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The first things you should do
The first place you should start is going through the 4 steps on
Start here: orientation, registration, setup, and creating pages. Initially you don't need to worry about trying to complicated design and layout and the following is a good start:
- lists and sublists (put *s at the start of the line)
- headings (put !s at the start of the line)
- new paragraphs (press enter at the end of the line)
- links to external pages (enter the URL)
- links to knowledgeGarden pages (put the page title in double brackets)
UserPages:
Add a link to your userpage here (click EDIT) to see how to create the link)
Add a link to your facilitated page here ... there is no telling who might come and help you.
Carmel's Page Your are invited to read and contribute.
This page will attempt to critically analyse the educational value of Web 2.0
Who was Time's Person of the year? (thanks Peter)
Web 2.0 harnesses the stupidity of crowds as well as its wisdom. Some of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred. Web 2.0 is a massive social experiment, and like any experiment worth trying, it could fail…. It's a chance for people to look at a computer screen and really, genuinely wonder who's out there looking back at them
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1569514,00.html
Jan's Pages
You are invited to read and share
 | Do you want to know more about the way kids learn when using video games and find out how you can include these tools as part of your teaching pedagogy? Read more..... |
Cathleen's Pages
This page will assess the positive or negative aspects of using Web2 agents to enhance learning for the Digital Learner (specifically the isolated student).
You are invited to join this discussion. What agents can be used? What has proven effective or less effective? What is the potential for the future education of these students?
Teachers taking the step from traditiona classrooms to virtual classrooms need to be purposeful to carry qualities they have from the classroom to the virtual room but to understand that there have to be changes to make the virtual classroom successful. In this space I will attempt to facilitate a discussion on what qualities/atmospheres can be transferred to the virtual room and what changes need to occur to acheive optimal success in the online classroom.
You are invited to join this discussion
Katayoun's Page
Facebook might be fun, but some of its apps can really teach you something - Don Reisinger
By allowing you to bring together the vast majority of your favourite tools and services from around the web, and aggregate them in a single easy-to-navigate destination, Facebook has achieved something totally new. - Robin Good
You are invited to read and share!
Stephen's Page
How can we engage digital immigrants in these new technologies? What advantages do they have for learners? What are the blockers and barriers for these learners?
Melinda's Page
What emerging technologies are out there that we as educators can use to help our students to become critical thinkers? Feel free to share your ideas or sites / technologies that you use
Nick's Page
Nowadays, in many countries students have powerful mobile phones that can run a range of applications that can be exploited in the classroom, especially in a language classroom. Here are some that I have been using. Feel free to share your own ideas, experiences, or comments about the use of mobile phones in the classroom
Dan's Page
IWBs are becoming as common to see in the classroom as tables and chairs but what are they and are they living up to the hype that has surrounded their introduction into the classroom. I would love to hear what your feelings are about this technology that has certainly come through from being emergent technology into being widely accepted.
Luke's Page
Blogs are exciting environments used by all ages for a number of reasons. What I choose to focus on on my site is how they are emerging specifically in secondary schools.
How are blogs being used and how effective are they as an educational tool?
Your contributions are welcome!!!
Andy's Page - "Simulation in Health Care"
Simulation is a fascinating world where technology meets practice. In this wiki you will discover that many web 2.0 tools maybe used to augment learning. Don't be put of by
simulation, there are lots of things that you can comment on!!!.
Sarah's Page
Could you use a mobile for learning, or teaching, in your local museum? What about in an art gallery - could you use a mobile to find out more about the artist, or contribute to a thought cloud about an artwork?
Many museums are replacing their electronic audio guides with more complex mobile devices such as iPod Touches. Most of these are used only to play back audio or video, but there is a lot more that you could do on them. These pages explore some ideas on how to utilise these hand-held computers for more interactive and collaborative learning. Your feedback is very welcome!
Paula's Page
Many of us have already used virtual classrooms like Wimba and Elluminate as both students and educators. This page provides a forum for discussing our experiences which could then be used to explore methods of developing virtual classrooms in ways which engage learners and help them to complete their course of study.
Sharifa's Page
You are invited to read and Contribute
An increasing number of academic commentators are becoming interested in studying Facebook and other social networking tools. Social science researchers have begun to investigate what the impact of this might be on society. Typical articles have investigated issues such as Identity, Privacy, E-learning , Social capital and Teenage use.
This page is discussing the impact of Social networks on Teaching & Learning and how studnets are learning in the 21st century
Read More & Feel Free to Edit...
Course corrections:
Jan suggested that this would be a good place to store course connections ... lets see how it goes ... but course connections should also be posted to the COURSE CORRECTIONS forum so everyone gets a notification.
0 Introduction - general reports
ACT Department of Education and Training. (2005). Emerging Technologies: a framework for thinking. Canberra. Retrieved on 20 September 2005 from <http://www.det.act.gov.au/publicat/pdf/emergingtechnologies.pdf> No longer available.
1.4 Emerging learning environments in less developed countries
Hawkins, R. J. (2002). Ten Lessons for ICT and Education in the Developing World. In G. Kirkman (Ed.), Global Information Technology Report 2001–2002: Readiness for the Networked World (GITR). Retrieved on 30 October 2005 from <http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cr/pdf/gitrr2002_ch04.pdf>.
Resnick, M. (2002). Rethinking Learning in the Digital Age. In G. Kirkman (Ed.), Global Information Technology Report 2001–2002: Readiness for the Networked World (GITR). Retrieved on 30 October 2005 from <http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cr/pdf/gitrr2002_ch03.pdf>
1.5 Future educational and learning scenarios
US Department of Commerce. (2002). Visions 2020: Transforming Education and Training Through Advanced Technologies. Washington, DC: US Department of Commerce. Retrieved on 21 October 2005 from <
http://one.center-school.org/download.php?ID=680&name=/2020Visions.pdf>
4.6 Reading activity for 4.6 Educational games
Kirriemuir, J., & McFarlane, A. (2004). NESTA Report 8: Literature Review in Games and Learning. Retrieved on 30 October 2005, from
http://www.futurelab.org.uk/download/pdfs/research/lit_reviews/Games_Review1.pdf
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Tutorial 1
- Peter Evans to talk for a couple of minutes
- quick orientation to Wimba Classroom
- ensure that everyone is aware that the session is recorded, and published in the course
- go around the room and everyone introduce themselves in one or two sentences and say something about what you want to get out of the course and this session
Course operation
- overview of operation
- I really am serious about providing an "emerging" learning environment and providing the tools, structure and space for this to happen. Risk taking.
- Opening explorations rather than proscriptive knowledge
- Externalising our work
- Supportive community of learners
- relationship between Moodle and KnowledgeGarden (core/admin and peripheral/emerging systems)
- if you have a question related to the course content:
Interactions with others during the course
- most people have found this very beneficial — for most I would say it was essential
- if you don't want to, that is fine, but you need to contact me and we will negotiate something different
- ways of interacting
- Moodle
- knowledgeGarden
- Mahara ePortfolio
- Skype and other Instant messenging systems
- other tools
Course environment
This uses a blended learning enviornment
- Moodle Learning Management system
- Wimba Virtual Classrooom
- Mahara ePortfolio (for life)
- knowledgeGarden (a Wiki mainly for A1)
- the internet
Course content
- we need a framework to structure out work in an "emerging" field
- technology
- usage patterns
- educational trends
- Innovations
- look at specific tools (but much of this will also occur in knowledgeGarden)
- questions and discussion on the course content
Course assessment
- 2 week blanket extension policy will apply (but you still need to send me a message in a Moodle DIALOGUE giving a date you intend to submit the assignment)
- All assignments MUST be submitted through Moodle and then EASE
- some assignments might be a page in knowledgeGarden but you MUST still submit the URL through MOODLE and EASE
- You can negotiate assignment topics and formats
- Assessment 1: your facilitated page(s) within knowledgeGarden (30%)
- Preparation
- Progress report
- Final report
- Assessment 2: Major assignment (50%)
- Proposal
- The final report
- Assessment 3: participation and teamwork (20%)
- submitted at the end .. but you need to start thinking about it now
- how are you going to collect your learning experiences so you can draw on them when you write A3
- a blog
- a Mahara blog
- a knowledgeGarden page
- the course forums
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