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Becoming Creative Creators - TalkTech 2013
The document discusses a project that simulated a global workplace utilizing computational thinking practices among students from Bentley University and Politehnica University of Timisoara. It explores how web-based collaboration tools enhance critical and computational thinking skills, and evaluates students' ability to engage with new technologies in a global context. The project involved 587 students working on various technology-related topics, culminating in the creation of multimedia artifacts through collaborative online methods.
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- 1. Becoming Crea-ve Creators: Simula-ng a Global Workplace using Computa-onal Thinking Prac-ces Dr. Diana Andone Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania Mark Frydenberg Bentley University, USA Ed-‐Media 2014
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- 3. need to control- online activity, communication, eLearning environment Digital students
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- 7. TalkTech project 2008-‐2013 UPTimisoara Romania Bentley University, Boston, USA Ed-‐media 2014
- 8. TalkTech 2008 – 2013 Where We Are Ed-‐media 2014
- 9. TalkTech 2008 – 2013 Students Bentley University • IT 101, Informa-on Technology • 50 students • Spoke English • Web literate • PC Literate • Age 18-‐21 UP Timisoara • TMM, Technologies of Mul-media • 40 students • Spoke English • Web literate • PC Literate • Age 21-‐24 Ed-‐media 2014 587 students involved, no dropout
- 10. TalkTech 2013 Students Ed-‐media 2014
- 11. TalkTech 2013 ques-ons • How can the use of web-‐based collabora-on tools to complete a group project encourage or develop cri-cal and computa-onal thinking skills? • Can students appreciate the relevance using web-‐based communica-on and collabora-on tools in a global classroom exercise as prepara-on for their own careers as future informa-on technology professionals? • Would students be able to learn new technologies and handle the challenges that are associated with working in a global environment?
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- 13. TalkTech 2013 2013 • Research, analyse, write and share about popular web or mobile apps • Create an interac-ve image using ThingLink Annota-ons must include audio and video clips in which interna-onal partners appear simultaneously discussing their topic • Post ThingLink to ViCaDiS blog • 73 students – 40 Americans and 33 Romanians • November – December 2013 • synchronously (using voice, video, and chat) and asynchronously (via e-‐ mail, forums and blogs) to construct and share their research on the chose topic • instructors’ input minimal Ed-‐media 2014
- 14. TALKTECH 2013 TOPICS • 1. Most Popular Android Apps • 2. Most Popular iPhone Apps • 3. Most Popular Cloud Storage Providers • 4. Most Popular Social Media or Technology Blogs / Podcasts • 5. Most Popular Travel Web Sites • 6. Most Popular Google Products • 7. Most Popular Web Adver-sing Services • 8. Most Popular Photo Sharing Sites • 9. Most Popular Social Networking Sites • 10. Most Popular Social Bookmarking Sites • 11. Most Popular Health and Fitness Apps • 12. Most Popular Mapping Sites and Apps • 13. Most Popular Video Conferencing / VOIP Services • 14. Most Popular Online or Mobile Payment Services or Apps • 15. Most Popular Videostreaming sites and Apps Ed-‐media 2014
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- 17. TT2013 Evalua-on • Usage data • Interviews • ZEF evalua-on www.zef.fi • Desirability methodology • Computa-onal thinking analysis
- 18. TalkTech 2013 • Mul-cultural • Online – different -mezones • Simulate real world work in an IT company • Students freely choose the tools, communica-on, working -me and hours • All students finished and delivered the ar-fact Ed-‐media 2014
- 19. TalkTech 2013 Student Use of Technologies • 1. Mobile phone • 2. SMS – text messaging • 3. iPod /mp3 player • 4. Search engines (Google/Bing) • 5. Online Messaging (Yahoo, G-‐Chat, etc) • 6. VoIP (Skype, Google Talk, etc) • 7. Mobile chat (WhatsApp/Viber) • 8. Online video (YouTube) • 9. Photo Sharing (Flickr, Picasa) • 10. Online games • 11. Blogs • 12. Wikipedia • 13. Facebook • 14. Twijer • 15. Collabora-ve Wri-ng Apps (Google Docs/Office Web Apps) Ed-‐media 2014 ZEF analy-cs tool
- 20. Task Tools align timezones timeanddate.com chat Facebook, Yahoo! IM,Google Hangouts create and host audio SoundCloud create and host video YouTube, Screencast-o-Matic create interactive images ThingLink edit audio Sound Forge edit images PhotoShop, Paint.net edit video Windows Live Movie Maker email Gmail, Outlook hold video conferences Google Hangouts, Skype record video mobile phone camera apps schedule meetings Doodle search the web Google, Bing share photos Flickr, Tumblr share screens join.me, Google Hangouts Ed-‐media 2014
- 21. TalkTech2013 Desirability Test Ed-‐media 2014
- 22. Computa%onal Thinking Analysis • Analyzing effects of computa-on – Impact and use of technology • Crea-ng computa-onal ar-facts – Crea-ng collabora-vely Mul-media ar-facts • Using abstrac-ons and models – needed to dis-nguish between data, informa-on, and knowledge in order to create their mul-media ar-facts
- 23. Computa%onal Thinking Analysis • Analyzing problems and ar-facts – divide the project’s requirements into mul-ple tasks and delegate responsibili-es among group members, compare available solware tools for administra-ve tasks, communica-on, collabora-on, and mul-media crea-on to use throughout the project • Communica-ng processes and results – ViCaDiS, share on social networks • Working effec-vely in teams
- 24. Conclusions • introduced students to real-‐world technology topics, trends and working methods • Empowered students • create the learning and working environment for producing the final ar-fact, in a self-‐ organized, networked-‐based and quite olen complex and chao-c manner Ed-‐media 2014
- 25. CONTACT Dr.eng. Diana Andone Director e-LearningCenter Tel: +40.256403300, Email: diana.andone@upt.ro UPT – CeL Campus Virtual www.cv.upt.ro @diando70 hjp://www.slideshare.net/diando70/ @checkmark