Digging Deeper:Online Collaborative Inquiry

Jared CavagnuoloWilson Middle School

Learning Center Teacher

jcavagnuolo@natickps.org

Mary Moynagh Ashland Middle School

8th Grade Social Studies Teacher mmoynagh@ashland.k12.ma.us

Online Reading Comprehension Using creditable and accurate print and digital sources to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Online Content Construction Using technology as a means to demonstrate learning.

Online Collaborative Inquiry Using technology to collaborate with others.

Digging Deeper Sessions

What do we have to consider as we rethink our definition of “literacy?”

Information, Media and Technology Skills required of today's students include information literacy, media literacy, communications and technology literacy.

Why “New Literacy?”

What has changed?

Economy: agrarian to industrial to technological

Jobs and needs of employers have gotten more complex

Blue-collar positions now done electronically or have been eliminated

More complex, technologically advanced white collar positions

More advanced thinking skills required

The Times They Are A-Changin’

What will the students be asked to do?

Think critically and creatively Work collaboratively Take risks constructively Understand connection to the world Use technology to research and

communicate with others Work in teams Assume leadership responsibilitiesSchool Reform in the New Millennium: Preparing All Children for 21st Century Success. Massachusetts DESE. November 2008.

Workplace of the Future“We don’t care where and how you get your work done. We care that you get your work done.” Dan Pelino, IBM Health Care / Life Sciences

ABC News: The Workplace of the Future

What do we need to do to get the kids ready for this “new world?”◦ Develop “good” Digital Citizenship Skills

◦ Develop 21st Century Literacy Skills across the content areas

How do we begin this process?

Digital Etiquette and

Digital Rights and Responsibilities

Digital Citizenship: Using Technology Appropriately

What is a good digital citizen?

5. Digital Etiquette:   Electronic standards of conduct or procedure.

… We recognize inappropriate behavior when we see it, but before people use technology they do not learn digital

etiquette (i.e., appropriate conduct).   … It is not enough to create rules and policy, we must teach everyone to become

responsible digital citizens in this new society.

7.   Digital Rights & Responsibilities:   Those freedoms extended to everyone in a digital

world.

… Digital citizens have the right to privacy, free speech, etc. Basic digital rights must be addressed, discussed, and

understood in the digital world. … Users must help define how the technology is to be used in an appropriate manner. 

ISSUES TO CONSIDER REGARDING WEB IDENTITY

“With great power, comes great responsibility.” -- Peter Parker's (aka

Spiderman's) Uncle

The main issue is not participatory media, but how we use these social networking

tools! With great tools, comes great responsibility and a need to think critically and constructively about how we use them.

They can serve us well in terms of developing our personal and professional

online image.

What is “out there” about you? Search for your digital footprint … How can you begin to build your footprint?

Positive Digital Footprints

“Everything you do now ends up in your permanent record. The best plan is to overload Google with a long tail of good stuff and always act like you’re on Candid Camera, because you are.” ~ Seth Godin

What is your digital footprint?

Back to the classroom ….

They need the 3 “Rs”: Reading Writing ‘rithmatics

21st Century Students

But they also need the 5 “Cs”: Creative Problem Solving Skills Collaboration skills Communication skills Content Critical Thinking

Integrates technology into our practice of teaching and learning

Accesses curriculum resources and information using technology

Provides additional ways for students to demonstrate their learning using technology

How the “new” literacy addresses the 5Cs

Technology can be used to enhance

mastery of content and

not distract from it.

Things to think about …

Students’ lives are online in increasingly mobile and social ways.

Surveys show students want learning and schools to follow suit.

Points to Ponder …..

And the kids are saying …..

School considerations …

Social Media is Collaboration

A New Generation of Learners

TED Talk: Will Richardson

“[Kids] are not waiting for a curriculum to deliver to them the things they want to learn; they’re simply going out and learning those things when they want to.” ~ Will Richardson

So how do we harness our students’ natural motivation to learn?

Give them some autonomy over…~ What they do ~ When they do it ~ How they do it ~ Who they do

it with

“20% Time” Projects◦ Project proposal form◦ Student ideas◦ Example

A New Generation of Learners

Back to Online Collaborative Inquiry …

What is Online Collaborative Inquiry?

1. Work with your tablemates to create a definition using online resources (dictionaries, Google search, etc.)

2. Share your definition with the large group.

Classroom of the Future (i.e., September 2012)

Goomoodleikiog

If you take a little bit of GOOgle for research… maybe add a MOODLE platform for online content delivery… use WIKIpedia for information or create a WIKIspace for collaboration…and add a little “OG” for a classroom blOG… you too can have a classroom of the future.

GOOMOODLEIKIOG

* Bring Your Own Device• Laptop• IPad• Flash Drive • Cell Phone • IPhone • ITouch • IPod

Have you thought of your classroom as a BYOD* environment?

Is your classroom BYOD? Do you have a mobile device?

These tools are the ultimate enablers of collaboration -- in and out of class.

by Grace Rubenstein

The Way of the Wiki: Building Online Creativity and Cooperation

1. Based on the resources and ideas discussed so far, what are some ways you might use tools like Google, Moodle, Wikis, and blogs in your classroom?

2. What are some of the advantages these tools could have for instruction?

3. What challenges do you foresee in using them?

Table Discussion

3. Digital Communication: Electronic exchange of information.

… Now everyone has the opportunity to communicate and collaborate with anyone from anywhere and anytime. Unfortunately, many users have not been taught how to make appropriate decisions when faced with so many different digital communication options.

4. Digital Literacy: Process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology.

…Learners must be taught how to learn in a digital society. In other words, learners must be taught to learn anything, anytime, anywhere.  … As new technologies emerge, learners need to learn how to use that technology quickly and appropriately. Digital Citizenship involves educating people in a new way— these individuals need a high degree of information literacy skills.

Review the Criteria for Successful Online Collaborative Inquiry to see the guidelines for participation in this discussion.

Discussion Activity on the Wiki

All work is up to date and completed on time If you need help, first ask a classmate, then

ask a teacher

Technical difficulties? Ask a teacher right away 

Criteria for Successful Online Collaborative Inquiry

Polite and school-appropriate language

Disagree with the idea, not with the person; Use “I” statements◦ “I disagree with your comment that...”

Pair critical and positive feedback◦ “I like your description of ____, but I disagree

when you say ____.”

Criteria for Successful Online Collaborative Inquiry

Make sure all your posts are:

Complete: answer all parts in detail 

Concise: focused and relevant ideas

Clear: writing style, grammar, spelling, etc.

Criteria for Successful Online Collaborative Inquiry

Wiki Discussion*:

•How can you use technology in your classrooms to encourage collaboration and enhance mastery of content?

•How can we harness the technology the students bring to school every day?

*Your response should be in paragraph form and follow the criteria outlined above.

Click on the link for your day’s session below and respond to the questions there.

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Then respond to two of your fellow participants' posts. Your responses should be in paragraph form and follow the criteria outlined above.

Discussion Activity on the Wiki

Your table group will be assigned a strand of the College & Career Readiness Anchor Standards from the new framework.

Read over your group's standards with your tablemates.

Drawing on your own teaching experience and using what you have learned from the resources and activities in this session, work together to answer the following question:

How can teachers use tools and resources for online collaborative inquiry to address specific anchor standards?

Online Collaborative Inquiry and the New MA Curriculum Framework

Click on the link for your day's session below to post your group's answer to a Google doc.

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Online Collaborative Inquiry and the New MA Curriculum

Framework