The document discusses communication tasks in education. It defines communication tasks as helping students interact, collaborate, and connect with others. It explores the different types of communication like one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many. It also examines synchronous and asynchronous interactions. Finally, it provides examples of tools that can be used for different categories of communication tasks like community building, cooperative learning, and online classes. These include tools for video conferencing, file sharing, brainstorming, and project collaboration.

1. COMMUNICATION TASKS
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2. THE FIVE TYPES OF TASKS…
CONTENT
EXPLORATION
PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTION
TASKS
DATA
COLLECTION AND COMMUNICATION
ANALYSIS
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3. WHAT ARE COMMUNICATION TASKS?
• Communication Tasks
o Help students interact, collaborate, and connect with others
(could be parents, teachers, other students, experts etc.)
Key words: interact, collaborate, connect
o Allow the sharing and co-exploration of knowledge
• But, let’s go back to “communication”…
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4. WHAT IS COMMUNICATION?
• Definition: Conveyance of information either one-way
or two-way with two or more partners
• Various Forms:
o Basic Communication Patterns
 One to one | One to many | Many to many
o Interactions
 Synchronous | Asynchronous
 Teacher-Student | Student-Student
o Media
 Text | Audio | Images | Video | Animation
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5. TYPES OF COMMUNICATION
• Basic Communication Patterns
o One to one | One to many | Many to many
• What can be the examples of… ?
o One-to-one communication
o One-to-many communication
o Many-to-many communication
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6. TYPES OF INTERACTION
Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication:
• Synchronous Communication
o Definition?
o Example?
• Asynchronous Communication
o Definition?
o Example?
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7. Communication Tasks in the Classroom
Communications Tasks
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8. Communications Tasks – the Why
• Communication tasks and Content Exploration tasks
Examples: Skype in the class
o Modern American Civil Rights Movement – Social studies
o Skype Story Tellers: Reading Books Around the World –
Reading and writing
o Eagle Cam Project – Science
o Global lunch (boxes) – culture/health education
“My kindergarten classroom is watching the eagle cam in Iowa and would
like to compare information with another kindergarten class. The chicks
have all hatched and now we're watching and learning about baby eagles!”
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9. Communications Tasks – the Why
• Communication tasks and Production tasks
o Google Docs in Education (Teachers speak out)
• Wiki in the classroom
o Science example: students work with students in other parts of
the country or countries to determine acidity of rain, they create a
wiki page to present their findings. (This task also has data
collection and analysis, which is next week’s focus.)
o Math example: Students only provide a description of how they
mathematically determine the speed angle of an incline necessary
to jump a skateboard a specific distance. They provide written
steps and include a video or images.
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10. TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKS
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11. TEACHER COMMUNICATION TASKS - CATEGORIES
• We will be looking at three categories when
discussing tools for communication tasks this week
(1) Community Building Communication
 Students
 Parents
 Fellow teachers & Administrators
(2) Cooperative & Collaborative Learning
 Students – Students
 Teachers – Students
 Experts – Students
(3) Online Classes/Learning
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12. TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKS
(1) COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMUNICATION
• Students | Parents | Teachers • Scheduling
& Administrators o Doodle
o Email o Famundo (Demo)
o Facebook, Twitter o Google Calendar
o Google Voice o When Is Good
o Wikis: Wikis in Plain English
o Blog
(e.g., Lisa’s lingo, I love this class) • Example
o Edmodo o Appointment Slots
– View “What is Edmodo” for Parent Teacher
o Teacher Website Conferences
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13. TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKS
(2) COOPERATIVE and COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
• Written/ • Group space
Oral communication
o Edmodo
o Google Docs
o Google Groups
o Google Voice
o Google Hangout o Pbworks
o PBworks o Wiggio
o 21Classes o Wikispaces
o Skype
o Wikispaces
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14. TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKS
(2) COOPERATIVE and COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
•Brainstorming • Whiteboarding
o Bubbl.us o Wall Wisher
o Gliffy o Cacoo
o Mindmeister o Scriblink
o Mind42 o Google Drawing
(Go to Google Docs
> Create New > Drawing)
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15. TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKS
(2) COOPERATIVE and COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
• Multimedia sharing
o Delicious
o Diigo (Collaborate)
o Twilddla
o Voice Thread
o Glogster
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16. TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKS
(3) ONLINE CLASSES / ONLINE LEARNING
• Video Conferencing/Screen Sharing
o Adobe Connect
o Skype
o Google Hangout
o Vyew
o Wiggio
o Anymeeting
• Which one should I use? : It depends on what types of
tasks would you like your students to complete.
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17. COMPARING TOOLS for
COMMUNICATION TASKS
• That’s a lot of tools!
• How do we compare them? We will use a “function
comparison matrix” this week to see which tool is
best, when, and for what task.
• Example on next slide…
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18. FUNCTIONS COMPARISON
Adobe Salesforce Skype Wiggio
Screen sharing Yes Yes Yes for two Yes
Whiteboarding Yes Yes No Yes
Group Video Call 4 people No Up to 10 people Up to 10
recommended (Beta)
Group Audio Call 40 people 10 people (Free) Up to 25 people Up to 50
Up to 100
Price Not free Partly free Almost free Almost free
Additional features Poll, file sending, etc. Poll, file sending, etc. File sending, etc. Poll, calendar
sharing, polder
sharing
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