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PROMOTINGCOLLABORATION &

TEAMWORK USINGWEB 2.0 TOOLS FORTHE TEACHING OF

MATHEMATICSNHHS Mathematics Department Sharing on 27April 09

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WEB 2.0 TOOLS

BlogsJoss Sticks

3D Problem

Discussion ForumsNan Hua Wizlearn Portal

Wikis

http://www.exampaper.com.sg/miss-loi-the-tutor/encouraging-kids-to-save-the-posb-wayhttp://elearn-problemsolving-01.blogspot.com/http://elearn-problemsolving-01.blogspot.com/http://www.exampaper.com.sg/miss-loi-the-tutor/encouraging-kids-to-save-the-posb-way

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ADVANTAGES OF WEB 2.0 TOOLS

Web 2.0 Tools Advantages Disadvantages

Blogs Archive of studentswork

Low guaranteeddelivery of contentto target audience

Wikis Guaranteeddelivery of contentto content audience

Teacher-centred

Discussion Forums BrainstormingIdeas Idea discussion Enablecollaboration forstudents

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PLATFORMS FOR WIKIS

WIKISPACESwww.wikispaces.com

WETPAINT

www.wetpaint.com

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PLATFORMS FOR DISCUSSIONFORUMS

NHHS WIZLEARN PORTAL http://nhhs.asknlearn.com

TANGLER

www.tangler.com QUICKTOPICwww.quicktopic.com

FREEFORUMS

www.freeforums.org

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TASK 1 DISCUSSION FORUMS

Please log on to:

1. NHHS Wizlearn Portal

2. Click at DS270409 Departmental Sharing

3. Click at Forums

4. Start Discussion

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SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT RUBRICS

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Relevance totopic beingdiscussed

Response doesnot relate tothe topic

Responserelates to thetopic butexamples are

irrelevant ornot mentioned

Responserelates to thetopic and usesrelevant

examples toillustrate thepointRelevance to

othersresponses

Response isirrelevant toothersresponses

Response isrelevant toothersresponses but

may not add tothe discussion

Response isrelevant toothersresponses and

adds to thediscussionsLanguage Meaning is not

clear and thereare manyspelling andgrammaticalerrors

Meaning isclear, but thereare noticeablespelling andgrammaticalerrors

Meaning isclear with fewor no spellingandgrammaticalerrors

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PLATFORMS FOR BLOGS

BLOGSPOTwww.blogger.com

LIVEJOURNAL

www.livejournal.com WORDPRESSwww.wordpress.com

THOUGHTS.COM

www.thoughts.com EDUBLOGS http://edublogs.org

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CREATING A BLOG

Go to URL http://www.blogger.com

clickhere!

http://www.blogger.com/http://www.blogger.com/

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TASK 2 BLOGS

Create a blog and post 1 article either on

1. Your recent holiday

2. Your recent food indulgence

3. A Mathematics topic for discussion with yourclass

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SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT RUBRIC

1 2 3

Language Use Meaning is notclear andthere aremany spelling

andgrammaticalerrors

Meaning isclear, butthere arenoticeable

spelling andgrammaticalerrors

Meaning isclear with fewor no spellingand

grammaticalerrors

Timelinessand length ofentries

Entries areposted afterthe deadline

Entries areposted beforethe deadline

but are lessthan 200words

Entries areposted beforethe deadline

and the entryis of at least200 words

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