personalising learning with the i pod touch
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Personalising Learning with the iPod Touch
Shepparton eLearning PLTMay 20th 2009Louise Duncan
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WHAT IS A LEARNING PLATFORM? Provides a range of ICT-based functions including:
• Content management - enabling teaching staff to create, store and repurpose resources and coursework which can be accessed online
• Curriculum mapping and planning - providing tools and storage to support assessment for learning, personalisation, lesson planning etc.
• Learner engagement and administration - enabling access to pupil information, attendance, timetabling, e-portfolios and management information
• Tools and services - providing communication tools such as email, messaging, discussion forums and blogs.
YOUR TURN…• Find the movie “What is a learning platform?”
on your iPod. Watch and listen.
IMPLEMENTATION• Driven by school leadership
team• High engagement of learning
area leaders• Support of technical staff in the
school• Management of school data• Teaching and learning benefits
of individual tools
Teaching and learning flexibility
BENEFITS AT SHEPPARTON HIGH SCHOOL
• Anywhere, anytime access to class interactive resources
• Personalise learning through “pushing” links for students’ individual projects
• Sharing resources between a professional learning team (all learning areas in 2009)
• Virtual environment for collaborative team work• Creation of individual learning plans for indentified
groups of students (Eg At risk)• Reports on student and staff usage to measure
success• Student / Staff groups (ESL, Deaf facility, Chess
club, sporting groups)• Deliver school bulletins and calendar• Great for VCE classes
BENEFITS AT SHEPPARTON HIGH SCHOOL
• A way to engage students who are school refusers
• Keep in contact with students who travel overseas for extended periods
• Chat with students who are home sick or teachers who are home sick!
• Can provide copies of student timetables• Can extend by setting up ePortfolios• Ability to embed rich media such as audio, video,
images, RSS feeds, weblinks• Podcasting synchronisation• Extends to a mobile learning device (Eg: The iPod
Touch)• Global community for sharing resources• Excellent support from Studywiz
MOBILE LEARNING RESEARCH PROJECT
PROJECT SUMMARY
• Investigate the potential of the iPod Touch in a global learning project where students in Australia, the US and UK interact via Studywiz.
• The views and ideas of students about how the iPod Touch can enhance learning.
• Impact of social networking and Web 2.0 on learning (impact on improved outcomes, engagement, motivation)
FOR STUDENTS
• Collaboration and global communication (networking, team skills, interpersonal development, higher order thinking)
• Portability for mobile learning from home to school
• The production of student demonstrations of learning such as vodcasts, digital resources, group discussions.
FOCUS 2009
• Can the iPod Touch improve student learning, particularly literacy.• reading and writing• speaking and listening• media literacy• digital literacy• visual literacy
HOW DO WE DO THIS?
• Literacy, numeracy, SOSE and other iPod Touch applications
Dictionary, thesaurus, word pronunciation
A timed game to find words in a grid
Use images from your photo gallery to add captions and speech bubbles
Choose the correct meaning of a word
Google books mobile: books in the public domain A countries of the
world fact book
APPS!
HOW DO WE DO THIS?
• Podcasts: downloaded, teacher created, student created
Friendly tips to improve your writing
Demystify lifes’ most mystifying stuff
HOW DO WE DO THIS?
• Podcasts: downloaded, teacher created, student created
HOW DO WE DO THIS?
• Film clips: Eg PowerPoint M4V files made with Camtasia Studio 6
Try this one
HOW DO WE DO THIS?
• Image sets
HOW DO WE DO THIS?
• Notes, calendar, timer• Wireless internet• Collaboration with students globally• In conjunction with SOSE, English and
Maths teachers
STUDYWIZ MOBILE INTERFACE
SHS STUDYWIZ MOBILE
SOUTHGATE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, US
OLDHAM, UK
GLOBAL COMMUNITY
• Students in 8A are sharing their creations with students in the UK and US through the Studywiz Global Community.
• Teachers are sharing resources and blogs
GLOBAL COMMUNITY
ITUNES 8.1
• http://www.apple.com/itunes/download
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