EDUS 360 e-learning

Outline Introductions Course outline What is ICT/e-learning? Assignments PowerPoint examples Practical session Wiki

“This course is like a box of chocolates” PowerPoint Issue: What is really happening in schools? Content: Introduction, assignment details, preliminary goal setting and examples of PowerPoint use. Practical: PowerPoint and Self assessment in class 2. Interactive Boards and Online resources Issue: Interactive Boards – do they enhance learning/teaching opportunities? Content: Introduction and familiarisation of ICT resources available for teachers. Practical: Interactive boards/Digital Learning Objects and Software for Learning. 3. Moviemaking Issue: One computer, pods, laptops and labs. Content: Introduction and familiarisation with various movie making programmes. You tube, Teacher tube and using video in lessons. Practical: Photostory 3, Moviemaker, imovie and sound/music. 4. Web 2, Wikis and Blogs Issue: Web 2.0 – what is it? Content: Looking at Web 2.0 including blogs, wikis, and more. Practical: making a blog or a wiki 5. Information Literacy Issue: Internet safety and plagiarism Content: Tips for searching Internet. Information literacy, Links to top educational sites. Exploring more Web 2 tools Practical: Wikis and blogs continued and Resource Plan Due 24th July – online form 6. Online Assessment Tools Issue: Who does what? ICT and administration. Content: Online assessment tools. Video conferencing Practical: asttle, classroom manager, survey monkey, video conferencing and more 7. Intro to Mac, Comic life and Garageband Issue: e-learning and teaching Content: Introduction to Mac, Comic Life and garageband Practical: Comiclife and Garageband 8. The Basics Issue: Have you met your goals? Your questions. Content: Word tips, tables, spreadsheets and graphs Practical: Session to finish assignment 9. E-learning presentations Practical: Presentation of assignment and feedback. Assignment completed and handed in.

ICT Foundations for Discovery

What are ICT’s computers laptop PDA digital cameras digital video cameras creativity and communication software Internet web2 blogs wikis telephones fax machines mobiles tape recorders interactive stories simulated environments computer games programmable toys videoconferencing data projectors interactive whiteboards pen drives

What ICT’s do you use? Have a chat with your neighbour... What do you use? What are ICT tools? How confident are you? Does using ICT improve outcomes for students?

E-learning and pedagogy Information and communication technology (ICT) has a major impact on the world in which young people live. Similarly, e-learning (that is, learning supported by or facilitated by ICT) has considerable potential to support the teaching approaches outlined in the above section. Ministry of Education (2007) The New Zealand Curriculum Years Effective pedagogy: Teacher actions promoting student learning (pg 36) Wellington, New Zealand

Where exactly does e-learning fit? English The Arts Health and Physical Education Learning Languages Mathematics and Statistics Science Social Sciences Technology E- learning and ICT Key Competencies

Blooms Digital Taxonomy What does e-learning and ICT look like for students? What could it look like...

Why teach using e-learning? Communication – another form – presentation tool eg PowerPoint Oral language Keeping up with the times Enhances learning Simplying difficult tasks Makes learning enjoyable Visual medium Engaging – reluctant learners Another tool that we can use in our teaching and learning programme Fun and engages students in ways that pen and paper can ’ t A doorway to a world of possibilities – creativity, research and more Caters to different learning styles – MI ’ s

Assignment 1 : ICT Competency You will produce evidence of basic competency and the ability to apply simple design principles using a range of applications and information and communication technologies. This will be demonstrated through work done prior to course entry and it will be formatively assessed during the course. Further assessment will relate to in class tasks and resource production in the second teaching block.

Assignment 2: Resource Development Due Date and TimeWho to hand work in to Where to hand in work Resource Plan Due: 24 th July Andrea Robertson Done online – details later in year Finished Resources Due: Friday 23 rd October Assignments handed over after class presentations. Andrea Robertson Will be given details in class time. It is important to keep a saved copy in case it is required.

Assignment 2: Resource Development Resource Plan – fill in form with brief description of subject area, content, ICT programme/s you will use, any areas you require support in and a timeline.

Assignment 2: Resource Development Teaching Resource - to be produced for your own use in one of your subject areas. The resource should: a.Demonstrate your capability to produce material of an appropriate standard and relevance for use in a school. b.It will be accompanied by a rationale (or unit plan) that explains how and why you would use it. Possibilities could include: PowerPoint, interactive board resource, webpage, web quest, video, selected Digital Learning Objects (DLO’s) with follow-up tasks

Assignment 2: Resource Development Student Resource – To be produced, or explained in relation to active student engagement with using ICTs in a creative and purposeful way by your students in their subject area. This resource should: a. Enhance student’s knowledge and/or skill development in the chosen subject area. b. Promote the use of ICT as a tool to enhance learning in a meaningful way. c. It will be accompanied by a rationale (or unit plan) that explains how and why students will use it. (This must be an original resource not copied from a template e.g. millionaire game) Possibilities could include: PowerPoint, interactive board resource, webpage, web quest, video, selected DLO’s with follow-up tasks

Suggestion… In your Curriculum courses you are required to produce resource/s as part of an assignment. You may wish to use these 2 resources for this and will need to make sure that you are also meeting the specific criteria for those assignments too.

Survey Lets do it

PowerPoint Presentation tool – 80% content 20% presentation (McKenzie 2003) Interactive PowerPoint Examples

PowerPoint Examples Art glossary Useless Limbs Cyber Orienteering Cyclones William Tell

Practical Session We are going to break into two groups Group 1 – intro/beginners PowerPoint Group 2 – advanced PowerPoint