Transcript Slides accompanying Rebecca Swain presentation

Web Tools for Flexible and
Effective Teaching and Learning
ACEC 2010: Digital Diversity
Rebecca Swain
Carey Baptist Grammar School
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Rebecca Swain ACEC
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Digital Tools: Thinking First
How can technology be used to help students to engage
with content, create, and collaborate at EVERY
curriculum level?
 I get beyond the bells and whistles by questioning:
What learning goals underpin our use of technology in the
classroom?
 Not all Web 2.0 tools are the same. Some have wonderfully
intuitive systems, and others are messy. Some have clear and
engaging help videos and others require that you look
elsewhere for set-up notes. Most are free for educators so you
can pick and choose!
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What roles do students play?
Students as readers;
Students as collaborators;
Students as creators;
Students as Readers
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How you can use technology to encourage,
generate thinking and discussion:
 AV clips @ YouTube, ASO or TED;
 Podcasts (eg Lingua Franca or other Radio
National etc);
 Word clouds @ Wordle;
How students can use technology to show you
what they know (let them publish it...):
 Make it visual @ Freemind or Bubble.us;
 Symbols and visual interpretations @ Animoto;
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Students as Collaborators
Work in teams on shared resources &
understanding:
 Discussion Boards @ Google Groups;
 Blogging Projects @ Wordpress;
 Web Navigation @ Delicious;
 Online folios @ Wikispaces;
 Social Networks @ Ning;
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Students as Creators
Build in flexibility so that learners can play to
their strengths...
A case study from the Year 11 VCE Writing Folio
 Photography;
 Music;
 Podcasting;
 Blogging;
Too much choice?
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A Focus on Planning
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For every task I introduce to the classroom, I consider the
following:
What am I trying to achieve?
 Engagement, collaboration, independent achievement, creativity,
a deeper understanding or something else?
What tools might I use?
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What do I already know that can help me get there?
What have I seen or heard about that might provide the solution?
What do my students use in their own time?
Will I use technology or not?
How will I use them?
 Will this be an in-class or at-home task (or both)?
 Will it be collaborative or individual?
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 Students as Readers
 Students as Collaborators
 Students as Creators
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