Showing posts with label MITE6024. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MITE6024. Show all posts
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Friday, 13 March 2009
Review of the learning object - the Water Cycle
Thirstin’s Water Cycle, which is a colorful, kid friendly learning object, gives simple descriptions and animations of each step of the water cycle. This interactive tool is a visual and auditory introduction to the water cycle.
As an interactive learning object for novice students, it well explains basic concepts and caters for the learning interests of students via its interactive and vivid animations. It can be concluded that it is very useful for students. However, it's also a critical issue that only a part of teachers seems to introduce this kind of learning materials in the classrooms while few students have extensively used these materials out of classroom. More introductions and better integration of learning objects is needed to encourage students to use them more frequently as a normal part of study activities. The teaching with the help of learning objects is surely useful if it can be well organized and integrated into students' life and school syllabus.
As an interactive learning object for novice students, it well explains basic concepts and caters for the learning interests of students via its interactive and vivid animations. It can be concluded that it is very useful for students. However, it's also a critical issue that only a part of teachers seems to introduce this kind of learning materials in the classrooms while few students have extensively used these materials out of classroom. More introductions and better integration of learning objects is needed to encourage students to use them more frequently as a normal part of study activities. The teaching with the help of learning objects is surely useful if it can be well organized and integrated into students' life and school syllabus.
Friday, 13 February 2009
Describe your previous experiences of either using technology for teaching or for learning
Task: Describe your previous experiences of either using technology for teaching or for learning
Helen:
I teach in the primary school with Year 1 students(5yrs). We use digital cameras to record learning along with voice recorders which at age 5 are a lot easier than writing what students think down.
Digital cameras and voice recorders are part of our daily life. We use them to record events and present a weekly news for parents of what students have been learning this week. The photos are uploaded into hyperstudio with the sound attached to the buttons. The main problem is that the students are more savvy than the parents and parents don't use the news as their first source of information yet.
We also use hyperstudio to animate the children's stories, by creating a background and a character which they move progressively across the cards making a basic animation with a voice recording of their story attached. Last year we did a similar thing using 'digital blue' and this year we're going to experiment with 'frames'
Assessment and planning are still challenging and I regularly feel limited by my physical class surroundings and timetabling.
We had a go at blogging last year but it was too hard for us all(me and students) at the time.
In planning I use google docs and we use this for team meetings. I see the potential with IT in education and am looking forward to learning more about how I can integrate into the class and continue to updating my teaching practice.
Jenny:
Before joining HKU for the full-time programme of MSc in LIM, I had worked as a financial analyst in a US fortune 500 company for 3 years. By that token, I had been an internal trainer of SAP system for the Finance department. Normally, I use ppt as a main document type to deliver the traninig material and apply the technology of projector in showing the process skills on class. After training sessions, Lotus note is the main method for sharing information and distributing digital training documents.
I once had online training sessions via net-meeting by which the host can share either the computer screen or the programmes with the participants online and delegate the participants to use the programmes online.
Stella:
Stella:
Helen:
I teach in the primary school with Year 1 students(5yrs). We use digital cameras to record learning along with voice recorders which at age 5 are a lot easier than writing what students think down.
Digital cameras and voice recorders are part of our daily life. We use them to record events and present a weekly news for parents of what students have been learning this week. The photos are uploaded into hyperstudio with the sound attached to the buttons. The main problem is that the students are more savvy than the parents and parents don't use the news as their first source of information yet.
We also use hyperstudio to animate the children's stories, by creating a background and a character which they move progressively across the cards making a basic animation with a voice recording of their story attached. Last year we did a similar thing using 'digital blue' and this year we're going to experiment with 'frames'
Assessment and planning are still challenging and I regularly feel limited by my physical class surroundings and timetabling.
We had a go at blogging last year but it was too hard for us all(me and students) at the time.
In planning I use google docs and we use this for team meetings. I see the potential with IT in education and am looking forward to learning more about how I can integrate into the class and continue to updating my teaching practice.
Jenny:
Before joining HKU for the full-time programme of MSc in LIM, I had worked as a financial analyst in a US fortune 500 company for 3 years. By that token, I had been an internal trainer of SAP system for the Finance department. Normally, I use ppt as a main document type to deliver the traninig material and apply the technology of projector in showing the process skills on class. After training sessions, Lotus note is the main method for sharing information and distributing digital training documents.
I once had online training sessions via net-meeting by which the host can share either the computer screen or the programmes with the participants online and delegate the participants to use the programmes online.
Stella:
Stella:
I have used a blog to share learning, handed my assignment and group project with my group members. I also used an online powerpoint software called "Slideshare" to do my assignment and group project.
I have also used googledoc to do group projects with group members. Moblie phone has been used to record the process of interviews during project research. I have also participated in an online meeting held by Google among students in Beijing and Hong Kong to discuss the use of technology and design the user interface.
I always learn and use various kinds of technologies including software, hardware and programming during my routine job duty. It helps me to perform my work efficient and effective and can enhance my productivities.
I have shared my knowledge of using softwares techniques with my team members and colleagues. For example, OCLC installation, AnzioWin installation and settings, expect programming and Microsoft Office, etc. It is very relax to share the knowledge of mobile phone settings with my friends in daily lives. It is my rewards to see their smiley faces after they knew the solutions.
I always eager to learn more about latest technology to broaden my knowledge and share with my relatives, friends and colleagues.
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