basic idea on ict in education

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Education

Presented by:Prakash Neupane

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Basic Concept on

Engaging today’s students

means tapping into what is important to them.

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We have a responsibility to prepare them for their future,

Not our past

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Today’s students are Digital Natives

(Marc Prensky)

Visual learners

Multi-taskers

Short attention spans

Use technology to express themselves

Information analysts

Content producers

Real-time learners - instant messages, text messages

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Technology allows learners get their information

When they wantHow they wantWhere ever they want

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Hardware:

Laptops, CPUs, printers, digital cameras, projectors and audio, etc.

Software

(Information and Communications Technology)

ICT

ICT (definition)

Text editors, databases, e-mails, spreadsheets, Internet, browsers, edu software, etc.

“They are the computing and communications facilities and features that variously support teaching, learning and a range of activities in education.”

http://www.kented.org.uk/NGfL/ict/definition.htm

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Why ICT in Education?

The rapidly growing usage of technology in today's world is pushing teachers to consider the integration of ICT into the classroom.

It can be dynamic and interactive.

ICT gives learners immediate access to richer source materials.

ICT can be effective and efficient.

ICT can be used as a tool for motivating students to learn in a different way.

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IT skills as prerequisiteSystem failureSoftware familiarisationCareful lesson planningComputer phobiaIntegration problemsLevel quality of languageContent

Repetition of activitiesIndividual and collaborative workMotivationInteractivityMultimediaAdquisition of IT skills FlexibilityAuthenticityFun

Benefits & shortcomings of ICT

Integrating ICT into the classroom

Benefits Shortcomes

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Social Networks

Real Time collaborative Writing/Editing

Concept Mapping

Project Management

Web Conferencing/Meeting/ Webinars

e-Mail

Chat/ Instant Messaging

Forums

Blogs

Micro-Blogs

Wikis

Polls

Common Tools

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Web 1.0

Web 2.0

Electronic mail

Simplest way of communication

Basic way for collaboration

Can be used for

o Information sharing

o Assignment submission

o Threaded discussions/brainstorming on idea

o Administration and Communication

e-Mail

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Real-time/instant direct communication

Two or more participants

Brainstorming and discussions

Questions paper setting, Decision Making

Chat/ Instant Messaging

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Topic and replies

Can be used for

Brainstorming, Discussions,

Assignment Submissions,

Question and Answers

Can be created by

students and faculty can monitor and

intervene

Being recoded allows to make

content public – works as Repository

Discussion Boards

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A Web site on which an individual or

group of users share opinions, information,

etc. on a regular basis

Can be used for

o Class website – teachers only permission

o Share best practices, experiences, course

material apart from text books

o Discussions and questions/answers

Your good blog post (interpretation of

certain concept) may help other

class/school students also

Blogs

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Share links, status, information with students, teachers

140 characters limit

StatusNet - Affero General Public License, Twitter

Micro Blogs

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A website allowing creation and editing of any

number of interlinked web pages via a web browser

Simplified mark-up language or WYSIWYG editor

History of edits is maintained

Can be used for

o Collaborative content creation and sharing

o Summary of classroom activities by teacher with the

help from students

For start – Information of plants in school campus

MediaWiki – General Public License

Wikis

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Polls for consensus building/Decision

making

Decision on shall we go on trip? and also

on shall we conduct test on this Friday? (if

they say No do it!)

Polls

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Web-based services that allow users to

Create profile, connect other users and Share

text, images, videos

Enables interactions

Features like blogs, groups, forums

Can be used to

o Share resources

o Connect students and teachers

o Create groups for subjects

Powerful than just blogs or discussion

forums

Elgg and BuddyPress – General Public

License, facebook, orkut, google plus

Social Networks

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A software that allows several people to write/edit same document in real

time

Visualize many students writing on same slate

Can be used

o To Prepare documents, presentations

o To set question papers

Etherpad – various parts under Apache, GPL, BSD, LGPL

Real Time Collaborative Writing

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A concept map is a diagram showing the

relationships among concepts

Collaborative creation of concept maps

Can be used

o For assessing students in concepts

o Creating content collaboratively

XMind – Lesser General Public License

and Eclipse Public License

Concpet Mapping

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Software to manage group projects

Allows

o Resource management

o Task management

o Milestones and calendering

o Time tracking

o Document management

Can used

o For group projects

o For assessment

Collabtive and Project.Net - General Public License

Project Management

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A web based application for conferencing/Meeting

Allows

o Video Conferencing

o Chat

o Whiteboard writing/drawing

Can be used

o For remote assistance to students

o For Conducting Meetings

OpenMeeting - Eclipse Public License

Web Conferencing

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Technology is changing

Impossible to keep up with it. Skills learned today will be irrelevant in the near future.Focus less on the technology skill. Focus more on the 21st century skill

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Impacting the ClassroomWith Web 2.0 Tools

How?

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Create your own Personal Learning Network

How can web 2.0 tools help you become a better teacher?

How can you work smarter not harder?

How can you feel connected to teachers with similar issues, feelings,

worries, struggles?

Get a Network!

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This type of Network

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Professional Network

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Start Your Professional Learning Network

•Participate-Become a part of the conversation.

Join a professional social network. I belong to Classroom 2.0 (Ning) and the Discovery Educator’s Network (Discovery Education) (http://socialnetworksined.wikispaces.com/).

Find 3-5 Blogs (Google Blogs) you like and subscribe to them using RSS feeds or Google Reader.

Join a microblogging network like Twitter or Plurk.

Classroom 2.0 Ning http://www.classroom20.com/A great place for building contacts with other educators who are interested in using Web 2.0 tools. A weekly live show on Saturdays gives members a chance to communicate and learn together.

ISTE Ning http://www.iste-community.org A new Ning created by ISTE to promote communication among ISTE members. Special Interest Groups for Tech Coordinators, 1:1 and more give an opportunity for focused conversations.

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What will you should do from today?

Build Digital Literacy

Use the right tool for the job

Use the tools to communicate more effectively

Create learning networks for teachers and students

Provide learning whatever, whenever, wherever

Provide opportunities beyond the classroom

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Poor filtration policiesAdministrators

Time limitationsPoor communicationsLimited understanding

TeachersStudents

Tools availableSites available

P(erformance)= p(otential) – i(nterference)

What is Performance ?

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Educators must get over the idea that technology will replace them. Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer absolutely deserves to be, because they just do not get it.

Ian Jukes

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References•FOSS Tools for Collaboration in Education [Prakash B. Pimpale,Staff Scientist,KBCS, CDAC Mumbai]•Changing Education with Web 2.0 Tools [Cindy Wright,Instructional Technology Specialist,Columbus City Schools]

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