Week 3: Ed Tech

What is it all about?

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• Local: PGDE– Moodle forum

Now you’re talking!

• Local: PGDE– Moodle forum

• National: CESI– Mailing list– Google groups

Now you’re talking!

• Local: PGDE– Moodle forum

• National: CESI– Mailing list– Google groups

• Global (OMG!)– Wider network– Blogs, Twitter– Databases: e.g.

TES Connect

Now you’re talking!

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SharingUse alternative to your nuim email

If you have already registered …@nuim.ie ….just re-register

Patience: it’s not instantaneous!

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Challenge of teaching diverse group

…while it is possible to expose students to a range of technologies, doing so in the context of a weekly one hour lecture to a large group only scratches the surface of what can be done with any of these applications. … given the diversity of our students’ technical expertise, and again the sheer size of the cohort in front of me, I can usually only guess the level and pace at which to pitch the content. In this context students have only a very limited opportunity to explore that technology for themselves.

From a letter to Quality Promotion Office NUIM from Angela Rickard: June 2010

Wordle digression…

“Beautiful word clouds”Wordle suggestions: • The Clever Sheep: Top 20 uses for Wordle• Samantha Lunn: 23 ways to use Wordle• Tom Barrett: 47 Ways with Wordle• How to use Wordle?– Go to Wordle.net – it’s all explained there.

Returning to the point ….

A few quick questions ….

Audience Response System

See wikipedia:• ppvote• Quizdom• iClicker etc.• See article (includes list of popular systems)

Audience response

A. Take attendanceB. Use daily to increase engagementC. Give weekly quizzesD. Check homeworkE. Discussion starter…F. Check if students understand key points

Now for something completely different!

edu.glogster.com

How to use edu.glogster.com

Suggested tasks from week 3

1. Edit your Moodle profile2. Register on ERC site3. Make a word cloud

(wordle.net)4. Read about audience

response systems5. Make a poster on

edu.glogster.com see: Ted Talks for Teachers in a ‘glog’

Don’t worry it’s not compulsory ….

…although…

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