new media and learning – a key to employability

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SEP Project Meeting in Berlin

New Media and Learning

– A Key to Employability

Some Facts, Ideas and Questions

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dWhat do teachers think about digital media in classroom?

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„The students already use the internet all day long, why do they use it also at school?“

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Please hold a small conference:

Why should students use digital media in school?

What are the main arguments?

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Youth, Information, Multi-Media

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Summary

Principal use of the internet:

►communicationBut there is much more potential:

►to be productive

►to be creative

►To work together

►…

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There is a gap between the

- everyday use of digital media and their

- opportunities for competence development

Our job is to close this gap!

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d„But there are a lot of risks! We have to protect the teenagers!“

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What are the main risks?

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Risks:►Hate-Sites

►Pro-Anorexic-Sites

►Self-Harm-Sites

►Drug-Forums

►Suicide-Sites

►...

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Educational institutions has to

- Support a responsible handling of new media/ social media

- The best way is to thematize risks and rules of a responsible behaviour („nettiquette“) in the context of concrete projects and learning activities

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Social Media Licence (Edgar Wilhelm-FAA Nord)

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Certificate

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d„Why should I use digital media in my lessons?“

„What are the benefits“

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What are the benefits of digital media in classroom?

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Visible Teaching and Visible Learnung

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Visible Teaching and Visible Learning

Teacher:

- Clear Intentions of learning

- Challenging success criteria

- Range of learning strategies

- Know when students are not progressing

- Profiding feedback

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Students:

- Understand learning intentions

- Are challenged by success criteria

- Develop a range of learning strategies

- Know when they are not progressing

- Seek feedback

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Very effective teaching and learning strategies:

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Further elements:

Curriculum programms and materials

- Defining quality standards

- Orientation for teachers

- Practical help for realizing ambitous concepts

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„The process of learning is a journey from ideas to understanding to constructing and onwards.

It is a journey of learning, unlearning, and overlearning.“

(Hattie)

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Digital media …

- … are teaching-/ learning-tools

- … support new forms of learning, working and comunicating

- … are an education subject

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Tool box 2.0 - WEBQUESTS

„There are already thousands of schools connected in some way with the internet, and the number is increasing geometrically. There is no agreed upon terminology for the kinds of instructional activities they are creating for themselves, and the field would benefit from having a few clear categories to describe the new forms of learning environments now opening up to us.“

(Bernie Dodge, San Diego State University 1997: Some thoughts about Webquests)

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„A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet (…).“

(Bernie Dodge, San Diego State University 1997: Some thoughts about Webquests)

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1. Introduction

►set the stage for the activity.

►catch the reader's attention to draw them into the quest

►provide background information.

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/using_quest.htm

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1. Task

►state what the students will be required to do

►avoid surprises down the road

►detail what products will be expected and the tools that are to be used to produce them.


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3. Prozess

►give a step-by-step description, concise and clearly laid out

►provide links to Internet sites interwoven within the steps.


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4. Evaluation

►display a rubric to measure the product as objectively as possible

►leave little room for question


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5. Conclusion

► summarize the experience

► allow reflection about the process.

► add higher level questions that may be researched at another time.

► Give food for thought as to where they can go with the info they have learned, using it in a different situation.


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„Before you even turn your computer on, think about your webquest in the way you would any other lesson and ask these questions:

► What do I want my students to learn as a result of this lesson?

► Why is this information important?

► Where does the information fit into the specific context of this unit?

► How does this information fit into the broader curriculum?

► How can this information help students make connections across subject areas?“

(http://legacy.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-d.shtml)

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WEBQUEST example (Link)

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/x/jxz8/Student_Webquests/Neu_Sel_Yar/Questts/Ourquest

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d„Who teaches me to handle digital media in a effective and professional way?“

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How can teachers be supportes to use digital media in their lessons?

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Some Questions …

What great things would we like make happen?What can we put in our toolbox 2.0?

► What kind of outcome do we expect?

► What kind of helpful materials for teachers/ learners can be produced?

► What are the further milestones of SEP?