online classrooms made simple
DESCRIPTION
This is a simple workshop presentation to give K12 teachers a hands on experience of using an online classroom - with a simple teaching strategy to help them design the learning sequence and understand their role and that of their students in a meta-cognitive approach to extending their classroom interaction - by building and maintaining an online community - using VERY simple toolsTRANSCRIPT
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Online ClassroomsA teaching strategy for the middle years
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Characteristics
• Is not a replacement for the classroom!
• Is a space for teachers and students to collaborate though two way conversation to do things that are too hard to achieve otherwise.
• Developed to give additional formative assessment and student questions
• Is more informal than formal
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Teaching strategy
• To be a facilitator, not a judge
• To be a critical, supportive friend
• To allow students to take ‘side trips’ into avenues that they are interested in and not to stick too rigidly to the curriculum
• To let students know where they are in their own learning
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Stages of development
Arriving
Welcoming
Conversing
Making
Leaving
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Teacher’s Role
Student’s Role
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Students climb steps based on a set of tasks/problems
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Too easy Too frustrating
Too boring Too distracting
Finding the learning balance
No technology Too much tech
The teacher’s role is todesign the learning steps
How can we tell?
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Taking stock of tools and features you have.Teacher
Take time to set up your classroom
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Important!
• Issue a naming convention - hide their true identity ie Firstname + First 2 letters of their surname + class JohnSmK7
• Issue any parent permission (tell the boss)
• Issue the class rules (behavior, respect)
• Speak online as you would offline.
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Arrivinghttp://htav09.shoutem.com
Finding and setting up your online space.
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The Arrival Lesson
Create 6 dummy accounts using Gmail accounts for testing.
Use them in class for students who try to game the activity ... I don’t have email, I forgot my address, what’s my password.
Flight CheckIntroduce yourselfSay hello to a studentAdd a hyperlinkAdd a photoCheck someone’s linkPost a comment on someone’s photo.
Designers Tip:Our online classroom
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Welcoming
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Welcoming Students
Great your class oftenShare something you are thinkingSay something you like about thier workAsk a question that makes them wonderExplain what to expect is going to happen
Our online classroom
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Conversing
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Joining in conversations
Encourage open questions about anythingDon’t answer all the questionsPoint students to other studentsCorrect ‘group’ deviation and errorsDon’t ask all the questions
Our online classroom
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Making
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Joining in conversations
Skills based activitiesIssues based activitiesPre-activity reflection (what will happen)During activity reflection (what are we doing)Post activity reflection (what did we do)
Our online classroom
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Leaving
http://htav09.shoutem.com
Joining in conversations
Feedback to the groupWhat did you like about what you didWhat make you wonder/rethinkWhat would you do in the futureTalk about their achievements (group)
Our online classroom
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Spaces to try
http://www.etherpad.com(small group sharing)
http://www.edmodo.com(class sharing)
http://groups.google.com(forum - but less features)
http://www.tinychat.com(web-cam and voice too)
http://www.meetsee.com(Virtual World)