• Element 1.2.4: Apply current knowledge and skills in the use of ICT in the classroom to meet syllabus outcomes in the following:* Basic operational skills* Information technology skills* Software evaluation skills* Effective use of the internet* Pedagogical skills for classroom management

• Element 4.2.5: Create, select and use a variety of appropriate teaching strategies and resources including ICT and other technologies to make content meaningful to students.

• Element 4.2.4: Design and facilitate a variety of purposeful group structures that facilitate student engagement to make content meaningful.

Professional Standards

Integrating ICT in your classroom - Day 1

1. Workshop outcomes

2. Why learn with others?

3. Who do I need to connect with?

4. How can I contribute to a community?

5. How will I communicate effectively?

6. How do I assess students?

7. Who can help me?

Agenda Day 1

Me:• Collaborate on ideas for collaboration• Collaborate on assessment for collaboration

You: __________________________

Workshop outcomes

• Role models

• Efficiency

• Combined intelligence

• Easier to assess

• Feedback

• Empowering

• Accessibility

• What else?

Why learn with others?

• Teacher to teacher

• Student to student

• Just my class

• The wider community

Who do I need to connect with?

• Go to Oz Projects Astronomy Community

• What kinds of things are happening?

• Who can connect in this community?

A1 - Investigate a community

Tools & media

• Text = blogs & wikis

• Photo = Flickr

• Video = Youtube

• Audio = iTunes

• Documents = Slideshare & Scribd

How can I contribute?

Spaces:

• Text = blogs & wikis

Tools:

• Photo = Flickr

• Video = Youtube

• Audio = iTunes

• Documents = Slideshare & Scribd

The line is a little blurry.

A2 - Try contributing

How will I communicate effectively?

Wikipedia:

• Be polite

• Assume good faith

• Avoid personal attacks

• Be welcoming

• No original research

• Neutral point of view

• Verifiability

Real life examples

• Sarah Palin (discussion)

• Barack Obama (edit http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barack_Obama_presidential_campaign

%2C_2008&diff=267303485&oldid=267143253 )

Your wiki:

• You decide but think about what will promote trust and

collaboration.

A3 - Wikipedia discussions

Possible criteria

• Participants contribute as per their agreed roles (thinking)

• Contributions indicate thought and/or research (literacy & thinking)

• The wiki is well organised (planning)

• Spelling/grammar/punctuation is correct (literacy)

• Participants use good interpersonal skills in resolving differences

(interpersonal)

• Editing is done in a thoughtful and productive manner (thinking)

• Content is visually appealling (visual literacy)

• Multi-sensory tools are used (visual literacy)

• RSS is used to bring in content from other sources (internet)

How will I assess the learning?

1. Create a criteria for assessing your wiki

2. Review the wiki including history & discussion

3. What do you think the purpose of the wiki is? Do you think it’s well

suited to a wiki format? Why is collaboration important?

4. Come up with 3 things that were done well in the wiki and 3 that

could be improved.

• Group 1: NSW Computer Coordinator Wiki, Wookipedia,

Cyberclassroom

• Group 2: Muppets, Errancy Wiki, Miss Baker’s Biology Class

• Group 3: Recipes, TVIV, Westwood

A4 - Reviewing Wiki’s

1. Sign up

2. Check the ‘Conditions of Use’

3. Introduce yourself

4. Add a question to the Q&A page

5. Add a bit of research to the 10 major

discoveries page. (Remember to reference)

A5 - Participating in a project

1. Recap of day 1

2. Some project planning tips

3. Project meeting

4. Building the project

5. Promoting the project

Agenda Day 2

1. Examples of different wikis

2. Deciding on a level of contribution

3. Planning for contribution - wiki patterns

4. Deciding on roles to help grow the wiki

5. Strategies to continue wiki growth

6. Communicating with the wiki community

Project Planning

1. Content & collaboration ideas

2. Tools

3. Environment

4. Participants

5. Behaviour

6. Assessment

A6 - Project Meeting

Not everyone has to be be expert at everything.

• Wiki setup, structure

• Privacy

• Embedding a picture

• Adding an RSS feed

A7 - Building The Project

• Twitter

• Me.edu.au

• OZ/NZ educators

Continuing the connection

• Different students, different assessments

• Is this project right for my students?

• Am I happy with the way I/they can contribute?

• Encouraging student feedback on the whole

project.

Assessing the project