ICT AND OUTDOOR ICT AND OUTDOOR LEARNINGLEARNING

Francisco PavonFrancisco Pavon

SPAINSPAINCADIZ UNIVERSITY CADIZ UNIVERSITY

CADIZ UNIVERSITYCADIZ UNIVERSITY

First of all I would like to introduce First of all I would like to introduce myself: myself:

• During this semester I am teaching During this semester I am teaching the subject Didactics of the Natural the subject Didactics of the Natural Environment in Primary Education Environment in Primary Education degree.degree.

• And Communication and ICT in the And Communication and ICT in the Faculty of Education.Faculty of Education.

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I will speak about Cadiz and the environment where our university is located, its cultural and natural attractions.

I will show some characteristics of our university .

Our geographical situation can be a great Our geographical situation can be a great motivation for outdoor learning.motivation for outdoor learning.

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Founded by the PhoeniciansFounded by the Phoenicians Around one thousand one hundred Around one thousand one hundred

years before Christyears before Christ..

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Cadiz has four beautiful beaches Cadiz has four beautiful beaches which run all along the city:which run all along the city:

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Santa María del MarSanta María del Mar

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Caleta beach, next to the Caleta beach, next to the BusinessBusiness Faculty Faculty

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The characteristic of Cádiz University

* Four Campuses - Cádiz - Puerto Real - Jerez - Algeciras-La Línea

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The characteristics of Cádiz University

* Four Campuses - 50 university careers * Philology, Teaching, Engineering, Psychology, Business, History... * The faculty of Education

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ICT AND OUTDOOR LEARNING

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

In my contribution I intend to show how we can use In my contribution I intend to show how we can use ICT in the best way for outdoor learning and ICT in the best way for outdoor learning and teaching.teaching.

Each working group will develop a blog that is Each working group will develop a blog that is updated updated WEEKLYWEEKLY and where events, new materials and where events, new materials and overall contributions are developed and exposed.and overall contributions are developed and exposed.

All blogs will be connected to one All blogs will be connected to one central blog for the coursecentral blog for the course for which I will be for which I will be responsible.responsible.

SUMMARYSUMMARY 1. ICT. MODERN-DAY SOCIETY1. ICT. MODERN-DAY SOCIETY. . 2. YOUNGER GENERATIONS2. YOUNGER GENERATIONS 3. CRUCIAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE3. CRUCIAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE 4. O4. Our outdoor experiences using ICTsur outdoor experiences using ICTs

NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE PART OF EVERYDAY LIFEPART OF EVERYDAY LIFE

especially for younger generations …

Computers, Internet, TV are used help to give students a better understanding of

the society in which they are living

WEB 2.0 - DIGITAL COMPETENCEWEB 2.0 - DIGITAL COMPETENCE

1.1. Social Web participation (collective action Social Web participation (collective action mediated by technology)mediated by technology)

2.2. Files generated by citizensFiles generated by citizens3.3. Collective intelligence.Collective intelligence.4.4. Natives and digital immigrantsNatives and digital immigrants

2. YOUNGER GENERATIONS2. YOUNGER GENERATIONS

How do young people use ICT?

Create a multiscreen environment and multi media.

Media used mostly for entertainment and communication.

They suffer cognitive hyperstimulation, with increasing multitasking.

They are always connected and thinking about their mobiles.

They attend class and have in front of them their computers connected to the Internet.

Teens and Mobile PhonesTeens and Mobile PhonesProhibit instead of seeing the great potential Prohibit instead of seeing the great potential of any technology in the classroom or of any technology in the classroom or outdoor activities. In a high-tech mobile is a outdoor activities. In a high-tech mobile is a children and young people should learn to children and young people should learn to use from birth: framing, shooting, hanging in use from birth: framing, shooting, hanging in red ... when something is done, and the red ... when something is done, and the contents are nominated by parents and contents are nominated by parents and teachers, the message is not forgotten in the teachers, the message is not forgotten in the life.life.

Report published by the OECD

•Students who use computers tend to perform better at school than those who feel less confident using the computer

3. CRUCIAL EDUCATIONAL 3. CRUCIAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCERESOURCE

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The use of new technologies as educational resources requires basic skills on the part of both teachers and students.

MATERIAL RESOURCES

We are seeing new forms of teaching that take advantage of new

technologies .

CHANGES IN TEACHING

Working with media – activelyWorking with media – actively

Sharing information Sharing information and opinions – will and opinions – will allow education to allow education to become a collective become a collective construction of construction of knowledge and stop knowledge and stop being a transmission being a transmission of knowledge from of knowledge from the teacher to the the teacher to the studentsstudents

4. O4. Our outdoor experiences ur outdoor experiences using ICTsusing ICTs

TRAINING TEACHERS TRAINING TEACHERS FOR PRIMARY EDUCATIONFOR PRIMARY EDUCATION

As a student if you liked As a student if you liked to learn outdoors and to learn outdoors and with ICT, when you get with ICT, when you get to be a teacher you will to be a teacher you will teach the same way...teach the same way...

OUTDOOR LEARNINGOUTDOOR LEARNING

OUTDOOR CREATIVE OUTDOOR CREATIVE LEARNINGLEARNING

1.1. Enviroments where students are active Enviroments where students are active learners.learners.

2.2. They can freely They can freely OBSERVING AND OBSERVING AND EXPERIMENTINGEXPERIMENTING..

3.3. Where teachers are coaches and promote Where teachers are coaches and promote cooperative learning methods, making cooperative learning methods, making learning relevant to life experiences.learning relevant to life experiences.

4.4. Creativity and outdoor learning needs Creativity and outdoor learning needs time, flow, interaction and risk-taking. All time, flow, interaction and risk-taking. All these being attitudes that go against these being attitudes that go against traditional school institutional principles.traditional school institutional principles.

Strategies to invite learningStrategies to invite learning

1. - 1. - Generate interestGenerate interest. We have to connect . We have to connect the subject and each of the topics to modern the subject and each of the topics to modern times, to the spaces next to reasonable projects times, to the spaces next to reasonable projects and hopes.and hopes.

2.- 2.- Keep attentionKeep attention. Through verbal and non-. Through verbal and non-verbal, graphic illustrations, diagrams, verbal, graphic illustrations, diagrams, examples, practical applications and, through examples, practical applications and, through stories of real or fictitious stories, decorated by stories of real or fictitious stories, decorated by imagination.imagination.

Strategies to invite learning 2Strategies to invite learning 2

3.- 3.- Encourage curiosityEncourage curiosity. Curiosity, with . Curiosity, with novelty search and openness to experience, novelty search and openness to experience, represents the human desire to acquire represents the human desire to acquire knowledge and living experiences. knowledge and living experiences. Predisposes to search and experimentation Predisposes to search and experimentation of knowledge that enrich life. of knowledge that enrich life.

4. - 4. - Provoking surpriseProvoking surprise. By unexpected . By unexpected proposals, new solutions and unexpected proposals, new solutions and unexpected departures.departures.

Strategies to invite learning

Generate interest

Keep attention

Provoking surprise

Encourage curiosity

Activity in Activity in Toruños Natural ParkToruños Natural Park

Our class organised a Our class organised a visit to the Toruños, visit to the Toruños, a natural park a natural park located near our located near our university. In this university. In this journey, each group journey, each group had to prepare some had to prepare some activities to do in the activities to do in the openfield.openfield.

BLOGGINGBLOGGING

1.1. Blogging is an example of how youngsters Blogging is an example of how youngsters are using technologies to express their are using technologies to express their creativity and to be innovative. creativity and to be innovative.

2.2. These applications demonstrate the variety These applications demonstrate the variety of ways in which users of ways in which users “learn how to “learn how to learn” learn” which is a major component of which is a major component of blog creativity.blog creativity.

3.3. The example of blogging shows children The example of blogging shows children how to link their work to other works, how how to link their work to other works, how to network with other bloggers…to network with other bloggers…

MethodologyMethodology 1. 1. PRE VISITPRE VISIT. Each group prepares a post on . Each group prepares a post on

the different blogs in order to know the different blogs in order to know the place where we are going the place where we are going and possible and possible activities to do there.activities to do there.

2. 2. DURING THE VISITDURING THE VISIT. On the day of the field . On the day of the field trip we collected images and ambient sounds and trip we collected images and ambient sounds and along the way we made.along the way we made.

3. When we stopped, we made a video 3. When we stopped, we made a video representing the activity.representing the activity.

4. 4. POST VISITPOST VISIT. Finally when we got back, we . Finally when we got back, we developed the material to put a new post.developed the material to put a new post.

DURING THE VISITObservation

We employed the technique of observation in the present study, it has always been one of the sources of human knowledge, but it is very recent systematic application to serve the educational situations.

Observation provides information regarding integrating our mental representation of reality and process, and relate it to our accumulated knowledge obtained from this process, something that did not exist before for us

The process of developing outdoor good The process of developing outdoor good practicespractices

Implication

Teachers

Educational Conception

Satisfaction

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GENERAL POST GENERAL POST

Working Group 1Working Group 1 Working Group 4Working Group 4 Working Group 5Working Group 5 Working Group 7Working Group 7 Working Group 9Working Group 9 Working Group 11Working Group 11

Working Group 2Working Group 2 Working Group 3Working Group 3 Working Group 6Working Group 6 Working Group 8Working Group 8 Working Group 10Working Group 10

CONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS StudentsStudents become more dynamic and interactive. become more dynamic and interactive.

They can produce their own products and become They can produce their own products and become an author, acting proactively.an author, acting proactively.

They are surrounded by technology but They are surrounded by technology but sometimes don´t know how to make good use of sometimes don´t know how to make good use of its resources.its resources.

We have experienced practical methods of We have experienced practical methods of teaching and learning based on the outdoor teaching and learning based on the outdoor classroom.classroom.

http://dmninfantil.blogspot.com.es/2013/11/visit-to-torunos-natural-park.html

Thank you very muchThank you very much