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‘Mindtools’ for
Geography Teachers
Teaching for Conceptual
Development
Terry Fogarty
B.A (Hon1), MEd, MACE, MACS, PCP
[email protected]
What’s behind technology
in the classroom?
Goal 1.6 National Goals for Schooling in
the 21st Century states inter alia: that
‘when students leave schools they should
be confident, creative, productive and
responsible users of new technologies,
including ICT’ (MCEETYA, 1999).
Competence
“By the stroke of a
Source: NSW Institute of Teachers, 2004
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Source: NSW Board of Studies, 2002
In teaching for conceptual
development teachers will use ICT to:
In teaching for
conceptual
development,
teachers use ICT
to: 9 ‘simple’
elements for
teaching
What is a ‘Mindtool’?
‘Computer applications that, when used by
learners to represent what they know,
necessarily engage them in critical
thinking about the content they are
studying.’
David Jonassen, 1996
‘Mindtools’ for teachers?
• Software applications (preferably free) that
teachers can use to teach conceptual
development
• Two types:
– Desktop applications
– Web-based applications
Desktop Applications
• Need to be installed at school and at home
• Sometimes difficult if school restricts
downloads or block sites
• May need to be maintained as new
versions become available
• Can be used even if Internet not available
Web-based applications
• Available ‘anywhere, anytime’
• Require connection to Internet to use
• Often not as ‘feature-rich’ as desktop
alternatives
Recommendation:
Consider both desktop and web-based alternatives
Web 2.0
Empower students to select applications
Word
Processing
http://www.openoffice.org/
http://docs.google.com
Google for
Educators
http://www.google.com/educators/index.html
Web Browser
http://www.4-free.cc/
Empressr (Presentations)
Empower
students to select
modes of
communication
• Synchronous Communications
– Appears to be ‘real time’
• Asynchronous Communications
– Delay between send and receive
Synchronous
Communications
VOIP - Voice over IP
CHAT ROOM
Video Conference
Web 2.0 Synchronicity
flatplanet.wkispaces.com
Asynchronous Communications
@email
Discussion Board
Web 2.0 Asynchronicity
https://www.blogger.com/start
Web 2.0 Asynchronicity
RSS
‘Really Simple Syndication’
Automatically delivers new web content to you!
http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
GTA Forum
Web 2.0 Asynchronicity RSS
Automatically delivers new web content to you!
http://rsspopper.blogspot.com/2004/10/home.html
http://www.google.com/help/reader/tour.html
Make electronic resources available
to students for ‘anytime’ access
MOODLE
http://www.moodle.org
MyClasses
LAMS
http://www.lamsinternational.com/
Noodle (wiki)
EdNA Moodle/LAMS Groups
FREE FOR TEACHERS
http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/
Wikispaces for Educators
Free for teachers
Add-free for students
http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
Make electronic resources
available to students for ‘anytime’
access via Web 2.0
Podcasting
http://www.teachertube.com/
Use information from online sources
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/
IMAX - Surviving the elements
http://www.imax.com.au/content/resources/Surviving%20the%20Elements%20Joint%20Package%20Info.pdf
Beijing - CRD
http://crd.gov.cn/en/
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/joining-the-dots-to-new-virtualworlds/2007/08/06/1186252627367.html
Juicy Geography
http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/ictres.htm
MetLink
http://www.metlink.org/intro.php
Radley College - UK
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/radgeog/HMC/hmc_html/HTML/sld002.htm
Use Learning Objects
BELTS
http://www.thelearningfederation.edu.au/node98
EdNA Learning Objects
StudySearch
http://www.studysearch.com.au/
Provide processing and presentation
tools
MS Producer
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/technologies/producer.mspx
Toondoo
http://www.toondoo.com/Home.do
ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/
Engage students in simulations
http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/gameintro.htm
http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/
http://geosim.cs.vt.edu/
Engage students in modelling
www.sketchup.com
Modeling
http://www.barnabu.co.uk/city-of-london-growth-timeline
Engage students in
creative activities
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/11_16/site/geography.shtml
NASA World Wind
World Wind allows any user to zoom from
satellite altitude into any place on Earth,
leveraging high resolution LandSat imagery and
SRTM elevation data to experience Earth in
visually rich 3D, just as if they were really there.
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
EduSpace
http://www.eduspace.esa.int/
My Wonderful World
http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/
Quikmaps
http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/
ClustrMaps
http://clustrmaps.com/index.htm
Mash-ups
http://www.programmableweb.com/mashups
Encourage the use of games
Education
Queensland
http://www.learningplace.com.au/defaulteqa2.asp?orgid=35&suborgid=614
http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp?pid=7669
Tasmanian Department of Education
http://www.mindtools.tased.edu.au/gamemaker/default.htm
Gamemaker
FARM SIMULATOR
http://www.yoyogames.com/make
Scratch
http://www.scratch.mit.edu/
Test your
knowledge of
world
geography
alone or against
another online
player.
www.geosense.net
Encourage use of programs that
contextualise concepts
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Mind Mapping
Note taking
Sketching
Information manager
Journaling
Idea organiser
Outlining
Encourage use of programs that
contextualise concepts
http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/
Outliner
http://www.bruceeisner.com/mindware/2004/04/ecco_pro_one_of.html
To Do Lists
http://www.tadalist.com/
XTimeline
http://xtimeline.com/index.aspx
Google Timeline & Maps (Mash-up)
http://www.google.com/experimental/index.html
Teachnology
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/
Concept/Mind Maps
C-Map
http://cmap.ihmc.us/
Bubbl.us
http://bubbl.us
Mindmeister
http://www.mindmeister.com/
Kayuda
http://kayuda.com/
Mindomo
http://www.mindomo.com/
Del.icio.us
http://del.icio.us/
Problem solving using WikiMapia
WikiMapia is a collaborative Web 2.0
project to describe the whole planet Earth.
It was created by Alexandre Koriakine and
Evgeniy Saveliev, inspired by Google
maps and Wikipedia.
http://wikimapia.org/
Puzzles & Problems
http://www.playkidsgames.com/problem_solveGames.htm
Geography Zone
http://www.geographyzone.com/new/index.php
Web Quest Builder
http://www.aclresources.net/webquests/create.html
Web Quest Builder
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/mywebquest/index.htm
Web Quest Builder
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/
Hot Potatoes
http://hotpot.uvic.ca/
Puzzle Maker
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
Engage students with virtual objects
http://www.multimediaphoto.com/english/pano360/index.html
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/movies/Stromboli/Stromboli.html
Engage students with
virtual worlds
http://www.secondlife.com/
http://www.secondlife.com/
Other ‘Mindtools’ for Teachers
http://www.camstudio.org/
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
PDF Online
https://www.pdfonline.com/convert_pdf.asp
Communities of Practice
Oz-teachers
There is some nice modelling of built environment using Google Earth
KMZ files and Sketchup in the London Timeline project
http://www.barnabu.co.uk/city-of-london-growth-timeline/
There are also several similar geospatial modelling activities based on
sealevel rise modelling, inc Australia.
Plenty of geography-based wequests too, depending on your definition of
geography.
kp
http://lists.rite.ed.qut.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/oz-teachers
Rubric
Maker
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Rubric Maker
http://teacher.scholastic.com/tools/rubric.htm
Constructivist learning sequences
Adapted Gágne Theory of Instruction
Nine Instructional Events
What some schools
are doing!
Stanhope Gardens
“A 24-hour school with no
traditional classrooms and
where students use mobile
phones and laptops to learn”
Greg Whitby, executive director of
schools in the Parramatta diocese
Source: SMH, October 2006
“Pupils from kindergarten to
year 12 can attend the
school between 6am and
10pm.”
What does the future hold?
• Immediate
– User created content
– Social netwoorking
• Two to three years
– Mobile phones
– Virtual worlds
• Four to five years
– New scholarship
– Massively Multiplayer
Educational Gaming (MMEG)
IMAX ICT
http://www.imax.com.au/content/resources/IMAX_SYDWILDLIFE_STE.pdf
Cartoons for Homework
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/
Top 100 Learning Tools
http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/top100.html
Web Quest Builder
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/