you choose -choice and variety in the web-based classroom
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Variety and choice are powerful stimulants. They result in firmer engagement and more active interest. Making decisions empowers and allows learners to explore paths leading to individual goals. But what happens when this spectrum of choices, this exciting variety, leads to so many opportunities? This talk offers real-life suggestions on dealing with choice in the technology-enhanced classroom.TRANSCRIPT
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YouChoose –new factors
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YouChoose - jargon
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YouChoose - equipment
Interactivity Interactivity
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YouChoose - focus
from “from “WOWWOW” to ” to POWPOWer er
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YouChoose - contexts
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YouChoose - software
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YouChoose - software
Wiki or blog ?Wiki or blog ? linear linear dynamicdynamic teacher or learner-ledteacher or learner-led sustainable timeframesustainable timeframe audio/video/text/linksaudio/video/text/links
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YouChoose – blog widgets
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YouChoose - wiki
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YouChoose - wiki
Which wiki?Which wiki?
www.pbwiki.com
www.wetpaint.com
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YouChoose - wiki
www.pbwiki.comwww.wetpaint.com
wetpaint wiki pbwiki
Add 99 users in one go Add 10 users in one goCreate classroom accounts for learners with no emails
Insert plug-ins/youtube widgets Insert plug-ins + upload video files from hard disk
Forums centralized Forums per page
Educational ads-free accountSocial network feelFree accounts lock /hide pages
Premium account locks pages
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YouChoose - tasks
www.wetpaint.com
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YouChoose - content
www.wetpaint.com
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YouChoose -diversity & extension
http://www.encompassculture.com/
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YouChoose - framework Logical staging in the set upLogical staging in the set up
Small teams -allocate rolesSmall teams -allocate roles Group editing and feedbackGroup editing and feedback
FlexibilityFlexibility Audio or video or text?Audio or video or text? Permissions & decision makingPermissions & decision making
Learner strategiesLearner strategies Referencing skillsReferencing skills CopyrightCopyright
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YouChoose – RSS feeds
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YouChoose - feeds
www.netvibes.com
www.google.com/reader
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YouChoose - resources
www.youtube.com/
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YouChoose - resources
Theme & topic basedTheme & topic based
e.g. advertse.g. adverts
Lesson fit & preparation Lesson fit & preparation timetime TEFLclips TEFLclips
www.teflclips.com/?p=83 www.teflclips.com/?p=83
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YouChoose - resources
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YouChoose - share
Webheads in Actionhttp://webheadsinaction.org/
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YouChoose - texts
Academic Word List Academic Word List
from Nottingham Universityfrom Nottingham University
create gapped textscreate gapped texts increase academic styleincrease academic style select relevant inputselect relevant input
AWL Gap Maker AWL Gap Maker
www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/awlgapmaker.htm
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YouChoose - project
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YouChoose - format
•record voice or video•type text•insert images
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YouChoose - management
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Polished script or
spontaneous ? Progress portfolio
Interaction Feedback Integration
YouChoose - fit
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YouChoose - variety
Taxonomy of WebQuest Taxonomy of WebQuest taskstasks
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YouChoose - development
Diigo www.diigo.com -Social bookmarks
Twitterwww.twitter.com -microblogging(text blog)
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You Choose -conclusions Shape itShape it Recycle itRecycle it Model itModel it Own it Own it
• sharedshared own ownershipership• ownown time time • own own pace pace • own own frequencyfrequency
New pathways…
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…to individualized goals
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