This is the next starter sheet in the assessment series. This starter sheet looks at using the versitile and adaptable workhorse Voicethread http://voicethread.com to provide rich formative feedback to the students in text, audio or audio-visual mediums. Students are able to develop and upload presentations and then narrate these leaving voice comments as narration on [...]
I have been working on a new rubric for storyboards for production of a video. My students are developing an advertisement and part of the production process is the development of a suitable storyboard or plan which provides structure and flow to the final product. The storyboard must have a start, middle and end. They [...]
Can you imagine how your classroom would be changed if the students could make the models and products they design there and then in the classroom? I am not just talking about a design or technology classroom. Consider the science classroom as the students are constructing models of molecules, protiens or strings of RNA or [...]
My students are working on a unit standard that requires them to examine two past IT trends and analyse these and then to examine two current trends and predict how they will influence the future. One of the key trends that is impacting on Information technology and pretty much everything else is Moore’s law. Gordon [...]
This is a cool video. Lee, my good friend and colleague has just produced this absolutely cool video on information Fluency and infowhelm. This is a brilliant resourse that sets perfectly the scene for 21st century learning, what we are facing right now and where we are heading. What a stunning clip. Here is the [...]
This is another tool I am developing. I would appreciate comments and feedback. What are the missing verbs which are misplaced? This tool is an attempt to analyse the structure of examinations and tests and look at the balance between higher order thinking skills (HOTS) and lower order thinking skills (LOTS). Many examinations have a [...]
I have been working on a simple method of analysing teaching and learning technologies against Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy. I have taken the verbs associated with each of the taxonomic levels and arranged them across a sheets and then added a column for the activity components. The idea is that you take your activity and break [...]
This is the latest installment in the Seven things you should know series, this one covering the increasingly popular trend of “Microblogging” Microblogging, of course, includes that staple tool twitter. This paper looks at twitter and microblogging in general from an educational perspective. http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7051.pdf If you need a how to sheet for twitter – use [...]
This is the starter video to go with the starter sheets on the excellent web 2.0 tool voice thread. voicethread (please download the video and use it. Its created under the creative commons share and share alike. This video will play here but you will only see a part of the video. Format: Quicktime Size [...]
The Iranian Election debarcle continues as the world id shocked and appalled by the curruption of the electral system and the brutality of what is now essentially a dictatorship. The new York Times has produced an excellent interactive timeline with media clips, photo shows and commentry of the elections. This is an excellent resource for [...]
