Connected Classrooms and the Information Age

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Connected Classrooms and the Information Age Lauren Cifuentes

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Connected Classrooms and the Information Age

Lauren Cifuentes

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DISTANCE LEARNING

Your activities/assignments: Computer Conferencing Online Mentoring Cultural Connections Activity Web Workstation

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DISTANCE LEARNINGBe able to: define provide examples of classroom

applications discuss issues

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A Definition:

Distance learning is composed of three criteria--

participants separated by geographic distance

at least two-way interactive communication

technology facilitating the process

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Varieties of Delivery Systems

•print or video through mail

•one-way audio and video

• instructional TV

•2-way audio and video conferencing (DVC or lg. group)

•networking with computers

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Critical questions to ask when designing instruction--

Will distance learning tools enable students to do something they couldn’t do otherwise? or

Will distance learning tools enable students to do something much better?

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Activity Structures

By Judy Harris, UT, Austin

1. Interpersonal Exchange

2. Information Collection

3. Problem Solving

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1. Interpersonal Exchange• Keypals• Global Classrooms• Electronic Appearances• Telemonitoring• Question and answer activities• Impersonations

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2. Information Collection

• Information exchanges• Database creation• Electronic publishing• Telefieldtrips• Pooled data analysis

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3. Problem Solving• Information searches• Peer feedback activities• Parallel problem solving• Sequential creations• Telepresent problem solving• Simulations• Social action projects

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URL of examples of each activity structure

http://virtual-architecture.wm.edu//

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PBS Mathline is just one example of year long curriculum in the content areas

Exemplifies integrated distance learning--–teachers connected on-line

–mailed videos model teaching excellence

–video conference for national discussion

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Networking with Computers

Access to information Access to world-wide activities Access to knowledgeable

people Access to each other

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Subscribe to mailing lists:

Online discussion groups “listservs”--100,000+

Two types:–moderated: an administrator reads all incoming posts and sends only “good” ones to subcribers

–unmoderated: computer program sends all incoming posts out to the subscribers automatically

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How to subscribe to a list:

1. Create a new e-mail message.

2. Address it to a mailing list.

3. Type subscribe in the body, or subcribe <listname> <your name> i.e. subscribe EDNET Jane L.Doe

To sign off a list, do the same except type unsubscribe instead of subscribe.

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ERIC Search

WWW to:

http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric/

keyword, author, title, journal searches

Check out the lesson plans

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TrackStar

URL= Http://hprtec.org

Locate TrackStar as an easy tool for Web Activity development.

Locate lessons already developed in TrackStar

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Benefits of Integrating Distance Technologies into Your Classroom

Immediacy Increased critical thinking Improved dialogue for multiple

perspectives Individualized activity Active learning Connection to the world

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Provocative Questions to Discuss at Parties:

How might teachers and students’ roles change now that students have easy access to information unknown to the teacher?

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How can we control plagiarism in

this age of easy access?

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What will textbooks look like?

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What things now are crucial in an

optimum teacher/student relationship

that must not be lost?

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How will telecommunications

technologies help a

teacher be more productive?