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A Funny Thing Happened When Students Learned to use Forums - Moodle iMoot2010 presentation
- 1. A personal experience, presented by Drew Buddie iMoot 2010
- 2. I am Pseudolus. ( A sneaky slave and playful prankster who desperately wants his freedom.)
- 3. [email_address] Moodle: www.merapolis.co.uk Personal Blog: digitalmaverick .ethink.org.uk
- 7. Can you see anything with the next slide?
- 20. Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy (Andrew Churches)
- 21. My 20 steps to giving pupils wings through the use of FORUMS
- 22. 1. Don’t be afraid of giving them something to THINK about.
- 23. X. Is there anything wrong with this picture? A – Yes B - No
- 24. Y. Look at this picture and describe anything you find unusual about it
- 25. 2. Help them to realise that things are not always what they seem.
- 27. Sometimes things get LOST IN TRANSLATION
- 28. 3. Employ the ‘Mentos and Coke effect’ – the oddest combinations can yield surprising results
- 31. What JAMES SUROWIECKI in his book calls: THE WISDOM OF CROWDS or How the many are smarter than the few!
- 32. 4. Look at things from a different angle.
- 36. 5. Just like the Naica Crystals – things don’t have to stop growing just because…
- 39. 6. Don’t be afraid of a bit of self-congratulation.
- 40. 7. NEVER assume you know more than your students do.
- 41. 8. Be like the Nail House – don’t just do something ‘cos everyone else is.
- 42. And inspire
- 43. 9. Sometimes we need to work on our own or go out on a limb, to try an idea that works.
- 44. 10. Try not to be a puppetmaster – let the students have control.
- 45. 11. Give them ‘situated meaning’ See the work of James Paul Gee
- 47. 12. Not all contributors are alike
- 48. Pat Parslow & Shirley Earley created this excellent resource, reminding us of the importance of Digital Identity.
- 50. 13. Sometimes kids will just work things out for themselves – ON THEIR OWN
- 51. 14. Don’t let one person shout too loud.
- 52. 15. Who’s got the authority?
- 53. 16.It’s important we ALL pull together
- 54. 17. Be Stetson Kennedy I started the VERBAL Web 2.0 As described in Freakonomics by Levitt & Dubner
- 55. 18. Give them opportunities they will NEVER forget.
- 56. 19. Be a sympathetic MENTOR
- 57. 20. Stick at it when it can seem like an impossible task….