2022_03 VERONE     ICT training

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DAY 2

We started to share messages on the group. After creating a an account, modifying a profile, attaching images , creating a folder and answer questions, and sending post to the students after creating a group and inviting people.

The next step is to share items with members in a group.

HOW TO SHARE A QUIZZ

Two ways, click on library and search for the quizz you want to upload .

Training : how to share a quizz with students and program a delivery date.  The results of the students could be seen on classes and progress.

World Wide dimension of Edmodo.

Public group about educational topics : could be found on the homepage, left side, classes, my groups and scrol down and we find my hashtags. Theses are the hashtags about all subjects.

It is the possibility to communicate with people who have posted topics and course materials.

In the explore section : we can have some public material for teachers. A public space where educators share materials.

Difference betweeen between hastags and Discover : community on a subjects and materials .

ICT  in the classroom innotvative tools to facilitate students learning, collaboration and creativity.

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

Learning on line

3 activities

1. Think, pair, share

The idea that learning could be created together and they can share their skills and learn through collaboration. Ex : How would you reduce traffic in your neighborhood?

First phase : students think by himself, then by pair and them within a large group.

a. Collaborative learning  : THINK-PAIR_SHARE (Edmodo) activity

Core question: is school killing creativity?

TEARCHERS AS THE MEDIUM  It encourages it by giving students tools to explore their creativity and a methodology for a critical mind. It gives them the materials they sometimes do not have access in the private sphere thus enlarging their perception of the world.

Next phase: THINK ( 3 min) – Pair ( 5 min ) Share

BUT SOMETIMES, THEY DO NOT PLAY THEIR PART: Sometimes it kills creativity, because creativity is the center of the entire educational process. Teachers sometimes do not let the students express themselves because they are only interested in their educational programs and they do not have the skills enough to help the students. For example, in Romania, blended learning, hybrid education: some teachers were not able to use the platforms because they are not computer literate. Even if there were not interested in learning/ motivated to learn different skills. Some of them do not want to change their ways despite the complaints. As a consequence, the students are deprived of access to knowledge the school is supposed to provide them with.

The first step was to answer the question individually and then, in pair.

2. Save the last word

Video : An example from a real classroom

Think about 1 word that you associate to creativity.

Activity based on one word and explanation from each participant.

Person A shares the chosen word

In turns, the other say WHY that person chose that word

Person A has the last word.

AnswerGarden

https://answergarden.ch/create/

MENTIMENTER : https://www.mentimeter.com/

Possible variations:

Instead of quotations

-       Students read an assigned text

-       Each of them selects a quote

-       Each student has a card: on one side of it they rite the uote, on the other WHY they chose it.

-       Sutdent gather in small groups

-       A students reads her . his quote in the group

Students can focus on images

You could give students a collection of posters, paintings, a n photograph and ask students to select from to “ images that stand out to them.

In the back of an index card, students should explain why they selected this images

3. Cooperative graffiti

Thanks to PADLET

Résultat du travail de collaboration

https://padlet.com/ilarbar/o762m6jxozd0bvbg

https://new.edmodo.com/groups/tre-moschettieri-veronesi-38514303

DAY 4

FLIPPED  CLASSROOM

Use of some platforms and videos

The methodology is called the flipped classroom. Observe and reflect on the meaning of the flipped content.

Student centered strategy. Which is different from / which differs from ‘traditional way of teaching in which students are given the theory and then homework to do.

Share some videos on Edmodo : watch the video as an example, the link could be found on Edmodo.

Why should we use the flipped classroom: examples by why she flipped her classroom.

The advantages of flipped classroom – report all the advantages on Edmodo

Different groups of people with specific needs, A need for effective differentiation:

Pre-loaded content: information that are given in class and they can review according to their own pace. When they come to class, she become at the center of the class and move among the different groups

All students are engaged and challenged. Effective differentiation

RECAP:        She highlights the fact that it is an excellent means to provide the whole group with some specific needs. Indeed, flipping the class gives the possibility for the teacher to assist the different groups more effectively. The strategy is to challenge those who are advanced and to help those who are in need. Thus, the progression will be more homogeneous and no one seems to be left off the track in this process because the students will themselves be at the core of their own progression.

What about the possible challenges in the flipped classes ?

- students don't do their homework; - availability of technology; - students might not understand; - more tiring for teachers; - parents' doubts; - students need to be instructed on how to watch videos