Posted by: sezzy | November 11, 2007

Exam Responses – Question 2 d

d)      to ensure that learning occurs at Bloom’s higher levels the teacher must ensure:bloom.jpg                                                      

 i.      that activities promote the idea to create and evaluate                                                            

 ii.      to encourage the students to explore the world of web 2.0, allow them to freedom to explore their higher ability levels                                                           

 iii.      the teacher must ensure that there are numerous resources to access to ensure that they account for the different learning styles                                                          

 iv.      the students must be able to create, re-create, have open source material, take existing material, add their own touches and re-publish it in their own blogs, wikis etc                                                             

 v.      the activities and work must move from paper and print to audio visual and virtual George Lorenzo, Diana Oblinger and Charles Dziuban (2007)http://www.educause.edu/apps/eq/eqm07/eqm0711.asp?bhcp=1                                                          

  vi.      overall the main move to make is towards freedom and exploration, within a virtual world the students are able to Endeavour into it and create and make, evaluation and reflect on the work they are creating, By initially incorporating web 2.0 into their work we as teachers are promoting an environment suitable to the digital natives, they will already be more willing to create and re-create and with these notions of multiple activities and exploration Bloom’s hierarchy is initially a core element which is to occur  

Clearly stated by Jane Knight:

‘-learning has developed from a state of ‘automation’

(putting ’static’ courses online) to one of ‘innovation’…We

are moving into a new era of sharing content, collaborating

and syndicating learning materials online. This is not just

about learning content but about developing new ways of

learning.’ Jane Knight, Learning Light, 2007

This is the way we must teach in the current world of web 2.0 this is new way we must manage our classes this will ensure Bloom’s higher levels of thinking

Advancing the adoption and use of social software in schools requires the three C’s – comfort, confidence, and creativity. Christopher D. Sessums, 20 December 2006 http://elgg.net/csessums/weblog/144604.html

By the end of the students working through web 2.0 they should have the following ‘mash-up’ this is what web 2.0 is all about

mash-up.jpg


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