This space is intended to be a digital interactive map built via collaboration to guide us through Web 2.0 technologies. There are questions along the journey and plenty of links to other resources. It is a process not a product. I am not an ICT expert, just a teacher interested in exploring ICT. Please feel free to contribute and add links. Hopefully I can get the Wiki up soon.
This Weblog is aimed at all teachers/instructors - predominantly those with limited training in Web 2.0 technologies and limited time to get lost on the information superhighway. The intention is that the transformation of knowledge and creation of ICT activities can be progressively recorded by us in a shared HCT AAWC and AAMC Wiki and on this weblog in the interim.
My pedagogy for learning is influenced by:
- constructivist principles;
- learner-centred;
- humanistic and cognitive psychology;
- task based communicative learning;
- collaboration;
- interactivity;
- guided inquiry processes;
- meaning negotiated by learners and facilitated by teachers;
- deductive vs. inductive processes;
- knowledge is jointly constructed;
- learning incorporates continuous assessment for learning; and
- higher order thinking skills are employed.
In the green box on the right side you can explore technologies that interest you or progress in a more lineal fashion following a task based learning approach. I recommed starting with Web 2.0 podcasts and try to wear your green and yellow hats more often than your black hat when the server is down.
Brigid Wheelahan
B.TRP, C.E.L.T.A., M. App. Ling (TESOL),
Grad. Dip. Sec. Ed.(ESL/SOSE )
Registered Victorian Teacher.
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