Vit presentation final

ATANU BHATTACHARYAKALYAN SARKAR

• Develop proficiency with the tools of technology

• Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively andcross-culturally

• Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety ofpurposes

• Manage, analyze, and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information

• Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multimedia texts

• Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments

(Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflective_practice)

• We need to understand that the elements of the framework are interconnected

• The key words that link CPD and web technology:• proficiency• Collaboration and cross-cultural connections• Designing and sharing information• Managing, analyzing and synthesizing• Creating, critiquing, analyzing• Ethical responsibility

•“Teachers benefit from reflecting on questions associated with 21st century literacy demands”

• Argyris and Schön (1978) and Schön (1983)

• Gibbs’ (1988) model of action plan

• Rolfe’s (2001) model

• Questions for reflection:• How do we use technology as a tool for

communication, research, and creation of new works?

• How do we evaluate and use digital tools and resources that match the work that we are doing?

• How do we foster both independent and collaborative work?

• Blogs: Weblogs or blogs, an extremely popular communication tool on the internet

• What can it do?• Personalize web pages• Add and save data and links• Facilitate information• Relate to other mediating environment• Detect and evaluate sources• Collaborate with peers and synthesize information

• Here are a few studies:• on informality of the language (Nardi et al. 2000)• on correctness (Baron 2008)• on interface of IM and SMS (Lenhart et al. 2007)• sociolinguistic repercussions of IM and SMS (Ling

and Baron 2007; Thurlow and Brown 2000)• Using blogs for writing skills (Bhattacharya and

Chauhan, 2009)• Using groups for (Bhattacharya and Chauhan, 2010)

• Hypothesis: Blogs can develop collaborative process writing

• Cognitive skills can be fostered • Independent decision making skills developed • ‘Interdependence’ (collaboration on virtual space)

lead to independence• Extrinsic motivational factors ‘triggered off’ intrinsic

factors• Low resource classrooms not a deterrent

• Web 2.0 supports collaborative learning • collaborative tools like Webex, Elluminate, dimdim etc• WizIQ Virtual Classroom is considered to be the best collaborative tool for Education.

• helps teachers and learners to meet in real time set up over the internet

• allows both to talk, chat , write on the whiteboard• Both can interact in an audio video format• Virtual Classroom as a Social Learning Media

• WizIQ does support the reflective requirements of the NCTE Framework in an effective and scalable manner:

• Teacher receives comments when s/he plans for a Class/Content/Test or a Course

• Teacher gets feedback after the class and course

• The teacher can review a recording to retrospect and better one’s performance

• Digital tools can enhance reflective practice but how?

• Information explosion in today’s world – needs cognitive discernibility

• Information available is wide and not teacher-controlled – ‘reflection-on-action’

• Promotes student-centred learning and autonomy (Holec 1981, Little 1991, Benson 2005)

• Develops skills in collaborative learning (Dornyei 2001; Oxbrow 2000)

• Raises awareness of the learning process and aspects of language use (Skehan 1989; Deci and Ryan 1985)

• Mistaking the tool for the task• Pedagogic principles need to be adhered to –

input, interaction, feedback, revision, re-drafting, critical thinking, sustained engagement

• Curricular constraints can be overwhelming, but can be integrated within the curricular framework

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