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Week 4RSS and Email NewslettersDeeper look at WordPress

Connective Learning and Knowledge

NOTE: E-portfolio entry #1 moved to Feb 17th.

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Week Module

Date Topic Assignments

4 2 Sept 26-30ICT and Learning: Connectivism and Learning Networks

Intro to Software Eval Assignment.

5 2 Oct 3-7ICT and Learning: Social Software and Knowledge Communities

Recommended Completion of Portfolio Entry #1

6 3 Oct 10-14ICT and ECE: Integration of ICT into Professional Practice

7 3 Oct 17-21ICT and ECE: Developmentally Appropriate Software

Test #2 ICT, ECE & Learning (10%)

Oct 24-28 Reading Week: No ClassesRecommended Completion of Portfolio Entry #2

8 4 Oct 31-Nov 4 Software Evaluation Presentations Presentations and Reports Due

9 4 Nov 7-11 Software Evaluation Presentations Presentations and Reports Due

10 5 Nov 14-18ICT and Management: Planning, Communication and Organization

11 6 Nov 21-25ICT and Management: Marketing, Finance and Staff Evaluation

Recommended Completion of Portfolio Entry #3

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Etiquette and Cyber Ethics

13 Dec 5-9 Emerging Technologies E-Portfolios Due (35%)

14 Dec 12-16 Last Week of ClassesTest #3: Cyber Ethics and Emerging ICT

The Test ...

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Review:

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What is a blog?

How is it different than a website?

What is the relevance of blogs to the education profession?

Share the blog that you have subscribed to with your group

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Tech of the Week: Blogs, RSS and Aggregates

Websites, Web News Feed, and RSS Feeds from Blogs (What’s the difference?)

Example: The Media Awareness Network (http://www.media-awareness.ca)E-learn space (www.elearnspace.org)Gizmodo (http://gizmodo.com)

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Any medium used to communicate content to a mass audience

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E-portfolio Assignment:

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Entry #1 Blog subscription reflection

Entry #2 Website Review

Entry #3 Software Evaluation Demo Video

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E-Portfolio Platform: WordPress

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Let’s Explore

Play, Laugh, Grow ...

What is a site map and why is it important?

Anatomy: WordPress Look and Feel

Hello World!!!! How to create and publish a posting

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TPACK Model

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“in order to be a successful leader, one needs to acquire practical knowledge, technological knowledge and pedagogical knowledge and intergrate these types of knowledge into practice.”

What is TPACK?

What is an example of TPACK?

Why is it relevant for educators?

9Connectivism: Learning Theory for the Digital Age?

What are the unique characteristics of the web 2.0 and the digital age?

What is the “half life of knowledge” and why is it important for educators to be aware of?

How do behaviorism, cognitivism and constructivism view learning?

How does connectivism fill the limitations of the above theories?

What are the principles of Connectivism? Why is it suitable for the learning in the Digital Age?

How does connectivism connect with the TPACK model?

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Learning Networks and Knowledge CommunitiesWhat are the characteristics of a Learning Network?How does social software support the goals of learning communities. What is social bookmarking and tagging and how does it support learning

communities. How are mobile technologies shaping the development of learning communitiesHow is tacit knowledge converted to explicit knowledge?How do learning communities deal with the concept of redundancy?How does a learning community understand the concept of knowledge?What does the following statement mean “the web is made up of people, not content.”

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Learning Networks and Connective KnowledgeBased on a model of Distributive knowledge

The the idea that knowledge is not located in any given place and therefore cannot be transferred or transacted by consists of a network of connections formed by experience and interactions with the knowing community.

Requires varying levels of engagement:Individual to content, Individual to individual, Individual to Interface,

Individual to self

Understand that Knowledge is:Sub-symbolic, Distributed, Interconnected, Personal & Emergent

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Connectivism in Action: PhotosynthHow does Photosynth embody the four essential elements of a network (Found in the article: Learning Networks and Connective Knowledge)

1. Context (Group 1)2. Salience (Group 2)3. Emergence (Group 3)4. Memory (Group 4)

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