WIKI SKILLS
VIDEO CONFERENCING SKILLS
PODCASTING SKILLS
DIGITAL STORYTELLING SKILLS
BLOGGING SKILLSSaturday, July 31, 2010
Skills Assessed By Digital Tools
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Friday, July 30, 2010
Week 3- Interactive PowerPoints
For this task I created my own PowerPoint about Gorillas. I have used PowerPoint for many years and therefore didn't find it difficult to work with. An interactive PowerPoint is simple a PowerPoint that encourages students to participate in a task. For my PowerPoint on Gorillas, I included questions as the last 5 slides that relate to the information found in the PowerPoint.
From experience, I know that PowerPoint Presentation are used often in school situation for students to present information. Many students enjoy using PowerPoint and after a few lessons with the teacher on the basics of the program, students often suceed in their presentation.
Having said this, sometimes it may seem that students spend too much time working out how there presentation is going to play rather than the information in the slides itself. I guess it would be up to the teacher to monitor the length of time students have on the animation of the content compared to the content itself.
Interactive PowerPoints are a way for not only teachers but also students to present information and allow the other people in the room to participate in what is going on. Therefore this type of ICT encourages inclusive lessons.
In conclusion, Interactive PowerPoints, I believe, are an expansion on a tool that not only allows presentation to be presented but the audience to be involved.
From experience, I know that PowerPoint Presentation are used often in school situation for students to present information. Many students enjoy using PowerPoint and after a few lessons with the teacher on the basics of the program, students often suceed in their presentation.
Having said this, sometimes it may seem that students spend too much time working out how there presentation is going to play rather than the information in the slides itself. I guess it would be up to the teacher to monitor the length of time students have on the animation of the content compared to the content itself.
Interactive PowerPoints are a way for not only teachers but also students to present information and allow the other people in the room to participate in what is going on. Therefore this type of ICT encourages inclusive lessons.
In conclusion, Interactive PowerPoints, I believe, are an expansion on a tool that not only allows presentation to be presented but the audience to be involved.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Week 3- Prezi page
The following link is for my Prezi page.
I found Prezi an interesting way to present information however it was slightly confusing at times. Having said this, compared to PowerPoint, Prezi may be a little more simple as you only have one page and one menu to work with. With a little more practice and confidence in attempting to get to know Prezi, it may be something that even I could use for assignments.
Therefore in a school situation, Prezi may be an ICT that can be used for upper grade students to present something to a class. Prezi, unlike PowerPoint, allows for focus on the big picture and then zooming in to focus on the smaller points or parts. I believe that because of this, Prezi may even be able to be used in an intergretted ART class where students can present a painting/picture on Prezi as the big picture and then zoom in to focus on the finer detail.
As I am studying to be a Japanese teacher, I am considering the use of Prezi in a LOTE situation and have decided that it may be of good use for teachers to present students with a sentence structure (as the whole picture) then focus on each part of that sentence (as the zoomed in finer detail). Students may be able to use Prezi as a way of presenting assignments in the LOTE situation however it may depend on the assignment and whether Prezi allows for Japanese characters to be displayed.
All in all, I believe that Prezi is a convenient way of presenting information, facts, pictures or decisions in a school situation either by teachers or students. The only minus to this program may be that Prezi is different from most of the commonly used programs and therefore may be difficult for the students (and teachers) to get used to using.
I found Prezi an interesting way to present information however it was slightly confusing at times. Having said this, compared to PowerPoint, Prezi may be a little more simple as you only have one page and one menu to work with. With a little more practice and confidence in attempting to get to know Prezi, it may be something that even I could use for assignments.
Therefore in a school situation, Prezi may be an ICT that can be used for upper grade students to present something to a class. Prezi, unlike PowerPoint, allows for focus on the big picture and then zooming in to focus on the smaller points or parts. I believe that because of this, Prezi may even be able to be used in an intergretted ART class where students can present a painting/picture on Prezi as the big picture and then zoom in to focus on the finer detail.
As I am studying to be a Japanese teacher, I am considering the use of Prezi in a LOTE situation and have decided that it may be of good use for teachers to present students with a sentence structure (as the whole picture) then focus on each part of that sentence (as the zoomed in finer detail). Students may be able to use Prezi as a way of presenting assignments in the LOTE situation however it may depend on the assignment and whether Prezi allows for Japanese characters to be displayed.
All in all, I believe that Prezi is a convenient way of presenting information, facts, pictures or decisions in a school situation either by teachers or students. The only minus to this program may be that Prezi is different from most of the commonly used programs and therefore may be difficult for the students (and teachers) to get used to using.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Week 2- Wikis, Blogs and Websites
What are the differences between Wikis, Blogs and Websites?
According to Meg Hourihan, "Blog posts are short, informal, sometimes controversial, and sometimes deeply personal, no matter what topic they approach... Blogging is something defined by format and process, not by content."
In my opinion, blogging is more focused on a persons opinion of something that may be backed up by evidence of things others have said. A blog is more of a journal than a factual document.
Wikis may be more of use than blogs when it comes to group work however wikis can be edited by anyone and therefore the information in them may not be as reliable.
Wikis are pages that encourage people to include their own information or sources in the content of something that they have read but are more the structure of a website than of a blog.
Websites are like wikis in their structure however they can only be edited by the author. Websites, unlike blogs and wikis, are often designed to promote things (either event or objects) or to provide people with specific information about a certain content. Websites are not normally used for writing journals but are more factual with a number of resources to back up the information.
Although these three IT tools are Web 2.0 tools, they are all very different and used for multiple purposes.
Meg Hourihan, "What We’re Doing When We Blog," O’Reilly Web Devcenter, June 13, 2002, http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/06/13/megnut.html.
According to Meg Hourihan, "Blog posts are short, informal, sometimes controversial, and sometimes deeply personal, no matter what topic they approach... Blogging is something defined by format and process, not by content."
In my opinion, blogging is more focused on a persons opinion of something that may be backed up by evidence of things others have said. A blog is more of a journal than a factual document.
Wikis may be more of use than blogs when it comes to group work however wikis can be edited by anyone and therefore the information in them may not be as reliable.
Wikis are pages that encourage people to include their own information or sources in the content of something that they have read but are more the structure of a website than of a blog.
Websites are like wikis in their structure however they can only be edited by the author. Websites, unlike blogs and wikis, are often designed to promote things (either event or objects) or to provide people with specific information about a certain content. Websites are not normally used for writing journals but are more factual with a number of resources to back up the information.
Although these three IT tools are Web 2.0 tools, they are all very different and used for multiple purposes.
Meg Hourihan, "What We’re Doing When We Blog," O’Reilly Web Devcenter, June 13, 2002, http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/06/13/megnut.html.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligence
I was so interested in my results from the two online tests that I took today (one learning style test and one multiple intelligence test) that I thought I would share them in my blog.
The first test I did was from the following website.
Keeping in mind that each category result is out of 20, my results were as follows.
Visual 5
Social 15
Physical 9
Aural 18
Verbal 9
Solitary 15
Logical 6
Apart from my own results, I was also amazed by the results that showed when I ask this website to compare my results to that of all other users.
As you can see, when looking at the results of the average of all the users on the site, each category score is almost exactly the same. This tells me that as a teacher, I will need to be aware of and teach for all of the learning styles because, on average, there is not one style that is more popular than another.
The second test that I took was the Multiple Intelligence test. If you go to the following website and in the "View Your Own Results" section and type in my code, you will see my results.
The following link is for the website. My code is: z3ny0wjt67082
(both are zeros)
The results of this test are similar to the results of the learning style test in many ways. However the thing that surprised me about both tests was that I used to class myself as a Kinaesthetic (Physical) learner as I know that I do enjoy hands on learning. Today these tests have shown me that this is not my strongest learning style and therefore now that I am aware of this, I may change my way of studying to test out this new information.
The first test I did was from the following website.
Keeping in mind that each category result is out of 20, my results were as follows.
Visual 5
Social 15
Physical 9
Aural 18
Verbal 9
Solitary 15
Logical 6
Apart from my own results, I was also amazed by the results that showed when I ask this website to compare my results to that of all other users.
As you can see, when looking at the results of the average of all the users on the site, each category score is almost exactly the same. This tells me that as a teacher, I will need to be aware of and teach for all of the learning styles because, on average, there is not one style that is more popular than another.The second test that I took was the Multiple Intelligence test. If you go to the following website and in the "View Your Own Results" section and type in my code, you will see my results.
The following link is for the website. My code is: z3ny0wjt67082
(both are zeros)
The results of this test are similar to the results of the learning style test in many ways. However the thing that surprised me about both tests was that I used to class myself as a Kinaesthetic (Physical) learner as I know that I do enjoy hands on learning. Today these tests have shown me that this is not my strongest learning style and therefore now that I am aware of this, I may change my way of studying to test out this new information.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Week 1- Blogs
My name is Naomi Morris. I'm a third year University student at CQUni in Rockhampton. I am currently studying Bachelor of Learning Management- Japanese (Primary).
For the subject Managing E-Learning, we have been asked to set up a profile in a blog site that we can then use for 'blogging' about certain learnt knowledge each week. This week we are looking at blogs in general and why they are or aren't a good use of ICTs for learning.
A blog is simply a written opinion (sometimes backed up by references) about a particular topic. More often than not a blog is simply someone's thoughts or interpretation about the topic. Topics can be anything from political to religion to personal and each blog can be as long or short as the writer wants it.
Using a blog as part of students' learning in schools would have its advantages and disadvantages. Before this task of writing blogs was set for students though, it would be the teacher's responsibility to assess whether the topic of the blog is engaging and also whether it is open enough for there to be a number of opinions/ideas written about it. Blogs would be a good source of learning for students (even if it was only learning about each others' opinions on a topic) and therefore the diversity in content options would be needed.
In a school setting, it would also need to be assessed as to whether the blog site (if a real one was used) is safe enough for students to access. Parents may not agree with their child's name being on the internet along with small bits of information about them that may be read in their blogs. Because of this fact, as well as others, it would be important that the teacher monitors all blogs and assures that students' content are all suitable.
Having just mentioned things that need to be assessed before blogs were used as a source of learning for students, once this is done efficiently, the use of blogs would be also very effective when it comes to teachers being able to assess students' understanding and knowledge.
The following PMI chart is representing the Positive, Minus and Interesting facts about using blogging in schools.
Postive- Students are able to research and read about peoples opinions on topics and then form and post their own. Allows students to comment on other peoples blogs and to have people comment on their own. This then allows for students to interact on an educational level with each other and other people (Seimens' theory). Also allows teachers to monitor each students' learning journeys. Students are more willing to take the task seriously if they know that it is going to be published for the public to read.
Minus- Blogs are not as confidential as other sites may be and therefore comments may not be relevant to the students' post. Also according to an online education blog website (2010), blogging in schools may encourage students to become competitive when it comes to the amount of comments on each of their blogs.
Interesting- Teachers would find it interesting to assess what each individual understands without worrying about whether they have copied someone else's ideas or made it up.
http://www.onlineedublog.com/blogs/
For the subject Managing E-Learning, we have been asked to set up a profile in a blog site that we can then use for 'blogging' about certain learnt knowledge each week. This week we are looking at blogs in general and why they are or aren't a good use of ICTs for learning.
A blog is simply a written opinion (sometimes backed up by references) about a particular topic. More often than not a blog is simply someone's thoughts or interpretation about the topic. Topics can be anything from political to religion to personal and each blog can be as long or short as the writer wants it.
Using a blog as part of students' learning in schools would have its advantages and disadvantages. Before this task of writing blogs was set for students though, it would be the teacher's responsibility to assess whether the topic of the blog is engaging and also whether it is open enough for there to be a number of opinions/ideas written about it. Blogs would be a good source of learning for students (even if it was only learning about each others' opinions on a topic) and therefore the diversity in content options would be needed.
In a school setting, it would also need to be assessed as to whether the blog site (if a real one was used) is safe enough for students to access. Parents may not agree with their child's name being on the internet along with small bits of information about them that may be read in their blogs. Because of this fact, as well as others, it would be important that the teacher monitors all blogs and assures that students' content are all suitable.
Having just mentioned things that need to be assessed before blogs were used as a source of learning for students, once this is done efficiently, the use of blogs would be also very effective when it comes to teachers being able to assess students' understanding and knowledge.
The following PMI chart is representing the Positive, Minus and Interesting facts about using blogging in schools.
Postive- Students are able to research and read about peoples opinions on topics and then form and post their own. Allows students to comment on other peoples blogs and to have people comment on their own. This then allows for students to interact on an educational level with each other and other people (Seimens' theory). Also allows teachers to monitor each students' learning journeys. Students are more willing to take the task seriously if they know that it is going to be published for the public to read.
Minus- Blogs are not as confidential as other sites may be and therefore comments may not be relevant to the students' post. Also according to an online education blog website (2010), blogging in schools may encourage students to become competitive when it comes to the amount of comments on each of their blogs.
Interesting- Teachers would find it interesting to assess what each individual understands without worrying about whether they have copied someone else's ideas or made it up.
http://www.onlineedublog.com/blogs/
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