Group resource we can all add to and share.
Cut and paste this link to edit:
https://docs.google.com/a/umail.usq.edu.au/document/d/1tOXQtnq5NGbwapfbwew50V
ewYBBZm21HY6hDK9JDijI/edit?usp=sharing
Group resource we can all add to and share.
https://docs.google.com/a/umail.usq.edu.au/document/d/1tOXQtnq5NGbwapfbwew50VewYBBZm21HY6hDK9JDijI/edit?usp=sharing
Alice Brown is an early childhood health, wellbeing and social ecology specialist lecturing at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) where she teachers undergraduate and post-graduate students. She has completed her Doctoral, Masters and Bachelor st
She posts interesting, professional and insightful articles and ideas that are related to early childhood.
Might help someone found it in the Journal & database tab of the usq library under education curriculum resources and lots more, worthwhile to check it out
A great article which has contributed to my Geographical PCK. It can be accessed through the USQ library. I especially love the concluding words "Children's voices empower pedagogy".
An online lecture (slides+audio) from Prof Peter Albion (from USQ) for use in the course EDP4130. In 20 minutes or so Peter gives some background to the changes in society, information availability etc that is - at least for some - suggesting a need for new approaches to knowledge, learning and teaching.
Contains thousands of classroom activities for scaffolding student learning and higher order thinking, covering a wide range of topics across all KLAs.
Although it's still Google, it only searches through journal articles and other such documents. While it may only list them for us if we're not willing to pay for access, it's a helpful tool for finding articles that we can then look up in the Library databases to see if we have access.
Though if you've used the "connecting Google Scholar and the library" material pointed to in the learning path, you'll be able to access the papers directly from here (at least the ones that the USQ library has access to)
And don't forget to add the USQ library to Google scholar so you can get access to more full text articles http://www.USQ.edu.au/library/getting-help/how-to-guides/google
I found the text 'Five Things We Need to Know About Technological Change' by Neil Postman very fascinating. I encourage everyone to read this article as it presents interesting ideas involving technology.
Average length = total length of all your blog posts for the 3 weeks / by the number of blog posts
e.g. if you made 9 blog posts with a total word length of 1800 words. Then your average word length is
Avge = 1800 / 9
Avge = 200
200 is greater than 100, so this criteria is met.
There is no maximum word limit for your posts. The length stated here is the minimum expected.
Feel free to reflect and share as much as you like via your blog.
60% or more of the blog posts contain links to online resources
If you've made 12 posts for weeks 1, 2 and 3. Then 60% of 12 is
12 * .6 = 7.2
This means at least 7 of the 12 posts you made would be expected to include links to online resources.
NOTE: we'll always round down (i.e. if 60% == 7.2, we'll round that down to 7, not up to 8 posts)
More than two posts contain links to posts from other EDC3100 students.
Let's assume you've posted 10 posts for weeks 1, 2 and 3.
At least 2 of those posts should contain a link to a post of another EDC3100 student blog. The assumption is that you will also use that link as a basis for commenting on the other student's ideas.
So I did post on my blog last week and linked to some resources but didn't link to any other students. That is fine as long as I make it up in week 2 and 3, right?
Maximum size is defined above. The minimum might be as short as 2 minutes, but you still have to provide sufficient information to meet the requirements of the Argument criterion below.
If you are using someone else's videos, audio etc. you must make sure that you are legally allowed to use the resource and you must attribute it appropriately.
All three components are present and effectively integrated and aligned
Your artefact should include - context, reasons and examples (see above for more detail) - there is no constraint on structure or location, but these should be readily recognisable.
There is significant misalignment between the three components.
The links also have to be within the blog posts and not in your blog roll. The automated system only sees your blog posts, not your blog roll.
As a rule of them, the reader of your post has to be able to access/use the resource from your post.
i.e. a reference isn't enough. It has to be a link that they can click on. The standard expectation is that the content of your blog post will contain links to other resources.
This following blog post
http://davidtjones.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/how-are-they-going/
An exceptional artefact will be an online resource that has been implemented without any errors, makes effective - even innovative - use of the online environment to capture the attention of the viewer/reader and show them a logically structured, well supported and illustrated set of reasons for using ICTs in **your** teaching. Emphasis on **your** teaching, not mine, not some textbooks, but yours.
If you got off to a slow start (i.e. didn't post much to your blog in week 1 of semester), don't worry. As long as you start posting regularly by the end of week 2 (or so) and reach an appropriate total (e.g. 3 weeks by 3 posts = 9 posts). Then you will get the appropriate mark.
As semester progresses, however, there will be an expectation that posts will come more regularly.
Also, if you write 9 posts 5 minutes before the end of week 3, some questions may be asked.
Use contextually appropriate example(s) to illustrate those reasons.
You should not be creating these examples. The examples should be existing examples you have found during this course or in previous courses. The examples should be as close to the context you are talking about and they should illustrate how the reasons you've provided can be fulfilled.
If you don't know what your context is going to be. Make it up. Try to make it as realistic as possible, as close as possible to your likely Professional Experience placement for this course as possible.
You may want to use a prior Professional Experience context, that's fine.
Thnaks for clarifying David. Is it expected that we end up with some comments on our own blogs? I have posted the link to my blog in the forum but havent had any comments yet :(