ICT mentor program Day 2

Activity 1: Fairy Tale with Voice Thread We created a fairy tale using powerpoint and used the rubistar to generate the rubrics - easy to use and I love it! http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ The powerpoint is then uploaded onto voice thread and shared. We copied the html code by clicking on embed. The html code is then pasted onto the google site for sharing and the rubrics are attached as attachment.
All the groups commented on other groups' works by clicking on comment. The commentary can be recorded and parts of the slides can also be highlighted. A virtual gallery walk is created. The circle of knowledge and virtual gallery walk strategies are used in this activity. Some other suggestions on the use of voicethreads: e.g. Humanities - a source is posted and the students comment on it. LJ presentation by groups - can be used together with blogs. Science - planning of experiments. Another useful link - http://classtools.net/ for random name picker. Very colourful graphic and "IR" aligned.Another useful tool in activity 2 - Diigo.com and diigo toolbar - articles can be shared in a group and essential points in an article can be highlighted and sticky notes with comments from the group members can be added. Activity 2: Energy Scenario:

• Our town is growing quickly and needs more energy.


• Which type of Energy plant should we build: fossil fuels or nuclear?


• We'll be discussing our preference of Energy Plant in the upcoming Virtual Townhall Meeting.

Research:

• In pairs, source for articles/ resources related to fossil and nuclear energy that would substantiate your choice of energy.


• One member of the pair will bookmark resources using Diigo.


• Annotate why it supports the justification of your choice of energy.


• Share your bookmark with another pair who are in the same role. Respond to the annotations.

Advantages of using Diigo - ability to annotate and the pages will be stored on the net. Bookmark to Diigo - if not shared it would go to my library. Wthin diigo - you can add friends after sharing with groups. Role of students:

• Research and look for information


• Open minded attitude – learning to look at different perspective


• Check the source to ensure reliability


• Cyber wellness – respect intellectual copyright – paraphrase and acknowledge sources


• Analyse the resources


• Highlight pertinent points


• Appropriate comments


• To think through information to make public

Role of teacher:

• Moderator, facilitator


• Ensure websites are appropriate


• Give websites to students (control environment)


• Model useful and constructive comments


• Questioning techniques (Devil’s advocate)


• Appropriate search skills


• Teach information literacy and cyber wellness

Revisited coveritlive.com for the live discussion on the topic of energy. After that we tried podcast - educator's statement belief. Vocaroo is down so we used sound recorder. Activity 3: Podcast using vocaroo/sound recorder
How to type in presentation mode?

In Office XP - click on control toolbox - view toolbars and click on control toolbox submenu - then select textbox
In Office 2007 - click on the window logo - powerpoint options popular -check show developer tab

ICT mentor program Day 1

Learnt about Linoit sticky notes from the day 1 program and decided to try it out. I have set the first one without the ability for public to post and the second one open to post. Sign up for the account free @ http://linoit.com/home The other tool which we use extensively today is Google document to create feedback/consolidate ideas. The consolidated ideas can be further highlighted/clarified by the facilitator. I had explained how it was used in 2009 http://ezitnew.blogspot.com/2009/11/google-documents.html

In fact I have extended the use together with glogster for a VE lesson in 2010. I have used the form to collect responses for the lesson - it was effective as the form allowed the info to be consolidated instantly and it saved paper. Students are more engaged with this new e-form compared to a paper worksheet. http://ezitnew.blogspot.com/2010/08/national-ict-sharing.html

Other tools introduced were Google word cloud and http://www.coveritlive.com/.%20I was very impressed with the use of word cloud - I think it would be a fantastic tool for brainstorming. A question was asked and the participants entered a word/phrase into a box. All the responses are collated and entries which have been submitted more will actually appear bigger. This was done using google form. After creating the form with 1 question (text box). Open the spreadsheet and insert the gadget - word cloud or advanced word cloud. As shown below, once the gadget is inserted, it will appear on the spreadsheet. Just click on the top left hand corner and click on publish Gadget. Copy the html code to your site or blog. I could not paste it here as it conflict with my blog account.

The coveritlive.com tool was used together with the fish bowl strategy. A group form the inner circle and discuss on a topic. The group in the outer circle will observe the discussion and record their observations on coveritlive.One thing good about this tool is that if you click on the bubble at the button of it - you will be able to translate it to another language. A poll (quiz) was also integrated. He mentioned that the postings can be archived and the group could go back to it to check the responses.

You can view our live discussion here: http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=d7bc0e35df/height=800/width=800

Another good link for educator - educational videos from edutopia: http://www.edutopia.org/east-technology-lab-video

We watched the one on East - A way forward.

ICT tools for ICT mentor program

https://sites.google.com/a/moe.gov.sg/ict-mentor-programme-phase-4-north-zone/ Browser: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ Plugin: Adobe Flash (version 9 or better): http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ Adobe Shockwave (version 11 or better): http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/ Java (version 6 or better): http://www.java.com/en/download/ Diigo toolbar: http://www.diigo.com/tools/toolbar Photostory 3: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx Wireless sign-up: http://www.icellnetwork.com/reg2.php https://myad1.singnet.com.sg/wireless@sg_signup/onlineapplication.jsp?apptype=was http://wsg.m1net.com.sg/wTerms.aspx Voicethread http://voicethread.com/register/?ReturnUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvoicethread.com%2Fpricing%2F Bubbl http://bubbl.us/ Dabbleboard http://www.dabbleboard.com/ Mindmeister http://www.mindmeister.com/ Mind42 http://www.mind42.com/ Screencast http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/

Animation online - goanimate.com

After going through the course and sharing with the other teachers, as well as preparing the project task based on Xtranormal - I am really disappointed that we can't use it as a charge is now imposed for anyone who wants to use this online tool to create the animation. Found another tool online to generate the animation - goanimate.com

Saw this on the goanimation website and was quite impressed.
Japans earthquake by Misty xx on GoAnimate

It's free and fun! Decided to create one sample for the Sec 2 project work: - GoAnimate.com: India population problemIndia's population growth by lily_lee68 Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!