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Transcript of 1 Jill French Online SeriesOnline Series January 12, 2009.
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Jill FrenchOnline Series January 12, 2009
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Presentation Outline
Slides 3 – 5 background information
• who I am • rationale behind why I use a class website
Slides 6-11 • benefits• brief overview of my website sections
Slides 12-18 • closer look at my section with specific examples for how it helps me with my
teaching
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Who am I?
• Masters of Educational Technology through UBC (2005)
• I teach grade 5 using a blended environment
• guiding questions: why, how, when, and which technology best supports my students’ learning
• goal: to use technology purposefully & seamlessly throughout the day
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Goals for this Presentation
1. to inspire you to play
2. to demonstrate how I use a class website to enhance the organization of my teaching
3. to provide support
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Why changes to my teaching?
societal changes
– driving changes in learning
– impacting teaching
• personal pressure
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A Classroom Website
supports these changes• societal changes
– using web 2.0 tools
• changes in learning– anytime, anywhere
• changes in teaching– a vehicle for facilitating these changes
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Benefits
• efficiency
• dissemination
• transparency (wall-less classroom)
• accessibility by others
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Classroom Website
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For Parents
• parents ‘see’ into the classroom
• class pictures
• classroom materials
• support materials
• Parents’ page
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For Peers• peers can ‘see’
– why I use technology– example of my student access– links for organizing– practical outside resources for teachers– resource links for students– resource links e.g. math vocabulary sheets – making the shift– 101+ ideas (web tour)
– tool box
• Peers’ page
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For My StudentsStudents’ page provides access to ….
today’s schedule resources online
homework
class wiki Forms and Templates class blogs (1) (2) Toy Box units
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For Myself
Website enhances my teaching:
1. organize my teaching
2. explore new tools and approaches
3. increase continuity
My page
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Organization
i) planning
…long-term – Year at a Glance– The Big Issues– Month at a Glance– Learning Environment Checklist– spot to create for other sections
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Organization
i) planning continued
... short-term – daybook– day plan– guided reading goals– weekly Blog– subject areas e.g. French, Reading, Math
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Organization
ii) revisiting the theory (archived learning)
• why, when and how
• my own research– e.g. Benefits and Costs
• Why Use the SMART Board
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Organization
iii) storing and accessing my tools • resources online • quick-fix• ideas and forms• definitions of terms• instructional strategies and adaptations• performance standards• tool box• digital posters e.g. Decimals
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Explore New Tools
• to explore new tools and approaches to enhance learning – blogs– wikis– podcasts– visualization tools– toy box
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Provide Continuity
• to efficiently provide consistency
– for when I am away
– for when students are away
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Final Thoughts
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If you are interested in anything you have seen and
would like some help, please email me at
[email protected] and I will try to provide the help you
need.
In addition, this ppt is available at www.sd91.bc.ca/frenchj – scroll down to Educators > A Classroom Website for Teaching ppt– a recording to this session will be added to my website
There are many exceptional resources online that will
help you envision how you might use technology in
new ways in your teaching, may I recommend just one:
Infusing 21st Thinking Skills into the TL environment
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Teaching in a Blended Environment
• Online Series February 16, 2009
• focuses on how a blended environment specifically supports student learning and supports independent learning skills
