What’s Doing at JT?

IeXceL

Self selected

Core subjects

RE, English, Science, History, Geography, PDHPE.

1:1

UOW research

IeXceLResearch Findings

Students:

Greater love of learningMore focus on PBSelf-confidentLess need for family assistanceMore +ve environment

Apple easy to learn, "makes me want to open it and learn stuff", "information right at our fingertips"

Apple "easy to use and understand", " awesome research tool", better for organisation, "widened learning opportunities"

"LAPTOPS ROCK"

Student Technology Use

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Comfortable using Laptop Learning Laptop easy Broader learning Laptop +ve

Question

Student Responses

Strongly DA

DA

Agree

Strongly A

IeXceLTeachers:

Improved student communicationMore flexible learning strategiesMore integrated curriculumMore student shaped learningMore +ve environmentEnjoyed class time more

“The technology is a great teaching tool for my subject area.”“Interesting next year to see how this program will translate to Year 7 with mixed abilities and maturity in using the equipment to its full potential.” “I am excited about the potential to safely allow these students to go ahead on their own or as a group to research and respond to various activities of their creation and return with a quality product/presentation.”

Teacher Technology Results

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COMFORTABLEUSING LAPTOP

EASY TO LEARN LEARNING&TEACHING

DEEPER/WIDER

LAPTOPSPOSITIVE

ADDITION TOTOOLS

SUFFICIENTTECHNOLOGY PD

STRONGLY DISAGREE

DISAGREE

AGREE

STRONLY AGREE

UNABLE TO RESPOND

Information Literacy

forDigital Natives

Essentials Skills for 1:1

DefinitionInformation Literacy is:

“knowing when and why you need information, where to find it, and how to evaluate, use and communicate it in an ethical manner.”

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. Updated 21 December 2004. Information Literacy: The Skills,

http://cilip.org.uk/professionalguidance/informationliteracy/definition/skills.htm Accessed 23 Nov. 2006

Information ProcessDefining

Locating

Selecting

Organising

Presenting

Evaluating

www.wonko.info/cybertext/ assess/iproc.gif

Defining - What?Brainstorming/Mind-mapping – Inspiration, Freemind

http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Effective Questioning - “The Question is the Answer” Jamie McKenzie

http://fno.org/oct97/question.html#anchor128766

Defining - What?Questioning should dig deeper – Bloom’s Taxonomy

Why? Which? How?

Analysing, Evaluating, Creating (Synthesis)

Keywords

Locating

Getting Past Google. Windham, Carie. 2006. Getting Past Google. Educause Learning

Initative.

Boolean searches: AND OR NOT

School Intranet Databases.

LocatingAdvanced Searching

Selecting - Critical Thinking

Accuracy - Anyone can publish anything, is the source reliable?, balance with other sources

Authority – Is the site linked to an organization?, who is the author?

Coverage – What is the scope? Specific topics. Depth of coverage.

Currency – Date of writing, date of publishing, updates.

Objectivity – Who is the audience or what is the purpose of the site, bias

“Questions to Ask When Evaluating the Internet”

www.sybasigns.com.au

Selecting - critical thinking

Organizing - planning

http://del.icio.us/

tagging - metadata

Presenting - ethical use

Plagiarism

Property – Do my actions respect the property of others?

Appropriate Use – Does this use of technology have educational value and is it in keeping with the rules of my family, my church my school and my government?

Johnson, Doug. 2007. Ethical Issues Surrounding Technology in Schools. The Education Technology Guide, Vol 15.

Presenting - ethical use

To Catch a PlagiaristContext ChangeMissing FootnotesRyan, Julie. 1998. Student Plagiarism in an Online World. http://www.prism-magazine.org/december/html/student_plagiarism_in_an_onlin.htm Accessed 10 May 2007.

Online SourcesTurn it In - Online Subscriptionhttp://turnitin.com/static/home.html

Safe Assignment – Online Subscriptionhttp://www.mydropbox.com/index.php

Plagiarism Finder – Standalone Software (Windows only)

http://www.m4-software.de/en-index.htm

Presenting - ethical use

Form of Final Product.PodcastMovieComic

Evaluating

Honest Self-reflection

Signing off on work

http://www.curseoftheself.com/KevinMirror.jpg

Flexible Learning Environment

Broader Differentiation

Balancing Student/Teacher centered learning

Acceleration V’s Deeper learning

“Game” based scoring.

Open Source Operating

Systems/SoftwareCost effective - Software and Hardware

Mac V’s PC non issue

“free” licensediscourage software piracyopen development

X11 for Mac

OpenOffice Ubuntu (Linux)

"the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity"