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The TAO Project: Telecollaborative Learning Across the Curriculum
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challengeof 21st Century Learning10 to 11 September Cebu City, Philippines
Roberto R. Binag – Davao City National High SchoolDarna Balang – Benguet State University High School UnitErich Shih – Ateneo de Manila University High School Unit
September 11, 2008
Objectives:The project aims to enhance the subject areas of English,
Filipino, and Social Studies. Thus, equip the students with the following 21st century skills: Interpersonal and Collaborative skills – to demonstrate teamwork and
leadership, adapt to varies roles and responsibilities, work productively with others, exercise empathy, respect diverse perspective;
Information and Media Literacy skills - to analyze, access, integrate and create information in a variety of forms and media;
Communication skills - to understand, manage and create effective oral, written and multimedia communication; Accountability and Adaptability - to exercise flexibility in school, and community workplace contexts; setting and meeting high standards and goals for one’s self and others;
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
Objectives: Creativity and Intellectual Curiosity - to develop, implement
and communicate new ideas to others; to open up and be responsive to new and diverse perspectives; and
Critical Thinking and Systems Thinking - to exercise sound reasoning in understanding the interconnection among systems and make complex choice.
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
The LearnersThis project was participated in by the students of:
Davao City National High School IV – Datu Bago Students Benguet State University - High School UnitThird Year Students Ateneo de Manila University – High School Unit
I – Section A
Intelligence: verbal / linguistic, logical / mathematical/ kinesthetic/ spatialCognitive abilities: average and above average Technical Abilities: average and above average
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
The teachers started their Class Orientation during the second week of August. The Telecollaboration started toward the end of August up to the second week of September 2007.
Orientation Identified the IPs within the locality. Students were grouped into small groups of 6 to 8.
For Ateneo de Manila Students: Field work; Interviewed subject experts including the late Ramon
Obusan, national artist for dance; Conducted a field trip to IP’s settlement.
All groups used library and online research. Two sessions of computer laboratory work were also done with the entire class prior to actual output.
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
How was the project implemented?
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
Interviewed the following IPs:
Maguindanaons Tausugs Badjaos
Bagobo Maranaons Mandaya Students also interviewed Ma’am Norma the Executive Director of IPPS, a Non-Government Organization. Conducted a Symposia. (During the symposia, the students distributed flyers, and brochures about IPs.) Students uploaded some of their outputs to Multiply to solicit ideas, opinion regarding the outputs.
Benguet National High School Published with a Online Newsletter featuring the IPs of Benguet Class TV Patrol
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
Davao City National High School
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
Internet – for researching and sharing of outputs Email – for communicating with experts, teachers, telecollaborative partners Videoconferencing – for communicating with telecollaborative partners Social Networking sites (youtube, yahoogroups and multiply) for uploading and sharing of output Powerpoint presentation - for presentation of outputs YM and Skype - for the tele-conferencing with the collaborators
Research on the plight of the IPs within the locality Multimedia presentation (video or powerpoint presentation)
Online newsletters Live play, radio play Tele-conference with the students of these three participating schools.
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
ICT Tools and Outputs
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
WHAT WORKED: 1.Students in all classes were able to encounter “real world” resources, in this
case, the indigenous peoples' themselves Field trip to their communities Interviews with IP groups and NGOs who work with Ips Watch them as they showcase their dances and music in a local festival
2. Students were able to draw out from their data gathering activities the plight of IPs and the challenges that they face in these modern times
3.Students were able to present their findings using different kinds of technology tools
4.Students were able to share their outputs online, through YouTube and Multiply.
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
Reflections/Self-Assessment
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
WHAT DIDN'T WORK:
Telecollaboration did not work smoothly primarily because of:a.) schedule of classes for partner classes in the telecollaborative part
were at times conflicting;
b.) technical problems (lack of bandwidth available for teleconferencing, unavailability of computer laboratory and unavailability of technical support for class);
c.) more time could have been allotted for the field trip. Since the trip was done during the rainy season, students were only able to go to the foot of the mountain where the IPs were. More planning could have been done to compensate for this.
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
Reflections/Self-Assessment
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
DIFFICULT: finding time designing the telecollaborative project a lot of time was also allotted in formatting the project for uploading to the web the teacher exhausted all efforts in tapping into available resources (FREE) to upload the material for ready viewing anytime by the students it was not also foreseen that bandwidth would prevent smooth implementation of videoconferencing difficulty reserving the use of the computer laboratories since the labs’ priorities were IT classes organizing the filed trip with the less expenses at the soonest possible time also posed as a challenge given the limited timeframe to finish the project (timebound to school calendar)
EASY: orienting and implementing the research work for the classes less teacher talk pen and paper evaluation of the project
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
What about the project did you (the teacher) find easy? Difficult?
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
DIFFICULT: Project had a tight deadlineGroup work had to be done mostly on weekendsA good amount of time was allotted in editing video for those who chose that formatSynthesizing all research into one output formatFollowing some instruction in the beginning since they had minimal instruction from teacher since they are pioneering a teaching- instruction strategy.
EASY:Researching for information
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
What about the project was easy for your students? Difficult?
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
ENABLING:Support from school administration Support from FIT-ED Cooperation from teacher-partner for telecollaborative dimension FIT-ED led design for project Students responses of the activities
HINDERING: Projects had a tight deadline Group work had to be done mostly on weekends Difficulty reserving the use of the computer laboratories since the
labs’ priorities were IT classes
Teaching the Net Generation: Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of 21st Century Learning
Enabling factors (drivers) / Hindering factors (barriers)