Archive forSeptember, 2006
September 25, 2006 @ 7:46 pm
· Filed under blogs, thinking, web2.0, wedderburn_college
In reading a blog by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach she touched on a subject that I have pondered for a while and made it so simple-and perhaps that’s the beauty and the solution-make it simple.
I want my students to reflect more effectively and maybe it can be as simple as this?
Learning to Learn
The learning journal assignment is the most important tool in making that transition from learning to learning to learn. There are four big questions to be looking at:1. What have I learned (today, this week, whenever)?
2. How did I learn it?
3. Could I have learned it better/differently?
4. How could I use what I’ve learned to benefit someone else. (In other words, could I teach/coach/help someone to learn more effectively based on my experience?)
Labels: teaching web2.0 lessons
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September 25, 2006 @ 2:03 pm
· Filed under teaching web2.0 lessons
In reading a blog by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach she touched on a subject that I have pondered for a while and made it so simple-and perhaps that’s the beauty and the solution-make it simple.
I want my students to reflect more effectively and maybe it can be as simple as this?
Learning to Learn
The learning journal assignment is the most important tool in making that transition from learning to learning to learn. There are four big questions to be looking at:
1. What have I learned (today, this week, whenever)?
2. How did I learn it?
3. Could I have learned it better/differently?
4. How could I use what I’ve learned to benefit someone else. (In other words, could I teach/coach/help someone to learn more effectively based on my experience?)
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September 24, 2006 @ 9:39 pm
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In the last couple of days of term I worked with our Tanya’s Grade 2/3 students to help them voice record their reports that they had written about their frogs. They loved the experience and loved to hear their voice once we loaded it up on the web. It was really simple using audacity, an opensource software free download that records and edits sounds. we even used some copyright free music to add some background music to the recordings.
really cool and the kids loved it.
Next term I’m working with some students in Grade Three/Four and I can see that we are going to have a real opportunity to develop this idea further and perhaps create a real podcast with RSS feed and all.
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September 24, 2006 @ 9:00 pm
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Bob Stumpel has put together a list of web 2.0 applications that seems to be growing by the minute. It ’s worth thinking about how this will impact upon education and also how we as teachers can harness the development to engage and increase the learning of our students.
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September 24, 2006 @ 7:44 pm
· Filed under Classroom 21, blogs, conferences, intel_education, podcasts, teachingideas, thinking
In the last couple of days of term I worked with our Tanya’s Grade 2/3 students to help them voice record their reports that they had written about their frogs. They loved the experience and loved to hear their voice once we loaded it up on the web. It was really simple using audacity, an opensource software free download that records and edits sounds. we even used some copyright free music to add some background music to the recordings.
really cool and the kids loved it.
Next term I’m working with some students in Grade Three/Four and I can see that we are going to have a real opportunity to develop this idea further and perhaps create a real podcast with RSS feed and all.
2 Comments:
- At September 28, 2006 11:25:00 PM EST, Darrel said…
- Well done Anne! Great to hear that you are exploring the podcasting area. www.podomatic.com is a very easy to use webstite to get a podcast online quickly and with rss feed. You can even record in the web browser! My son Trent did one yesterday.
cricketmad.podomatic.com
We looked at odeo.com but some of the the top rated podcasts on the frontpage were not suitable for a younger audience.
Keep up the great work … it ’s great to see you making it happen!
BTW the RSS text feed works for the kids blog on learnerblogs.org (it just seems that it doesn’t do the media enclosures correctly). You could always use feedburner.com and point it to the kids blog and it will do the rest.
- At September 29, 2006 12:41:00 AM EST, Darrel said…
- Update … your podcast RSS feed works:)) I had an extra bit in the address. You have everything you need! Just put this URL into iTunes or juicer and it all works as a podcast with RSS feed etc.
http://wedderburn.learnerblogs.org/feed/
Cheers
Darrel
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September 24, 2006 @ 7:41 pm
· Filed under Cool Websites, blogs, great_websites, podcasts, web2.0
Bob Stumpel has put together a list of web 2.0 applications that seems to be growing by the minute. It ’s worth thinking about how this will impact upon education and also how we as teachers can harness the development to engage and increase the learning of our students.
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September 22, 2006 @ 7:38 pm
· Filed under conferences, thinking, thinkingwithtechnology, web2.0
More thoughts about thinking tools
So what is the value of having thinking tools online vs the more traditional pen and paper, drawing, model?
Firstly having the tools online makes them accessible from any classroom or even location that has internet access. We have recently purchased a set of laptops that can be used with wireless connections anywhere in the school and this makes the availability of the thinking tools much more real and applicable simply because we can access them no matter where we are.
The engagement factor can’t be underestimated. Students interact with each other online and in real time whether they are in the same classroom or in another school. Even the design and ease of use of the tools seems to engage then in a way that drawing with pen and paper doesn’t.
Having said that though the tools are designed in a way to be simple and ‘non’ distracting so that the concentration is on the task and not the tool.
The tools are designed so that all can see the results-it allows for teachers and other students to review and observe.
The tools are generative-they can be reviewed and used again and again. They can be built upon and added to over time.
They are open-ended and not limited by content. I have used the tools with students in early years and middle years for science, for english, for integrated studies.
It’s all about visually representing thinking and actively contructing ideas and meaning.
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September 22, 2006 @ 1:30 pm
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So what is the value of having thinking tools online vs the more traditional pen and paper, drawing, model?
Firstly having the tools online makes them accessible from any classroom or even location that has internet access. We have recently purchased a set of laptops that can be used with wireless connections anywhere in the school and this makes the availability of the thinking tools much more real and applicable simply because we can access them no matter where we are.
The engagement factor can’t be underestimated. Students interact with each other online and in real time whether they are in the same classroom or in another school. Even the design and ease of use of the tools seems to engage then in a way that drawing with pen and paper doesn’t.
Having said that though the tools are designed in a way to be simple and ‘non’ distracting so that the concentration is on the task and not the tool.
The tools are designed so that all can see the results-it allows for teachers and other students to review and observe.
The tools are generative-they can be reviewed and used again and again. They can be built upon and added to over time.
They are open-ended and not limited by content. I have used the tools with students in early years and middle years for science, for english, for integrated studies.
It’s all about visually representing thinking and actively contructing ideas and meaning.
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September 13, 2006 @ 7:37 pm
· Filed under conferences, intel_education, thinking
Questions about thinking tools
Last Friday, 8th Sept 06 I presented at the ALEA conference in Melbourne. It was held at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image ACMI at Federation Square. What an awesome venue and a great chance to see what the centre is all about as well as hear some inspiring speakers.
My session was entitled Thinking with Technology and I designed it to showcase some of the ways that I have been using the Intel Thinking Tools at Wedderburn College.
Basically I showed some examples of how the Visual Ranking, Seeing Reason and Showing Evidence tool can be used to display and visualise the thinking that is occurring as students are working through a problem or a challenge.
One of the questions that was raised during the session was interesting and one that I would like to explore a little more.
Basically it was something like, What are the advantages of doing something like this online? Why not just, for example rank things on cards or write them on a white board, why not just draw a concept map, why not record and categorise evidence on pen and paper?
Firstly, I think the bottom line is you firstly think about the outcomes that you want to achieve. If the purpose is to simply rank concepts and to discuss and justify why, then doing it with cards or on a whiteboard would work equally as well as doing it online.
I think the value that is added online is the fact that students can readily see the ranking of other students immediately. The process of reordering, discussing, rethinking and evaluating can be done quickly and responsively.
I think a great advantage to the teacher is that all the tasks can be stored and returned to easily and efficiently as well.
I would like to discuss this more and will do so over the next few days.
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September 13, 2006 @ 9:25 am
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Last Friday, 8th Sept 06 I presented at the ALEA conference in Melbourne. It was held at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image ACMI at Federation Square. What an awesome venue and a great chance to see what the centre is all about as well as hear some inspiring speakers.
My session was entitled Thinking with Technology and I designed it to showcase some of the ways that I have been using the Intel Thinking Tools at Wedderburn College.
Basically I showed some examples of how the Visual Ranking, Seeing Reason and Showing Evidence tool can be used to display and visualise the thinking that is occurring as students are working through a problem or a challenge.
One of the questions that was raised during the session was interesting and one that I would like to explore a little more.
Basically it was something like, What are the advantages of doing something like this online? Why not just, for example rank things on cards or write them on a white board, why not just draw a concept map, why not record and categorise evidence on pen and paper?
Firstly, I think the bottom line is you firstly think about the outcomes that you want to achieve. If the purpose is to simply rank concepts and to discuss and justify why, then doing it with cards or on a whiteboard would work equally as well as doing it online.
I think the value that is added online is the fact that students can readily see the ranking of other students immediately. The process of reordering, discussing, rethinking and evaluating can be done quickly and responsively.
I think a great advantage to the teacher is that all the tasks can be stored and returned to easily and efficiently as well.
I would like to discuss this more and will do so over the next few days.
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