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ICTin
Education
Presented by:Prakash Neupane
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Basic Concept on
Engaging today’s students
means tapping into what is important to them.
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We have a responsibility to prepare them for their future,
Not our past
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Today’s students are Digital Natives
(Marc Prensky)
Visual learners
Multi-taskers
Short attention spans
Use technology to express themselves
Information analysts
Content producers
Real-time learners - instant messages, text messages
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Technology allows learners get their information
When they wantHow they wantWhere ever they want
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Hardware:
Laptops, CPUs, printers, digital cameras, projectors and audio, etc.
Software
(Information and Communications Technology)
ICT
ICT (definition)
Text editors, databases, e-mails, spreadsheets, Internet, browsers, edu software, etc.
“They are the computing and communications facilities and features that variously support teaching, learning and a range of activities in education.”
http://www.kented.org.uk/NGfL/ict/definition.htm
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Why ICT in Education?
The rapidly growing usage of technology in today's world is pushing teachers to consider the integration of ICT into the classroom.
It can be dynamic and interactive.
ICT gives learners immediate access to richer source materials.
ICT can be effective and efficient.
ICT can be used as a tool for motivating students to learn in a different way.
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IT skills as prerequisiteSystem failureSoftware familiarisationCareful lesson planningComputer phobiaIntegration problemsLevel quality of languageContent
Repetition of activitiesIndividual and collaborative workMotivationInteractivityMultimediaAdquisition of IT skills FlexibilityAuthenticityFun
Benefits & shortcomings of ICT
Integrating ICT into the classroom
Benefits Shortcomes
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Social Networks
Real Time collaborative Writing/Editing
Concept Mapping
Project Management
Web Conferencing/Meeting/ Webinars
Chat/ Instant Messaging
Forums
Blogs
Micro-Blogs
Wikis
Polls
Common Tools
Integrating ICT into the classroomICTabled Education
Web 1.0
Web 2.0
Electronic mail
Simplest way of communication
Basic way for collaboration
Can be used for
o Information sharing
o Assignment submission
o Threaded discussions/brainstorming on idea
o Administration and Communication
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Real-time/instant direct communication
Two or more participants
Brainstorming and discussions
Questions paper setting, Decision Making
Chat/ Instant Messaging
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Topic and replies
Can be used for
Brainstorming, Discussions,
Assignment Submissions,
Question and Answers
Can be created by
students and faculty can monitor and
intervene
Being recoded allows to make
content public – works as Repository
Discussion Boards
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A Web site on which an individual or
group of users share opinions, information,
etc. on a regular basis
Can be used for
o Class website – teachers only permission
o Share best practices, experiences, course
material apart from text books
o Discussions and questions/answers
Your good blog post (interpretation of
certain concept) may help other
class/school students also
Blogs
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Share links, status, information with students, teachers
140 characters limit
StatusNet - Affero General Public License, Twitter
Micro Blogs
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A website allowing creation and editing of any
number of interlinked web pages via a web browser
Simplified mark-up language or WYSIWYG editor
History of edits is maintained
Can be used for
o Collaborative content creation and sharing
o Summary of classroom activities by teacher with the
help from students
For start – Information of plants in school campus
MediaWiki – General Public License
Wikis
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Polls for consensus building/Decision
making
Decision on shall we go on trip? and also
on shall we conduct test on this Friday? (if
they say No do it!)
Polls
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Web-based services that allow users to
Create profile, connect other users and Share
text, images, videos
Enables interactions
Features like blogs, groups, forums
Can be used to
o Share resources
o Connect students and teachers
o Create groups for subjects
Powerful than just blogs or discussion
forums
Elgg and BuddyPress – General Public
License, facebook, orkut, google plus
Social Networks
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A software that allows several people to write/edit same document in real
time
Visualize many students writing on same slate
Can be used
o To Prepare documents, presentations
o To set question papers
Etherpad – various parts under Apache, GPL, BSD, LGPL
Real Time Collaborative Writing
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A concept map is a diagram showing the
relationships among concepts
Collaborative creation of concept maps
Can be used
o For assessing students in concepts
o Creating content collaboratively
XMind – Lesser General Public License
and Eclipse Public License
Concpet Mapping
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Software to manage group projects
Allows
o Resource management
o Task management
o Milestones and calendering
o Time tracking
o Document management
Can used
o For group projects
o For assessment
Collabtive and Project.Net - General Public License
Project Management
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A web based application for conferencing/Meeting
Allows
o Video Conferencing
o Chat
o Whiteboard writing/drawing
Can be used
o For remote assistance to students
o For Conducting Meetings
OpenMeeting - Eclipse Public License
Web Conferencing
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Technology is changing
Impossible to keep up with it. Skills learned today will be irrelevant in the near future.Focus less on the technology skill. Focus more on the 21st century skill
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Impacting the ClassroomWith Web 2.0 Tools
How?
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Create your own Personal Learning Network
How can web 2.0 tools help you become a better teacher?
How can you work smarter not harder?
How can you feel connected to teachers with similar issues, feelings,
worries, struggles?
Get a Network!
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This type of Network
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Professional Network
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Start Your Professional Learning Network
•Participate-Become a part of the conversation.
Join a professional social network. I belong to Classroom 2.0 (Ning) and the Discovery Educator’s Network (Discovery Education) (http://socialnetworksined.wikispaces.com/).
Find 3-5 Blogs (Google Blogs) you like and subscribe to them using RSS feeds or Google Reader.
Join a microblogging network like Twitter or Plurk.
Classroom 2.0 Ning http://www.classroom20.com/A great place for building contacts with other educators who are interested in using Web 2.0 tools. A weekly live show on Saturdays gives members a chance to communicate and learn together.
ISTE Ning http://www.iste-community.org A new Ning created by ISTE to promote communication among ISTE members. Special Interest Groups for Tech Coordinators, 1:1 and more give an opportunity for focused conversations.
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What will you should do from today?
Build Digital Literacy
Use the right tool for the job
Use the tools to communicate more effectively
Create learning networks for teachers and students
Provide learning whatever, whenever, wherever
Provide opportunities beyond the classroom
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Poor filtration policiesAdministrators
Time limitationsPoor communicationsLimited understanding
TeachersStudents
Tools availableSites available
P(erformance)= p(otential) – i(nterference)
What is Performance ?
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Educators must get over the idea that technology will replace them. Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer absolutely deserves to be, because they just do not get it.
Ian Jukes
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References•FOSS Tools for Collaboration in Education [Prakash B. Pimpale,Staff Scientist,KBCS, CDAC Mumbai]•Changing Education with Web 2.0 Tools [Cindy Wright,Instructional Technology Specialist,Columbus City Schools]
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Thank you !!
Prakash Neupane9801083301
[email protected]|[email protected]
www.prakshneupane.com.np
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