Advancing+Prof+Learning

= A very impressive maths video ..... there had to be one!! = = media type="youtube" key="M4vqr3_ROIk" height="344" width="425" = = Session Three = = Web 2.009 = = T he focus is on easy and free access to quality open source software for use in the educational arena. We'll review the pedagogy supporting the use of these tools and look at some examples of; =
 * **Diigo**
 * **Pageflakes**
 * **Voicethread**
 * ** Issuu & Yudu **


 * Participants will have an opportunity to learn how to use these tools and implement enriching learning that incorporates ICT both at school and off campus. A time to share and discuss the uses and benefits of these tools will be provided. **

........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ = Session One = =Learning by Design = **– based on Understanding by Design** **(Wiggins & McTighe) **      = LAMS =
 * Participants to work in school groups (3/4) on a collaborative wiki site which allows sharing of ideas and products at the end of each activity. **
 * [[image:greenpin.png]]Part I: Setting goals**
 * To investigate the frameworks of your course and to identify any challenges and opportunities that exist as a result of your own local contexts, conditions, resources etc.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 110%; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU;">To set overarching and ancillary skills goals for your course in the context of your students, your department, and your institution.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 110%; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU;">To choose specific content through which you can accomplish the overarching goals.
 * [[image:greenpin.png width="35" height="37"]] Part II: Designing the course **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 110%; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'msofareastlanguage;">To develop a **course plan** and consider how that course plan will help students achieve the overarching goals.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 110%; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'msofareastlanguage;">To explore a variety of **teaching strategies and assessment tools** to help you build up your **toolbox of techniques**, add to your arsenal of **ideas** and **templates** for activities and assignments.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 110%; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'msofareastlanguage;">To design **learning activities** to give students practice in tasks relevant to the goals of the course and to develop assessments to evaluate students’ progress toward the goals.
 * Session Two**

<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Use of LAMS (Maquarie University) to develop interactive learning sequences.

Participants will have the opportunity to;


 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Act as students and experience some existing sequences
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Act as authors to create a learning sequence (using UbD theory, and Heulab tools) relevant to their own school/topic interests
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Share their completed sequences with all participants

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= Web 2.0 =

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">The focus is on easy and free access to quality open source software for use in the educational arena. We'll review the pedagogy supporting the use of these tools and look at some examples of;
 * Diigo
 * Pageflakes
 * Voicethread
 * Wikis - wikispaces
 * Blogs - edublogs, blogger, wordpress

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Participants will have an opportunity to learn how to use these tools and implement enriching learning that incorporates ICT both at school and off campus. A time to share and discuss the uses and benefits of these tools will be provided.