Welcome
Please begin by using the comments link on this post
to share your personal learning goals for this workshop.
I have the pleasure of facilitating another 2 Day workshop for the Studies of Asia group at the Victorian department of education. Lindy Stirling, State Advisor, Studies of Asia (see the Studies of Asia Wiki) has organised this session at the Clifton’s in Melbourne’s beautiful CBD.
After adding your comment, you might like to download the handouts for this 2 Day Workshop
Studies of Asia Links
- Studies of Asia wiki
- Units of Work – from Studies of Asia Wiki
- BRIDGE
- Asia Education Curriculum
- Asia Education Student Activities
Work Completed by Participants of this Session
- Melissa A
- Maddison C
- Jennifer C
- Lil P
- Michelle F
- Sharon R
- Natalie H
- Finley S
- Oriana R
- Carolyn C
- Wan Ping N
- Laureen T
- Jenny B
- Lauren M
- Grace C (private)
- Kathy C
- Thea S
- Toshie S
- Jacqueline B
- Joan K
- Carla H
- Kerry L (private)
- Gregory S
- Anne G
Activity 1: Great examples from previous Studies of Asia Workshops
To get a sense of what we will be creating over the next two days, please explore the work created by participants in previous sessions. Try to notice the features, strategies and benefits gained from such a learning platform.
- Asian Literacy @ L.P.S Blog (excellent integration of media and continued use)
- Wild’s Epic Nihongo Blog! – and what it can become with ongoing use!
- Japanese Culture – A resource for students at St Anthony’s Primary School
- Prep T Rocks!
- Maffra Indo
- David S: https://6s2011.wordpress.com
- Margaret: https://oom6.wordpress.com
- Helen C: https://nspsp1.wordpress.com
- Rachael L: https://indonesiagradeonetwo.wordpress.com
- Chris E: https://theportable2011.wordpress.com
- Julie M: https://juliemccarthy.wordpress.com
- Pete B: https://mrpetedb.wordpress.com
- Andrew P: https://yarrasoa.wordpress.com
- Lydia: https://grade5lsblog.wordpress.com
- Mathew: https://koroitfourfive.wordpress.com
Brainstorm what you noticed using a shared Stixy board or Twiddla
(debrief Web 2.0 terminology?)
Activity 2: Creating Your Smart Online Space
- Get a WordPress Blog
- Change the theme
- Make a Post
- Embed YouTube (remember &rel=0)?
- Try TubeChop.com (see the Tubechop Update tutorial)
- Get Firefox for extensions like the video downloader?
- Embed all kinds of media in WordPress (maps, images, documents or polls?)
Fine-tuning your Blog
- Comment Settings
- Siderbar widgets
- Various How-to Videos from WordPress
- Add as a link to your Sidebar (video) or Add a link (page)
Activity 3: Look to Learn : : Learn to Look
- Look to Learn – overview
- Look to Learn Web site
- Look to Learn Sample Prompts
- Thinking Routines overview
- Thinking Routines from the Visible Thinking team at Harvard
- Article on Making Thinking Visible by David Perkins
Online Samples
- 1984
- Miniature Earth
- VisionShift: Whose Future?
- “I Can”
- Nuclear Giving
- There’s Data in them ther Kids (cartoon)
- The Global Rich List (interactive site)
Day 2 – Personalising Your Learning to Personalise Student Learning
Paths to Personal Success
Path 1: Create 3 – 5 Look to Learn Activities for your students
Path 2: Web 2 Tools
- Download the Web 2 Tools Overview handout and paste in the Tools Panel for your site.
Path 3: Enrich your site with content and rich media
- Netvibes – Lindy’s Cambodia Resources
- Tom’s Strategies and Studies of Asia Resources
- Tutorial: Add a Netvibes Feed
- iTunes – Embed a podcast with a player
- Add Flickr images through Creative Commons Advanced Search
- TED / YouTube Channels
- Add the Tools Panel for your site (and use these icons to edit it for yourself?)
Path 4: Manage your Rich Media Links
- (Social Bookmarking explained by Common Craft)
- Diigo Social Bookmarks: get the toolbar, login and start bookmarking!
- Consider joining or pinching from the Look to Learn Diigo Group
- Lindy’s Diigo Studies of Asia Group: Join this Group.
Path 5: Create a ClassPortal
- About ClassPortals
- ClassPortal Topics
- “Chapter 1”
- Contribute to Wikipedia? – Simple English Wikipedia on China vs. regular China page
Feedback
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My goal:
To learn some practical ideas and ways to use ICT in my daily classroom program myself and with my students in regards to connecting and learning globally.
Our integrated unit for terms 3 and 4 is studies in Asia – my goal is to find different ways to integrate Asian content into the curriculum
Hi Carla
Just been to FUSE website… pretty good resources you might like to look at under “Asia Studies” 🙂
To gain new understandings of engaging with Asia for myself and my students, as well as practical ways to better incorporate ICT thoughout my teaching.
Sounds like you are after the same things as I am!
My goals for the next two days are to investigate practical ways to effectively utilise ICT in the Early Years Setting, as a tool to communicate with and expose our students to Asian cultures.
ALSO I would like to find ways of combining Ultranet expectations with resources and ideas developed over the next two days.
thanks natalie, early years is also an important consideration with ICT and Asian studies
Good morning.
My goals for the next two days are to become more aware of how to use ICT to connect with other cultures in a range of countries in new and exciting ways. What are the options? What is/are the best way/s? What has worked for other schools?
I’d like to walk away with practical ideas of how I can incorporate Studies of Asia at both a whole school and individual classroom level.
Hi Carolyn, Thanks for your interest in sharing the strategies with colleagues.
my goal: to feel confident in using ICT in the classroom and i also want to learn how to some practical ideas on how to use ICT with my students and connecting with other communities around the world
Hi Oriana – this is a pretty good summary of what I want to get out of it too!
To learn practical ideas and gather resources to integrate Studies of Asia across the primary years as we move towards a national curriculum.
I am interested in learning more about the Studies of Asia in relation to the National Curriculum and finding resources to use in the classroom
Hi Katie, Please ask Lindy to talk about this. I’m sure she has some good ideas.
To gain some practical ideas for use in a middle primary classroom, particularly having had the introduction of Mandarin to our curriculum this year.
Just wondering is the Mandarin program at your school instructed by a specialist teacher?
Yes and she’s fantastic! We have three sessions each week of 30 mins. We are trying to incorporate these learnt skills in our regular classroom practice.
To go away with some practical things I can use in my classroom immediately
My goal is to investigate practical ways that i can integrate ICT into my Japanese lessons to improve student engagement and learning.
My goal is to learn as much as I can on how to use and integrate IT /Asian studiesinto my program.
How can I tide up all the Wikis, Web 2.0 technologies, ICT I know into Studies of Asia? How to link LOTE & Studies of Asia?
Very interested in this also.
I am interested in this too.
Hello Kerry, Great to meet you.
I am also wondering how all this relates to the Ultranet?
Hi Jenny,
Natalie and I are also interested in how to combine Ultranet expectations with ideas from today and tomorrow.
As an ICT teacher for P-6 I would like to see how I could integrate Studies of Asia in this subject area, as well as finding ideas for other staff members.
Hello all,
I am looking forward to connecting with others and learning about ways I can use ICT in my teaching. I have had some wonderful experiences visiting Korea, India and the Phillipines. I am keen to find other ways to connect with other cultures.
My goal is to gain more program & planning ideas within ICT that I can use with the staff as our school begins it’s Studies of Asia journey.
to learn some practical ideas to use ICT in my language classes to make students engaged and connected in their learning.
Working with deaf students and children with special need, I am interested in how to use ICT to best support their learning.
Also our school is planning a “whole school” integrated unit of study in term three and I am hoping to get some fantastic ideas to assist with curriculum planning across P-6.
I am hoping to learn more about ICT and Asia and how I can incorporate this into everyday curriculum.
I guess my goal today is to get some great ideas to incorporate Asian studies into the classroom using ICT
To learn some great ICT tools to engage my students and to share with my collegues.
Also I am interested in connections of Auslan into Studies of Asia?
Hope to take back some good ideas!
Address to Cambodia netvibes page is https://www.netvibes.com/studies-of-asia#Cambodia