| Jerry | Date: Wednesday, 05/10/2011, 12:33 PM | Message # 1 |
 Ford Everest
Group: Administrators
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| Part A: Preparing yourself and your class for collaboration
1. Teacher Connectivity: Establishing a Personal Learning Network (PLN)
- Where to get information
- How to find and connect to other people
- How to be a contributor / have a presence on the web
- Essential objectives: start-up RSS page, social bookmarking, blog, wiki, educational networking, back-channeling, document creation
- Essential tools: Netvibes or Google Reader; Delicious or Diigo; Edublogs, blogger.com, Wikispaces, PBWiki; Ning; Todays Meet, Tiny Chat; Google Docs
2. Student connectivity
- Where to get information: RSS, social bookmarking
3. Establish preferred classroom tools for connection, collaboration and contribution: eg wiki-centric class, blog, Google apps.
4. Teach digital citizenship - what it means to be a reliable and responsible and ethical online learner and collaborator including:
- Educational networking practice vs social networking - avatar development, setting up a profile online, what and when to post, customisation of online space
- Communication with 'others' online vs face to face (guidelines for best practice) - reliability, cultural sensitivity, gender issues, language differences, appropriateness and awareness of context
- Copyright, Intellectual Property and fair use, creative commons
- Managing an online presence
Part B: How to start and finish a local/global collaboration
1. Find a reliable partner and be prepared to be a reliable partner.
2. Discuss technology and access issues with your network administrator.
3. With your partner, determine the purpose of collaboration and establish a timeline
- Create a precise description of the activity. (ITGS topic or area) including outcomes and scope.
- Establish clear expectations for students and teachers
Agree on a timeline
- Determine the toolset: eg wiki, blog, Ning, Google apps
- Design assessment(s) if applicable
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