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E-learning at E-learning at Rangitoto Rangitoto

CollegeCollege

Claire [email protected]

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Part OnePart One

What is e-learning?What is e-learning?Why is e-learning Why is e-learning important for our important for our students?students?

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What is e-learning?What is e-learning?

The Ministry of Education defines The Ministry of Education defines e-Learning as learning that is e-Learning as learning that is enabled or supported with the enabled or supported with the use of information and use of information and communication technologies communication technologies (ICT).(ICT).

Source: www.minedu.govt.nzSource: www.minedu.govt.nz

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Why is e-learning Why is e-learning important?important?

Information and communication Information and communication technology (ICT) has a major technology (ICT) has a major impact on the world in which impact on the world in which young people live. Similarly, e-young people live. Similarly, e-learning has considerable learning has considerable potential to support effective potential to support effective teaching approaches. teaching approaches.

Source: New Zealand CurriculumSource: New Zealand Curriculum

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Why is e-learning Why is e-learning important?important?

E-learning can assist the E-learning can assist the making of making of connectionsconnections by by enabling students to enter enabling students to enter and explore new learning and explore new learning environments, overcoming environments, overcoming barriers of distance and timebarriers of distance and time

Source: New Zealand CurriculumSource: New Zealand Curriculum

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Why is e-learning Why is e-learning important?important?

E-learning can facilitate E-learning can facilitate shared learningshared learning by enabling by enabling students to join or create students to join or create communities of learners that communities of learners that extend well beyond the extend well beyond the classroomclassroom

Source: New Zealand CurriculumSource: New Zealand Curriculum

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Why is e-learning Why is e-learning important?important?

E-learning can assist in the E-learning can assist in the creation of creation of supportive supportive learning environmentslearning environments by by offering resources that take offering resources that take account of individual, cultural, account of individual, cultural, or developmental differencesor developmental differences

Source: New Zealand CurriculumSource: New Zealand Curriculum

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Why is e-learning Why is e-learning important?important?

E-learning can enhance E-learning can enhance opportunities to learnopportunities to learn by by offering students virtual offering students virtual experiences and tools that experiences and tools that save them time, allowing save them time, allowing them to take their learning them to take their learning further.further.

Source: New Zealand CurriculumSource: New Zealand Curriculum

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Preparing our students for Preparing our students for their future!their future!

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Shakespeare had 24,000 words to Shakespeare had 24,000 words to work withwork with

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Eminem has over Eminem has over 1,000,000 words1,000,000 words

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1,000 words are added every month1,000 words are added every month

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The average student will have 10-The average student will have 10-14 careers14 careers

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15,000 songs = 100 grams15,000 songs = 100 grams

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They live in a world of instant They live in a world of instant informationinformation

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They live in a world of instant They live in a world of instant communicationcommunication

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They live in a world of instant They live in a world of instant entertainmententertainment

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They live in a world of They live in a world of collaborationcollaboration

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They live in a world of social They live in a world of social networkingnetworking

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They live in a multimedia They live in a multimedia worldworld

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Does this sound like this Does this sound like this classroom?classroom?

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Or this classroomOr this classroom

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Are we preparing them Are we preparing them for this?for this?

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Or this?Or this?

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Their world has Their world has changed.changed.

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Their world demands new Their world demands new skillsskills

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Are we teaching them?Are we teaching them?

Source: Adapted from Source: Adapted from

‘‘Education Today and Education Today and Tomorrow’ Tomorrow’

by Tom Woodwardby Tom Woodward

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Benefits of e-learningBenefits of e-learning

Benefits to school learners with access to e-Learning Benefits to school learners with access to e-Learning include:include:

Motivation and engagementMotivation and engagement

Independence and personalised learningIndependence and personalised learning

Critical thinking and multiliteraciesCritical thinking and multiliteracies

Access to information, resources and expertsAccess to information, resources and experts

Source: ‘e-Learning and New Zealand schools: a literature review’ by Dr Source: ‘e-Learning and New Zealand schools: a literature review’ by Dr Noelene WrightNoelene Wright

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- Hebrew Proverb - Hebrew Proverb

Do not confine your Do not confine your children to your own children to your own

learning for they were learning for they were born in another time.born in another time.

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Part TwoPart Two

Some simple Some simple software and software and strategies for strategies for introducing e-introducing e-learninglearning

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Wikis (or intranet class Wikis (or intranet class pages)pages)

A wiki is simply an easy to edit website. A wiki can be A wiki is simply an easy to edit website. A wiki can be used to create an online community for your class. used to create an online community for your class. Things you could provide for your students include:Things you could provide for your students include:

Links to resources and websites e.g. NZQA, studyit etcLinks to resources and websites e.g. NZQA, studyit etc

Upload handouts, assignments, support of extension Upload handouts, assignments, support of extension materialmaterial

Embed videos, podcasts, slideshowsEmbed videos, podcasts, slideshows

Discussion forumsDiscussion forums

Virtual knowledge wallsVirtual knowledge walls

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BlogsBlogs

A blog (a blend of the term A blog (a blend of the term web logweb log)) is a type of is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. chronological order. BlogBlog can also be used as a can also be used as a verb, meaning verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a to maintain or add content to a blogblog..

Possible uses: practice (or summative) essays Possible uses: practice (or summative) essays or learning journalor learning journal

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Blog benefitsBlog benefits

Students who chose to write their essays as Students who chose to write their essays as blogs were:blogs were:

More likely to meet deadlinesMore likely to meet deadlines

More likely to act upon feedback/next More likely to act upon feedback/next stepssteps

More likely to read each other’s workMore likely to read each other’s work

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Blogs – student voiceBlogs – student voice

Other positive feedback from the students:Other positive feedback from the students:

Liked that they often got quick feedbackLiked that they often got quick feedback

Liked that they built up an “online Liked that they built up an “online portfolio” of writingportfolio” of writing

Liked that they could use spell check and Liked that they could use spell check and easily fix errorseasily fix errors

Liked the sense of a public presence and Liked the sense of a public presence and that they had an audience that they had an audience

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Google DocsGoogle Docs

Create and share your work online with Create and share your work online with Google DocsGoogle Docs

Upload your files from your desktop: It's Upload your files from your desktop: It's easy to get started and it's free! easy to get started and it's free!

Access anywhere: Edit and view your docs Access anywhere: Edit and view your docs from any computer or smart phone. from any computer or smart phone.

Share your work: Real-time collaboration Share your work: Real-time collaboration means work gets done more quickly. means work gets done more quickly.

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Google FormsGoogle Forms

Online forms, quizzes, surveys that can be Online forms, quizzes, surveys that can be created and embedded or emailed. Responses created and embedded or emailed. Responses are recorded directly on a spreadsheet.are recorded directly on a spreadsheet.

How you could use Google forms:How you could use Google forms:

Gather information about studentsGather information about students

Gather feedbackGather feedback

Gather student voiceGather student voice

Other ideas? Other ideas?

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Using the technology Using the technology in their pocketsin their pockets

Most students have a camera, video Most students have a camera, video camera and voice recorder in their camera and voice recorder in their pocket – are you making use of it?pocket – are you making use of it?

You can also use bluetooth to You can also use bluetooth to transfer files to your teacher or transfer files to your teacher or students' mobiles - imagine the students' mobiles - imagine the possibilities!possibilities!

What are the other potential uses?What are the other potential uses?

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DigistoreDigistore

Digistore is a storehouse of digital content to Digistore is a storehouse of digital content to support learning across the curriculum, from support learning across the curriculum, from early childhood through to senior secondary. early childhood through to senior secondary.

http://digistore.tki.org.nz

An exciting new feature of Digistore 2.0 is the An exciting new feature of Digistore 2.0 is the ability to create Learning Paths, a collection or ability to create Learning Paths, a collection or sequence of learning content interwoven with sequence of learning content interwoven with teacher comments and descriptions that can be teacher comments and descriptions that can be created for a particular audience eg: Students, created for a particular audience eg: Students, Teachers, parents or as a personal collection.Teachers, parents or as a personal collection.

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Software for LearningSoftware for Learning

The Software for Learning website informs The Software for Learning website informs and supports teachers to select and integrate and supports teachers to select and integrate software as part of a rich learning software as part of a rich learning environment. environment.

Software for Learning lists quality software Software for Learning lists quality software recommended by New Zealand teachers for recommended by New Zealand teachers for use in schools and early childhood use in schools and early childhood programmes. Software includes social programmes. Software includes social software, freeware and non-freeware. software, freeware and non-freeware.

http://softwareforlearning.tki.org.nz/http://softwareforlearning.tki.org.nz/

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FacebookFacebook

You can use Facebook safely with students. You You can use Facebook safely with students. You need to ensure everyone has set privacy need to ensure everyone has set privacy settings, and create a “group” rather than settings, and create a “group” rather than making students a “friend” studentsmaking students a “friend” students

Facebook in Education Page:Facebook in Education Page:To serve as an ongoing resource for information To serve as an ongoing resource for information about how educators can best use Facebookabout how educators can best use Facebook

Possible uses: post resources, useful links, Possible uses: post resources, useful links, great for discussion and online support.great for discussion and online support.

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Twitter as a PLNTwitter as a PLN

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Other great sites and Other great sites and softwaresoftware

DeliciousDelicious

VoicethreadVoicethread

WordleWordle

Wallwisher Wallwisher 

Answergarden Answergarden

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Support wikiSupport wiki

http://http://aucklandsecondaryenglish.pbworks.com/e-aucklandsecondaryenglish.pbworks.com/e-learning+at+Rangitoto+Collegelearning+at+Rangitoto+College