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Chris Brown

Cyber Warriors - Cyber Warriors - 1 views

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    • Chih-Hsiung Tu
      Chih-Hsiung Tu on 19 Apr 10
       
      Common Question I: NLE Strategies Applied Please discuss three most important strategies of NLE in your unit. Please be sure to justify why they are effective NLE strategies and how you assess them. Remember NLE strategies are not just your contents or "technologies," such as wiki, Blog, Twitter etc. It is integrated soft technologies. Hint: Four components of technology integrations: Content; Technology; Instructional Strategies; Assessment.
    • Lisa Costello
      Lisa Costello on 02 May 10
       
      The three most important strategies of this NLE were PAR, INFOVIZ, and UGC. With respect to PAR, learners collaborated and created wiki pages. Peer feedback and responses to said feedback were required. This strategy engaged learners in the content area. The evaluation for this portion was covered via rubric and criteria. The INFOVIZ strategy incorporated Wordle and concept maps via Kidspiration. Visual representations of content were created. This allowed an enhancement of content, provided a mental/visual graphic organizer, and allowed each learner to organize concepts in a way which was meaningful to them. This portion was assessed via rubrics. Finally, UGC permitted teams to create and share content via a wiki page. Participants were then required to read through their peers' content and provide feedback. This was evaluated via criteria. This permitted learners to take ownership of their learning. Content effectively fit into a NLE environment. Web 2.0 technology was implemented. Instructional strategies included: learner-learner interaction, reflection, online collaboration, collaborative learning, peer evaluation, creative, etc. Assessments were based on criteria and rubrics.
    • Chih-Hsiung Tu
      Chih-Hsiung Tu on 19 Apr 10
       
      Common Question II: NLE Please justify why your unit integrating NLE, not just online learning environments (OLE). Be sure to distinguish NLE from OLE. Provide the examples from your unit to justify your responses.
    • Lisa Costello
      Lisa Costello on 02 May 10
       
      A networked learning environment is an environment which contains a system of interrelated components, connections, and people. This system supports and facilitates your own learning experiences, as well as those you are networked with. It is a collaborative model which the instructor streamlines to promote individual accountability in a group setting, as well as learning goals/objectives. This structure allows for more self-reflection and management of one's learning. Traditional online learning might give a schedule, required readings and assignments, scheduled exams, and have not interaction between other learners or the instructor. There is very little sense of community in this model, and definitely no sense of ownership in one's learning. I feel that this unit lends itself to an NLE. It incorporates NLE strategies and technology tools which foster a sense of ownership (e.g. wiki content pages, Web 2.0, etc.), collaboration (e.g. team and community items such as wiki page creation, peer feedback, interaction, etc.), and self-reflection (e.g. reflective paper and blogger).
    • Chris Brown
      Chris Brown on 24 Apr 10
       
      Content centrally organized using a wiki structure. The language and design of the unit is targeted specifically to grade school students and as such is appropriate. Students have to structure their own knowledge by using tools like concept mapping, wiki, group blogs, and Gloster. Students use a web quest style to gather information about the content areas. The network focus is primarily on the tools and the contents resources.  Student communities and teams serve as an interpersonal network. The technologies are integrated efficiently and appropriately. The content delivery seems to be more of a traditional style web quest, but it is delivered within a network environment that relies on community and connections. Evaluation is based primarily on products that students create. Rubrics are used to assess these products to ascertain whether the goals and objectives are met. These objectives were measured and aligned to the content.  The unit appears to be somewhat weak in evaluating the instructional strategies of the network learning environment. I think that as a student I could've benefited from a stronger explanation of how to use the navigation and work through the site.  On one of the pages in the discussion board requirement should also been listed as an activity and not merely an objective.The site was very easy to follow, and I loved your topic choice.
    • Lisa Costello
      Lisa Costello on 02 May 10
       
      Thanks for your feedback Chris. I appreciate the depth of your comments:) Have a great evening!
  • Suzy Belonga on 03 May 10
     
    Creative way to approach a current, important topic. Resources and links broaden your targeted audience 10-15? Outstanding job with terrific resources, use of NLE strategies, and variety of technological assignments, projects, and discussions. The unit was well presented in an organized and easy to follow manner on a crucial, current topic for school aged children.
Lisa Costello

Digital Literacy Home - Digital Literacy for Immigrants - 2 views

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    • Chih-Hsiung Tu
      Chih-Hsiung Tu on 19 Apr 10
       
      Common Question II: NLE Please justify why your unit integrating NLE, not just online learning environments (OLE). Be sure to distinguish NLE from OLE. Provide the examples from your unit to justify your responses.
    • Melanie Del Grosso
      Melanie Del Grosso on 02 May 10
       
      My unit integrates NLE not just an OLE. Online Learning Environments simply allow users to use technology tools independently. Often, technology is not required in order to learn content, it is just an add-on. In a NLE, participants interact digitally and learn from their interactions. The technology used supports collaboration. My unit requires participants to collaborate via a wiki, discuss issues through asynchronous discussion boards and voice threads, and share resources via Delicious.
    • Chih-Hsiung Tu
      Chih-Hsiung Tu on 19 Apr 10
       
      Common Question I: NLE Strategies Applied Please discuss three most important strategies of NLE in your unit. Please be sure to justify why they are effective NLE strategies and how you assess them. Remember NLE strategies are not just your contents or "technologies," such as wiki, Blog, Twitter etc. It is integrated soft technologies. Hint: Four components of technology integrations: Content; Technology; Instructional Strategies; Assessment.
    • Melanie Del Grosso
      Melanie Del Grosso on 02 May 10
       
      Three important strategies in my unit are UGC, community interaction, and social tagging. Participants are presented with the "what" of digital citizenship, but they are the ones that answer the how and why we need it in our school. They contribute UGC to the wiki, which is a very important strategy in this environment because it makes the parents feel as though their input is being valued. Participants interact as a community using discussions and voice threads, and share resources using social tagging on Delicious. These tasks are assessed by self and peer evaluation. Participants also take a post-unit survey to assess the effectiveness of the unit in terms of learning and technology use.
    • Steve Arizona
      Steve Arizona on 21 Apr 10
       
      Your goals are very timely for your school I am sure! An evaluatio piece on how effecive your endeavor should be included.
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    • Chris Brown
      Chris Brown on 24 Apr 10
       
      The content is very appropriate for the parents of digital natives.  Directions are clear and the content is aptly delivered using a network learning environment. Feedback Comments: Participants in this course, communicate with each other and create products that demonstrate their learning and research.  Topics are discussed within the community of learners. The discussions and products used allow learners to create their knowledge and make connections to more knowledge and resources.  This focus gives the unit a strong emphasis on networked instructional strategies rather than mere distributed ones. All the network learning environment technologies are used effectively and appropriately. The tools used are wiki, voice thread, wordle, and delicious. all of these tools help introduce the learners to the new world of Web 2.0 learning.  Once again the focus is on the community of learners and not simply the tools used. This course is evaluated through the users, active engagement in discussions and product creation. Learners interact with each other through posts and other Web 2.0 tools. Evaluation is based on these posts and products. Additionally, an end of unit survey is employed to evaluate the effectiveness of the network learning environment employed. The emphasis of the evaluation is on the content and the learning. There is some evaluation of the strategies used to deliver the content as evidenced by the survey. I thought you presented a very clear and understandable unit.  I think this unit helps to fill a void in the understanding of our parent populations.  Well-written unit and excellent examples.  I also appreciated how you always added links for further explanation when expecting users to employ different technologies. 
    • Melanie Del Grosso
      Melanie Del Grosso on 02 May 10
       
      Thank you for your comments.
    • Lisa Costello
      Lisa Costello on 01 May 10
       
      The content for this NLE is appropriate for your target audience of parents and/or teachers. This is a pertinent topic with respect to your learning community. Social content sharing, folksonomy (tagging=Delicious), Information visiualization (Wordle), etc. were all present. I feel that UGC and PAR could have been taken further by allowing participants to collaboratively present content to others and post feedback on said presentations, not just allow for discussion board interactions. Technologies presented: wiki, voice thread, Delicious, and Wordle. All technologies were integrated effectively and appropriately for this NLE and target audience. I enjoyed your implementation and use of the Voice Thread tool. Allows for self-reflection of activities and end-of-unit survey, but was unclear on how individual artifacts/activities would be measured. Overall, your content was relevant and vital to your community at Whittier Elementary. This unit fulfilled a need within your population, and your use of Web 2.0 tools (especially Voice Thread) was ideal:)
Lauren Hendley

Story telling in the digital age_Huffman - Story telling in the digital age - 0 views

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    • Chih-Hsiung Tu
      Chih-Hsiung Tu on 19 Apr 10
       
      Common Question I: NLE Strategies Applied Please discuss three most important strategies of NLE in your unit. Please be sure to justify why they are effective NLE strategies and how you assess them. Remember NLE strategies are not just your contents or "technologies," such as wiki, Blog, Twitter etc. It is integrated soft technologies. Hint: Four components of technology integrations: Content; Technology; Instructional Strategies; Assessment.
    • Shawn Huffman
      Shawn Huffman on 20 Apr 10
       
      The three most important strategies of NLE are the soft technologies of how to present ideas in a digital age, how to evaluate aspects of a story using technology, and how to find information as a community. Soft technology is the technology that people understand, what they have inside. The community presentations of their artifacts in this unit and the necessity of attending them to evaluate are both critical elements of an NLE. It is not the technology itself that becomes important, but the idea of how to do it as a community that makes it an NLE.Learning how to contribute to a group building a knowledge base is an important NLE strategy. Using each other's innovation as well as providing your own expertise to create a community that is greater than any individual could come up with is the essence of this unit and that is what makes it an NLE and not just a unit with technology embedded in it.
    • Chih-Hsiung Tu
      Chih-Hsiung Tu on 30 Apr 10
       
      Shawn, You stated: "The community presentations of their artifacts in this unit and the necessity of attending them to evaluate are both critical elements of an NLE." Could you be more specific why it is NLE not online learning?
    • Shawn Huffman
      Shawn Huffman on 30 Apr 10
       
      Because all of their learning is done in a communal form. From my understanding, an online learning would simply send them on a webquest and have them post for evaluation. This unit is centered around them looking at, evaluating, and using each others' work. Because it is all created using a network that they all spread out from and return to it becomes more NLE and less online learning. They are forming a community of other learners and collaborating, even though they are writing different stories.
    • Chih-Hsiung Tu
      Chih-Hsiung Tu on 19 Apr 10
       
      Common Question II: NLE Please justify why your unit integrating NLE, not just online learning environments (OLE). Be sure to distinguish NLE from OLE. Provide the examples from your unit to justify your responses.
    • Shawn Huffman
      Shawn Huffman on 20 Apr 10
       
      The unit is an NLE because all of the participants have access to all of the information at any time and are required to look at, evaluate, and participate in everyone's project. An OLE involves putting all of the work online, but does not necessarily involve the group feeling. For example, in an OLE, a student would be asked to blog about an experience, but in an NLE, the students would be required to respond and communicate with each other.
    • Lauren Hendley
      Lauren Hendley on 01 May 10
       
      Shawn, it was very refreshing to peer review another unit that took NLE and applied it to your real learners (high school/college), instead of adults! :) I also like how you took a language arts class and turned it into an NLE. Not an easy task! I think that your goals/objectives were clear and easy to understand. I think that it would have been helpful to view your School Fusion site since a lot of your unit is focused there. Where did you learn of School Fusion? Would you use School Fusion over a wiki site for your students and why? Sorry so many questions! Also, your NLE strategies were very clear and easy to identify. One last recommendation would be to add come critical evaluation instruments for students to view to ensure objectives are being met. Your unit shows a great understanding of ETC 647. Thanks for sharing!
    • Shawn Huffman
      Shawn Huffman on 02 May 10
       
      Thanks for the feedback! School Fusion is our district's cms, kind od like blackboard. It is very easy to use. I would use it over a wiki, simply because I have to, district policy and all that. It does have many features that I love, though. The students are all assigned pseudonyms, for blogging (the teacher can identify them, of course.) I can create an online dropbox for assignments, I can post my class podcasts, etc. It is a fairly comprehensive tool for us. You can check out our school site at http://susd.arcadia.schoolfusion.us/ Thanks again!
Lisa Costello

Accessibility in Your Design - Accessibility in Your Design - 0 views

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    • Chih-Hsiung Tu
      Chih-Hsiung Tu on 20 Apr 10
       
      Common Question I: NLE Strategies Applied Please discuss three most important strategies of NLE in your unit. Please be sure to justify why they are effective NLE strategies and how you assess them. Remember NLE strategies are not just your contents or "technologies," such as wiki, Blog, Twitter etc. It is integrated soft technologies. Hint: Four components of technology integrations: Content; Technology; Instructional Strategies; Assessment.
    • Chih-Hsiung Tu
      Chih-Hsiung Tu on 20 Apr 10
       
      Common Question II: NLE Please justify why your unit integrating NLE, not just online learning environments (OLE). Be sure to distinguish NLE from OLE. Provide the examples from your unit to justify your responses.
    • Steve Arizona
      Steve Arizona on 21 Apr 10
       
      A very noble cause! The Youtube video is very engaging. I believe and evauation of your network plan should be included.
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    • Lisa Costello
      Lisa Costello on 02 May 10
       
      Content supports organizational learning network environment, and is appropriate for the targeted audiences of individuals already possessing an intensive web design background. Linkage design appropriate, UGC&PAR (group wiki pages/needed to require that participants read each other's pages and provide feedback), community-community interaction (Delicious tags), Mashup (course blog), etc. Section for creation of group wiki space was unclear. Did not state to use this space for creating content. Technologies presented: youtube, Delicious, Blogger, video blogging, google docs, podcasting, Wordle...although I was unclear on the Wordle portion. There were no instructions or annotations. Was this meant to be a student activity, or just general information? Evaluation methods: Rubrics and criteria lists. No peer or self-evaluation. Artifacts to be turned in: youtube video, wiki page, essay with accompanying Delicious information. No self-reflection or post-course survey. This was a very interesting unit you created. I, even without intensive web design experience, enjoyed going through it. The initial youtube video was extremely interesting :) Thank you for sharing:)
    • Melanie Del Grosso
      Melanie Del Grosso on 02 May 10
       
      Great idea for a topic, Jason! I especially like that you are targeting the people that know how to design websites already. This unit is expanding their understanding of their job. In terms of the assessment piece, you have evaluation checklists, which are utilized for several activities. There is also a rubric for the accessibility paper. Goals are aligned to evaluation pieces. Delicious, Google Docs, and Blogger seem to be integrated effectively and appropriately. A possible suggestion to make Delicious look more like a "network" technology would be to provide instructions and expectations on the use of tags. Overall, I think this unit is a great idea. I don't know much about technology departments on college campuses, but I am sure they don't spend enough time focusing on accessibility. I think this unit brings to light an important issue in educational technology today. Nice work!
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