Technology, innovation and education presentation from George Washington school of English - by Solange Simon

Mooc - Week 3 and 4 - by Solange Simon

Week 3 In this week we have an approach to different learning types: learning by acquisition, discussion, investigation, practice, collaboration and production. Projects using tablets for learning have been shown, this projects include subjects as geography, chemistry and english among others. We have been asked to post ideas about emerging technologies in education. I have made an opinion about tablets in the "cuadro de aviso de la discusion" post./ Week 4 In this week we have been shown some criteria as regards choosing and using ICT tools and contents for the classroom. This criteria come from "The early chilhood education context" for primary education. Our country environments have been asked too in order to create a rich collection of authentic materials. I have add two interesting sites regarding emerging educational technologies.

Moodle

Why using Moodle 1. Truly Open Source Moodle is free to use for everyone; you needn’t pay even a single penny for using it on your servers. However, if you need the servers or any services like customization, designing, etc., you need to pay for that. You are free to take your data and move your LMS to any other platform. You are nowhere bound neither with your data nor with any specific company. 2. Sound Educational Philosophy While tool-centric LMSs give you a list of tools as the interface, Moodle builds the tools into an interface that makes the learning task central. Moodle is built on Social Constructionism pedagogy, including the tools which are truly required in an online learning environment. 3. Proven And Τrusted Worldwide Powering around 80k websites all over the world, Moodle is trusted by institutions and organizations large and small, including Shell, London School of Economics, State University of New York, Microsoft, and the Open University. 4. Designed To Support Both Teaching And Learning With over 15 years of development guided by Social Constructionism pedagogy, Moodle delivers a powerful set of learner-centric tools and collaborative learning environments that empower both teaching and learning. 5. Easy To Use A simple interface, drag-and-drop features, and well-documented resources along with ongoing usability improvements, make Moodle easy to learn and use. With latest Bootstrap 4 based themes like Fordson, Boost, etc., the default Moodle looks are awesome and easily customizable. 6. Always Up-To-Date The Moodle project’s open-source approach means that it is continually being reviewed and improved on to suit the current and evolving needs of its users. There is a new version release after every 6 months in May and November. The most recent version, i.e. Moodle 3.3, was released in May 2017 and the next version Moodle 3.4 is due to be released in November 2017. 7. Community Support Moodle has the biggest community of developers, teachers, and designers working all around the globe for making improvements to the product named Moodle. In 2015, Moodle Users' Association was formed to facilitate the individual Moodle users to propose and participate in adding new features into Moodle core. 8. Great Documentation And Forum Support One of the basic things missing in most of the other open source LMSs is the lack of appropriate documentation, whereas Moodle is the winner in terms of the documentation also. You will find tonnes of documents on each and every topic related to Moodle; if by chance you are not able to find any relevant topic, then you can ask the community members to help you out through Moodle forums. 9. Highly Flexible And Fully Customizable Because it is open-source, Moodle can be customized in any way and tailored to individual needs. Its modular setup and interoperable design allows developers to create plugins and integrate external applications to achieve specific functionalities. 10. Language Options Moodle is available in all of the popular languages so that you can teach students in your own language. Even you can also contribute to translate Moodle into your own language. As on date Moodle has been translated into 126 languages for the 3.3 Version. 11. International Standards Compliant Moodle has achieved and is compliant with the following international standards: Open Source Initiative (OSI). IMS LTI™ Certified. SCORM-ADL compliant. Open Badges. 12. Interoperability In supporting the seamless integration and use of content from different sources and multiple vendors, the Moodle platform is designed to exchange data using open industry standards for web deployments and supports. Best Learning Management SystemLMS FeaturesLMS SelectionMoodle

Etwinning

eTwinning is an initiative of the European Commission that is part of Erasmus +, the European Union's program on education, training, youth and sport, whose main objective is to promote school collaboration in Europe using the technologies of the European Union. information and communication.

Webquest: "The past of the Future" - by Solange Simon

Webquest for 2nd year secondary students/ Introduction: You want to become a video game developer! For that reason history of videogames will help you to understand from where do they come from and where are they going to./ Task: In groups of three students search information about the history of videogames. Using Padlet make a chronological timeline since their beginnings until now. With the help of Stencyl app create your own videogame./ Process: First divide yourselves in groups of four students/Then download Padlet in your computers/ As you do this enter this site so you can find information about the history of videogames: https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/history-of-video-games / Make a chronological timeline of videogames and its producers (labels) using Padlet/ Download Stencyl app / Make your own videogame /Play it !

Checkology

infozones
As there is such a great amount of information nowadays available on the web, this link will help you to tell the difference between fake news and real ones. It has interactive videos lead by a well-known journalist from the NBC who will guide you throughout the course. Check it yourself!

My Kahoots (Marcelo)

My Kahoots

My Kahoots LEVEL: for students in a teacher's training college https://create.kahoot.it/share/let-s-have-some-fn/c8bfd768-d6b6-4154-a03b-96e56caf87b5 LEVEL: Intermediate https://create.kahoot.it/share/four-word-animals/b7ba19e3-82e3-419c-a73f-92cc3ca13e5a LEVEL: Lower-interm/interm https://create.kahoot.it/share/favourite-celebrities/9d72afdd-4430-4f42-af9d-43abea7d7067

WEBQUEST: “Smithereens” Source: Netflix: Black Mirror, 5th Season, 2nd Episode

Subject: To what extent are social networks immersed in our perception of reality.

Task To create a blog with a review about Smithereens that tries to convince the audience of the values shown in the critique. Be as persuasive as you can. 

Pre task activity

Before watching the episode, think carefully about some tragic footages you may have ever seen on the Internet on-line or a few minutes after they have happened. In other words, short videos shared through Whatsapp, Instagram, Facebook, etc. Then write down your comments about it expressing clearly how you felt after watching them. Share your comments with your classmates on a forum.

1) Watch the whole episode

 2) Now that you have seen the episode, read the following three reviews bearing in mind that there are positive and negative opinions in each one. Distinguish which one bears either positive or negative views:

https://www.cbr.com/black-mirror-smithereens-series-worst-ending/

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ryuichi-sakamoto-black-mirror-smithereens/

https://hnentertainment.co/black-mirror-season-5-smithereens-review/

4)    Make a list of the main topics involved in the film and underlined all the vocabulary related to positive and negative aspects of the plot. Group those phrases in a two- entry-chart under the following headings: positive / negative.

5)    Write a review of no more than 300 words trying to provide the reasons why Smithereens deserves or not to be seen. You can use some of the phrases listed but not all.

6)    Post your reviews in your blogs to be discussed in class.

Mooc - ICT in Primary Education - Week 1 and 2 - by Solange Simon

Week 1 : ICT and the 21st Century Primary School/ In this week we have received an interesting and useful approach to different kinds of learning, some of them are: Learning through collaboration, through production, through acquisition, through discussion, through practice, and through inquiry./ We have been invited to think on "how ICT could be used as regards this approaches concerning our local classroom`s reality."/ We also have been shown "Unesco" researchs findings about uses of ICT in Primary Education worldwide./ This practical course is mostly about what is going on in some primary classrooms about many different ways in which ICT can be used./ Week 2 : In this week we have seen some schools that have been using ICT and the changes they have reached to. Some teachers have explained this changes, they have talked about children`s motivation and how using ICT in clasrooms have changed the way in which students and teachers get on with each other, also how this mayor changes have reached life beyond school./

Possible pitfalls of a Webquest- by Solange Simon

1- No meaninful task in the mind./ 2- Lots of class time./ 3- Boreness./ 4- Internet distractions./ 5- Limited internet access./ 6- No up to date devices./ 7- No previous class plan./

My Own WebQuest - by Solange Simon

"The Past of the Future": Evolution of video games

My Story Book

My Story Book is a platform for making and printing children's storybooks. You can start a new book right away as well as adding custom characters, images, text, and drawings.

WebQuest

A WebQuest is a reflective activitystructured, which poses an attractive task using resources available on the network, selected in advance by the teacher, with the purpose of contributing to the administration of the time students devote to the development of it. Investigating on the web incorporates students to effective tasks, encourages collaboration and discussion, and is easily integrated into the school curriculum. WebQuest is a didactic strategy in which students are the ones who really build knowledge.

"A WebQuest," according to Bernie Dodge, the originator of the WebQuest concept, "is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than on looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation."