Additional links ...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MQ_xE5n-fVFbsjUPd4WSzMLoMJsnz3vsmkNkwqZ3Qow/edit?hl=en_US+&pli=1
http://www.globallyconnectedlearning.com/
Digital Learning Farm - notion that children create their own jobs/roles in the learning environment that we have created .. .they are begging for 'work'
To put on an orchestral concert, you need instruments, musicians and then the orchestra itself. Good analogy.
Wikis are great tools for collaborative work. http://langwitches.wikispaces.com - not a collaborative wiki but is Silvia's hub for workshop sessions. Puts information together on this.
Google Apps - remember revision history. Use of apps doesn't necessarily mean that every student has a computer ... teacher could rotate the scribe [daily perhaps] ... or a classroom might have one or two computers that students use in turn. Google might shut down document if there's something dubious
Blogs - teacher/student communication, student/student communication, school/parent communication .. http://langwitches.org/blog
Audacity – http://www.audacity.com - or Garageband - http://bit.ly/q8Sk1p - for making audiocasts on a Mac, iMovie - http://bit.ly/nBP5jx - for video on a Mac; Windows Movie Maker - http://bit.ly/piWP6b - for PC
Backchannels ... enriches learning or provides feedback for the teacher [formative assessment]. Twitter – http://www.twitter.com - is a popular tool. People rely on backchannel for learning. Forced to condense what you hear or learn in 140 characters. Use hash tags for easier searching of subject matter. Twitter clients ... Tweetdeck – http://www.tweetdeck.com, Twhirl – http://www.twhirl.org/, Hootsuite – http://hootsuite.com
Today'sMeet - http://todaysmeet.com/
Encourage students to include images and video in their writing. Flickr – http://www.flickr.com
Linoit ... brainstorming tool - http://bit.ly/qY4nGF. iPhone version
Social bookmarking – Diigo – http://www.diigo.com, Delicious – http://delicous.com. Wonderful if your students are sent off to research information and then the add and tag their good sites ... and share. Great for classrooms collaborating overseas.
Screencasting - taking a picture of what is happening on your screen. Jing - http://www.techsmith.com/jing/ and Skitch – http://skitch.com have free versions, SnagIt - http://www.techsmith.com/snagit/ is not free but offers more than Jing.
Curating - organisating your resources into nice online binders ... Livebinders – http://livebinders.com, Scoop.it - http://www.scoop.it
Upgrade your lesson roles to empower your learners .. tutorial designers, collaboration co-ordinators
Official scribes - do a note-taking brainstorm .. paper, chalkboard, screenshooter (visual image , push pause and take screen shoot of visual), use timeline tool to organise screen shots, illustrationist, storyboard, create a tutorial.
iPad has some great tools. Linoit – http://www.linoit.com, Mindmapping like bubble.us – http://bubbl.us
How can this be used in classroom.
Blogging has an audience.
Students learn from each other.
Differentiation Learning
Researchers - first teachers and parents, then encyclopedias and experts! Online resources etc. Connect with other schools - http://aroundtheworldwith80schools.net
ShowMeApp – http://www.showmeapp.com - an open online learning community where anyone can learn and teach any topic – the iPad app lets you easily create and share video lessons.
MathTrain - http://www.mathtrain.tv/
Quicktime player on the Mac - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4024
Curriculum reviewers - bloggers and photobloggers. Creating a techno tale in iMovie - http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/02/09/creating-a-techno-tale-in-imovie/
Contributors to society - publishing information. Using QR codes – Kaywa - http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ and Splashurl. Powerful when responsibility is taken for upgrading the information also.
Teachers need to set up a good foundation so that they allow students to flourish and to fulfil different roles.
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