Using the cloud in teaching
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PUTTING “THE CLOUD” TO WORK IN YOUR CLASSROOM
©Baywood Publishing Company O’Connor, E. A. , A survival guide from an early adopter: how Web 2.0 and the right attitude can enable learning and expansive course design.
Journal of Educational Technology Systems. 2011.
AGENDA Assumptions / definitions Overview of teacher-useful applications:
eBookmarking Shared documents Websites / wikis / blogsSelf video taping – YouTube Highlights of “others”
A publication provided with tips and caution Links to tutorials & animations; make your own
Dream with and about technology – it’s a whole new
world out there
WHAT I ASSUME YOU KNOW, AND BELIEVE
Learning is best when knowledge is constructed
Learning is messy
(Piaget)
Helping is good (Vygotsky)
There are many
intelligences
Definition: What’s “the cloud”?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility (like the electricity grid) over a network (typically the Internet).
“The cloud” to IT (tech)
departments
Internet based
Free, for basic
With settable
permissions
Easy-to-use, sort of
Interactive, often
Available to other users, as an option
Open to text, image, video, often
Definition: “The cloud” in this presentation communication
tools that are . . .
ADVANTAGES OF “THE CLOUD,” IN GENERAL
Accessible from any computer with internet Permissions can be set to give access from All
None Free for the basic features – often without
advertising too; additional $$$ for advanced Shareable – with colleagues, students, parents Makes your work more efficient . . . and fun!!! DISADVANTAGE: you gotta’ learn it; IT CHANGES
MANY EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
E-bookmarking
Video saving (YouTube)
Doc sharing (Google docs)
Websites / wikis
Posters (Glogster)
MindMapping
Why e-bookmarking?
Among the participants, who uses this? And why?
e-bookmarking: www.diigo.com Capture, store, catalog, & share web
links & e-resources Save articles from e-library & collections Share research & good websites quickly
& easily
www.diigo.com – one example of essentially-free e-bookmarking
http://www.diigo.com/user/eoconnor1
Sign up for the software easy creation of bookmarks
EVEN FASTER IF PUT ON YOUR
BROWSERhttp://www.diigo.com/user/eoconnor1
Easy to track, short, & share
Tags can help to keep track of the content of the bookmarks
Share good resources with others
http://www.diigo.com/user/eoconnor1
GOOGLE DOC: SHARING A DOCUMENT, SPREADSHEET, POWERPOINT (PRESENTATION)
Keep notes for yourself on different computers – at home & at school
Share with colleagues and students Track the revisions Check progress & participation
Make attractive materials using internet Helpful when funding is limited Similar to Microsoft, but less
An example within a Google Site that is public https://sites.google.com/site/teachingscience2011/
GOOGLE DOCS: GENERATE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHARED RESOURCES
GOOGLE DOCS: OPTIMIZE FOR YOUR NEEDS, FOR EXAMPLE
OR SIMPLY HAVE A DOC AT HOME &
AT WORK
SHARE A DEVELOPMENT DOC W/ TEAM MEMBERS
GOOGLE DOCS: CREATE A SHARED PRESENTATION OR IMAGE PROJECTOR HTTPS://SITES.GOOGLE.COM/SITE/MOSESLOKINAN/PAST-EVENTS
Click to open
Using the new type of websites; quickly developed
Communications – w/ students, parents,
community
You can review who is
submitting work
Establish levels of
permissions
Determine who can see & who can
edit the website -
interactivity
Ensure that all are
participating – accountabilit
y & assessment
Nothing new here; but very
useful
Many ways to make websites – FREE or with advertising
Determine who can see
what
And who can do what
https://sites.google.com/site/teachingscience2011/
Keep track of major page changes – layout & the like
https://sites.google.com/site/teachingscience2011/
Or follow comments that have been added to pages
https://sites.google.com/site/teachingscience2011/
Upload yourself – YouTube & others
Control the interface, and the comments
Us teachers like YouTube SO MUCH we annoy others But why not
use the visual too?
This student made a video to go along with a project on
mining
A video on a project
A teaching exemplar
An unlisted video on a research project
All are viewable except the first one
Pointers on learning
Make it public i.e, let ALL see homework
Keep images / names separate - use common
sense
Keep it simple Or live with the template
You can enhance as you grow
Apply outside the box Spreadsheet calendar
Website for a school project
Ask a kid They want to helpCreate a learning
community
Pointers on learning
Try
Try
Try
AND KEEP TRACK OF ALL YOUR SIGN-ONS & PASSWORDS
Many tutorials and animations are available through: http://www.interactivelearningsolutions.net/te/MAT-science.html
A link to an ESC internal document on learning web 2.0 technologies that will be published in the Journal of Educational Technology Systems
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