'Podcasting' is a blend of the words 'iPod' and 'broadcasting'. Podcasting allows you to automatically receive the latest episode or highlights of your favorite SBS programmes. You can then watch or listen to the downloaded episode via your computer, or transfer them to a portable mp3 player.
http://www.sbs.com.au/podcasts/help#whatispodcasting
Pod casting can be a valuable learning tool by allowing students to listen to educational podcasts that relate to thier unit of work.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Power Point
Power Point is a very useful tool in that can be utilised in the classroom with ease. There is no need to go through the hassles of logging on to the Internet or passwords. Simply open Microsoft PowerPoint and get started. Students can become familiar with the processes such as creating a new page, adding a heading, photos and editing their background. Student's can also be developing other elements of computer use such as saving documents and advanced users can be shown hyper linking and other nifty tricks which can enhance the presentation. To see my sample of what can be achieved with a power point please click here.
Another effective feature of this digital tool is the ability to create multiple choice quizzes. By developing quizzes, using this teaching strategy would be using a behaviourist approach. Here is a video outlining how to create a multiple choice quiz.
Here is a step by step process of how to create a multiple choice powerpoint for those of you who would find this easier to follow.
Make a PowerPoint Multiple Choice Quiz
Hi, I'm Don Schechter for About.com Computing. Today I'll show you how to create a multiple choice interactive quiz using PowerPoint.
Start the PowerPoint Quiz
First, open PowerPoint. Create a new slide by clicking the 'New Slide' button at the top. Type in your question and answer choices into the first slide. You can move the text boxes wherever you want them.
Create Slides for Each Quiz Answer
Next, create a slide if someone chooses an incorrect answer. Create another slide if someone chooses the correct answer.
Make Slides for Each Quiz Question
Now, create a slide for the second question and its answer choices. Each question in your quiz must be followed by an incorrect answer slide, and then a correct answer slide. You must do it in this order so that when you choose a correct answer, you advance to the next question.
Copy the incorrect answer slide and paste it after the second question in the 'Slides' tab on the left side. Now copy the correct answer slide and paste it after the incorrect answer slide.
Link the Answer Slides to the Quiz Questions
To link the answer choices to the appropriate answer slides, go back to your first question. Go to 'Slideshow,' 'Action Buttons,' and choose 'Custom'. Click and drag a rectangle around your first answer choice. A window will appear.
Check 'Hyperlink To', and under the drop down menu, I'll choose 'Next Slide.' Since this answer is incorrect and the incorrect answer slides always follow a question, going to the 'Next Slide' is the best way to link them. Click 'OK.'
Make the Answer Links Transparent
Now to make the link transparent, right click it and choose 'Format Autoshape.' Change the color to 'No Fill' and click 'OK.'
The next answer choice is correct so the link will be different. Go to 'Slideshow,' 'Action Buttons,' and choose 'Custom.' Click and drag a rectangle around the next answer choice. The same window will appear. Check 'Hyperlink To,' and under the drop down menu, choose 'Slide.' Another window will appear with the outline of your quiz.
Choose the 'congratulations' slide that is after the question you want to link to. Click 'OK' twice. Don't forget to take away the fill color. Repeat these steps for all your answer choices. You might want to link your answers after you have finished all the slides in your quiz.
Loop Incorrect Answers Back to Each Question
To link the 'sorry' slide back to your question, go to 'Slideshow,' 'Action Buttons,' and choose 'Custom.' Click and drag a rectangle over the entire slide. A window will appear, Check 'Hyperlink to,' and under the drop down menu, choose 'Previous Slide.' Click 'OK.' Repeat this for all of your incorrect answer slides.
Choose a PowerPoint Quiz Background
Now to give your quiz a background, click the 'Design' button at the top. Backgrounds will appear on the right sidebar. Click one to apply it.
Preview the PowerPoint Quiz
To test the links in your quiz, click slideshow view at the bottom left side. Click on each answer to make sure it takes you to the appropriate answer slide.
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Another effective feature of this digital tool is the ability to create multiple choice quizzes. By developing quizzes, using this teaching strategy would be using a behaviourist approach. Here is a video outlining how to create a multiple choice quiz.
Here is a step by step process of how to create a multiple choice powerpoint for those of you who would find this easier to follow.
Make a PowerPoint Multiple Choice Quiz
Hi, I'm Don Schechter for About.com Computing. Today I'll show you how to create a multiple choice interactive quiz using PowerPoint.
Start the PowerPoint Quiz
First, open PowerPoint. Create a new slide by clicking the 'New Slide' button at the top. Type in your question and answer choices into the first slide. You can move the text boxes wherever you want them.
Create Slides for Each Quiz Answer
Next, create a slide if someone chooses an incorrect answer. Create another slide if someone chooses the correct answer.
Make Slides for Each Quiz Question
Now, create a slide for the second question and its answer choices. Each question in your quiz must be followed by an incorrect answer slide, and then a correct answer slide. You must do it in this order so that when you choose a correct answer, you advance to the next question.
Copy the incorrect answer slide and paste it after the second question in the 'Slides' tab on the left side. Now copy the correct answer slide and paste it after the incorrect answer slide.
Link the Answer Slides to the Quiz Questions
To link the answer choices to the appropriate answer slides, go back to your first question. Go to 'Slideshow,' 'Action Buttons,' and choose 'Custom'. Click and drag a rectangle around your first answer choice. A window will appear.
Check 'Hyperlink To', and under the drop down menu, I'll choose 'Next Slide.' Since this answer is incorrect and the incorrect answer slides always follow a question, going to the 'Next Slide' is the best way to link them. Click 'OK.'
Make the Answer Links Transparent
Now to make the link transparent, right click it and choose 'Format Autoshape.' Change the color to 'No Fill' and click 'OK.'
The next answer choice is correct so the link will be different. Go to 'Slideshow,' 'Action Buttons,' and choose 'Custom.' Click and drag a rectangle around the next answer choice. The same window will appear. Check 'Hyperlink To,' and under the drop down menu, choose 'Slide.' Another window will appear with the outline of your quiz.
Choose the 'congratulations' slide that is after the question you want to link to. Click 'OK' twice. Don't forget to take away the fill color. Repeat these steps for all your answer choices. You might want to link your answers after you have finished all the slides in your quiz.
Loop Incorrect Answers Back to Each Question
To link the 'sorry' slide back to your question, go to 'Slideshow,' 'Action Buttons,' and choose 'Custom.' Click and drag a rectangle over the entire slide. A window will appear, Check 'Hyperlink to,' and under the drop down menu, choose 'Previous Slide.' Click 'OK.' Repeat this for all of your incorrect answer slides.
Choose a PowerPoint Quiz Background
Now to give your quiz a background, click the 'Design' button at the top. Backgrounds will appear on the right sidebar. Click one to apply it.
Preview the PowerPoint Quiz
To test the links in your quiz, click slideshow view at the bottom left side. Click on each answer to make sure it takes you to the appropriate answer slide.
computing.about.com
Voki
A voki is an interactive learning tool which allows users to create their own avatar, deciding on what it looks like, sounds like and what it says. I found this a lot of fun and can see many ways it can be used as an effective learning tool.
Get a Voki now!
Get a Voki now!
Learning Styles
Learning styles are the different ways in which individuals think and learn. These becomeformalised as expectations and behaviour, which the individual then brings to the task of learning.The stages of learning can be separated into three broad areas: cognition, the acquisition of knowledge; conceptualisation, the processing of knowledge and the affective factors related tothese. The focus is therefore on the process of learning. Kolb (1984) saw learning as an active process. Its stages formed a continuum, from concrete experience:(involvement); reflective observation, watching others or developing observations about one’s own experience; through abstract conceptualization: the creation of theories to explain one’s observations; to active experimentation, using theories to solve problems and make decisions.
Gardner (1983) identified different types of learning, particularly those characterised as ‘knowhow’ and ‘know that’. From that he defined ‘multiple intelligences’, to describe the different ways (and combinations of ways) in which individuals learn. Learning can be seen as ‘playing’ with different capabilities: the verbal/linguistic; logical/mathematical; visual/spatial; musical/rhythmic;
bodily/kinesthetic; social/interpersonal and personal. This perspective provides an immediate rationale for the use of computers by young people: the combination of play elements
– the ludic
– the use of language as part of the process, together with visual stimulus, means that the computer provides a focus for different types of learning.© John P. Cuthell PhD http://www.virtuallearning.org.uk/changemanage/pedagogy_practice/Learning%20theory%20and%20e%2339137.pdf
Visual
The use of yourself and your body movements,
Utilising the visual display opportunities above eye level within the room
Video, OHP, slides, flip chart, Coloured board markers or chalks
Lively and engaging textbooks
Memory-mapping, collage and visual note-taking tools
Keywords displayed around the room
Auditory
Paired and group discussions, group reviews
Guest speakers
Mini-debates
Raps, rhyme, chants & verse, dramatic readings
Tape, sound-bites
Mnemonics, onomatopoeia,
Music for energising, relaxing, visualising and review
Kinesthetic
Body sculpture, mime
Gestures or movements learned to demonstrate a concept
Break-state activities
Design and build activities
Field trips and visits
Physical movement - eg Brownian Motion illustrated by students bumping together in a confined space; maps drawn on hard play areas to help learn countries and trade routes
http://www.gp-training.net/training/educational_theory/multint/multint.htm
Weebly SWOT
Webpages can be useful in the classroom to develop a meaningful task for the learners. By using the webpage as a display of thier knowledge for what they consider a 'real life' task, the students will put more weighting on the task. One example of using a webpage as a meaningful task is perhaps if studying Australia, they can create a webpage for a class of overseas students and they in turn create on about thier country for the students to read. Each student could contribute to a particular aspect on the webpage, and if working in groups, collaboratively create the page.
The big 6 Overview
Developed by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz, the Big6 is the most widely known and widely used approach to teaching information and technology skills in the world. Used in thousands of K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and corporate and adult training programs, the Big6 information problem-solving model is applicable whenever people need and use information. The Big6 integrates information search and use skills along with technology tools in a systematic process to find, use, apply, and evaluate information for specific needs and tasks.
1. Task Definition
Define the information problem
Identify information needed
2. Information Seeking Strategies
Determine all possible sources
Select the best sources
3. Location and Access
Locate sources (intellectually and physically)
Find information within sources
4. Use of Information
Engage (e.g., read, hear, view, touch)
Extract relevant information
5. Synthesis
Organize from multiple sources
Present the information
6. Evaluation
Judge the product (effectiveness)
Judge the process (efficiency)
Reference: www.big6.com
1. Task Definition
Define the information problem
Identify information needed
2. Information Seeking Strategies
Determine all possible sources
Select the best sources
3. Location and Access
Locate sources (intellectually and physically)
Find information within sources
4. Use of Information
Engage (e.g., read, hear, view, touch)
Extract relevant information
5. Synthesis
Organize from multiple sources
Present the information
6. Evaluation
Judge the product (effectiveness)
Judge the process (efficiency)
Reference: www.big6.com
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