KnowledgeNET – A Classroom in the Clouds!

A Central Place for Teachers, Students and Parents to:

E-Portfolio

Record, share, reflect on & respond to learning in the form of learning stories, learning journals, assignments, web diaries, forums & polls

assessment data

The power of feedback

• 134 meta-analyses – Whether some influences were more or less influential than others on student achievement• 0.2 small, 0.4 medium, 0.6 large when judging

educational outcomes.

Teaching Approach: FEEDBACK?Effect Size 0.73

10th highest out of 134

Feedback!

• “Most programs and methods that worked best were based on heavy dollops of feedback.”

• “The most effective forms of feedback provide cues or reinforcement to the learner, are in the form of video, audio or computer-assisted instruction feedback, or relate feedback to learning goals.”

John Hattie: Visible Learning

E-PORTFOLIOS: Upload or Embed…

• Word documents or PDFs• Powerpoints or Slideshows• Spreadsheets or graphs• Video• Movies• Photos• Brainstorms, Mind maps• Collaborative Document• Voiceovers • E-Books• Avatars• The list is endless…

VISUAL MEDIAMULTIMEDIA

COLLABORATIONINNOVATION

It helps to have a toolkit of alternative things to use

Places to record, share, reflect & respond to learningE-Portfolios

• Learning Stories– To share reflections and details on learning that has occurred

• Learning Journals– To share work in progress and receive feedback and feedforward

• Assignments– To set a specific task for students to complete

• Web Diaries– To blog about their learning and comment on peers’ diaries

• Forums– To have informal discussions on topics

• Polls– To vote for one option

Learning Stories• To share reflections on learning and provide

evidence of learning. For example:1. Upload a slideshow of photos of school dance

festival and the class’s learning journey behind it2. Upload photos of different stages of the writing

process – first draft, next draft, final… and comment on the process

3. Upload a mind map or concept map at the end of an inquiry journey

4. Upload an e-book written by students online5. Embed a video of students explaining their science

fair investigation from start to finish

Learning Story Example

Learning Journals

• To share work in progress, reflect on achievements and receive feedback and feedforward. For example:– Share different parts of a piece of draft writing to get ideas

for improvement – Record video evidence of a running record for parents to

comment on– Record understanding of key concepts at different times

during inquiry journeys showing how this evolves– Take photo of maths strategy and voiceover the thinking

behind it– Create an avatar to share goals for learning, evaluate them

and set new ones.

Learning Journal ExampleS

Photos

Sound files

Text

Teachers see the frequency of student

entries in journals

Assignments• To set a specific task for students. For

example: –Weekly home learning tasks–Questions to be answered about a topic– Explanation of their thinking to solve a

maths problem–A worksheet to be completed–A book review or response

Assignment Example –

Home Learning

Teacher sets task

Student Responds

Web DiariesTo blog about their learning and comment on their peers’ diaries– Give students list of reflective type questions to

frame their web diary. Eg:• What did you learn today?• What surprised you about learning today?• What confused you today?• What did you do to build learning skills for life today?• How did your thinking change today?• What personal qualities did you work on today?• Etc… Etc…

Forums• To have informal discussions on topics. For

example:– Share opinions on favourite books– Create discussion on ideas for class pet– Share thoughts about something happening in the

news– Share feelings about a class trip– Evaluate websites for their reliability– Share suggestions for class assembly item– Share information or facts about inquiry topics

ForumExample

Polls• To vote for one option–Vote for a class treat–Vote for a class captain–Vote for class learning motto–Vote for the best spelling game–Vote for the best way to solve a maths

problem–Vote for the best way to…?

Some helpful programmes to enhance Knet

• Slideshare – for powerpoints• Prezi – to share a journey• Kizoa – to create slideshows of

photos • Jing, Picnik, Paint – to

annotate photos, screenshots or images

VISUAL MEDIA

Some helpful programmes to enhance Knet

• Teachertube, Vimeo – to get HTML code to embed video

• Voicethread, Jing, Movie Maker – to record voice over image/s

• Blabberize, Voki – to make a photo/image or avatar “speak” using your voice

• Audacity – to create sound files with voice, music, effects, etc.

• Littlebirdtales, tikatok –e-books of student writing

MULTI MEDIA

Some helpful programmes to enhance Knet

• Wallwisher, mindomo – to brainstorm or mindmap

• Google docs – to collaborate in realtime

• Classtools.net – to create relevant learning games to embed

• Toondoo – to create cartoon characters

Collaboration Innovation