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Using ICT in the Sociology Classroom

SEV Social Education and VCE Teachers’ Conference

Monday 6th December 2010

+Creative Commons

Creative Commons (CC) facilitates sharing of creative works

The organisation has released several copyright licenses free of charge to the public

CC licenses allow creators of creative works to specify which rights they reserve and which they waive

Search for CC creative works http://search.creativecommons.org/

Video Image Music Other

+Creative Commons

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Noncommercial (nc) Licensees may copy, distribute, display, and perform the work and make derivative works based on it only for noncommercial purposes.

No Derivative Works (nd)

Licensees may copy, distribute, display and perform only verbatim copies of the work, not derivative works based on it.

Share-alike (sa) Licensees may distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs the original work. (See also copyleft.)

+Political cartoons

Political cartoons are an effective way of introducing students to contemporary issues in Australian society

Students should be encouraged to collect and annotate political cartoons

The end-of-year examinations have included political cartoons for students to analyse

Some artists such as Peter Nicholson allow their work to be used by teachers in non-commercial settings so long as acknowledge is made http://www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au/reproduce.php

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Cartoon by Nicholson from "The Australian" newspaper: www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au

+Media reviews

Knowledge of contemporary issues in Australian society is essential for teaching Units 3-4 Sociology

The end-of-year examinations have included newspaper articles and advertisements for students to analyse

The key knowledge in the Study Design also requires teachers to be aware of contemporary issues, such as changes in policy

+Press

e.g. The Australian http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs?

useAbsoluteURL=true

e.g. The Age http://www.theage.com.au/opinion

e.g. Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/

e.g. The Monthly http://www.themonthly.com.au/

+Radio & Television

e.g. Slow TV http://www.themonthly.com.au/video

e.g. ABC Life Matters http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/ Wednesday 1 December ‘In Favour of Gay Marriage’

http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2010/12/lms_20101201_0905.mp3

e.g. SBS First Australians http://www.sbs.com.au/firstaustralians/

+Film

e.g. Enhance TV http://www.enhancetv.com.au

e.g. ABC Dick Smith’s Population Puzzle http://www.abc.net.au/tv/populationpuzzle/index.html

e.g. ATOM Study Guides http://www.metromagazine.com.au/studyguides/study.asp

e.g. The Oasis http://www.abc.net.au/tv/oasis/

+National Film & Sound Archive

Digital Resource Finder http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/

Free-for-education video clips from Screen Australia

No log-in required

View on the website About the Video Clip Curriculum Focus Background Information Classroom Activities Further Resources

Download for later use (with instructions)

+National Film & Sound Archive

Film Australia, Old Parliament House & Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2007). ‘Edmund Barton and the Velvet Soap Advertisement’, The Prime Ministers’ National Treasures, available from: http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/module/1100/.

http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/module/1100/

+YouTube

Why are you using it?

Is it being used instead of “theory”?

Is it being used as a “reward”?

Does it relate to the key knowledge?

Could you teach more effectively without it?

Is the content accurate?

Is it legal?

Will it be there when you need it? http://keepvid.com

+Using YouTube

e.g. Standard Deviants (Sociology) www.youtube.com/user/CerebellumCorp

e.g. Yakovich (Social Comment) http://www.youtube.com/user/Yakovich#g/c/

F129771BA02A3B98

e.g. Random http://www.youtube.com/user/socimages http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW9dfc7g_10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFdUtCAXAUM

+Embedding video in PowerPoint

The PowerPoint document links to where the video is saved when it was first embedded

If you move the location of the video after embedding it, its link with the PowerPoint document is broken

For example, if you save your PowerPoint document to USB it won’t play the video you embedded because the video is still stored on your computer hard-drive You must move the PowerPoint document and video file to

the USB and “redirect” the link

+PDF files

Archiving mechanism

Format/font stays the same

Avoids compatibility issues (e,g. version of programs)

Photocopier: Scans and emails PDF

Mac: File>Print>PDF>Save as PDF

+Wordpress

www.wordpress.com Free blog Web template system using a template processor No web design skills necessary – re-arrange widgets and

switch themes Easy to use “back-end”

www.pheonad.wordpress.com

+Quia

www.quia.com Online testing system with automatic grading, immediate

feedback and detailed reporting Each student gets log in details 16 templates for online activities Surveys Class page Can set to private so only class members can access

content Can share resources with other teachers/students

http://www.quia.com/pages/pheonad/psychology