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INTRODUCTION: 3

TEACHER ICT HANDBOOK 2010 – 2011 ISS International School Singapore

International School Singapore updated 8/16/10 3

Introduction:

As we progressively move forward into a digital age, students learning needs are changing. At ISS we are committed to our mission of developing appreciation of learning as a life-‐long process and to do so by delivering a dynamic curriculum. One strategy ISS has decided to use to assist in delivering the skill set and knowledge that is required for a 21st century learner is a laptop 1to1 program. By August 2010 all students from Grade 8 – 12 will have a personal macbook, which can be used in every class and at home. Each teacher also has a macbook and has access to our Study Wiz online learning environment and wiki and blog server. This is supported by wireless access throughout both campuses. Moving forward, ISS will be working with teachers to improve their technical competencies and then develop 21st century teaching pedagogy that reflects the demands of our students. This booklet covers the essentials to help you set yourself up to teach with a macbook. It also contains many other reference items that will be useful at different times.

Professional Development – ISS 1 to 1 macbook programme

Insitutional Goal – August 2010

The ISS eLearning coordinator organizes professional development opportunities. These will be run in different formats throughout the year.

1. Individual eLearning Goals linked to appraisal system. The eLearning coordinator will help you establish eLearning goals, which are focused on developing your teaching. The coordinator will spend two 45 min class periods per teacher, with you helping integrate the eLearning strategies into a unit of work, according to our school wide eLearning framework. You will be observed and helped to complete your goals. Any feedback will be linked back into the appraisal system. Any teachers not on the appraisal cycle are still required to complete an eLearning goal.

2. eLearning tips – teachers will share examples of best practice at the beginning of staff meetings. These will usually be related to staff members eLearning goals.

3. Internal school wide professional development. – These are opportunities during staff In-‐Service days where you can share ideas with colleagues about integrating eLearning into your classroom. Some of these sessions will be lead by a facilitator.

4. External professional development opportunities– on occasions, outside experts will work with teachers to integrate eLearning into the classroom. The school will also promote opportunities to attend local workshops with eLearning focuses.

ISS teachers and administrators will be working towards integrating eLearning best practice into their classrooms. Pedagogical change is a long process that happens over years. Teachers are not expected to make wholesale changes to their teaching in one year, but make small steps to develop a teaching and learning environment that reflects the needs of 21st century students.


ISS eLearning Framework

Introduction Why are we creating change in your classroom? We are trying to shift towards a model of 21st century learning, which will help students become able citizens and employees in the future, but to also help them succeed in their learning at school. Therefore we are making learning relevant to these students through effective use of the macbook and integration of technology into the classroom.

These ideas are based on this research. http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/bloom%27s+Digital+taxonomy+v3.01.pdf

A framework for eLearning at ISS

Common phrases: 21st century learning, collaboration, creativity, 1 to 1 programme

As a staff we can create the links between our teaching units, the levels of the taxonomy we would like to develop and eLearning tools or Digital Approaches available at ISS. The plan is to make teachers aware of why they are using eLearning tools, and to refine how they use these tools to improve learning at the different levels of the Digital Taxonomy. See example below

Bloom’s Taxonomy 1970’s Teacher Centered – 20th century teaching

Anderson and Krathwohl’s taxonomy 1990’s Student Centered – 21st century learning

transforming pedagogy


Goal Setting Process Create your personal eLearning goal using the google form.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFB1MWRDTm5nUWc1WFViNDJsN0hRS0E6MQ

You could develop a goal which focus’ on one element of the taxonomy and develops a digital approach to a piece of work that reinforces this skill. Does your department want to do develop something together and implement in each of your classes? For instance, this could be to reinforce the basic skill of remembering grammar with ESL students.

Submit your eLearning goals on the goggle form, noting when you would like to work on it and what help you require. I am available to help you develop your goals.

If you are part of the formal appraisal cycle you can copy this information into your goal-‐setting template for August 2010.

Goal Setting Diagram


Appendix One: Digital Approaches to Teaching and Learning at ISS

Higher Order Thinking Skills – Digital Approaches

Creating

Creating designing, constructing, planning, producing, inventing, devising, making

Film ISS: iMovie, PhotoBooth Online tools www.jumpcut.com, www.pinnacleshare.com, www.cuts.com www.animoto.com , www.dvolver.com Presentation ISS: PowerPoint, Keynote Zoho presentation http://show.zoho.com/ Google Presentation http://www.google.com/google-‐d-‐s/presentations/ Prezi Presentation www.prezi.com Story ISS: Word Processing (Word, Pages) or web published – audio books etc. Presentations, podcasting, wiki StudyWiz Group Writing Task http://sw.iss.edu.sg Voice Thread www.voicethread.com Comic creation tools – comic life http://plasq.com/comiclife/ Animations – www.dvolver.com Project Planning – Extended Essay, Personal Projects ISS: Word Processing (Word, Pages) StudyWiz Group Writing Task http://sw.iss.edu.sg Google Docs for collaborative editing http://www.google.com/google-‐d-‐s/documents/ Gantt project for time management http://www.ganttproject.biz/ Calendars – iCal, Google Calendar http://www.google.com/calendar/ Flow charts -‐ https://bubbl.us/beta/ Blogging, video blogging ISS – Blog server tool, uploading video reflections http://wiki.iss.edu.sg Skype, Photobooth, iMovie New game -‐ http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/ Model -‐ Google Sketchup http://sketchup.google.com/ Song Finale notepad, Sound recorder, Audacity, podcasting, recording narration in presentations [powerpoint, voicethread, Keynote] Advertisements Abode Illustrator, GIMP, Abode Flash, Podcasting advertisements TuxPaint – online tools http://www.tuxpaint.org/ Painting -‐ Abode Illustrator, GIMP, Tuxpaint online tools -‐ http://www.picnik.com



Evaluating

Evaluating Checking, hypothesizing, critiquing, Experimenting, judging, testing, Detecting, Monitoring

Debate Word Processing, sound recorder, podcasting or vodcasting, Mind mapping -‐ https://bubbl.us/beta/ iChat, email, discussion boards, video and Phone conferencing [skype, Collaboration tools to create debate Elluminate http://www.elluminate.com/ Google Wave -‐ http://wave.google.com/ Google Docs -‐ http://www.google.com/google-‐d-‐s/documents/ Report Word Processing or web published Report, blog entry, wiki entry, web page, Presentation, Camera Evaluation Word Processing or web published –report blog entry, wiki entry, webpage, Mind Map Presentation, camera Investigation Internet, Online tools, camera, Word Processing, Google earth, Google Maps, Flickr www.flickr.com , Picasa www.picasa.com Online statistics and databases www.nationmaster.org https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-‐world-‐factbook/ Verdict (Word Processing etc.) Conclusion (Word Processing, Presentation) Persuasive speech (Word Processing, Sound recorder, podcast, reasonable –argument software, Mind map – presentation mode) Commenting, moderating reviewing posting ISS Blogs and Wiki -‐ http://wiki.iss.edu.sg Collaborating: discussion boards, forums, blog, wiki’s, twitter, threaded discussions, bulletin boards, chatrooms, video conferencing, chatrooms, instant messaging, txt and pxt messaging, video messaging audio conferencing



Analyzing

Analyzing Comparing, organising, deconstructing, Attributing, outlining, finding, structuring, integrating

Survey Web based tools: Survey monkey -‐ http://www.surveymonkey.com/ Google Forms and Spreadsheet -‐ http://www.google.com/google-‐d-‐s/forms/ Wiki – using comment fields http://wiki.iss.edu.sg Word Processing, Spreadsheet, email, discussion boards, cell phones and texting Database (relational; databases using MS Access, Flat file database using Spreadsheet, wikis, Google Earth, Google docs, Google Maps, Flickr Abstract (Word Processing, web publishing) Relationship mind maps -‐ Mind maps -‐ https://bubbl.us/beta/ Graphic Organizers -‐ http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ Herring or fishbone mind maps, SWOT Analysis, PMI, Venn, 6 Questions Report (Word Processing, DTP, spreadsheet, presentation, web publishing – web page or blog entry, Graph -‐ Spreadsheets, digitizer, online graphing tools Spreadsheet -‐ Calculations, Excel, online spreadsheet tools, Statistical modelling Checklist Word Processing, survey tools, online polls, Spreadsheet Chart Spreadsheet, mind mapping online tools -‐ www.gliffy.com Google GapMinder http://graphs.gapminder.org/


Lower Order Thinking Skills – Digital Approaches

Applying

Applying Implementing, carrying out, using, executing

Illustration Corel, inkscape, GIMP, online tools, Comic creation tools – comic life, historic tale construction kit, hypercomic) Simulation Floor map, graphic tools, google sketchup, Crocodile software, simulating science experiments, Global conflict -‐ Palestine Sculpture or Demonstration Presentation, graphics, screen capture, audio and video conferencing, claymation Presentation -‐ PowerPoint, google presentation, Zoho presentation, skype, interactive whiteboard collaboration using etools, audio and video conferencing Interview (Word Processing, mind mapper, podcast, vodcast, audacity, sound recorder, collaboration using etools, skype, google chat) Performance Podcast, vodcast, film, audio and video conferencing, VoIP, audio recording, speech, Powerpoint Show, collaboration using etools, Prezi Presentation www.prezi.com Editing -‐ video and sound tools, Wiki editing, Simple DTP product. Developing a shared document Playing -‐ Simulations like Global Conflicts Palestine



Understanding

Understanding Interpreting, summarising, inferring, paraphrasing, classifying, comparing, explaining, exemplifying

Summary (Word Processing, Mind map, web publishing, Simple DTP products – blog journals & simple page construction collaborative documents, wiki) Collection (Word Processing, Mind map, web publishing – blog journals & simple page construction collaborative documents, wiki) Explanation (Word Processing, Mind map, web publishing, simple DTP Products – blog journals & simple page construction collaborative documents, wiki) Show and tell (Word Processing, presentation – online & desktop based, graphics, audio tools -‐ audacity & podcasting tools, video tools, Mind map) List (Word Processing, Mind map) Label (Word Processing, Mind map, Graphics, online tools -‐ ajaxdraw) Outline (Word Processing, Mind map) Advanced and boolean searches -‐ advanced search features -‐ google etc. Blog journalling -‐ bloglines, blogger etc. Diary/Journal (blogging, Myspaces, Bebo, facebook, bloglines, blogger, ning) Categorising and tagging -‐ Delicious etc, flickr Tagging, comments annotating -‐-‐noticeboards, discussion boards, threaded, discussions, adobe acrobat reader, blog readers, firefox, zotero Subscribing – RSS aggregators e.g. bloglines, blogger etc., firefox extensions, iGoogle



Remembering

Remembering recognizing, listing, describing, identifying, retrieving, naming, locating, finding

Recitation (Word Processing, Mind map, flashcards, presentation tools) Quiz/Test (Online tools, Word Processing (local – Word, Staroffice, Open Office or online – Google Documents, Zoho Documents, Thinkfree etc.), Cue sheets) Flashcards (Moodle, Hot potatoes, scorm objects) Definition (Word Processing – bullets and lists, (local – Word, Staroffice, Open Office or online – Google Documents, Zoho Documents, Thinkfree) simple Mind maps, wiki, Moodle Glossary, Online services like Ask.com, Cloze exercises) Fact (Word Processing – bullets and lists, Mind maps, internet, discussion boards, email) Worksheet/book (Word Processing, Mindmap, Web, clozed activities) Label (Word Processing, graphics tools) List (Word Processing – bullets and lists, Mind map, Web publishing – personal web page, blog journal) Reproduction (Word Processing – note writing & dictation, publishing personal web page, blog journal, graphics tools, Chatrooms, email, discussion boards) Bookmarking internet browsers using favourites and bookmarks, web 2.0 tools, del.icio.us Social Networking -‐ facebook, myspaces, bebo, twitter, diigo, Digg.com Basic Searches -‐ search engines, (google, yahoo, bing etc.) library catalogue