Category Archives: ICT

DIGITAL LEARNING DAY CHALLENGE: How are you changing your teaching and learning?

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Digital Learning Day is coming soon- 6th February 2013.

See the Digital learning facebook page.

Digital learning is also known as e-learning. One example of e-learning is flipped classrooms. This can take a variety of formats. Please ask me if you would like support with this.

Currently, I am a participant in a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)   E-Learning and Digital Culture. It is a coursera course – online courses run by various  universities around the world (and it is free!).

This is the twitter feed.

ARE YOU GOING TO  TAKE THE E-LEARNING CHALLENGE?

Great reading: Flip your classroom 

See the website below for some resources to help you. “The Alliance develops toolkits to provide digital learning resources and ideas for teachers in specific subject areas. The tools and resources in these toolkits are not the totality of good information available; instead, they are designed to provide guidance on how technology and digital learning can enhance the educational experience and outcomes for all students. We continue to add to this collection and welcome any ideas, tools, models, or resources. Learn & Explore with these incredible toolkits!”

Source http://www.digitallearningday.org/take-action/ Other resources

See more about flipping the classroom at

Techsmith flipped classroom

Another valuable resource for Australian educators is The National Digital Learning Resources Network (Education Services Australia) http://www.ndlrn.edu.au/default.asp

Take the challenge, improve your learning, reach your students and have FUN!

FEATURE BOOK

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FLOTSAM by DAVID WEISNER

This beautiful picture book has stunning images that will fascinate the reader. A story about a boy,the ocean without any words.

Caldecott medal winner.

Scan the QR code below to learn more about this book and author.

QRCode

Information for teachers.

Themes:

Open-minded. Creativity.

Beaches. Imagination. Other worlds. Photography. Voyages and travels. Imagination.

 

***Library Challenge***

Define: What is flotsam?

Navigation: Locate some books also by this author in our library.

See the library staff for your reward :).

SEARCH with QR codes – WELCOME TO 2013 JS LIBRARY!

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WELCOME TO 2013 – SEARCH -ASK – LEARN -CONNECT

BEGINNINGS … We SEARCH…

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The Daring Librarian
http://www.flickr.com/photos/info_grrl/7125917627/

This year for my orientation to use of the PYP  library we are going to use some QR codes. I will have a scavenger hunt for students to orientate themselves but I am also looking for some higher order and creative thinking to be employed.

We will look at what a contemporary library is using the Y chart as a stimulus (looks like, sounds like, feels like) and consider how this is different from the library of the past using the PYP ATTITUDES and PYP LEARNER PROFILE as support materials.

Teachers and students will have a chance to look at the PYP  library using the QR CODE.

See the following links for more information.

http://jssalclibrary.wikispaces.com/HOW+TO+USE+THE+LIBRARY

http://www.diigo.com/user/jssalc/QR_codes

http://jssalc.wikispaces.com/Augmented+Reality

See the link below for a great example of QR codes being used in a Specialist class (PE).

http://www.thephysicaleducator.com/resources/skill-posters/

 

Finally, this glogster is an excellent introduction to QR codes in education.

 

Enjoy!

Mapping media to the curriculum

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“Media maps are workflow storyboards for multimedia products. What do you want to create with your students today?”

This website clearly sets out how to develop a workflow with ICT to support the curriculum.
Simple, yet effective examples that can be applied to the classroom.

Wesley Fryer created the “Mapping Media to the Curriculum” website to accompany and support his eBook, “Playing with Media: simple ideas for powerful sharing.”

Love it!

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Create your own e-books on the iPad

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One way that we can encourage creativity with our students is through student designed and published e-books.

The Digital Shift additionally has an excellent post about Travis Jonker’s ereader journey with Yr 5 and 6 students.

Create your own ebooks using these tools from Educational Technology and Mobile Learning’s blog.

See more useful resources at my diigo ebooks list.
Create your own E-Book for your iPad

2012 top learning tools for 2012

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Each year Jane Hart compiles the Top 100 learning tools.

Additionally, Jane has also provided the following tools:

“But now for the complete 2012 Top 100 Tools list. I have prepared a number of resources that not only provide detail about the tools but that also help to analyze the list.  This includes:

– a shareable slideset, (via Slideshare), which I have embedded below
– a textual list, where you can also see at a glance, how the tools are commonly being used (ie for Personal/Professional use, in Education or in the Enterprise)
– a list of the Winners and Losers in 2012 – compared to 2011
– and a categorised list of tools, called Best of Breed 2012

And, if you want to compare the rankings across the six surveys, there’s the Top 100 Tools 2007-2012 list too.”

Source

http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/blog/2012/10/01/the-top-100-tools-for-learning-2012-list-is-revealed/

 

I love looking at this list to see if I am current in my awareness of the tools that others are using, as well as finding new ones!

It is an excellent way to easily share what can be used from the myriad of resources out there, that can simply overwhelm.

My general rule of thumb is – find one new tool to experiment with – consider its benefit to education – trial it with some students and then share :).

 

 

 

I already use the majority of tools on the list – but will be testing out Learnist as an alternative content curator.

 

Ruben R. Puentedura’s SAMR model

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Last week I was fortunate enough to listen to Ruben R. Puentedura and hear directly from him about his model SAMR about how to effectively engage and challenge in order to be innovative and creative AND how to enable true pedagogical change and improve student learning outcomes. 
The following is from Dr Ruben’s weblog:
September 3, 2012
Building Upon SAMR
The slides from my presentations in Brisbane are now online:
Building Upon SAMR
I have also uploaded the slides from my workshop on SAMR ladder design: SAMR: Thoughts for Design
My thanks to everyone who attended the session – you’ve given me a wonderful welcome to Australia!
Additional Resources
The links to his presentations and resources can be found on my diggo link.
Other resources about SAMR
This SAMR modle image cames from Jenny Luca’s blog
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