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Steven Parker
Steven Parker

Improving TVET Experience - which will be held on Thursday 28 June 2007 at the Telstra Stadium Let’s Share IT - which will be held on Friday 29 June 2007 at the Telstra Stadium http://cshtr-cc.wikispaces.com/Main

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Collaborative Learning Tools and Practices Steven Parker TAFE Teaching & Learning Initiatives
What we’ll talk about… Continual Change and Innovation Web 2.0 Networking People to Share Learning Engaging Students – Remaining Relevant Managing Information Flow within Organisation Blogs - Personal Publishing Tools - Examples Wiki’s – Collaborative Publishing Tools -Examples
Continual Change Alvin Toffler - http://tinyurl.com/35bebu
Networking People, Sharing pedagogy and Teaching Tools – Group Learning Practices http:// sparker.wikispaces.com/Group+Learning Lets Share IT – Start with People first – then look at Technology WEB 2.0
Why Blog? - Personal Publishing to the Network … Make it personally meaningful… 'teachers have known for a long time that students develop better communication skills when they are authentically communicating. A number of educators are helping their students developing their writing skills by having them publish their work as blogs, and then invite comments from people in the outside.' http://classblogmeister.com/ Management that enables people to adopt new technologies and practices rather than controls Systemisation of learning and innovation, Blogs and wikis are key tools
The Benefits of blogs in education Personalised online communication tool to suit a variety of learning styles Potentially inspiring, engaging learning and assessment tool Anytime access to and publishing of media, text, video, photos Anytime, anywhere access to view and record journal entries for reflection and assessment
Blog Examples in Education One of the great aspects of blogging is being able to comment on your students work for example: 'The Gong Media Student Blog' ( http://tinyurl.com/yqwva8 ) and colleagues work 'Learning without borders blog' ( http:// tinyurl.com/yrpfrd ) http:// networklearning.blogspot.com - my personal professional using http://Blogger.com . Publishing media – Video, Podcast http://sparker.blip.tv Trades blog, used by Metal Fabrications teachers for professional development and pulling together resources. http:// metaledblog.blogspot.com /
Wiki’s – Collaborative Publishing Tools Definition: What is a Wiki? A wiki is a website that allows visitors to add, remove, and edit content.] A collaborative technology for organizing information on Web sites, the first wiki (WikiWikiWeb) was developed by Ward Cunningham in the mid-1990s. Wikis allow for linking among any number of pages, to add, change or update content. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring. Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, is one of the best known wikis. (From: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki .) Wikispaces.com provides a free, online service to teachers and students which allows them to work together using a Wiki to create, edit, collate and present information.
Wiki Examples Collaborative Class wiki, example of a well developed wiki check out what the kids at FlatPlanet have created at http:// flatplanet.wikispaces.com / . It may give you some ideas. Tourism and Hospitality Professional Pratice wiki http://thed.wikispaces.com/ Ilawarra Institute eLearning research wiki http://tafeonline07.wikispaces.com/ Personal professional portfolio wiki http:// sparker.wikispaces.com , http://jokay.wikispaces.com
RSS – Sharing ideas and learning http:// sparker.wikispaces.com/Intro+to+RSS
Blogger.com and Wikispaces.com Workshops (11-12pm or 12-1pm) Participants will work through activity sheets to: Explore the possible use of blogs in education (30 mins) Create your own blog site (Personal learning environment) Publish blog entries Publish engaging multimedia, video, animations etc, in your blog Gain an understanding of Blogs and how they can be used for knowledge sharing and collaboration. Explore the possible use of wikis in education (30 mins) Learn how to edit a Wikipage using Wikispaces. Learn how to setup a Wikispace for personal or educational use. Explore strategies for using Wikis with learners.
Thanks for listening! Email: [email_address] Blog: www.networklearning.blogspot.com Wiki: www.sparker.wikikspaces.com Video blog: www.sparker.blip.tv

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Lets Share It - Collaborative tools and practices

  • 1. Collaborative Learning Tools and Practices Steven Parker TAFE Teaching & Learning Initiatives
  • 2. What we’ll talk about… Continual Change and Innovation Web 2.0 Networking People to Share Learning Engaging Students – Remaining Relevant Managing Information Flow within Organisation Blogs - Personal Publishing Tools - Examples Wiki’s – Collaborative Publishing Tools -Examples
  • 3. Continual Change Alvin Toffler - http://tinyurl.com/35bebu
  • 4. Networking People, Sharing pedagogy and Teaching Tools – Group Learning Practices http:// sparker.wikispaces.com/Group+Learning Lets Share IT – Start with People first – then look at Technology WEB 2.0
  • 5. Why Blog? - Personal Publishing to the Network … Make it personally meaningful… 'teachers have known for a long time that students develop better communication skills when they are authentically communicating. A number of educators are helping their students developing their writing skills by having them publish their work as blogs, and then invite comments from people in the outside.' http://classblogmeister.com/ Management that enables people to adopt new technologies and practices rather than controls Systemisation of learning and innovation, Blogs and wikis are key tools
  • 6. The Benefits of blogs in education Personalised online communication tool to suit a variety of learning styles Potentially inspiring, engaging learning and assessment tool Anytime access to and publishing of media, text, video, photos Anytime, anywhere access to view and record journal entries for reflection and assessment
  • 7. Blog Examples in Education One of the great aspects of blogging is being able to comment on your students work for example: 'The Gong Media Student Blog' ( http://tinyurl.com/yqwva8 ) and colleagues work 'Learning without borders blog' ( http:// tinyurl.com/yrpfrd ) http:// networklearning.blogspot.com - my personal professional using http://Blogger.com . Publishing media – Video, Podcast http://sparker.blip.tv Trades blog, used by Metal Fabrications teachers for professional development and pulling together resources. http:// metaledblog.blogspot.com /
  • 8. Wiki’s – Collaborative Publishing Tools Definition: What is a Wiki? A wiki is a website that allows visitors to add, remove, and edit content.] A collaborative technology for organizing information on Web sites, the first wiki (WikiWikiWeb) was developed by Ward Cunningham in the mid-1990s. Wikis allow for linking among any number of pages, to add, change or update content. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring. Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, is one of the best known wikis. (From: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki .) Wikispaces.com provides a free, online service to teachers and students which allows them to work together using a Wiki to create, edit, collate and present information.
  • 9. Wiki Examples Collaborative Class wiki, example of a well developed wiki check out what the kids at FlatPlanet have created at http:// flatplanet.wikispaces.com / . It may give you some ideas. Tourism and Hospitality Professional Pratice wiki http://thed.wikispaces.com/ Ilawarra Institute eLearning research wiki http://tafeonline07.wikispaces.com/ Personal professional portfolio wiki http:// sparker.wikispaces.com , http://jokay.wikispaces.com
  • 10. RSS – Sharing ideas and learning http:// sparker.wikispaces.com/Intro+to+RSS
  • 11. Blogger.com and Wikispaces.com Workshops (11-12pm or 12-1pm) Participants will work through activity sheets to: Explore the possible use of blogs in education (30 mins) Create your own blog site (Personal learning environment) Publish blog entries Publish engaging multimedia, video, animations etc, in your blog Gain an understanding of Blogs and how they can be used for knowledge sharing and collaboration. Explore the possible use of wikis in education (30 mins) Learn how to edit a Wikipage using Wikispaces. Learn how to setup a Wikispace for personal or educational use. Explore strategies for using Wikis with learners.
  • 12. Thanks for listening! Email: [email_address] Blog: www.networklearning.blogspot.com Wiki: www.sparker.wikikspaces.com Video blog: www.sparker.blip.tv

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