Spheres of Influence Ec+i 831 Computers In The Classroom Feb 12, 2008 Sharon Peters LEARN sharo [email protected] mtl- peters.net/blog
Dec 15, 2014
Spheres of Influence
Ec+i 831 Computers In The Classroom Feb 12, 2008
Sharon PetersLEARN
[email protected]/blog
“Understand the word, understand the world”
I conjecture that by 2018, a student will routinely be judged not only by her ability to write a 5-paragraph essay but her ability to represent her ideas via a 5 minute podcast, 2 minute movie, and level in an educational game.
“Teenagers (we) learn through relationship (networks)”
“Creeping Disconnection...”
Social Neuroscience
Grace
iLike....
... on the topic of backchanneling
Matthew
Meg
Meg
Fictionpress - Simply Meg
ICT in Education - Music on the Internet
A Real Teen Talks about Blogging and Social Spaces
Nat
Runescape
YouTube for music videos
To be literate, we must make meaning from all the information that is
available to us - multi-modal information
audiographical
visualtactile
symbolic/representational
Rationale : LITERACY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Literacy, simply put,is about meaning-making
Quote taken from the Québec Education Program
These tools offer
affordancesfor students to making
meaning
The need to include “visual grammar” into our frameworks of literacy
It’s all about AUDIENCE
Moist ContinentalLCC Blogs
Global Projects begin.....
...with Globally-Minded Educators
What did this globally-minded student have to say?
From a Neveh Channah student after receiving peer review from a student
from LCC:"Thank you for taking the time to read my paper. I was touched by your warm words and the gentle criticism. Yes, some of the spelling
should be edited and I didn't want to burden the reader with too many details and information....I would love to host you here in Jerusalem and to
join you personally on a walking tour through the streets of Nachlaot."
These partnerships provide opportunities for students to "be human together" (Siemens)
Skills BuiltMultiple Literacies:
digital, cultural, media
Cross-cultural communication
Critical thinkingSynthesis and
summaryInfo literacy, research,
validation, authentication of facts
Negotiation and collaboration
Award-winning Global Projects
•GVC Team 06 Wikispace - (2007 Silver Award Global Virtual Classroom Web Design Contest)
•From Jerusalem to Montréal - (2007 Silver Award ISTE SigTEL )
•Flat Classroom Project - (2007 Gold Award ISTE SigTEL)
•Technospud Projects (2006 Global Schoolnet Award)
"From all of the work that we have done with other students, I have learned how to look over other people's work and let them edit my own.”
“From working with other students, I also learned how to be patient and not always want things to happen at the
exact moment I would like them to, but rather wait and spend more time on something to make it even better."
- Matthew, grade 7
(Metacognitive skills built)
Karen Guth - teacher at Neveh Channah School in Etzion Bloc, Israel:"I would say that this
became a project that engaged the minds, skills, and hearts of our students. It turned the English
Bagrut project into an international research, writing, thinking, and teaching opportunity."
Other Portals • LEARN (Québec) site for Classroom Exchange
s
• Israeli Pedagogical Network for Collaborative Learning
• Global Virtual Classroom
• Global SchoolNet
• iEARN
• Taking IT Global
• Teachers Without Borders (need for provincial coordinator)
Research•Self-Regulated Learning / Metacognition
(Ley & Young, 2001, Hadwin & Winne, 1996, Boekaerts, 2000)
•Collaborative knowledge construction environments (Jonassen 1995, Scardamalia & Bereiter, 1994) - computers no longer support ONLY individualized instruction
• Improvement in motivation, learning and problem-solving behaviour (Hoyles, Healy and Pozzi, 1994)
Your Network is Your Filter. (Tapscott)
We learn from the company we keep. (Smith)
Who is “the company” you keep?
What are your spheres of influence?