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Collaborating with Kids! How to set up a collaborative online project for Young Learners Michelle Worgan 2013
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Collaborating with Kids!How to set up a collaborativeonline project for Young Learners
Michelle Worgan 2013
What is a collaborative online project?
1. An online space created by or contributed to bylearners
2. A task or series of tasks completed in conjunction bylearners
3. A collection of learners’ work presented online
Why set up a collaborative project?
Where do I start?
• Topic/idea
• Tasks/activities
• In/out of class
• Synchronous/asynchronous?
Choose a platform
Wikis – Wikispaces, PBWorks
Blogs – Blogger, Wordpress, Kidblog
VLE – Edmodo, School network (Moodle)
What content should I add?
• Photos
• Videos
• Tools e.g.
VoiceThread,
Fotobabble, Animoto,
Photopeach,Voki, GoAnimate, Creaza, Glogster
• Summaries of Skype interviews
Connecting with other classes
• Facebook groups
• Skype in the Classroom
• Epals
• Blogging
Trouble shooting!
• Public or Private?
• Ease (or lack of) of access
• Maintenance
• School permissions
• Getting others to join
Persistence required!
• Add weekly or monthlytasks
• Invite colleagues• Ask people to share• Blog, tweet, share on
Facebook• Directly contact people
who may be interested• Post on VRT• Blog, tweet, share
again!
An example: Food around the WorldFood around the World
Links
Food around the World
Michelle’s blog
Skype in the Classroom
Wikispaces
PBWorks
Epals
Wordpress
Kidblog
Edmodo
Image attributions: Wiki logo: By Cristian109 (Own work) Blog logo: By Cortega9 (Own work)Wordpress logo: By WordPressQuote image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/deeplifequotes/Other images: www.images.microsoft.com
