EdTech+Activities

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Welcome to the EdTech 'Teaching With Technology Activities' page. Mary and I have taken a **bold step** and would like to take this opportunity to showcase to you how a range webware tools can be used in to engage with your students.

For those of you who consider themselves [|digital natives] we hope you will kindly share your skills and knowledge with the class.

For those of you who consider yourselves [|digitial immigrants], we are here to support you.

Your first resource is your ability to learn for yourself, your second resource is your peer group in the class, your third resouce is the online learning wiki community.

If that does not offer you sufficient security, there is an army of [|wiki gnomes] waiting in the virtual wings at Tauntons College to guide you.

If perhaps you prefer "media rich" assistance then visit the [|wiki tours] but just remember, you are joining an existing wiki, not creating a NEW wiki just yet.

Who are the Teachers?
[|Marc Prensky's] [|'Digital immigrants, Digital Natives],' is a good starting point when considering the use of Educational Technology.(Prensky's articles can also be found at the bottom of the page).

It will certainly frame your perspective on the need for integrating technology into your instruction.

//'Digital immigrant teachers assume that learners are the same as they have always been, and that the same methods that worked for the teachers when they were students will work for their students now. **But that assumption is no longer valid.** Today's learners are different.'//


 * Feel free to discuss the TWO Prensky articles in the discussion tab above.**

'Teaching with Technology Activities'
Your grade on each of the **FIVE** Edtech activities will reflect **THREE** key aspects;
 * Your ability to use the webware tools effectively
 * Your ability to apply sound pedagogical practice to these tools
 * Your ability to contribute positively and reflectively to the class

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EdTech Activity 1: Collaborative Authoring
//Using wikis to create shared content.// Students will create their own profile pages, collaborate on building our project site users list to demonstrate the value of collaboration in teaching and learning.

EdTech Activity 2: Online Images
//Using images to engage with learners//. Students will create their own online storyboards to stimulate thinking about their educational experiences.

EdTech Activity 3: Use of Audio
//Creating a voki.// Students will create a personal statement using webware tool voki.

EdTech Activity 4: Social Bookmarking
//Developing a WebQuest and Trailfire//. Students will develop interactive WebQuests related to the topic of "Ethics in Teaching or Coaching"

EdTech Activity 5: Multimedia
//Producing an instructional movie clip//. Students will develop their own charter related to teaching and learning with technology. 'Developing a Teaching Philosophy.' include page="span_centre_end"

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