Transcript Promoting collaboration and teamwork pri Session 1 Da Qiao 1

Promoting Collaboration
and Teamwork with Web
2.0 Tools (Primary) Morning
7 Sep 09 @ Da Qiao Primary School
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Workshop Blog: www.collaborationsecondary2009.blogspot.com
Professional Development Section
Educational Technology Division, MOE
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
• Understand functional & instructional
affordances of Web 2.0 tools
• Understand how Web 2.0 tools promote
collaboration & teamwork
• Design lesson plans that incorporate Web
2.0 tools
Programme - Morning
• Web 2.0 tools
– Blogs
• Functional affordances
• Instructional affordances
• Lesson plan design
Check In
Know
What do you know about Web 2.0 tools?
Want
What do you want to take away from this workshop?
Share your thoughts as a comment on the workshop
blog. Click on ‘Comments’ under ‘Session 1 –
Introduction’.
Check In
• I check my email
• I check the Internet for information/directions
• I share my digital photos online
• I pay for goods/services online
• I download or buy music online
• I read blogs
• I post comments on blogs/forums/wikis
• I blog
• I use Facebook
• I Twitter
• I chat with friends/colleagues online
What is Web 2.0?
“… an environment filled with opportunities
to not only create content in new ways but
also to share information, collaborate
easily with the rest of the world, and selfpublish” – Hauser (2007)
Why use Web 2.0 in education?
“Why focus on content transmission when
we can help students become content
creators as well as consumers?”
Freyer (2006)
“Web 2.0 is the future of education”
Steve Hargadon (2008)
Functional Affordances of Web 2.0 Tools
Managing Information
Managing Ideas
– Archiving
– Brainstorming
• Storage and tracking of
contribution over time
– Distributing
• Guaranteed delivery to a
target audience
– Organizing
• Flexibility in reorganizing
and ordering information
– Visualizing
• Visually re-perceiving
information for new
relationships
– Publishing
• Public access to a
completed product
• Sharing and building ideas
over a short period
– Discussion
• Engaged negotiation of
meaning and debate
– Collaboration
• Knowledge construction by
multiple parties
– Reflection
• Personal weighted response
Activity 1
Exploring the Functional Affordances of Web 2.0 Tools
Task:
(a) examine 3 Web 2.0 tools - blogs, wikis and
forums
(b) discuss and rate the functional affordances of
the 3 Web 2.0 tools in Handout 2B
Activity 1
Exploring the Functional Affordances of Web 2.0 Tools
Managing Information
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Reflecting
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Tea Break
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Activity 2a
Using Blogs for Explicit Teaching
Task:
Create a writing task on any theme.
You should include:
(a)1 video as a trigger
(b)1 link to related information
Post the writing task as a blog entry in your own
blog.
Activity 2b
Using Blogs for Pupils’ Reflection and Peer Feedback
Task:
On your group blog, post a response to the writing
task created by a fellow participant.
Group 1: http://mgpsllh.blogspot.com/
Group 2: http://caps362009.blogspot.com/2007/02/blog-post.html
Group 3:
http://fromtheenglishteachersdesk.blogspot.com/
Group 4: http://idependentlearner.blogspot.com/
Group 5: http://faffor.blogspot.com/
Activity 2b
Using Blogs for Pupils’ Reflection and Peer Feedback
Task:
On your group blog, post a reflection on your most
memorable holiday experience.
Activity 2b
Using Blogs for Pupils’ Reflection and Peer Feedback
Task:
Provide feedback your group members’ responses
in terms of:
• Praise (one compliment about their writing)
• Question (one area you wish to clarify)
• Polish (one area for improvement)
Use the ‘Comment’ feature to do so.
Activity 2c
Monitoring Blogs using Google Reader
Task:
Monitor updates to selected blogs using Google
Reader
• Other group blogs
• Workshop blog:
http://collaborationprimary2009.blogspot.com/
Activity 3
How Blogs Can Be Used
Task:
Identify the instructional & functional affordances
of blogs in sample lessons
– Refer to Handout 5A/B/C (Affordances)
– Refer to Handout 6A/B/C (Sample lessons)
Evaluate how the affordances have value-added to
learning.
Activity 4
Lesson Plan Design
In your groups, design a lesson plan that incorporates the use
of blogs.
Include the following:
• Subject
• Level
• Topic
• Learning Outcomes
• Sequence of Activities
• Resources
Post your lesson plan as a comment on workshop blog.
To Sum Up…
• Web 2.0 tools
– Blogs
• Functional affordances
• Instructional affordances
• Lesson plan design
Lunch Break
1 hour
Thank you
Agnes Khoo ([email protected])
Joanna Tan ([email protected])
Baseline ICT Standards
• Rationale
– Follows an MP2 review in 2005
– Standards to ensure all pupils acquire the
necessary ICT skills to support them in
learning and prepare them for future needs
• Roll-Out
– Primary Schools: January 2007
– Secondary Schools & JC/CI: January 2008
Baseline ICT Standards
Areas
Skills
Learning with Text
Word processing skills
Learning with Data Collection Tools
Skills on collecting and analysing data
Learning with Multimedia
Skills on use of presentation tools
Learning with Searches
Internet skills
Learning with Spreadsheet
Basic skills to manage data
Learning with Communication Tools
Basic online communication skills
Cyber Wellness
Cyber Wellness
Cyber Wellness
Skills and Values
areas
Ethical and
Handle Inappropriate Content
Legal Use
Prevent Cyber Abuse
Display Internet Etiquette
Respect Intellectual Property
Safe and
Responsible
Use
Protect Private Information
Avoid Computer Addiction