3-Communication

(1) Sharing files through collaborative folders

• Assignment: Use the scan & post technique to collect student work.  Submit a sketch of your choice,  or complete the mapping exercise, and submit a photo of your map to the collaborative folder. 

(2) Communicating with groups of colleagues

• Video: Mail Groups [4:46]

• Assignment: Teachers must often communicate with groups of individuals (e.g. department, student club, administration, etc.) via email. Using an email address book, you may establish groups for quick addressing and mailing. Each individual can be in be in one or more groups. 

• Using your email program's address book, construct two or more groups from the master directory. Provide a screen shot showing the composition of your email groups.

(3) Communicating asynchronously via online forums 

• Assignment - Electronic discussion groups offer great opportunities for extended asynchronous dialog between students and teachers. A teacher may start a discussion thread and require students to post their thoughts, as well as comments on the postings of others. Electronic discussion groups should always be moderated by the teacher.

• Contribute to 514 discussions on canvas.csun.edu and respond to the posts of others.  (Sample discussion questions)

• Discuss the potential benefits and concerns of electronic discussion groups in the secondary school environment. 

(4) Communicating synchronously via chat

Assignment - "Chat rooms" and e-learning systems allow multiple users to communicate at the same time. This can provide teachers with data to make formative assessments. For example, a teacher can pose a question and give students time to form their responses. When given the signal, students enter their comments and instantly the teacher can receive their replies and assess their understanding.

• Log on to the class chat room or e-learning system and respond to questions posed by the instructor. Include a screen capture of an academic question/answer video or text chat session.  (Sample chat prompts)

• Discuss how an academic chat room or e-learning system can be used to achieve full participation in an interactive class discussion.

(5) Communicating synchronously with Video Conferencing

• Assignment - In a breakout room, dialog with colleagues in your discipline about a subject-related topic.  Record and post a video of the discussion.

(6) Apps for formative assessment

• Assignment - What is formative assessment? 

  •  Socrative -student response system that empowers teachers to collect data.  Import and modify an existing quiz and submit evidence that you have given the quiz to others.

  • Desmos - teacher.desmos.com       Sample activity 

  • Decribe three or more formative assessment tools that you would be inclined to use to formatively assess student understanding.

(7) Tech Experiences

• Pair up with a classmate. Download one copy of the Tech Experiences document and rename it to include both of your names. Make sure you are both working in the same shared document. Check off all of the experiences you have had. Then, discuss with your partner which technologies you are familiar with that they are not, and vis versa.