‘Mindtools’ for Geography Teachers Teaching for Conceptual Development Terry Fogarty B.A (Hon1), MEd, MACE, MACS, PCP tfogarty@une.edu.au What’s behind technology in the classroom? Goal 1.6 National Goals for Schooling in the 21st Century states inter alia: that ‘when students leave schools they should be confident, creative, productive and responsible users of new technologies, including ICT’ (MCEETYA, 1999). Competence “By the stroke of a Source: NSW Institute of Teachers, 2004 ” Source: NSW Board of Studies, 2002 In teaching for conceptual development teachers will use ICT to: In teaching for conceptual development, teachers use ICT to: 9 ‘simple’ elements for teaching What is a ‘Mindtool’? ‘Computer applications that, when used by learners to represent what they know, necessarily engage them in critical thinking about the content they are studying.’ David Jonassen, 1996 ‘Mindtools’ for teachers? • Software applications (preferably free) that teachers can use to teach conceptual development • Two types: – Desktop applications – Web-based applications Desktop Applications • Need to be installed at school and at home • Sometimes difficult if school restricts downloads or block sites • May need to be maintained as new versions become available • Can be used even if Internet not available Web-based applications • Available ‘anywhere, anytime’ • Require connection to Internet to use • Often not as ‘feature-rich’ as desktop alternatives Recommendation: Consider both desktop and web-based alternatives Web 2.0 Empower students to select applications Word Processing http://www.openoffice.org/ http://docs.google.com Google for Educators http://www.google.com/educators/index.html Web Browser http://www.4-free.cc/ Empressr (Presentations) Empower students to select modes of communication • Synchronous Communications – Appears to be ‘real time’ • Asynchronous Communications – Delay between send and receive Synchronous Communications VOIP - Voice over IP CHAT ROOM Video Conference Web 2.0 Synchronicity flatplanet.wkispaces.com Asynchronous Communications @email Discussion Board Web 2.0 Asynchronicity https://www.blogger.com/start Web 2.0 Asynchronicity RSS ‘Really Simple Syndication’ Automatically delivers new web content to you! http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english GTA Forum Web 2.0 Asynchronicity RSS Automatically delivers new web content to you! http://rsspopper.blogspot.com/2004/10/home.html http://www.google.com/help/reader/tour.html Make electronic resources available to students for ‘anytime’ access MOODLE http://www.moodle.org MyClasses LAMS http://www.lamsinternational.com/ Noodle (wiki) EdNA Moodle/LAMS Groups FREE FOR TEACHERS http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/ Wikispaces for Educators Free for teachers Add-free for students http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers Make electronic resources available to students for ‘anytime’ access via Web 2.0 Podcasting http://www.teachertube.com/ Use information from online sources http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/ IMAX - Surviving the elements http://www.imax.com.au/content/resources/Surviving%20the%20Elements%20Joint%20Package%20Info.pdf Beijing - CRD http://crd.gov.cn/en/ http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/joining-the-dots-to-new-virtualworlds/2007/08/06/1186252627367.html Juicy Geography http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/ictres.htm MetLink http://www.metlink.org/intro.php Radley College - UK http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/radgeog/HMC/hmc_html/HTML/sld002.htm Use Learning Objects BELTS http://www.thelearningfederation.edu.au/node98 EdNA Learning Objects StudySearch http://www.studysearch.com.au/ Provide processing and presentation tools MS Producer http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/technologies/producer.mspx Toondoo http://www.toondoo.com/Home.do ReadWriteThink http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/ Engage students in simulations http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/gameintro.htm http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/ http://geosim.cs.vt.edu/ Engage students in modelling www.sketchup.com Modeling http://www.barnabu.co.uk/city-of-london-growth-timeline Engage students in creative activities http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/11_16/site/geography.shtml NASA World Wind World Wind allows any user to zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth, leveraging high resolution LandSat imagery and SRTM elevation data to experience Earth in visually rich 3D, just as if they were really there. http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/ EduSpace http://www.eduspace.esa.int/ My Wonderful World http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/ Quikmaps http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/ ClustrMaps http://clustrmaps.com/index.htm Mash-ups http://www.programmableweb.com/mashups Encourage the use of games Education Queensland http://www.learningplace.com.au/defaulteqa2.asp?orgid=35&suborgid=614 http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp?pid=7669 Tasmanian Department of Education http://www.mindtools.tased.edu.au/gamemaker/default.htm Gamemaker FARM SIMULATOR http://www.yoyogames.com/make Scratch http://www.scratch.mit.edu/ Test your knowledge of world geography alone or against another online player. www.geosense.net Encourage use of programs that contextualise concepts • • • • • • • Mind Mapping Note taking Sketching Information manager Journaling Idea organiser Outlining Encourage use of programs that contextualise concepts http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/ Outliner http://www.bruceeisner.com/mindware/2004/04/ecco_pro_one_of.html To Do Lists http://www.tadalist.com/ XTimeline http://xtimeline.com/index.aspx Google Timeline & Maps (Mash-up) http://www.google.com/experimental/index.html Teachnology http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/ Concept/Mind Maps C-Map http://cmap.ihmc.us/ Bubbl.us http://bubbl.us Mindmeister http://www.mindmeister.com/ Kayuda http://kayuda.com/ Mindomo http://www.mindomo.com/ Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/ Problem solving using WikiMapia WikiMapia is a collaborative Web 2.0 project to describe the whole planet Earth. It was created by Alexandre Koriakine and Evgeniy Saveliev, inspired by Google maps and Wikipedia. http://wikimapia.org/ Puzzles & Problems http://www.playkidsgames.com/problem_solveGames.htm Geography Zone http://www.geographyzone.com/new/index.php Web Quest Builder http://www.aclresources.net/webquests/create.html Web Quest Builder http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/mywebquest/index.htm Web Quest Builder http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/ Hot Potatoes http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ Puzzle Maker http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ Engage students with virtual objects http://www.multimediaphoto.com/english/pano360/index.html http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/movies/Stromboli/Stromboli.html Engage students with virtual worlds http://www.secondlife.com/ http://www.secondlife.com/ Other ‘Mindtools’ for Teachers http://www.camstudio.org/ http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ PDF Online https://www.pdfonline.com/convert_pdf.asp Communities of Practice Oz-teachers There is some nice modelling of built environment using Google Earth KMZ files and Sketchup in the London Timeline project http://www.barnabu.co.uk/city-of-london-growth-timeline/ There are also several similar geospatial modelling activities based on sealevel rise modelling, inc Australia. Plenty of geography-based wequests too, depending on your definition of geography. kp http://lists.rite.ed.qut.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/oz-teachers Rubric Maker http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php Rubric Maker http://teacher.scholastic.com/tools/rubric.htm Constructivist learning sequences Adapted Gágne Theory of Instruction Nine Instructional Events What some schools are doing! Stanhope Gardens “A 24-hour school with no traditional classrooms and where students use mobile phones and laptops to learn” Greg Whitby, executive director of schools in the Parramatta diocese Source: SMH, October 2006 “Pupils from kindergarten to year 12 can attend the school between 6am and 10pm.” What does the future hold? • Immediate – User created content – Social netwoorking • Two to three years – Mobile phones – Virtual worlds • Four to five years – New scholarship – Massively Multiplayer Educational Gaming (MMEG) IMAX ICT http://www.imax.com.au/content/resources/IMAX_SYDWILDLIFE_STE.pdf Cartoons for Homework http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/ Top 100 Learning Tools http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/top100.html Web Quest Builder http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/