents.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Ideas of privacy is changing.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">More of the work we create, is expected that we will share it out on our network. That is a shift, plagerism, copyright.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Extremely collaborative world.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p></o:p>Used to be “do you own work, now do work with others, bring others into the process.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p></o:p>Creativecommons.org, content producers can freely assign copyright to their work.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Take my stuff, use it as you will, make money off of it, attribute it me, or not.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p></o:p>The Changes are significant!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/index.htm">MitOpenCourseware</a> – all free<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>Content is everywhere!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Wikipedia – currency of the articles may make up for some errors, content is always changing (look at recent changes)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>How many have a MySpace or Facebook account – 55% - 60% of young people have one.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Technology is not slowing down, it in increasing. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Our classroom is not limited by 4 walls.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Cooperative Learning is not Collaborative Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Are our classrooms and our practices preparing kids for the world they will be facing when they begin their life’s work.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Are we teaching our kids to become life long learners?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Our students have to see Life long learners everyday, teacher is passionate about learning, it doesn’t stop when they go. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Thomas Freedman – If you aren’t doing it someone else will, even if you are doing it someone else will.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Blog: The <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Sam</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Jackson</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">College</st1:placename></st1:place> Experience</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Self – Learners<br />Self - Starters<br />Self - Selectors<br />Self – editors – information literacy – MartinLutherKing.org<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Delicious Network Explorer<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">How do our kids build their networks? We aren’t happy with MySpace, Facebook, or kids need help organizing their network..<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Kids are writing in hypertext environments – links drive the network.<o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Self – organizers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="">NECC special tags</span><span style=""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Self – Reflectors<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Self – Publishers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="">Google – scan this book<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="">Tucker – Iditerod info added to Wikipedia<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Self – regulators<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>Balance?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Self – protectors<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>***This are not units – They are a part of how we do business in a parts of the curriculum ***<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>How must we change?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/">WillowWeb</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">VoiceThread the have an audience<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Flat Classroom Wiki – 10 Flattners from Thomas Friedman’s book</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks Will for another inspiring message!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2klarBnj28rIn0esugVwnMzrX133CYInt-wj66J01sdacfdqdCMtHNQiVs-IMt4WYbG4kjuw7wODjU5Czfbp7dvL2d2aIheP1e2lNmyHqVBnvhzHlwxKHmM_0fIJfdQ8IXzdg-0V1Gii/s1600-h/NECC+135.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2klarBnj28rIn0esugVwnMzrX133CYInt-wj66J01sdacfdqdCMtHNQiVs-IMt4WYbG4kjuw7wODjU5Czfbp7dvL2d2aIheP1e2lNmyHqVBnvhzHlwxKHmM_0fIJfdQ8IXzdg-0V1Gii/s320/NECC+135.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081287597205001458" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-76344466306504192042007-06-27T21:10:00.000-05:002007-06-27T21:48:55.853-05:00Stone Mountain ParkOn Tuesday night I took a tour to <a href="http://www.stonemountainpark.com/">Stone Mountain Park</a>, just outside of Atlanta. Stone Mountain is a granite outcropping (small mountain), it is the world's largest exposed mass of granite. Many buildings around the states and the world have used granite from Stone Mountain. I took the sky tram to the top of the mountain and a train around the base. On the side of the mountain is the world's largest bas-relief (carving) of three confederates, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E Lee, Jefferson Davis. 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float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8F9DtPe4ljLR0Kp27hqdp4RXx5SGwzQw8nsrzeoG29Y2pBy-HgWjqAN9UNoXkr9bcsqC5aZXzvQvBMMvPgGNuR0w5y53moaYihK0_zivN1_jIVW9beNhOIeoWQFBAdlwkoyDZaH1xVP7Z/s320/NECC+120.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080938570982659298" border="0" /></a>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-56736539554774029452007-06-27T21:03:00.000-05:002007-06-27T21:10:10.788-05:00Facilitating Online Discussions: Tips and Strategies<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Presented by Dr. Sue Stoddart<br /><br />My instructor was virtually invisible – not in the online world!<br /></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Ask probing questions, you can check on unread discussions, might have a requirement that you have to comment on 3 posts, if you don’t participate on online discussion it’s like sitting with your hands over your ears in a live classroom.<br />We get to really know our students in the online learning area.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Great online discussions do not just happen.<o:p> </o:p>They happen because of what you do.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="">Before</span></b><span style="">:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Clarify goals & objectives – what do you want them learn from the discussion<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Plan guiding questions for the discussion<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Design activities that will prepare students to discuss<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Talk about discussion<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Set ground rules – provide a rubric –go out do some discussion and come back to the discuss<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="">Rubric: /5<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><b style=""><span style="">quality information</span></b><span style=""> not just quantity<b style="">, resources</b> - give reference to your resources, interaction (what is expected), <b style="">participation </b>– require a minimum amount and hope they add more, <b style="">delivery</b> – tone of comments, no flaming. Discussion tips<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="">During:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Great discussion are purposefully led<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Ask questions that establish what students understand before asking them to do more complex or original thinking<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Ask follow-up questions that allow students to develop or clarify a response<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="">After<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Great discussions are assessed<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Debriefing or journals – provide a record or summary of key points as they emerge –things they learned from the discussions, activities, chats etc<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Draw connections between the day’s discussion and other topics – even a final project.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Evaluate their responses based on the ground rules for participation and inclusiveness – not just quantity but quality of responses<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Use your rubric! Give lots of feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Great discussions lead to more discussions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">How will the next discussion build on the learning created in this discussion?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Use students’ comments or written responses to help you plan the next discussion<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="">***have your course built before you start the course, this teacher only releases a week at a time (Wednesdays)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Emphasize connections between the new topic and earlier discussions.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><b style=""><span style="">Online Discussion to Extend the Traditional Classroom<o:p></o:p></span></b> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Student interaction outside the class<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Seek clarification for issue encountered in coursework<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Build on one another’s perspectives and gain deeper understanding<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Class preparation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Monitoring the class discussion will help you identify topics that need clarification of have captured the interest of students<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Shy students<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Students who lack confidence<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Students find they do have things to contribute and gain confidence<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Chat Rooms<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">1:1 conversations with students<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Group work<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Special topics<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.25in;"><span style="">“I will be online on Saturday at 10:00 for anyone who is interested”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Author – book talk<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Reasons Online Discussions Fail<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">No community<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">No motivation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Unfamiliarity<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Instructor not involved<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">No credit<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Unrealistic goals<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Snagit</span></i><span style=""> –<i style="">Camtasia</i> –to show students how to participate in discussions<br />She has handouts for everything you have to do with the online course’<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>15 – 20 students per class, anymore than that becomes difficult to manage.<br />Don’t use face to face classrooms as an example for online learning.<br />It’s time to reinvent education!<br />Experiment with all aspects of the course, to learn the program and then look at the best practice.</span></p>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-46187945329407920422007-06-27T20:36:00.000-05:002007-06-27T21:01:34.712-05:00Global Awareness through Geotagging: Creating and Using Digital Photo MapsThis was an interesting session based on the ideas of placing pictures that you have uploaded to Flickr on to Google maps. You sign up for a <a href="http://www.yahoo.ca">Yahoo</a> account to get a <a href="http://www.flickr.com">Flickr</a> account, and then sign up for <a href="http://www.trippermap.com">tripper map</a>.<br />When you upload your pictures to flickr you have to add geotags. The geotags can be the name of the location or the latitude / longitude coordinates. You could use you GPS system to find the coordinates.<br />When you open tripper map, it connects with your flickr account and places any pictures that you have tagged with geotags on the map.<br /><a href="http://www.communitywalk.com">Community Walk</a> is another geotagging program.<br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">25 ideas for integration into your curriculum<br /></span></p><ul><li><span style="">Baby photos, place of birth</span></li><li><span style="">Plan a trip in groups, find famous places for the map – travel distances, climate</span></li><li><span style="">History lesson – PM birthplaces</span></li><li><span style="">Science lesson region where dinos were found</span></li><li><span style="">Current events – past location of Olympics</span></li><li><span style="">PenPals</span></li><li><span style="">Track natural disasters, location of tornados</span></li><li><span style="">Select potential colleges</span></li><li><span style="">Track a band’s concert tour</span></li><li><span style="">Local area for a run</span></li><li><span style="">Environmental issues – take a walking tour in town</span></li><li><span style="">Find images from recent movies, where were they filmed</span></li><li><span style="">Money around the world – currency – where in the world is george</span></li><li><span style="">Where things are manufactured</span></li><li><span style="">School map of sports events</span></li><li><span style="">Make drawings of native Americans, <st1:place st="on">Oregon trail</st1:place></span></li><li><span style="">Use a map in combination with collaborative projects<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="">Virtual Fieldtrips</span></li><li><span style="">The picture launches a website, virtual tour of that a</span><span style=""></span></li></ul><span style="">Another good idea that I will be sure to try.<br /></span>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-65671765633721094542007-06-26T11:13:00.000-05:002007-06-27T20:30:40.371-05:00Del.icio.us Research: Redesign Assignments with Social BookmarkingAn interesting session on using Delicious to focus research through social bookmarking. The presenter was Lucie deLaBruere, St.Albans City School, VT<em><em>. </em></em><br />Her blog is called <a href="http://lucie.typepad.com/">LearningwithLucie.com</a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Lucie's presentation information is posted on a wiki at <a href="http://necc2007.pbwiki.com/">http://necc2007.pbwiki.com/</a> <span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Suggested browsing: Infinite Thinking blog <a href="http://www.infinitethinking.org/">www.infinitethinking.org</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">What is Social Bookmarking? Saving webpages through your browser, tagging them, sharing them with others.</span><br />The Wisdom of Crowds<br />Teachers like to work smarter not longer<br /><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style=""></span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span><span style="">When you tag for other people you should write user notes, not necessary for personal tags.<o:p></o:p></span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Blog with students on the concept of social software<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">You could all login under the same account to work collaboratory project<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Use the help menu in delicious.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Have students include their name in their tag, you can then mark their critical thinking.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">You can set up your tags before the assignment<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Bundles – to group things further<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Tagging is like the parts of a book.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>When you are in a workshop – as the instructor talks – open site or google book, you can then tag it. By the end of session you have a complete set of notes from the lecture.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Highlighting text on the webpage will have it appear in notes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Lucie gave us many good ideas for incorporating social bookmarking into our research project. I am going to look into this further.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Please refer to her wiki.<br /></span></p> <em><em> </em></em>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-22808616629758449222007-06-25T22:08:00.000-05:002007-06-25T22:20:03.852-05:00Georgia AquariumAfter the Opening Keynote on Sunday night, everyone moved to the Georgia Aquarium for a reception. Here are some of the pictures.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKVj3ONsBXMeH1A44z6eXSzcjoGSgep8bc8hjjSdcp4NjusPrbymFiJhYyPr-v1nQa7n7alL6TEbT61NlbTvKx3e1mSYAJI7TJYJUd56bH3oAvJqtrM7aqE9sayNOPrjBWMORc5WhdfiN/s1600-h/NECC+052.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKVj3ONsBXMeH1A44z6eXSzcjoGSgep8bc8hjjSdcp4NjusPrbymFiJhYyPr-v1nQa7n7alL6TEbT61NlbTvKx3e1mSYAJI7TJYJUd56bH3oAvJqtrM7aqE9sayNOPrjBWMORc5WhdfiN/s320/NECC+052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080205380703939554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFFr8BJuwWlocbFolewDgXUGaLFKmnp8LI6Db0DPEI10gvaBWKuJUyBUYJ3zTZkM7VMV_wZZWfY3gZXcOyvGyi_rnuohURyAAno-f3w0wVqv3KQRcv2ImTunGb6Vj0ZVFQQXJA5qdwsyM/s1600-h/NECC+051.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFFr8BJuwWlocbFolewDgXUGaLFKmnp8LI6Db0DPEI10gvaBWKuJUyBUYJ3zTZkM7VMV_wZZWfY3gZXcOyvGyi_rnuohURyAAno-f3w0wVqv3KQRcv2ImTunGb6Vj0ZVFQQXJA5qdwsyM/s320/NECC+051.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080205161660607442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsXE4Ji7eaGQC4SnlrCxniRaFODjXI81Xo-sisx-M0Gh7xpU_NT3OKEmbi5Y8uHd6WcThhzR0uJXpisBMG6utVGDh-D4y9DvAmzi7uPFXiuSiTg6Uta_H6r4shYf4uYQd19b03sKXq-Xb/s1600-h/NECC+060.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsXE4Ji7eaGQC4SnlrCxniRaFODjXI81Xo-sisx-M0Gh7xpU_NT3OKEmbi5Y8uHd6WcThhzR0uJXpisBMG6utVGDh-D4y9DvAmzi7uPFXiuSiTg6Uta_H6r4shYf4uYQd19b03sKXq-Xb/s320/NECC+060.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080205702826486770" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EeAPXwxoPzMG1GxL_34KVaKdlIuh2ZigZt7jY2vdlcC3louNfjft7eFHarTFYO-Xgbm5xHM2CHpdawk713pZtdjcLgmbR7tdyMSCt3JE6xEP4n_z8bKw4W1D-zL12aAEikf-yAfJwJU7/s1600-h/NECC+065.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EeAPXwxoPzMG1GxL_34KVaKdlIuh2ZigZt7jY2vdlcC3louNfjft7eFHarTFYO-Xgbm5xHM2CHpdawk713pZtdjcLgmbR7tdyMSCt3JE6xEP4n_z8bKw4W1D-zL12aAEikf-yAfJwJU7/s320/NECC+065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080206059308772354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3UE03xTlPw91f2VV_XbYMSsNLQEJGMT-rwWG8_Zjn5L7pJaa2vzSYre1Vew8UxxQWdfA5MjtnFBUTKuKp37itaCetXySM93eF_1Lq3v-3gE3jT4fTycLUQkLnJwctLNZRJ5zOJ9ldF3f/s1600-h/NECC+072.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3UE03xTlPw91f2VV_XbYMSsNLQEJGMT-rwWG8_Zjn5L7pJaa2vzSYre1Vew8UxxQWdfA5MjtnFBUTKuKp37itaCetXySM93eF_1Lq3v-3gE3jT4fTycLUQkLnJwctLNZRJ5zOJ9ldF3f/s320/NECC+072.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080206359956483090" border="0" /></a>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-91878022065654319962007-06-25T22:02:00.000-05:002007-06-25T22:08:01.349-05:00Classrooms and Libraries for the Net GenerationThis session was presented by Doug Johnson from Mankato, Minnesota. I had heard great things about his presentations and I wasn't disappointed. He is someone who has fun with the ideas that he is presenting.<br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Have a look at Doug’s T-Shirts – go to his site – Blue Skunk Blog<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://www.doug-johnson.com/">www.doug-johnson.com</a> – presentations/ workshops/ handouts available on the site<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span><span style="">MindSet List – <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Beloit</st1:PlaceName> <st1:placetype st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://www.beloit.edu/%7Epubaff/mindset">www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/mindset</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p><br />It will be easier to change the way we teach than to change the GenXers.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Net Gen – Millennial Generation<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Bibliography in the handouts on Doug’s site<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><br /><b style=""><span style="">Characteristics of this generation</span></b><span style="">:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Planning is fluid and done on the cell phone<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Multi-taskers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Don’t do anything without music<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Gamers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Compulsive Communicators<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Instant Generation – I need it yesterday<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Bombarded with commercialism<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Have a lot of stuff<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Know a little about a lot<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">They learn by inductive discovery<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Spontaneous communicators<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><br /><b style=""><span style="">Net Gen demographics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">What are the implications of these changing characteristics?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">36% of population<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">31% minority<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">20% have one immigrant parent<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Larger group than the baby boomers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Valued<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Sheltered<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Play dates<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">NCLB<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">SAT prep<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Helmets<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Metal detectors<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">V-chips<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Net Nanny<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Chart <i style="">Educating the Net Generation</i> for the table<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>Dislikes – <span style=""> </span>Matures – water, technology<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>Boomers – laziness, turning 50<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>Gen X – red tape, hype<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>Net Gen – anything slow, negativity<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Zits – find out about the NetGen<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Net Gen and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Fascinated by technology<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Grown up with tech immersed<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">96% have gone on line<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Watching less TV – watching another screen – they want to control it<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Access through home not school, amount varies with economic level<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Media in the Children’s Bedrooms<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p><br />Student Monitors Lifestyle & Media<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">iPods were the #1 in thing on campuses 73%<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><br /><b style=""><span style="">The Digital backpack<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Cell Phone<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Notes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Share ideas<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Poll groups<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Photo research materials<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>It is part of our world<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Embedded in society<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Helpful<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>Makes things faster<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>Abstract concepts<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Can learn on any topic<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Connect to friends to get or offer help<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>How should we change?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Project-based learning – take away the test<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Let them bring their iPods<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Choices<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Individualized Instruction – online? – Differentiated Instruction<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Minimize the lengthy instructions<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Implications?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Use technology as the hook<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Make education ubiquitous and 24/7<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Use students’ own technologies to teach them<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Buildings places kids want to be – especially true in libraries – Barnes and Noble<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">How do GenX get Information?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Ubiquitous – mobile<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">94% used the web for school research<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Taggers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Satisfice (satisfy and sacrifice) – read snip-its<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Information=conversation=authority?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style="">Everything is Miscellaneous<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Tagging and Folksonomies<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Libraries – do we have a way for kids to tag books?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p style="font-weight: bold;"> </o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">How do kids regard authority?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">The evil “Wikipedia”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Higher education=higher use<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">36% of adult American users consult it<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">8% online users use it Daily<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Not a bad starting point<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">As a Net Genner, change…..<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Library vendors<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Sharp search tool<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Standards and tagging have to be done<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p style="font-weight: bold;"> </o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Implications</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Discrimination and evaluation skills important<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Students need guides more than ever – librarians<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Focus on organizing, creating and USING information<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">***Teachers have to know how to do this***<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p style="font-weight: bold;"> </o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Learning styles</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Teachers are vital – computers can’t replace humans<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Building social skills is a part of school<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Social learner – informal learners<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">See personal information<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Re-mixers – share 57% content creators<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Hypertext minds<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Read visual images<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>Inductive discovery<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Learn by doing<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Internet=connections=producers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p style="font-weight: bold;"> </o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">How do we use Web 2.0 Tools to educate this generation?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">My Space<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Classroom blogs<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Areallydifferentplace.org<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Virtual lit worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Wiki Wikijuniorbugs<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Second libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">The ultimate tinker toy set?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Webkinz<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">What will be expectations?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Use, not ban, Web2.0 Tools<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Relevance<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Teach and use collaborative groups<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Teach copyrights from POV of creator<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Emphasis on safe and ethical use<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Achievement oriented<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Rules,schedules,agendas “Cool to be smart<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Focused on grades<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Work on things that matter<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Identify with parent; values<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Busy with extra activities<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p><br />Thinkb4ulink<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Give students a voice in policy making<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Schools=positive connotations<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Got to have faith and fun<o:p></o:p></span></p>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-2005169007871651912007-06-25T21:58:00.000-05:002007-06-25T22:01:52.609-05:00Digital Photography and Video Projects for Improving LearningAnother good session with lots of ideas!<br />Here are the lecture notes:<br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Dr. Arnie Abrams<br /><a href="http://www.arnieabrams.net/">www.arnieabrams.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Click on Handouts – Digital Photo and Video Projects<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Technology that can be integrated in to the curriculum<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Project formats<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Still Photography - .jpg, Powerpoint<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Flash animations – SWF<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Single-Frame Animation<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Stills and video brought together as video<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Videos – MOV, AVI,WMP,MP4<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Share movies – tape, CD, DVD, online<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Sources of Projects<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Various organizations and university contests<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">International Student Media Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Film Festivals – youth awards<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Manufacturers contest – Sony, Apple, Adobe<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Discovery Educator Network<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Apple Student Gallery – Learning Interchange<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Adobe Digital Kids Club<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Google Videos, Your Tube<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Cross Curriculum Projects<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Final Paper, research report, presentations<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Portraits of our school<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Cultural Understanding –the invention of the Caesar Salad<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Digital portfolios<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">“All About Me”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">The Arts / Technology / Careers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Macro –Abstract photography – use the macro setting on the camera to take very close up pictures, ask other students to guess what it is<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">On-going assignment<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Photo journalism assignment <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Digital Ethics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">It is very easy to change pictures, ask students to manipulate pictures and then have other students guess which one is the real one.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Media Literacy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Make a commercial – Rule of Thirst – SFETT<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Public Service Announcement – <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Escondido</st1:place></st1:city><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Language Arts / Foreign Language<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Photo sequences or every picture tells a story<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Story Starters<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Digital Storytelling<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Personal expression<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Book reports come to life<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Phoetry – Write or read a poem and then take pictures to accompany the poem<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Bilingual photo dictionary<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Digital Storytelling – “Don’t Laugh at Me”, “On the Road Again”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Science<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Weather images<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Environmental issues<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Extreme close-ups<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Time-lapse photography<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Single frame animations – “If Only This room would clean its self” “Planets”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Flash animations<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">360 degree panorama – take pictures in all directions, put it into a program and make your 360 video or 360 object.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">SimplyVR from tech for learning<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Pano or panorama or spin<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Social Studies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Field trip documentary<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Past present future community<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>“McAuliffe” – time passages<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Math Projects<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Shapes and patterns – make a poster of a pattern or a shape<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Human bar chart – process video<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Visual count<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Fraction photos <o:p></o:p></span></p><b style=""><span style="">Other Curriculum Topics<o:p></o:p></span></b> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Rules and procedures<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Health and issues – “For Life”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Illustrating emotions <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Digital scavenger hunt – can take pictures rather than real things, pollution scavenger hunt<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Teacher Tools<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Visual seating chart and student ID cards<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Enhancing field trips with cameras – before hand to introduce, send pictures to person who gave the field trip, use instead of going on the field trip – virtual field trip<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Class orientation and rules<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Share teacher experiences<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Class videocasts<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Teacher Experiences – “Carpe Diem”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Software for producing projects<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">iMovie<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Photoshop Elements<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">iPhoto<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Premiere Elements<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Microsoft Photo Story 3<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Picasa<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Classroom & Project management tips<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Keep the video under 3 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Encourage using a tripod<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Minimize printing<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Share & distribute projects<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Submitting to contests<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Explain confidentiality & appropriateness<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Check permission to shoot pictures<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Copyright and copying<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Assessing media projects<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Rubrics for multimedia projects<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Creative use of technology<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Content choice<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Organization 0 mechanics<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Personal reflection<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Camera Management Tips<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Inexpensive cameras for student use<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Standardize equipment<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">No “hand off”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Keep a camera handy<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Keep spare batteries charged<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Lots of small memory cards and tapes<o:p></o:p></span></p>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-13337080852590074722007-06-25T21:20:00.000-05:002007-06-25T21:56:31.098-05:00Cool Tools: Incorporating Web 2.0 Tools in the ClassroomJennifer Arns presented this session on my favorite thing - Web 2.0 tools. Although we struggled with our internet connection and bandwith (hard to imagine the number of laptops running in the GWCC at one time!) I learned of some new tools that I am anxious to try.<span style=""><br /><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://itsc.oetc.org/cool.php">http://itsc.oetc.org/cool.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">What is Web 2.0</span></b></p><ul><li><b style=""><span style=""></span></b><span style="">The Read Write Web</span></li><li><span style="">Collaboration</span></li><li><span style="">Networking<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style=""><a href="http://www.spresent.com">Spresent</a> </span></b><span style="">– Online Powerpoint application – can be viewed online<span style=""> </span>or published in your blog wiki. Looking at upload PowerPoint files<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Furl and Delicious</span></b><span style=""> – social bookmarking tool. You can make your Furl website social by posting them on your website<o:p></o:p></span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style=""><br /><br /><a href="http://www.trailfire.com/">TrailFire</a></span></b><span style=""> – you can create a path (trail) of webpages. When you want it control the sites that kids go to. Find a site you like, click you trail icon, write a description or directions on what you want the kids to do. It is a social bookmark if you make your trail public, you can also make a comment or answer. How do I get a trail on my page? How do you link to just your class?<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span><a href="http://questgarden.com/"><b style=""><span style="">questgarden.com</span></b></a><span style=""> – for making webquests<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Embedded Tools<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://www.polldaddy.com/">PollDaddy.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/">Survey Monkey</a> – for more intensive applications<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://questionform.com/">Questionform</a> – embeds a survey to your blog - free<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://www.go2web20.net/">Go2Web2.0.net</a> – The Complete Web 2.0 directory<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://www.edtechconnection.net/">Edtechconnection.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Lots of great site to look at over the summer!<br /><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-89194205401146139522007-06-25T21:13:00.000-05:002007-06-25T21:20:05.672-05:00Chalk House: 3D Game for Building Middle School Literacy<span style="">Greg Jones and Scott Warren presented their new 3D game called Chalk House. I think that 8th grade students would react well to this concept. I had fun trying it out. They think it may be ready shortly.<br /><br />Chalk House: Iterative Design<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://cecs.unt.edu/">http://cecs.unt.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">What is Chalk House?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Literacy module, targeting 8<sup>th</sup> grade reading and writing, Chalk House takes place in a mystery/ghost setting. Students begin as fledgling reports. Investigate the disappearance of Rebekkah and Caleb Forrester. Ghost story unfolds as students complete writing and reading tasks.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Chalk House is based in game – central conflict that students try to overcome with reading and writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Used the ADDIE model – Analyze the system to find out what is wrong and then design and solution, implementation, evaluate to try to meet the need of the learner.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Do your students have the literacy skills to solve the mystery?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://elm.cecs.unt.edu/necc">http://elm.cecs.unt.edu/necc</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-52475409805242278882007-06-25T20:45:00.001-05:002007-06-25T21:12:41.789-05:00Pictures from Monday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwFiT5gH3vumNJK09vRM3pm-NrwVZwfA_etGdz4l96Lsx_8ixvzIR2Tb49uH_xquU-qhSXUdeAM73-b6IFbUMH77Gqd-C_jxhaeyHDNssAoz2bUVo8vDDUO_ruACK-97jUV-lEQB_Q9SD/s1600-h/NECC+092.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwFiT5gH3vumNJK09vRM3pm-NrwVZwfA_etGdz4l96Lsx_8ixvzIR2Tb49uH_xquU-qhSXUdeAM73-b6IFbUMH77Gqd-C_jxhaeyHDNssAoz2bUVo8vDDUO_ruACK-97jUV-lEQB_Q9SD/s320/NECC+092.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080184159270529922" border="0" /></a>Many more people here today. The conference is being held at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC).<br /><br /><br /><br />Everyone is going to Exhibit Hall for the first time.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRs1SRlBB-3EH4FXmdcnmcsdlMayrZiQfgST58Cu9VkH5i0W9D0k-vUrDCoy3ltSEbC1-PRlrt1ubtch7anzcWv3HICcHB6Knxe0lEwXE6mM35L8EntDz_T2Trdoq_W6lPM7gLTy2X8PU/s1600-h/NECC+094.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRs1SRlBB-3EH4FXmdcnmcsdlMayrZiQfgST58Cu9VkH5i0W9D0k-vUrDCoy3ltSEbC1-PRlrt1ubtch7anzcWv3HICcHB6Knxe0lEwXE6mM35L8EntDz_T2Trdoq_W6lPM7gLTy2X8PU/s320/NECC+094.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080185623854377906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Everything you could ever dream of having in your school or classroom!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhova69lDsEmj3WskLW1eeGn8mj4xWZ724b7GlQb5MKHjvVtKLs_qIPDz8uec2UyVIldgBy2WjzrsfmZ6Ywv_hLPd1tzgf8viusB-gSYXJ4witxiWsbFFn41Ip4kN_nrzWt3rLCUCqin7Bf/s1600-h/NECC+097.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhova69lDsEmj3WskLW1eeGn8mj4xWZ724b7GlQb5MKHjvVtKLs_qIPDz8uec2UyVIldgBy2WjzrsfmZ6Ywv_hLPd1tzgf8viusB-gSYXJ4witxiWsbFFn41Ip4kN_nrzWt3rLCUCqin7Bf/s320/NECC+097.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080188471417695170" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqd0rV4BP0pmomXf-w2IOYOQKeKKES4Umq3GTYURERd3NyaKR-xYkwHIkG0qL7QGA1yMe0cys1SeNDbloEkrSHuqY8qCtUY6jWQYs60oY5MDcnNBxmcAf06lZOZ1hqcJMdEh2bchyphenhyphenyIxHX/s1600-h/NECC+095.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqd0rV4BP0pmomXf-w2IOYOQKeKKES4Umq3GTYURERd3NyaKR-xYkwHIkG0qL7QGA1yMe0cys1SeNDbloEkrSHuqY8qCtUY6jWQYs60oY5MDcnNBxmcAf06lZOZ1hqcJMdEh2bchyphenhyphenyIxHX/s320/NECC+095.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080185001084119970" border="0" /></a>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-27629645700846990092007-06-25T20:29:00.000-05:002007-06-25T20:45:00.117-05:00What the Research Has to Say about K-12 Online LearningThe main conference has started today. <br />In the first session of the day I listened to a research project on K-12 Online Learning presented by Cathy Cavanaugh.<br /><br />Here are my lecture notes:<br /><o:p></o:p><span style="">More about who is teaching, who is learning, than the medium? How do we select the teachers, students? <o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Student Achievement<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Online learning attracts a “bimodal” range of students. Quality students that want to go faster than the other students. At the other end are the students that struggle in a face to face school (credit recovery). Different groups of students have different needs. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Online learning can differentiate easily, Students can go over a module again if needed, can go at their pace. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Virtual schools have improved in recent years at retaining students and increasing course completion rates. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Teacher development in student-centered teaching, collaboration, problem-based learning, group work and authentic assessment contribute to improving academic performance. Teaching online, good professional development, teachers learn to be more project-based. If we teach online we will be better in the classroom!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Communicate often, promptly, give feedback, or standard will be that we will respond between 24-48 hours. Teachers will communicate with parents every two weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Simulations, manipulatives and tutorials that offer student feedback increase performance. Higher levels of student engagement and sense of community are correlated with higher academic performance in language curse, this happens when students move through the course together. More time practicing the course content (writing, speaking, listening, reading) corresponds to higher achievement. Students can use 21<sup>st</sup> Century tools to practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Characteristics of successful students<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">They are motivated, independent, self-directed<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">They enjoy technology, have strong language skills, and are visual learners.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">They have consistent parent support and are involved I non-academic activities<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">They have positive attitudes and are wiling to ask for help<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Extroverted students should be encouraged to take interactive courses, while more introverted students succeed in self-paced courses. Teachers should identify those introverted students and draw them into the discussion. Online learning allows for forums, time to think!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Students preferring active experimentation and concrete experience tend to have more difficulty with virtual reality, for example, than students preferring abstract conceptualization and reflective observation. For both learning styles, learning increased with the use of guided exploration in a virtual reality setting – scaffolding.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Effective Course <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Structure in courses and a meaningful curriculum are critical to student success.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Components of structured courses are clear expectations concrete deadlines with some flexibility, outlines of course requirements (Pretests before a new unit help to focus the students), timesheets and study guides. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">A combination of flexibility, independence, and experience with online tools resulted in improved critical thinking, research and computer skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Effective Instruction<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Instructors must be qualified to teach the content online and experienced in online learning<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Courses should include student-student interaction facilitating metacognition and reflection<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Instruction should be differentiated, using content that can be repurposed (refreshed)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Instructors need assistance with the constant updating and adapting of course materials<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Immediate tech support keeps momentum going<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Students need additional strategies in locating and evaluating information<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Successful online teachers have will-developed organization skills and routines<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Learning is enhanced when instructors are actively involved in the learning process.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Administrative practices<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Students benefit from mentors, onsite support staff, counseling, media specialists, and technical support<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Ongoing use of student data should be analyzed and represented visually to illuminate relationships between activity in courses and student course grades<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Students thrive when they have educational support, time and continual access to will-functioning technology<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Online learners need guidance counselors.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i style=""><span style="">Academic Integrity</span></i><span style=""> – Are the students doing the work? Many teachers say that they know the students better than in a face to face class. They say they can recognize the students work. Most online work that is project based learning that has check-point. Students come to the school to write a test. We are held to a higher standard in an online learning course. Communication is key. Many ways of assessment, can solve this problem<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">How does online learning work for K-4 students? (K12.com)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>What we need to know<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Better understanding of students<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Predictive instruments, diagnosis and prescription of services and scaffolds could enhance every student’s chance of success while increasing the efficiency of teachers. Pretesting on first course might identify online skills that the student might need work on<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p></o:p><a href="http://www.unf.edu/%7Ec.cavanaugh">www.unf.edu/~c.cavanaugh</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://drscavanaugh.org/distlearn/index.htm">http://drscavanaugh.org/distlearn/index.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://www.nacol.org/">http://www.nacol.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Book: <i style="">What Works in K-12 Online Learning<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i style=""><span style="">Handbook of Distance Education</span></i><span style=""> from Erlbaum<o:p></o:p></span></p>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-12202656832045862072007-06-24T21:06:00.001-05:002007-06-24T21:11:16.047-05:00Moodle Session Part 2This post is a continuation of this morning's post.<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="">Quiz<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Create and give online quizzes<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Variety of question formats<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Option for immediate feedback<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Questions and answers can be shuffled – can have only one question per page – this might stop cheating<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Can require password or specific network address – you could give out the password at the start of the class, or require the IP address of the school, not home<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Option to set time limit<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Variety of statistics provided for teacher – Item Analysis Table (stats) If you find that your key is incorrect, the stats don’t work, you can change the key and select re-grade<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Short Answer questions – how do I grade? – 100% if correct, 75% if spelled incorrectly Topika –t**a <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Define what science – use * (wildcards) and the key words that you hope to find<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Essay questions could be online assignments – Can you aggregate everyone’s answers so you can compare them?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Can you export the marks to Power Grade? (we would be interested in First Class Teacher). They would be Excel Spreadsheets<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Question Bank – could have students answer 3 questions, each student would get different questions<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Invest some time thinking about your categories, you might want subcategories <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Resource<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Tool for bringing content into the course<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Text files<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">HTML files<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Links to webpages<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Video and audio clips<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Directory Feature available<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">You can do any of these things anywhere in Moodle – you might want to place an often referred to file on the front page, or if it applies to a particular lesson you would place it there<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Some people have a problem including a document multiple times. Suggestion: Document management systems – you could put documents onto another server and link to them – metacourse (designed to manage course material this would be if you offer more than one course, have document open in a new window)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Glossary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Could be words with definitions<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Every entry in the glossary can be linked to any word in the course<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Students can add words to the glossary<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Can go beyond words, If you have 20 documents that you like to use they can be added to the glossary, you can then search and link to the glossary, you could make a glossary of sounds – embedded audio clips<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Can connect glossary to block on the side to show new words, you can put pictures of kids in glossary and different pictures come up<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Human anatomy – Choice activity to pick organ, make mini research paper with photos and links to web pages, students make three questions from their research, added it to the quiz bank, teacher used the questions to make the exam<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">You can have more than one glossary in a course, you might want to populate the glossary and then ask the students to carry on.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">You could ask students to grade each other’s glossary entries.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Lesson <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Can be linear<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Can be adapted – branched to a variety of activities and questions<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><i style=""><span style="">Makes sense when you are teaching entirely online<o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">If you are not entirely online, students could create lessons<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">In v1.8 you can do this entirely within the course, you do the lesson on limbs, you do the lesson on muscles etc.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><b style=""><span style="">Wiki<o:p></o:p></span></b> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Designed as a collaborative space<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Only one person can edit per page<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Michelle suggests that you make a page for each of your students to get around this idea, this makes it a little less collaborative, but allows everyone to enter<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Anything you want done in a group could be done in a wiki<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Student use examples<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Develop a textbook for the course<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Create collective study guide – a page for each topic or chapter<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Choose your own adventure book, everyone works together to develop the framework and character, split into two group and write next branch, split further and write the next branch in the end every student would write a branch. Good example of peer editing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Meeting minutes, post agenda, take minutes<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Could be a class ePortfolio<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">You might want a different Wiki outside Moodle for some activities, you might get more powerful tools, more public than in Moodle<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Students can attach files to the wiki<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p><a href="http://epp.remote-learning.net/">http://epp.remote-learning.net</a> – subscription service<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Communication in Moodle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">No email, there is a plug-in, subject line, attachments<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Messaging in Moodle</span></b><span style=""> (site wide service)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Look for message icon (envelope) beside users list<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Students can send you a message if they have a question.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">They can see other students online and send them a message.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Class discussion – allows you to talk to several students at one time<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">** start out with it on, but set guidelines for use**<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">If you are offline, you will receive the message through e-mail or when you login again<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Resources for Moodle<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://docs.moodle.org/">http://docs.moodle.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p><br />Teacher should have <i style="">Course Creator rights</i>, if we want them to develop their own courses.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Starting a course<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="">Decide on course format<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="">Weekly – Michelle likes this format for teachers, problem: some projects may last more than a week<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="">Topic – Could put dates at the top of the page<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="">Social – for discussion courses, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="">Course start date is important if you are using the weekly format.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="">Hidden section</span></b><span style=""> – you can collapse them or make them complete disappear. Michelle uses completely hidden<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="">Show grade</span></b><span style=""> – if you want students to see their grades in Moodle, show grades. If you are using another grade book, you don’t want to show grades, students can still see their grades for individual assignments. Michelle recommends that you should find a way to show your students their grades.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="">Activity report</span></b><span style=""> – yes, can be useful to track where they have been (a website they would like to go back to), tracks time spent on activities<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Maximum upload size – take the max limit available and then limit for particular assignment – 64mb<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="">Themes –</span></b><span style=""> you can allow teachers change their themes, Michelle recommends that teachers not be able to change themes, the same theme in the course shows continuity, some people would have a different themes for different groups, science, math, LA. There are more themes available on the Moodle.org site or remote-learner.net will create a theme $$<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="">Course Enrollable –</span></b><span style=""> No, if we have entered students manually. Yes, you may have students enroll that you don’t want there, their name would appear in your lists, and they might hand in assignments etc, messy! Students can enroll themselves, you can set a date range for enrollment<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="">Enrollment duration –</span></b><span style=""> how long the students can be in your course. Leave at unlimited, some students may continue to use the course after it is over.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="">Group mode</span></b><span style=""> – No, separate or visible – Michelle leaves it at No, or groups from separate courses could be grouped, groups also would limit the number of items you might have to mark.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="">Availability</span></b><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="">Enrollment Key </span></b><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="">Guest access – </span></b><span style="">can see everything, but can’t do anything, they can see forum posts that you may not want to share, you could turn off roles for forum to deny guests from viewing forums. If you were using Moodle just as a webpage, you might want to allow guests<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="">Language – </span></b><span style="">do not force<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>All can be changed after you have saved changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Add On – (Modules and Plugins) - Black list (no access), white list, (has access to messaging) grey list (can’t use messaging through this time)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Corporate people like to use SCORM<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">We finished the day, exploring and playing with Moodle.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Good session<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Thanks Michelle Moore<o:p></o:p></span></p>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-21137297978451055002007-06-24T11:50:00.001-05:002007-06-24T21:12:46.667-05:00Use Your Noodle - Build it with MoodleI am attending a session on Moodle. I think that we made the right decision in choosing this program as our content delivery system for the eLearning Campus. I am posting the lecture notes that I have taken this morning.<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size:16;">Use Your Noodle – Learn Noodle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="">Michelle Moore<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Elementary education / middle years<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Masters Degrees – online course<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Instructional Technology Teacher<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Director of Training for Remote-Learning.org<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><i style=""><span style="">Jonathon Moore</span></i></b><span style=""> – technical assistance<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Moodle needs Apache on the server. Linux is recommended, Windows next, Mac server not recommended<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Moodle v.1.8 is the newest version – v.1.9 coming next year (parent roles)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Most people seem to want to use it for online professional development.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Moodle Hosting sites<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://www.ninehub.com/moodle">www.ninehub.com/moodle</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a href="http://www.asteio.org/">www.asteio.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Fantastico<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Remote-Learner.net –Bryan Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Michelle will let other people onto her server, just send an email request.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Server support – Moodle Partners offer support<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p><br />Moodle – Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>-meander along learning things along the way<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Community supporting Moodle at Moodle.org<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> Michelle's </o:p>PowerPoint Presentation can be found online<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Students can build their own course.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="">What is Moodle?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Online class delivery system<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Based on an interactive, constructivist learning<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Theory - instructional design<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Designed to facilitate communication<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Allows you to engage the students better than Blackboard / WebCT<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">CMS – Course Management System<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Martin Dougiamas – PHD project<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Based on Social Constructionist Pedagogy<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Moodle is Open Source – free –pay for server, pay to train people<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">You can brand you Moodle site – might look like SHSD website<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Moodle can be modified.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Community of developers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">http://Moodle.remote-learner.net<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p><br />Front Page of Moodle<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Show categories or courses, students will only see the courses they are enrolled in.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Can setup as: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">No authentication<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Email based authentication<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Administrator can add users and content<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">L Dap databases – <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Power</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> – share information<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span><span style="">Set up profile<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style="">Advanced settings<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Let everyone see email address (teacher) Students may not want to share email address. If student doesn’t have school email, <i style="">hide</i>, bogus email or inappropriate email<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Disable email if you are using bogus emails. Enable if email is real.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Pretty html – pictures and enhancements<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Forum Posts – follow via email – If student makes a post, ½ hours later receive email notifying you, could mean a lot of emails. Start with <i style="">No digest</i> then move to <i style="">complete digest</i>, Subjects – subject line only, have to be descriptive<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Forum Auto subscribe – change – Yes, Michelle changes this to No, don’t automatically subscribe, allows for more conscious decisions.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Mac – Firefox, also for Windows<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span style="">Ajax</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=""> and Javascript is coming – drag and drop<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Screen Reader available for those students who have screen read to them.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Administrator can set default country<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p><br />Preferred Language – English – not US<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Description – All about you, can include pictures…anything. Good introduction for students. Gear first part for parents and then things students would find interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Add your picture to you description, crops from the middle out so use a small head shot of yourself – helps students connect – take their picture, use own picture for first term then they can change it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>Optional Info – Skype, webpage URL, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">You can add information to the profile – admin<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Update<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Exploring Moodle Modules<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Remote-learner.net<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Top course topic<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Enroll in the course – see Administration block<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>Sample modules<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Moodle.org – place to download Moodle – Menu block<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">To show you the things that Moodle can do<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Blocks<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Content – Topics format – You don’t have to show students all of the topics depends how you organize your course<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="">Top Five</span></i></b><span style=""> features from a teacher’s perspective that students will use:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="">Assignment Module<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Used to assign tasks<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Online (type in short paragraph or comment into text box) or offline – added in, student able to refer back to rubric, ongoing record (turnitin.com, plagiarism tool)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Allows electronic submissions <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Due dates added to course calendar<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">V1.8 Advanced Uploading of Files –allows teacher to return multiple files to student – useful for rubrics – upload response files –can delete own files – can add notes to what they submit – button, submit for marking<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Advanced uploading of files – Michelle would use this rather than upload assignment – suggested that you give them an assignment to practice this – edit box for notes – button for send for marking – teacher sees number of assignments to grade – teacher view, look at last date modified to see most recent- you can grade the assignment, revert to draft, make notes on it, use rubric to evaluate / feedback, find a response file and upload or make comment in text editor, quick grading option can be turned on or off, all students show up in list so with quick grading you can give them a zero if they don’t hand it in. When you set up assignments, you can set up groups (classes)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p>***great for student-lead conferences, student can add their best work and comment on why they choose it***<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span><b style=""><span style="">Choice<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Informal survey tool<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Create questions and provide choices for participants<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Results can be posted with identities or anonymously<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Ex: order pizza for lunch , what do you want<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Break into groups by topic, they can’t see who they will be with, content important<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Putting adults into committees<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Put up a question, read chapter 3, answer one question, we will look at it tomorrow, you will know if the students understands.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Ordering T-Shirts<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Generation YES – students working on web pages, good web design, each student was in charge of teaching one chapter to the class, Set up a choice, limit to 2, state which chapter you want to work on, can make changes but there is deadline and where ever you are then is where you will be<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="">Forum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="">Examples:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="">First time have everyone to introduce themselves<br />Book talks – read 2 books over the summer and conduct a discussion<br />Pick something out of a book – favorite hero – comment. If I could be a hero what special things could you do,<br />Teachers – to plan an event –can extend meeting with pre-meeting or follow-up<br />Incorporate other resources – links, pictures<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Provides areas for group discussions<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Can be restricted<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Only teacher can post – announcements (news forum)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Student can only post once (have to make own post before they can read someone else’s post)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Posts may only be allowed in a specific time frame <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Posts can be rated – they will be averaged, amount, qualitative, students can rate forum posts – scales, I agree is not a good response, custom scale created by students – good way to start forums<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Allows for interaction<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Gives the responders time to think (more thoughtful) and check facts<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Does require everyone to become engaged, required to enter post and make a comment (one post and two replies) (grading: set forum to satisfactory etc rather than grading – gives you a summary (2 outstanding, 3 satisfactory – Offline assignment that will give them a grade)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Forum should be open ended; rather than give me the top 5 skills, everyone would have the same list.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Try to find a way for students to incorporate personal experience or knowledge<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Groups could be created from several classes so you can conference with students from other classes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Don’t subscribe to forum post, will become overwhelming in your email, might ask to subscribe initially then they can change the setup.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">You could force subscription to the news forum.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">More to come in my next post.<br /><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-17109012210285612902007-06-23T19:52:00.000-05:002007-06-23T20:14:15.331-05:00Edubloggercon<span style=""><o:p></o:p></span><strong><a href="http://edubloggercon.wikispaces.com/Global+Connections" rel="nofollow">Global Connections</a></strong> <strong>and Flat Classroom Ideals in a Web 2.0 World</strong><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span><br />Facilitated by Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis<br />Julie and Vicki created two global projects this year - The Flat Classroom based on the ideas from <a href="http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/">Thomas Friedman</a>'s book, The World is Flat and the <a href="http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com/">Horizon Project</a>, a collaborative global project between classrooms in diverse geographical locations.<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">What defines an effective international project?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Communication, holistic approach, appreciation of multiculturalism<o:p></o:p><br />Exposing your students to something different!<o:p></o:p><br />Diversify your student’s interests and learning.</span></p>The project pedogogy was based on project-based learning and constructivism.<br /><br />It was suggested that one set of rubrics for all classrooms involved was advantageous. Both teachers said that the borders of their own classrooms disappeared and they commented and encouraged students from both classrooms.<br /><br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Communication should be consistent. Teachers must have good control of classroom to participate. To create a successful project,<o:p></o:p> over plan, have rubrics, state the outcomes clearly.</span></p>Julie and Vicki used a wiki to gather information and for collaboration between the students.<span style=""></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-86152510154363515362007-06-23T18:50:00.000-05:002007-06-23T19:51:34.625-05:00First Night in AtlantaI took a walking tour around the Olympic Park/ Georgia World Congress Center area in downtown Atlanta.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnMA4q27Xz15C3CmFqFGZhwGdRfrZGZ8TGrZRx5n6AL-Pj2feYdRLqravMxfJsktXZrrl-jpKIlPbgESfs-6Y1xDoklI-y4u_pUnO8DcNePBt57hXAKny02YusiePO3Nr20GeYtBwL2ps/s1600-h/NECC+005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnMA4q27Xz15C3CmFqFGZhwGdRfrZGZ8TGrZRx5n6AL-Pj2feYdRLqravMxfJsktXZrrl-jpKIlPbgESfs-6Y1xDoklI-y4u_pUnO8DcNePBt57hXAKny02YusiePO3Nr20GeYtBwL2ps/s320/NECC+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079423207029795618" border="0" /></a><br />These are fountains in Olympic Park. Looks like a favorite spot when the weather is hot. A busy place!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFyZpGiZAc7SxzUuy7gknWCmhMBfYNdL4uWIVv6bD2modk4ca8O7M00X8SLyvy8aHM5jZJFw86aib1s0YXvAsj4-Crko1Cm1Nhx7k2fhksPJ6FiLDtYRM22C0J1Jjy8PksGYxu5gWhiUt/s1600-h/NECC+006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFyZpGiZAc7SxzUuy7gknWCmhMBfYNdL4uWIVv6bD2modk4ca8O7M00X8SLyvy8aHM5jZJFw86aib1s0YXvAsj4-Crko1Cm1Nhx7k2fhksPJ6FiLDtYRM22C0J1Jjy8PksGYxu5gWhiUt/s320/NECC+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079423683771165490" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />There are several Olympic flame standards found in the park.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3j516c1hyphenhyphenCdrdSiOjhNTg8f7cts2F0-oG9WAt4VetTHQfBlynDDQkBek3n0OuXV2Tl2C_AAe84DcZgVynltYO4ClY82SGRMW5hY7WqKDdtERkx0G0iVa5q8uENNv-RB1VE8hbtQb8ha7C/s1600-h/NECC+020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3j516c1hyphenhyphenCdrdSiOjhNTg8f7cts2F0-oG9WAt4VetTHQfBlynDDQkBek3n0OuXV2Tl2C_AAe84DcZgVynltYO4ClY82SGRMW5hY7WqKDdtERkx0G0iVa5q8uENNv-RB1VE8hbtQb8ha7C/s320/NECC+020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079424353786063682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Georgia Aquarium, the site of our opening reception Sunday evening.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKx5NpFTn1dWc_fnPYDRKr16grEeAXhWQvVyARKpkRFm4WeG2v5d6OeuKTy_qkqmIewtoDXQf8Azw18d1n4I11_M8cnZUSHka2KJXRiDAG8bonkG9vtqj6ypEDF3WXERMyerIjcDvBI0o/s1600-h/NECC+021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKx5NpFTn1dWc_fnPYDRKr16grEeAXhWQvVyARKpkRFm4WeG2v5d6OeuKTy_qkqmIewtoDXQf8Azw18d1n4I11_M8cnZUSHka2KJXRiDAG8bonkG9vtqj6ypEDF3WXERMyerIjcDvBI0o/s320/NECC+021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079426046003178354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Atlanta is the home of Coca-Cola, no Diet Pepsi for me this week!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoh6ixvHqU8IGwdLlLo4sE4qAbQNl0VjH1yj7Br0euWc37beQEYzZxJLtAcUy0QlQLfBt2kWX1VStupzsBdaIjVBr78ISugbNFNn1NbAEP3ir48XF1jMJ9A6LAOMYl7eGJbqKshRzf6nn/s1600-h/NECC+021.jpg"><br /></a></div>Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-6974160765233856042007-06-23T12:02:00.000-05:002007-06-23T19:52:34.723-05:00Planes, Trains and Automobiles!I made it! Automobile to Rubgy, ND, train to Minneapolis, plane to Atlanta. Firstly, it's hot here!<br />I am registered for the conference and have already seen or met several of the people whose blogs I follow. Was just chatting with Cool Cat Teacher blogger - Vicki Davis! We both agreed that we are happy to be computer geeks.<br />I am attending the <a href="http://edubloggercon.wikispaces.com/">edubloggercon</a> session this afternoon, looking for educational trends, ways to promote blogging in the classroom and how to create a global classroom.<br />I will publish my notes in another post.Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107793394190668432.post-7687152498474961982007-06-20T22:23:00.000-05:002007-06-23T19:50:58.124-05:00Ready, Set, Go to NECC 2007Everything seems to be in place for an exciting conference in Atlanta Georgia. <a href="http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2007/">NECC</a> - National Educational Computing Conference.<br />There are hundreds of sessions available, many sessions on Web 2.0 Tools and Online Learning. I am going to jump into the world of blogging......when in Rome!....and will try to make the time to keep you informed about the sessions and experiences that will be NECC 2007.<br />Saturday there is an edublogger session that I will attend. The following <a href="http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2007/program/blogging_NECC.php">educators</a> will be blogging at NECC. There are also podcasts available for some good sessions, will give you the link soon.<br />Sunday, I will be spending the day learning about <a href="http://www.moodle.org/">Moodle</a>.Janis Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309231982410739546noreply@blogger.com0