Lakeland Technology Department
http://www.bloglines.com/blog/andrewch?id=4
Teachers are amazing creatures. In some cases (but Not all), their classroom is an island that can only be reached by traversing shark infested waters. Most visitors are stopped at the door, dealt with coolly and efficently and the inner sanctum of the classroom remains intact.
Some (and this is increasing) are welcoming their peers into the room. They welcome sharing and constructive comments. One of the highlights of last year was a collegue from another independent school came to see us for the day and spent the morning in my class, talk about ICT, integration and teaching in general. He was a primary teacher and his insights were brilliant. He felt comfortable to say"have you tried this....""I have done this this way..." It was also interesting to get a primary perspective.
As I wander into classrooms, in the course of my role I am often confronted with teachers who would like to experiment with ICT, but are held back by lack of experience, actual knowledge of alternatives etc. Hence..... (this is a limited list and obviously there are many we could add in)
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Traditional Approach |
Digital Alternative |
Software Tools (Italics Opensource or free version) |
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Note taking |
Brainstorm and word processing software |
Inspiration, smartideas, Cmap, Freemind, open office, StarOffice writer, MS Word,Abiword, Notepad, one-note |
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Formal writing |
Word Processing software
Desktop publishing software |
StarOffice writer, MS Word,Abiword,Notepad, Google documents, AJAXwrite, Open Office, Microsoft Publisher, PagePlus |
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Drafting process |
Word Processing Software |
StarOffice writer, MS Word, Abiword,Notepad, Google documents, AJAXwrite, Open Office |
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Formal Communications. E.g. Letters |
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emails, IM, Blogs discussion boards and First Class conferences, Jotspot |
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Informal Communications |
Email and instant messaging |
First Class Conferences, chatrooms, IM Moodle, Outlook, thunderbird |
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Research from encyclopaedias etc |
Online encyclopaedias |
Britannica on line, wikipedia (with caution) etc, Living library.. |
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Research from Newspapers, journals and magazines. |
Online newspapers etc |
Internet explorer, Firefox, RSS aggregaters, wizz RSS, blogspot feeds etc |
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General research |
Search engines and directories, web quests |
Internet explorer, Firefox, RSS aggregaters |
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Presenting material, creating posters etc |
Presentation software, graphics tools, web publishing |
Impress, powerpoint, Open Office,Corel draw, Staroffice Draw, Inkscape MS Paint,the GIMP, Tuxpaint, paint.Net, Adobe Photoshop, Photostory 3 |
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Watching videos |
Digitised resources |
Microsoft media player, Quicktime, Google Video, YouTube, Teachertube |
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Journals |
Blogs, vLogs |
First Class blogging tools, Blogger, bloglines, Myspaces, MSN, Google video, Youtube |
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Distributing Homework and assignments |
Posting to conferences. |
Email, Blackboard, WebCT, MyClasses,First Class, Moodle, class blogs |
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Collecting Homework |
Drop Boxes |
Email, Blackboard, WebCT, MyClasses,First Class, Moodle |
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Paper based tests |
Electronic tests |
First Class, Moodle, LAMS, sharepoint, Myclasses, SurveyMonkey |
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Voting and surveys (paper based or show of hands) |
Online surveys and Polls |
First Class, Survey Monkey Moodle, LAMS |
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Discussions |
Asynchronous & synchronous tools, IM, Chatrooms, Forums, Threaded discussions |
First Class,MSN, Yahoo messenger, Moodle, LAMS |
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Brainstorming |
Brainstorming software |
Smartideas, Kidspiration, Cmap, Freemind,Inspiration |
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Personal Organisation |
Calendaring and task |
First Class, Ganttproject, MS Project, task coach, Moodle, Outlook |
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Mathmatics (paper based, calculator |
Spreadsheet, calculators |
Star Office Calc, Open Office, MS Excel, Standard and scientific calculators, digitiser |
I have also tried to match up tools to Blooms revised taxonomy. Many of the tools here are detailed above.
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Creating Generating new ideas, products, or ways of viewing things (Putting together ideas or elements to develop an original idea or engage in creative thinking). |
Designing Constructing Planning Producing Inventing Devising Making Building |
Film (Movie maker, Avid Free DV, Pinnacle Studio) Story (WP, DTP, Presentation, podcasting) Project (WP, Ganttproject for Gantt charts and PERT Charts, calendars, flow charts [inspiration, freemind, smartideas], mind maps) Plan(Inspiration, free mind, WP, Calendar) New game (Gamemaker) Song (finale notepad, WP, Sound recorder, Audacity, podcasting, recording narration in presentations [photostory 3, powerpoint, impress]) Media product (DTP, Movie maker, Corel, GIMP Alice, Flash, Podcasting) Advertisement (DTP, Corel, GIMP Movie maker, Alice, Flash, Podcasting) Painting (Corel, Paint, GIMP) |
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Evaluating Justifying a decision or course of action (Judging the value of ideas, materials and methods by developing and applying standards and criteria). |
Checking Hypothesising Critiquing Experimenting Judging Testing Detecting Monitoring |
Debate (WP, sound recorder, podcasting, inspiration, free mind, Chatrooms, IM, email, Discussion boards, video and Phone conferencing) Panel (WP, chatrooms, IM, email, Discussion boards, Video and phone conferencing) Report (WP, DTP, Presentation, Camera) Evaluation (WP, DTP, Presentation, camera, GIS) Investigation (Internet, Online tools, camera, WP, GIS) Verdict (WP etc) Conclusion (WP, DTP, Presentation) Persuasive speech (WP, Sound recorder) |
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Analysing Breaking information into parts to explore understandings and relationships (Breaking information down into its component elements). |
Comparing Organising Deconstructing Attributing Outlining Structuring Integrating |
Survey (Web, WP, Spreadsheet, surveymonkey email, discussion boards) Database (relational; databases using MySQL and Access,Flatfile database using Spreadsheet, GIS) Abstract (WP) Report (WP, DTP, spreadsheet, presentation, web, GIS) Graph (Spreadsheet, digitizer) Spreadsheet (Calc) Checklist (WP, Spreadsheet) Chart (Spreadsheet, digitizer) |
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Applying Using information in another familiar situation (Using strategies, concepts, principles and theories in new situations). |
Implementing Carrying out Using Executing Doing |
Illustration (Corel, inkscape, GIMP, Paint) Simulation (Floor map, graphic tools) Sculpture Demonstration (Presentation, graphics, screen capture) Presentation (impress) Interview (WP, mind mapper, sound recorder) Performance Diary/Journal (blogging, Myspaces, bloglines, blogger) |
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Understanding Explaining ideas or concepts (Understanding of given information). |
Interpreting Exemplifying Summarising Inferring Paraphrasing Classifying Comparing Explaining |
Recitation (WP, Mind map) Summary (WP, Mind map, internet) Collection (WP, Mind map, internet) Explanation (WP, Mind map, internet) Show and tell (WP, presentation, graphics, Mind map) Example (WP, Mind map, internet, DTP) List (WP, Mind map) Label (WP, Mind map, Graphics) Outline (WP, Mind map) |
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Remembering Recalling specific information(Recall or recognition of specific information). |
Recognising Listing Describing Identifying Retrieving Naming Locating/Finding |
Quiz/Test (Online tools, WP) Definition (WP, Mind map) Fact (WP, Mind map, internet, discussion boards, email) Worksheet/book (WP, Mind map, Web) Label (WP, graphics tools) List (WP, Mind map) Reproduction (WP, internet, graphics tools, Chatrooms, email, discussion boards) |
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