Putting IT into HumanITiesGlobally Engaged: effective use of the

web

Lisa HaymanAsia Education Adviser

April 2008

Session Outline:

1. Learners of the 21st Century

2. Web based learning and teaching formats

3. Web 2.0

4. What does this mean for me?

http://studiesofasia.wikispaces.com

How do students learn in the 21st century?

Multicultural literacy is knowledge of cultures and languages, as well as the ways in which multi-sensory data (text, sound, and graphics) may introduce slant, perspective, and bias into language, subject matter, and visual content. We live in multicultural societies, teach in multicultural settings, and our students often interact with those who come from a different place in terms of gender, rural or urban environments, nationalistically, linguistically, racially, and religiously.

web-and-flow

ozline.com

Working the Web for Education Tom March © 2001

Topic Hotlist – for open research and exploration

Teachers choose to create a Topic Hotlistwhen..

1. they are new to the Web 2. they are in a hurry 3. they want to save student surf/search time 4. they want to add Web resources to curriculum they already have

India

Knowledge Hunt – for acquiring defined knowledge

Create a Knowledge Hunt when...

1. students need to acquire a specific body of knowledge

2. critical thinking is either not a goal is covered using other activities

3. Web-based resources are more current or reliable than traditional resources

ANZAC DAY

Subject Sampler –

for connecting emotively to a topicCreate a Subject Sampler when... 1. you want students to feel connected

to the topic 2. you want to motivate students to

explore the topic further 3. you have a short period of time and

a small number of great sites to share 4. you or your students are new to the

Web and a user- friendly activity makes sense East Timor Subject Sampler

Create a WebQuest when…

1. students would benefit from a more real world learning experience

2. you want students to tackle big, complex, or gray questions

3. students could benefit from cooperative learning

4. the subject warrants a deeper understanding

Globalisation BestWebQuest

Online Analysis Activities

Forms - sac revision

Find not Search

• Filamentality

• Hotlists to WebQuests

• Education Channel

• http://vivisimo.com/

Photostory – visual literacyThe ability to interpret, use,appreciate, and create images and video using both conventional and 21st century media in ways that advance thinking, decision making, communication, and learning.

India 2007

iEARN ASIA – Global Classroom Projects

Units of work to support Learning Objects

• Unit

Web 2.0 refers to web-based communities and hosted services — such as social-networking sites and wikis — which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users.

Classroom Learning 2.0Classroom Learning 2.0

What is a wiki?

Wikis provide a collaborative Space whereby contributers can participate together in the building of information in one website. Individuals work together and often work on the same content.

Wiki as a webpage•Provide information on program

•Share resources – word documents, powerpoints etc

Class encyclopaedia

http://australian-

history.wikispaces.com/

Putting it all together!

What does this mean for me?• Who are the students in my

classroom?

• What will their world look like?

• How am I integrating technologies into student learning?

• What could I do in the future to integrate technology into student learning programs?