Jun
23

Week 6 Activity 1

Week 6: Activity 1.                                                                                Michael

  • Student activity: The Techbribe is a weblog to enable students to publish work related to their IT projects.    URL – http://www.techbribe.com
  • Hardware/software – podcast, video/video podcast, blog
  • How is the technology used? – to encourage Design Technology students to become independent and creative thinkers
  • Why was the technology used? – It enables students to share knowledge, ideas and much more in order to fully understand collaborative principles within the Design Cycle. (as per author)
  • Learning Outcomes? – online collaboration, use of Google Sketchup, peer assistance with the technology
  • ISTE standards – This is a great student project. It addresses all six of the ISTE standards for students – Creativity, collaboration, research, critical thinking, digital citizenship, and technology operations and concepts
  • Student Grouping – it appears that some of the work was individual and some was in small groups
  • Student-centered? – the students got to choose their topics and pursue areas of interest.
  • Teacher’s role – initially an upfront leader, setting parameters, guidelines, helping with the technical aspects and then he was more of a ‘guide on the side’
  • Impact on learning – From the feedback, the students were fully engaged, enthusiastic, and eager to try new technology
  • Address learning differences? –  students who were apprehensive about their technology skills were helped with one-on-one tutoring, others dove right into the deep end
  • TPACK – this activity was a good mix of the technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge

 

  1. Student activity:  Delving into the Ethics of Technology in Society
  • URL – http://www.itgsonline.com
  • Hardware/software – video/video podcast, blog, wiki, social bookmarking, Diigo
  • How is the technology used? – to discuss and debate the social/ethical issues related with the use of Technology in a Modern Society.
  • Why was the technology used? – The use of a weblog enables students to discuss independently both locally and globally with other schools and students (as per site)
  • Learning Outcomes? – to get the students to interact within the country and globally – appears to have been met
  • ISTE standards – This is another great student project. It addresses all six of the ISTE standards for students – Creativity, collaboration, research, critical thinking, digital citizenship, and technology operations and concepts
  • Student Grouping – it appears that they worked in groups of like interest
  • Student-centered? – Yes – independent discussions
  • Teacher’s role – setting policies and standards, moderation of posts, maintaining an element of trust
  • Impact on learning – great inter-school and inter-country collaboration
  • Address learning differences? – not evident from the home page
  • TPACK – this activity was a good mix of the technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge, heavier on the content area

 

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