Incorporating the Virtual World in Education

1. Incorporating the Virtual World in Education  Using Internet based tools for increased student Participation and Learning

2. Your Presenters • Paige Kyle Haney • Retail • Dance • Ashley High School • New Hanover County

3. Your Presenters • Paula Kyle Tugman • UNC Wilmington • Gymnastics Business 15 • Marshall University Graduate School • Lateral Entry Teacher Program

4. Who? • YOU..yes..YOU can use the Internet as a positive tool in your classroom. • There is more than just

5. What? We utilized the Internet to create a virtual classroom. Using:

6. Why? • “…research indicates the use of collaborative tools, such as blog, wiki, will not only increase the interaction between learners and their peers, learners and instructors, and learners with learning materials but will also create in-depth learning and involve authentic real-world activities.” (Lemke, et al., 2009).

7. Tools you will need • Notify administration of your plans • Acceptable use form • Signed by parent and student • Video release form • Signed by parent

8. Getting started • If your school does not already have an e-mail program Gaggle is a free e-mail system that allows student email accounts that are accessible at school. • To sign up- see your Technology Administrator and go to www.gaggle.net to sign up for you free account. • Your students MUST have email to participate in and

9. Lessons for Wikispaces

10. What is a Wiki A wiki is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language

11. Discussion Board..not bored Choose a current event article that is short, relevant and interesting. Students will read article an post in discussion room..this gives the students who do not feel comfortable speaking in class an opportunity to have a voice. Prepares students for taking on-line courses.

12. DiscussionBoard

13. DiscussionBoard

14. Discussion Board for classroom introductions. • Hobbies • Sports • Basic Demographics • Age • Grade • Social Interests

16. Partner Sign up Page • Two column table created by teacher • Students edit and add their names • Students not pro active on discussion board • Shy • Difficult to motivate • Students who may have been absent

18. Using Wiki and the

19. Create a Google docs account Invite your partner to Edit the page.

23. Co-Teaching through Skype Utilizing Skype to have guest educator’s present lessons for cross-curriculum and inter-curriculum objectives.  • Computer Applications – VLOOKUP • Civics and Economics - Identifying Phases of the Business Cycle • Résumé – Several CTE classes teach Resume and Applications, Skype the lesson to all the classes at once • Academic Reports – English, DCS and Computer Apps Classes

24. Co-Teaching through Skype Student Reflections I thought that the Skype and the VLOOKUP lesson went well. ……………………  I think that in the future we should do this more often.  This activity let us interact with Ms. Haney and her class rather than just our class. ~Shelby Tart   ……. A suggestion would be to have a faster Internet connection. Maybe have the state install a secondary internet connection just for computer classes. Maybe that would help increase connection speeds……….~Brandon Lee

25. Sharing Guest Speakers via Skype New Hanover County Police Department/ Cyber Investigations Unit. Spoke about Internet Safety, posting pictures to social networks such as Facebook, sexual predators 2.02 Wilmington PD Video

26. Sharing Guest Speakers via Skype Student Reflections Using Skype with another class was a cool experience. That is the first time I have ever had the chance to do that.………… ~Wesley Barefoot ………..It was interesting that we could ask questions from where we were sitting to people in a different location………… ~Colby Blackman I personally find Skype very educational and intriguing. It gives us the chance to reach beyond just our class room and interact and learn new teaching methods…………..It also has to do with the curriculum we are studying now with technology and computers. ~Nina Gregory ……….I think it’s a new way of learning different things. I liked it because it was new and fresh. Ms. Kyle was the first to do the video out of all my teachers……….. I would love to do this again. ~LaTinaHarria

27. Come Join Our Wiki www.spring2011bite.wikispaces.com/

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29. Group Editing Documents • Post Non-Examples… One example is to post a resume that was incorrect and had students open, correct and then print or email to submit. • Using Non-Examples offers students an opportunity to use their higher-order thinking skills to make concrete skills you are trying to teach.

30. Using Google Docs to Encourage Participation • Teaching students to edit spreadsheets and enter formulas can be challenging. • Opened Googledocs spreadsheet and invited class to share editing. • Students each had an opportunity to edit document and provide help when someone had trouble. • Enabled leadership abilities and encourage participation.