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Overview • myclasses is a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) which enables teachers to find, assemble, schedule and use online resources to facilitate online learning effectively and easily. It enables teachers to provide all students with a structured, clear and easily accessible learning experience which addresses the specific needs of the learner. • myclasses myclasses presentation
Overview • The essential learnings are not spreadsheeting, powerpointing and mouse movements of a technology-driven program or culture. They are, instead, the communication, problem-solving, decision-making and teaming that good schools have stressed for half a century or more. • Jamie McKenzie: Just in Time Technology myclasses presentation
Overview • 1st Law of Human Communication • It’s not what our information does to the student, but what the student does with the information, that determines our success as communicators. • Students are not blank slates on which we write messages. They are a pulsating bundle of attitudes, values, prejudices, experience, feelings, thoughts, sensations and aspirations. • Hugh Mackay: The Good Listener myclasses presentation
Begin with the end in mind………… Steven Covey myclasses presentation
Overview • myclasses What Will Teachers Do? 1. Search The teacher uses the federated search facility and associated metadata (i.e. Category, Audience, Source etc) to find resources most suited to the activity. myclasses presentation
Overview • myclasses What Will Teachers Do? 2. Assemble From the list of related resources the teacher then chooses the suitable items and adds them to a container (e-Learning Folio) for class activities. myclasses presentation
Overview What Will Teachers Do? 3. Deliver The e-Learning Folio appears within the Class Pages it has been made available to and the resources are then available to students ready for use. myclasses presentation
Class Foyer • myclasses • The Class Foyer is the entry point for all users of myclasses. The Class Foyer consists of: • A welcome banner with links to information about the user’s privileges; • A list of all of the user’s classes; • Access to a set of Flash tutorials to provide an easy method of learning about the various elements of myclasses; • A navigation bar; • A side tool bar giving access to a variety of tools. myclasses presentation
Class Foyer • myclasses Navigation bar Side tool bar Welcome banner myclasses tutorials Class summary myclasses presentation
Class Foyer • myclasses • The navigation tabs at the top of the page allow users to access all of their myinternet tools; • School website • mydesktop • myclasses • mymail • SINA Administration if you are the administrator myclasses presentation
Class Foyer • myclasses Teacher Menu Student Menu The side tool bar allows the user to access and utilise tools supporting the use of myclasses. myclasses presentation
Class Foyer • myclasses Teacher Menu Student Menu myclasses presentation
Class Foyer The subjects/year levels chosen in the Profile will appear as defaults within the Search Resources options. myclasses presentation
Class Foyer • myclasses Teacher Class Summary- All Classes the teacher has created. Student Class Summary- Classes of which the student is a member. myclasses presentation
Class Foyer • myclasses • The Tutorials Property on the right-hand side of the Class Foyer contains links to animated help modules on various topics to help teachers get the most out of myclasses. myclasses presentation
Class Pages • myclasses Create a new Class Page via the Side Tool bar….. …or the Class Summary Property in the Class Foyer. myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page • myclasses myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page • myclasses myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page • myclasses Properties appear differently within the Class Page for teachers and students, as illustrated in this example: Teacher, or Manage view Student view myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page • myclasses E-Learning Folios Property -comprises online resources for a lesson. myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page • myclasses Class Files Property – A repository of relevant files and resources made available to your class. myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page • myclasses Class Calendar Property -enables you to view and schedule events for your class in a calendar format. myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page • myclasses Class Journal - Provides a Journal Property for students to record journal entries. Shared Journal Private Journal myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page • myclasses Class Notice Board – Provides a place to post messages to your class. myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page • myclasses Class Image Property – Can be used to display photos or work on the Class Page. myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page • myclasses Text and Images Property- The Text and Images Property can contain text, images or hyperlinks relevant to your class. myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page • myclasses Desktop Properties myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page • elf’s myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page • myclasses Scheduling myclasses presentation
myclasses Creating a Class Page Tracking myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page • myclasses Add Class Members and Maintainers myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page Adding members by uploading a file: • myclasses Select file and click upload… …and click Add. The names now appear in the Current Students list. myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page • myclasses Adding members by searching for users: …highlight names and click Add. The names now appear in the Current Students list. Select group and sorting option… myclasses presentation
Creating a Class Page Adding maintainers: • myclasses …and click Add. The names now appear in the Current Maintainers list. Select maintainers from the list… myclasses presentation
Viewing a Class Page • myclasses Teacher View of the Class Page myclasses presentation
Viewing a Class Page • myclasses Student View of the Class Page myclasses presentation
Class Manager • myclasses myclasses presentation
Overview • myclasses Evidence indicates that when used effectively, "technology applications can support higher-order thinking by engaging students in authentic, complex tasks within collaborative learning contexts" (Means, Blando, Olson, Middleton, Morocco, Remz & Zorfass, 1993). myclasses presentation
Overview • myclasses "....Computers are not rescuing the school from a weak curriculum, any more than putting pianos in every classroom would rescue a flawed music program. Wonderful learning can occur without computers or even paper. But once the teachers and children are enfranchised as explorers, computers, like pianos, can serve as powerful amplifiers, extending the reach and depth of the learners.“ Dr. Stephen Hepple myclasses presentation
