ICTs and Pedagogy

Hi there I know its supposed to be in 80 days but my unit plan is going to be 10 lessons. I have decided that I am planning on the Year 9 Australian Curriculum Geography - Geographies of interconne...

Experienced geography teachers' PCK of students' ideas and beliefs about learning and teaching

Research also suggests that educators help motivate students by using materials and implementing activities that students consider meaningful (Spratt, Humphreys, & Chan, 2002). As one of Pinkman's students wrote, "...once or twice a week I check my blog and then other students write comments for me, my motivation is up, usually teacher check my blog, so if I read teacher comments my teacher thought about me, my motivation up" (Pinkman, 2005, p. 20). Due to the popularity of computer and Internet technology and the growing interest in blogging, it was expected that our group of learners would also find the use of blogs in their English language study highly motivating.

Survey monkey can be used for student responses to learning on a particular topic

This article is about Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Secondary English teachers and refers to case studies of beginning English teachers.

Summary of my unit plan can be seen in my blog post here.

Early childhood teachers' misconceptions about mathematics education for young children in the United States From page 39.

Lot of insights in here that EDC3100 needs to take to heart.

I recall seeing this in another course and kept the link in my UNI FAVOURITES folder (which is now a fairly sizable resource...). Two things I took again from this article, was 1. The joy of going back and listening to John Hattie and 2. the Feedback Essentials - "Whether feedback is just there to be grasped or is provided by another person, helpful feedback is goal-referenced; tangible and transparent; actionable; user-friendly (specific and personalized); timely; ongoing; and consistent. I always kept this in the back of my mind and it never fails to flag when FEEDBACK is mentioned.

Research article comparing two experienced Geography teachers use of PCK. The article argues Geography teachers need extensive content knowledge, understand how knowledge is constructed and in particular that teachers need to address students preconceptions and incorporate them into teaching and learning.

A web page outlining what an "authentic audience" is, the benefits, and what changes might arise from creating one for your learners.

Children can create their own customised Avatar - simple activity with loads of potential.

I think that this is a great idea for children and teenagers. By allowing students to create an Avatar, it gives them the opportunity to create an image that represents them or they can go completely crazy and create something far from the truth. Giving them an avatar in an educational environment then makes the learning fun and enjoyable as they feel they are playing just one big game. I have used this concept in a Contact Centre with Adults and have had success with it, purely for the reason it allows creativity and staff did not need to leave their desks to go to training.