A workshop by Claire Amos
Do Now: Before we start today's session I would like you to have a wiki ready to go!
If you have a wiki already, you will simply need to create a new page called 'ICTs in English'. If you do not have a wiki, click here and follow the instructions! Give me a yell if you need a hand.
From the NZC:
E-learning and pedagogy
Information and communication technology (ICT) has a major impact on the world in which young people live. Similarly, e-learning (that is, learning supported by or facilitated by ICT) has considerable potential to support the teaching approaches outlined in the above section.
For instance, e-learning may:
Schools should explore not only how ICT can supplement traditional ways of teaching but also how it can open up new and different ways of learning.
Discussion Questions: How well is your present classroom providing for your students' future? With limited resources, how might we address this?
Discussion Questions: Do you agree? Why? Why not?
(Check out some of the responses online...or even add you own!)
Why is e-learning important for our students?... at AnswerGarden.ch.
e-Learning and implications for New Zealand schools: a literature review
http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/ict/77614/
Author: Noeline Wright
Published: July 2010
Jigsaw Reading Activity: Each group will be given a section to read and then will extract what you see to be the most important key messages. You will then share your findings here.
Also worth a read!
Literacy Teaching and Learning in e –Learning Contexts
http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/ict/77144
Author: Sue McDowall for CORE Education and New Zealand Council for Educational Research
Published: June 2010
Blog and Wiki Ulearn presentation PowerPoint
Beyond the virtual classroom – Developing literacy through the use of online communities in English - Check out my project here
Activity: What might I include in a wiki and how will it support my students? Participate online here
Digistore presentation PowerPoint
Digistore and Software for Learning
Using the “technology in their pocket”
Activity: In pairs, you will have 15 minutes to complete the following:
Using your phone's voice recorder you will record a dramatic reading of 1-2 stanza's from the poem 'The Tree'.
Using your mobile phone you will then take still shots of (or film) a tree of your choice. Try to capture the feeling of the poem. Feel free to use your partner in the shots as well. Try to include a range of the following shot types: establishing shot, extreme close up, close up, low angle, high angle, long shot, extreme long shot.
NB. Unsure of the film terms? Check out this handy reference here
Extension Activity - Uploading your files to your laptop - One you have completed the task you will have another 10 minutes to attempt to upload your files to your and your partner's laptop using bluetooth. First turn on bluetooth on your phone and your laptop. Then locate your file on your phone, when you choose to send your file, an option should come up to send via bluetooth (not available on iphone). If your laptop doesn't have bluetooth you will need a bluetooth USB device.
Need more advice? Check out a handy tutorial here.
Bright idea - You can also use bluetooth to transfer files to your students' mobiles - imagine the possibilities!
How else could you use your students mobile in English?... at AnswerGarden.ch.
Working with Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites
Facebook in education - Facebook's own education page
Activity - Read this article about how Facebook was used to support teaching and learning in a history class. How do you think this could transfer to an English class? Discuss.
A 100 ways to teach with Twitter - an interesting article!
Check out a recent internet debate aired on TVNZ7 here.
Other great sites and software:
Activity: On your 'ICTs in English' wiki create links to any new sites you may want to use in the future. Then you might like to make a personal e-learning action plan! What can I use next week (and why and how will I use it) and what will I aim to use either later in the year or next year ( and what do I need to do to make it happen).
Activity: Share your ideas on Wallwisher!
Share the ideas you have taken away from today's session here.
Resources and reflection
Answering burning issues that have not been addressed
Fill in a workshop feedback survey here.
Keep up to date and join the English Online ICT English forum here.