Learning Communities, Constructing Knowledge Together
As we approach Term 4, my Year 3 class have a unit that continues from Term 3. In it they have used various Scootle Learning Paths. Over the year they have used Kidspiration, Bubbl.us, PowerPoint, Publisher, Flip Video, sound recording using Audacity, video, internet, myclasses, .... For their final presentation they are allowed to present it in any format they choose. Interestingly, they are using a wide variety of the tools available to them, some working co-operatively together, others not.
The work that they will be doing really does aim towards the "creating" in Bloom's Digital Taxonomy. Given the skills and the opportunity, students will use the tools of Web 2.0 to construct knowledge (maybe not always together just yet). It allows for students to become more responsible for their own learning and to individualise the learning for each student.
I think that there are still some privacy and security issues for younger students using some Web 2.0 tools, especially creating accounts that may be public. One of these days 'myinternet' (or its successor) might include some of these tools.
It is interesting that nearly every student in the class now has a 'flash drive' to take their information and work with them. Maybe, we are fast approaching the time when 'cloud computing' will become the norm.
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