FACTORS PROMOTING SUCCESS IN THE NEW

ZEALAND/ISRAEL PROJECT (2012-2013)Jennifer Ayzen:

Jenniferayzen@gmail.comDr Miri Shonfeld

Research

“What were the factors that promoted

success in the New Zealand/Israel

Project?”

Social networks

SITE March 2013, New Orleans

2004-2013

TEC Model Trust Building in Online Collaborative

Environments

SITE March 2013, New Orleans

Teachers’ Role

“ghost in the wings’ role”  (Mazzolini & Maddison, 2003)

Short Term Project Success ‘lurkers’ or ‘stalkers’ into

bloggers.

engages the reader

members feel connected- online community  creating, expressing thoughts and sharing

Communication

My mom has cancer and

though it’s not terminal the

chemo takes a lot out of her and sometimes she

seems more dead than alive. (Christian)

- I hope your mom will win this

cancer (Jewish)

The cigarettes my grandpa

smoked caused my grandma to die of lung

cancer.(Jewish)

Things can get a little tough when there’s not much money to go around. (Christian)- Hang in there! (Muslim)

Till now I have never been

afraid, I thought it was far away, but now when I sit here I can

hear the bombs. I’m so afraid

(Jewish)-Be Strong-

were thinking of u all the time ♥

(Christian)

Long Term Project Success- Stereotypes

There is much more

ways to eng a fight!

Eliminating your

enemy is not a

solution (Muslim)I hate war…I dream about

peace in the entire world!!!(Jewish)

The silence is the tragedy- we see what happen to the syrian

peoples and the world don’t say a

word. As humans we must not sit quite and

watch CUZ WE R HUMANS!!! (Muslim)

I want people to actually listen to each other and

make a discussion on

important issues. I think it will stop a lot of the hate that people have

for each other and maybe even solve the Middle

East problem(Muslim)

This hate we feel for people we

don’t know, based on stories we grow

up listening to. I wanna stop this- the hate is just

hurting us ♥(Jewish)

I bet it’s really scary…I know it was really scary

when we had earthquakes(Christian)

Students ‘hungry’ to write the blogs (Kajder, 2004).

Students reacted more to the blogs under times of stress Students responded more to the blogs that their own teacher/friends posted.

Short titles were more successful.

Blogs that suggested some sense of urgency got quicker and more reactions.

6) Controversial topics=‘in depth’ responses.

7) Speaking place for the quieter students. (participation classroom setting).

8) Blog topics catering for a wide audience created larger responses.

9) Directives created more responses than the traditional, ‘What do you think?’ question forms.

“No, I’ve never been in love. I don’t think I ever will as I’m just an ugly swamp booger :(“ (Christian)

“Would you rather have your own ears sown onto your nose, or your eyeballs in your nostrils?” (Christian)

ThQ U 4 Read it :PHope u like me ;)Muslim

What happened to you is not easy and who did it isn’t human at all! And 6 million- this is so awful! (Muslim)

We saw a room with hooks on the walls and incinerators where the nazis used to kill the

jewish. The was a picture of the dead bodies which made

me cry. (Jewish)

The teacher’s role Teachers relationships with each other Students’ perceptions of project Student-teacher relationship Use of digital tools- custom built secure website including; chat, blogs, wikis, Site management Site design Time and coordination Motivation and Enthusiasm school facilities

Factors Contributing to Success

“We can’t make any change in the world before changing our self. I was dreaming along time ago to do good things in the world and I’m still dreaming. Why don’t we begin doing it??

(Muslim)