Sunday, August 23, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Introduction
Synopsis of the video:
The video is about a man’s vow to repay his Pakistani hosts by building a school in the village which later turned to his quest to teach children the rewards of sharing and working together to bring hope and educational opportunities to children in Pakistan and Afghanistan.A penny in the United States is virtually worthless, but in Pakistan and Afghanistan a penny buys a pencil and opens the door to literacy.
Session 2 Outline:
What can you do? - Analysing
Who is responsible?- Evaluating
Take action - Creating
Bloom's Taxonomic Level: Analysing
After watching the YouTube Video "Pennies for Peace", let's ask ourselves how can we (as Singaporean Sec 1 pupils) help children in third world country receive an education.
1. Brainstorm as a class, all the possible ways you can play a part to help.
2. In your group, choose 3 most probable solutions and analyse the advantages and disadvantages of adopting the solutions before narrowing the choice to one solution. Use the Inspiration Template - Creative Problem Solving 2 template to guide you.
3. One member of the group will write down the group's final solution, stating clearly how the group decides on the answer after weighing the pros and cons, in your assigned group blog.
Handout 11: HOTs Graphic Organisers
Bloom's Taxonomic Level: Evaluating
You are about to embark on a group debate activity online.
Read the instructions below VERY carefully to understand the task.
Each team will be assigned a group of people whom you think has the MAIN responsibility of ensuring that everyone receives an education.
Each team will be given a discussion thread to anchor:
Group 1: Governments
Group 2: Parents
Group 3:Rich countries
Each team is to craft a starter of no more than 30 words on the given thread, establishing why the allocated group of people should take on the MAIN responsibility of ensuring everyone receives an education.
Each team is then to choose 1 moderator to ‘watch’ the thread. The moderator has the responsibility to defend his /her stand to any counter argument posted.
The rest of the team members are to post entries in other team’s thread, stating why their allocated group of people has the MAIN responsibility of ensuring everyone receives an education to earn points for their groups.e.
NOTE: when the team members post entries, they should identify themselves by putting down their name.
Optional:
Each team is given 10 min to craft a summary of no more than 50 words. Weighing all the different points of view gathered and the group make a stand on which they think has the main responsibility of ensuring everyone receives an education.
Bloom's Taxonomic Level: Creating
1. In groups of 4, create a short 4-line jingle to persuade the public to donate to the 'Pennies for Peace Campaign'.
2. One group member is to type the four-line jingle in the group blog.
3. You will now record the jingle uisng Podomatic and upload it as a podcast.
ETD Podomatic: http://etdenglish.podOmatic.com
Handout 14: Guide to set up a Podomatic account
Handout 15: Podcasting Rubrics
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Bloom's Taxonomic Level: Remembering
Activity 1 – Social Book Marking using Delicious
Notice that the Delicious toolbar has been installed.
1. Each group is given a Delicious account. Go to Delicious. All 4 members can sign in using the same account.
2. BOOKMARK ! Google and search for information about the Youth Olympic Games. Each of you will choose a useful (and different) site to bookmark by clicking on the 'Tag' icon.
3. TAG! You will type in keywords that best tag the the site you have chosen. Choosing suitable keywords is important as it will allow you to search for your bookmarked sites more easily.
4. NETWORK! If you know the username of someone else who has a Delicious account, you can gain access to his/her bookmarks. In this way, you can do collaborative reading easily. Try it by adding usernames of other groups.
Read about 'Delicious' Online Collaboration for Better GP Writing
Handout 4: Guide to set up your own Delicious account
Hand out 5: Remembering Rubrics
Bloom's Taxonomic Level: Understanding
"The Youth Olympic Games is a newborn event of the Olympic Games to be held in 2010 in Singapore. Along with Singapore, a young and dynamic nation, the first Youth Olympic Games is a new and junior version of the Olympic Games. Therefore they match off completely well as one to present the spirit of youth. The graceful movement of the figure symbolises agility which is a characteristic in every youth. To add on, the youth has red in him to show the passion of the young. other vivid colours highlight the bold thinking of our youths too. A distinct Singapore flavour in the logo. "
1. Decide which is the logo that he has designed. Give at least 3 reasons to support your answer.
2. Access another group's blog to read their interpretation. Using the comment feature, provide feedback on the group’s understanding of the description.
Bloom's Taxonomic Level: Applying
"You are from the Singapore Tourism Promotion Board who have been tasked to create promotional material on the Singapore Tourism Promotion Board official blog to promote the Youth Olympic Games 2010 (YOG 2010) so as to attract tourists to come to Singapore."
1. In groups of 4, create a 1-slide Powerpoint advertisement to promote the Youth Olympic Games to tourists . You can gather some useful information from the YOG official site.
2. One member to upload the Powerpoint advertisement to your respective group blog using Google Docs
3. On the workshop blog, access the workshop blog for the Maths/Science group, view their promotional material and vote for your favourite Powerpoint on the Maths/Science workshop blog.
Handout 8: Guide to set up Google Docs
Handout 9: Applying Rubric
You can try out a comic creation tool which allows pupils to represent and apply their acquired knowledge in different context to demonstrate understanding.
Lesson Design
The following information should be provided:
- Subject
- Level
- Topic
- Learning Objectives (Please include the thinking skill)
- Sequence of Activities
- Resources
Post your lesson idea on your group blog. Please refer to Handout 11: ICT Lesson Design Checklist in your discussion.
