I have attached the same link as in the moodle activities for week 4 for quick reference. Creative Commons "supports sharing of materials online with specific author permission". Another link ?What is Creative Commons set out the rules very clearly.
I have attached earlier in my blog the link to Smartcopying but I will link it again here, they are the copyright guidlines.
Here's a link to Creative Commons for flickr.
Happy reading.
Monday, 25 July 2011
Mobile Learning Reflection Week 4
Mobile Learning Reflections Week 4 Readings
I have listed some of my favourite tools for mobile learning from the reading on moodle.
How portable are these devices, making ICT so easy to include in the classroom and outside the classroom and of course on excursions.
iPod Touch
Voice Memo – collaborative story building, one learner speaks records what they have said, next learner records the next part of the story. Great team work, sense of belonging to a group.
Type Drawing – create visual messages. Could be a response to an issue could be posted to class wiki or blog etc to be shared.
Google Maps
Pixter – used for collage and can add annotations through Comic Touch Life. Great for learners to create a poster of a topic they are learning about, could be created individually or in a group.
StoryKit – learners can create their own books whether fiction or non-fiction, investigations, excursions etc.
FlipIt – can create individual books.
Comic Touch – learners can insert images from a book they have read and add speech bubbles. Great for re-call, engagement, comprehension, once again for fiction, non-fiction and text books.
Mobile Phones
Mobile phones can be used for photos, video and these can be added to the class wiki or blog for collaborative projects or used individually. A voice recorder is possible. Digital story telling, e-reader where learners can access full text. Learners can utilise the dictionary and calendar.
iPad
There are apps to make music.
Interactive e-books, learners can record their own voices reading a book or the learner manager to make the e-books more personalised and can also be a collaborative venture.
iPads have instant presentations using the keynote app. There are lots of photo editing apps. Presentations can belong to the learners using their own photos. Additionally there is the e-portfolio tool and the DrawingPad tool for further collaborative work or individual.
StoryBuddy is where learners can create their own stories to share with one another. Once again these could be linked to a topic they are learning or they could be as simple as their ‘dear diaries’ or a story about their holidays. The PhotoCard Lite creates postcards and could be used in the same way as StoryBuddy.
The Collaborative Whiteboards seem a great idea. Great for collaborative work, one writes on a iPad whiteboard and the text, visual comes up on all iPad whiteboards.
Google Earth is a fabulous tool to use to show learners parts of the world or their local area they are investigating, the topic becomes more real when they can actually see the places talked about.
The learners would have to be taught how to use all these tools to get the most out of them. These forms of mobile learning are compact, easy to carry and usually not as expensive as laptops. The main advantage is the portability of the devices.
Safety, legal and ethical guidelines would also need to be covered off with learners whenever they are using ICTs.
I have listed some of my favourite tools for mobile learning from the reading on moodle.
How portable are these devices, making ICT so easy to include in the classroom and outside the classroom and of course on excursions.
iPod Touch
Voice Memo – collaborative story building, one learner speaks records what they have said, next learner records the next part of the story. Great team work, sense of belonging to a group.
Type Drawing – create visual messages. Could be a response to an issue could be posted to class wiki or blog etc to be shared.
Google Maps
Pixter – used for collage and can add annotations through Comic Touch Life. Great for learners to create a poster of a topic they are learning about, could be created individually or in a group.
StoryKit – learners can create their own books whether fiction or non-fiction, investigations, excursions etc.
FlipIt – can create individual books.
Comic Touch – learners can insert images from a book they have read and add speech bubbles. Great for re-call, engagement, comprehension, once again for fiction, non-fiction and text books.
Mobile Phones
Mobile phones can be used for photos, video and these can be added to the class wiki or blog for collaborative projects or used individually. A voice recorder is possible. Digital story telling, e-reader where learners can access full text. Learners can utilise the dictionary and calendar.
iPad
There are apps to make music.
Interactive e-books, learners can record their own voices reading a book or the learner manager to make the e-books more personalised and can also be a collaborative venture.
iPads have instant presentations using the keynote app. There are lots of photo editing apps. Presentations can belong to the learners using their own photos. Additionally there is the e-portfolio tool and the DrawingPad tool for further collaborative work or individual.
StoryBuddy is where learners can create their own stories to share with one another. Once again these could be linked to a topic they are learning or they could be as simple as their ‘dear diaries’ or a story about their holidays. The PhotoCard Lite creates postcards and could be used in the same way as StoryBuddy.
The Collaborative Whiteboards seem a great idea. Great for collaborative work, one writes on a iPad whiteboard and the text, visual comes up on all iPad whiteboards.
Google Earth is a fabulous tool to use to show learners parts of the world or their local area they are investigating, the topic becomes more real when they can actually see the places talked about.
The learners would have to be taught how to use all these tools to get the most out of them. These forms of mobile learning are compact, easy to carry and usually not as expensive as laptops. The main advantage is the portability of the devices.
Safety, legal and ethical guidelines would also need to be covered off with learners whenever they are using ICTs.
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Group One - On-line Spaces - Wiki Reflection - PMI
My Wiki - PMI
Hi everyone, hope your e-learning investigating is going well. I have started my very own wiki and have learnt how to link images, and web addresses and more. Linking is very quick, I had a few tries and then got it right.
Plus
- Wikis are easy to set up, create and edit.
- Wikis are collaborative in creation and learning.
- Lower primary years would be able to create a wiki collaboratively, the learner manager would need to set up the wiki and assist learners with the use and editing of the wiki.
- Middle to upper primary would be able to create their own wikis with learner manager support if needed and then collaboratively learners can create a unit of work themselves and others to share.
- Wikis can be a 'expert jigsaw' when everyone is working together which leads to higher order thinking for individual learners.
- Wikis can be linked to a classroom website, they can be viewed by teachers, learners and parents.
Minus
- A wiki is a collaborative activity, some learners learn best working independently, so a wiki may not be the best e-learning tool for these learners.
- Information would be very easy to be deleted in a wiki, so learners would have to be very careful.
- Problems can arise when two or more learners are editing and saving the wiki at the same time. (See blog posting 20th July).
- Learners have to be on-line to edit a wiki.
Interesting
Wiki questions should be scaffolded to enhance learners thinking.
· A wiki is a constructivist, way of learning.
· Learners are able to link and embed images, text and videos into their wiki to enhance visual creativity. Learners need to told about copyright, ethics and safety when creating a wiki. (See blog entry 10th August "Basic Copyright Information Summarised"). Smartcopying is an informative site about copyright, Creative Commons is another site that informs the expectations when using other authors images, text and videos.
I wasn't sure what would happen if two people/students were editing a wiki page at the same time. When I was reflecting on the mobile phones wiki a message came on screen that mentioned that someone was also editing and I was worried what would happen. I have linked a great site I found while looking into this query of mine, lots of questions and what ifs about wiki.
I have cut and pasted from this website the section that answered my question. Retrieved from http://help.wikispaces.com/Teacher+Help
"Your students will be notified if someone else is editing the page at the same time. If there are no conflicts in the students' changes, both sets of edits will be seamlessly merged into the page. If the changes do conflict, the following will happen:
1.When the first user saves his changes, the second user will receive a notification of this and will be able to view the changes.
2.The second user can view the changes to remove the conflict if she chooses.
3.If there is still a conflict when the second user saves the page, she will be notified that she is about to overwrite the first user's changes. She will have the option to continue or cancel.
If either student's edits are incorrectly overwritten, they can find their work or revert to an earlier version of the page on the History tab. If you still have problems, email help@wikispaces.com ."
Next I'm off to my Weebly.
I have cut and pasted from this website the section that answered my question. Retrieved from http://help.wikispaces.com/Teacher+Help
"Your students will be notified if someone else is editing the page at the same time. If there are no conflicts in the students' changes, both sets of edits will be seamlessly merged into the page. If the changes do conflict, the following will happen:
1.When the first user saves his changes, the second user will receive a notification of this and will be able to view the changes.
2.The second user can view the changes to remove the conflict if she chooses.
3.If there is still a conflict when the second user saves the page, she will be notified that she is about to overwrite the first user's changes. She will have the option to continue or cancel.
If either student's edits are incorrectly overwritten, they can find their work or revert to an earlier version of the page on the History tab. If you still have problems, email help@wikispaces.com ."
Next I'm off to my Weebly.
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
What if two students are editing a wiki at the same time?
I wasn't sure what would happen if two people/students were editing a wiki page at the same time. When I was reflecting on the mobile phones wiki a message came on screen that mentioned that someone was also editing and I was worried what would happen. I have linked a great site I found while looking into this query of mine, lots of questions and what ifs about wiki.
I have cut and pasted from this website the section that answered my question. Retrieved from http://help.wikispaces.com/Teacher+Help
"Your students will be notified if someone else is editing the page at the same time. If there are no conflicts in the students' changes, both sets of edits will be seamlessly merged into the page. If the changes do conflict, the following will happen:
1.When the first user saves his changes, the second user will receive a notification of this and will be able to view the changes.
2.The second user can view the changes to remove the conflict if she chooses.
3.If there is still a conflict when the second user saves the page, she will be notified that she is about to overwrite the first user's changes. She will have the option to continue or cancel.
If either student's edits are incorrectly overwritten, they can find their work or revert to an earlier version of the page on the History tab. If you still have problems, email help@wikispaces.com ."
I have cut and pasted from this website the section that answered my question. Retrieved from http://help.wikispaces.com/Teacher+Help
"Your students will be notified if someone else is editing the page at the same time. If there are no conflicts in the students' changes, both sets of edits will be seamlessly merged into the page. If the changes do conflict, the following will happen:
1.When the first user saves his changes, the second user will receive a notification of this and will be able to view the changes.
2.The second user can view the changes to remove the conflict if she chooses.
3.If there is still a conflict when the second user saves the page, she will be notified that she is about to overwrite the first user's changes. She will have the option to continue or cancel.
If either student's edits are incorrectly overwritten, they can find their work or revert to an earlier version of the page on the History tab. If you still have problems, email help@wikispaces.com ."
Copyright
I have linked Smartcopying the copyright site that Jackie mentioned in class today in case anyone was not there.
A section within the Smartcopying document is directed at "students and copyright" I have linked it here for easy reference.
A section within the Smartcopying document is directed at "students and copyright" I have linked it here for easy reference.
Mobiles in School - Wiki Reflection
Wow, what a response, so many individual thoughts and feelings about the topic.
Everyone was willing to share their thoughts on the topic. A collaborative mix of pros and cons. I found it interesting to see that most people overal had the same feelings. Technology is so amazing, to think that a piece of technology small enough to fit in your pocket can do the same as a regular computer (and more). Not too many years ago I remember my father bringing home his first computer, it was huge. I also remember his first mobile phone, it was the size of a large briefcase.
I am beginning to enjoy wikis, however I am very worried about deleting things or editing someone's work without knowing so I am very careful.
I think students' working collaboratively on a wiki is very useful. Wikis can involve as many students as the task requires. It requires patience from students who are more ICT literate. Wikis can encourage students to help each other with their learning and ICT skills because the students are all working toward a common goal - the completion of a task.
Learner managers have to support group work and supply options for solving group problems when they occur.
Everyone was willing to share their thoughts on the topic. A collaborative mix of pros and cons. I found it interesting to see that most people overal had the same feelings. Technology is so amazing, to think that a piece of technology small enough to fit in your pocket can do the same as a regular computer (and more). Not too many years ago I remember my father bringing home his first computer, it was huge. I also remember his first mobile phone, it was the size of a large briefcase.
I am beginning to enjoy wikis, however I am very worried about deleting things or editing someone's work without knowing so I am very careful.
I think students' working collaboratively on a wiki is very useful. Wikis can involve as many students as the task requires. It requires patience from students who are more ICT literate. Wikis can encourage students to help each other with their learning and ICT skills because the students are all working toward a common goal - the completion of a task.
Learner managers have to support group work and supply options for solving group problems when they occur.
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Group 1 - On-line Spaces - Blog Reflection
A blog is easy to set up and use. Learner managers would have to assist the younger primary years, however middle primary and up would find a blog easy to use. A blog can be as creative as the individual learner would like it to be.
A blog is an on-line space and usually has a single author; however other learners can connect and collaboratively contribute to the blog by posting comments. Learners when creating a blog have a sense of ownership which in itself can contribute to learning. Learners need to develop strategies to be self motivating to explore the vast amount of information available to them on the World Wide Web, analysis the information and incorporate this new knowledge into the blog in the form of text, video and/or images. Learners can use their own photos and videos created in class, taken during an excursion or during investigations. Blogs are an on-line space that learners can create, edit and individually design a journey of learning, eg time line for history a sequenced science investigation. Blogs can be visual and express an individual’s creativity. Blogs allow learners to link and embed other authors’ text, images, videos and ‘gadgets’.
They can create their own ‘textbook’ which can be viewed by their peers to extend their knowledge, assessed by their teachers at assessment time and a blog can inform parents and caregivers about their child’s progress.
Blog - PMI (Plus, minus and interesting)
I have found the experience alot of fun. At first I was a little worried as I mentioned in my first entry, however I now can see why people get “addicted”.
I have being using my blog as a learning file, to store new ICT skills and tools I have explored.
I have also found that I have gone back into earlier entries and added new information or changed information because my thoughts have changed due to more research.
Plus
Blogs are sequenced entries. Learners can use a blog to show sequence of an activity, for example a timeline of events (history), investigation and the steps taken to the end result (science). The learner manager with their learners’ can discuss questions to be answered to help scaffold the blog.
Blogs require minimum technical knowledge and are quickly and easily created and maintained.
Blogs can be worked on anytime, anywhere with a internet-enabled computer.
Blogs are very easy to use and edit and are flexible in design and can be change easily.
Blogs do not limit creativity, learners can be as creative as they like. Learners can personalise their blog and enhance the feeling of ownership.
Blogs usually have a single author which can give learners ownership of their journeys of discovery in which ever subject area they are investigating or reflecting on.
A blog gives opportunities for learners to read and write. Some students may participate more in class when given the opportunity to create a blog.
Blogs are interactive because anyone viewing the blog can comment, which then includes a form of collaborative learning and discussion enhancing deeper thinking. (See comment of danger below).
Minus
The minus side of a blog is that it usually would not be a collaborative activity like a wiki. It would suit some learners but it would mainly be a solo journey of learning.
A blog requires you to be on-line when creating, editing and viewing.
DANGER – anyone can comment on your blog, learners of all ages need to be taught the dangers of blogging. They need to be reminded more than once. (However, Learner Managers, parents and carers can view the blogs).
Interesting
I have had some help to attach/link some tools, however now that I have done it a few times it will get easier. I like being able to attach visual tools; scribble maps, photostory and prezi, all of which can be integrated into learning experiences for learners. I would like to be able to use “Missy the science dog” to engage my learners with missions of investigations. (My Voki of Missy the science dog is on the right hand side of my blog).
Did you know, as stated by Pingdom (2010) 152 million blogs are on the internet. (Retrieved from
http://royal.pingdom.com).
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