C reating C ommunity : An Exhibition Experience Tod Baker International School of Tianjin

Exhibition Culminating experience Inquiry based Energy resources

Culminating experience

Inquiry based

Energy resources

Teachers Facilitate Provide Guide

Facilitate

Provide

Guide

Students Connect Create Collaborate

Connect

Create

Collaborate

Community C ommunication Pull system Distribution

C ommunication

Pull system

Distribution

Reason Contributors (Hinchcliffe) Online learners (NSBA) Digital natives (Prensky 2001)

Contributors (Hinchcliffe)

Online learners (NSBA)

Digital natives

(Prensky 2001)

del.icio.us

Flickr

YouTube

Edublogs

wikispaces

Twitter

Basecamp

Tools Enablers Liberation of information Induce behavior

Enablers

Liberation of information

Induce behavior

Teaching Student -centered Differentiated Inquiry based

Student -centered

Differentiated

Inquiry based

Learning Selecting Asking Bringing

Selecting

Asking

Bringing

Success Factors Skills Participation C ommunicate

Skills

Participation

C ommunicate

Today Network (Ning, Skype, Podcasting, RSS) Encouraging Collaborating

Network (Ning, Skype, Podcasting, RSS)

Encouraging

Collaborating

Issues Privacy Information literacy Contributing

Privacy

Information literacy

Contributing

References Hinchcliffe, Dion. Dion Hinchcliffe’s Web 2.0 blog . Retrieved 08 Sep. 07 http://web2.socialcomputingmagazine.com/ "Learning 2.0." Wikipedia . Wikipedia, 2007. Answers.com 09 Sep. 2007. http://www.answers.com/topic/learning-2-0 National School Board Association. (2007). Creating & connecting//Research and guidelines on online social – and educational – networking . Retrieved 14 Sep. 07 http://www.nsba.org/site/docs/41400/41340.pdf Presky, M. (2001). Digital native, digital immigrants . Retrieved 14 Sep. 2007. http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf

Hinchcliffe, Dion. Dion Hinchcliffe’s Web 2.0 blog . Retrieved 08 Sep. 07 http://web2.socialcomputingmagazine.com/

"Learning 2.0." Wikipedia . Wikipedia, 2007. Answers.com 09 Sep. 2007. http://www.answers.com/topic/learning-2-0

National School Board Association. (2007). Creating & connecting//Research and guidelines on online social – and educational – networking . Retrieved 14 Sep. 07 http://www.nsba.org/site/docs/41400/41340.pdf

Presky, M. (2001). Digital native, digital immigrants . Retrieved 14 Sep. 2007. http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf

Initial reactions about the Grade 5 Exhibition — Different Energies, Many Communities—OUR CHOICE! “ Highly commendable!!” “ This is an event that celebrates the process of student learning occurring.” “ Awesome!” “ The exhibit displays a wide variety of methods used in accessing, acquiring, and presenting information.” “ The product outcomes display a rich variety of presentations such as pamphlets, touch table, skits, puppet shows, blogs, movie, journals, books, displays to name a few.” “ During my exhibit tour the students each showed an incredible eagerness and energy to explain their station.” “ Fantastic!” “ I was impressed with the level of understandings.”

“ Highly commendable!!”

“ This is an event that celebrates the process of student learning occurring.”

“ Awesome!”

“ The exhibit displays a wide variety of methods used in accessing, acquiring, and presenting information.”

“ The product outcomes display a rich variety of presentations such as pamphlets, touch table, skits, puppet shows, blogs, movie, journals, books, displays to name a few.”

“ During my exhibit tour the students each showed an

incredible eagerness and energy to explain their station.”

“ Fantastic!”

“ I was impressed with the level of understandings.”