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Get students thinking. Sign up to participate in this MacICT project.

This is a project design to get students thinking differently.  We use LAMS software to teach students to become online teachers, from the planning through to the assessing learning.  All the teachers involved in this project have been surprised by the transformation of teaching and learning in their classroom through participating in this project.

Why you should participate:

• Increased student motivation and self-esteem
• Knowledge and skills in the application of ICT in the classroom
• Explicit teaching of meta-cognitive skills
• The opportunity to practice using technology to create an enquiry-based, collaborative curriculum for your students
• Meet other teachers who are interested in integrating technology in the classroom
• Individual feedback for students on learning designs provided by MacICT

This year our project will be focused on creating designs that are linked with the DET Year of Sustainability.

Click here to book your spot on the LAMS Basic training day.  Or email me concetta.gotlieb@det... for more information.

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Posted at 11:27AM Feb 09, 2010 by Concetta Gotlieb  |  Comments[1]

Student Learning Design Project 2010

Imaged from Flickr user  pandiyan CC licence

I like this picture because you can look at it in two ways - in a way letting students design learning for each other was a bit like sending students to tend to crocodiles.  But like the kid in this picture they also showed strength of character, calmness and passion that makes you remember what teaching is all about.  Click here to read a beautiful reflection by one of the teachers on the project.

Some of the successes of the 'Students As Learning Designers' project included:

• Gaining a better understanding of the choices students make when they use technology
• Uncovering the thinking processes behind what happens when students learn
• Developing empathy and teamwork skills in the groups that participated in the project
• Increased empathy and understanding of what the teacher was asking them to do in all learning tasks 
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Posted at 08:58PM Feb 02, 2010 by Concetta Gotlieb  | 

LAMS Student Authoring - Reflections Part 1

Just a few notes to remind myself of things to think/talk about with the students:

• Students sometimes duplicating information/questions from their choosen resources into their sequence
• Wonderful little examples of students own voice and digital literacy coming out with students using online web apps such as 'glitter text' to personalise their sequence
• Some students linked to a page with a resource inside some to a resource directly
• Some conversations with students around voting and then re-voting indicated they were using this tool to check understanding - interesting how they thought this was happening
• Lots said that they didn't want to 'listen' too much, wanted interactivity - however a number created a lengthy powerpoint.  Interesting to think about whether they would like to read the powerpoint themselves.

We need to next:

• Think about how we can get feedback from students on which learning sequences they enjoyed
• Make all the students monitors so they can share their sequences

• Plan for their 2nd sequence attempt & feedback - possibly next term
  

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Posted at 04:27PM May 28, 2009 by Concetta Gotlieb  |  Comments[1]