This slideshow was prepared for the 2013 ICTEV conference "IT Takes a Village" at Melbourne Grammar on Saturday 25th May.

1. “Digital Toolbox for
Collective Learning”
Britt Gow, 2013

2. Science, Maths and VCE
Environmental Science
Online teacher at
Hawkesdale P12 College
SW Victoria
Technoscience blog since
2008
Twitter @brittgow
brittgow@gmail.com

18. How is it different?
• Very fast – almost instant – sharing of audio, text
and images.
• Much more data stored in smaller spaces.
• Visual data are more prominent.
• Global access – few restrictions to
communication across the world.
• 24/7 – not restricted to 9-to-5 on weekdays
‘school’ or ‘working’ hours.
• Anyone can publish – not just the ‘experts’.
• Many more opportunities to find people of
similar interests.

19. Today’s Learners are:
• Multi-taskers
• Digitally literate
• Mobile and connected 24/7
• Experiential
• Social
• Visual/spatial learners
• Fast response times, short attention spans
© 2006 “Teaching the 21st Century Learner”
http://depd.wisc.edu/series/06_4168.pdf

21. What does this mean for teaching
and learning?
• Teachers are no longer the “font of all
knowledge”.
• Students don’t need to memorize facts.
• Questions shouldn’t be easily ‘googled’.
• Instead of rote learning; analysis, evaluation
inquiry, problem-solving and creation should be
the focus.
• Students need to be taught to evaluate the
reliability of information.
• Opportunities for peer collaboration with like-
minds – “Collective Knowledge Construction”

23. CKC Model
• Connect
• Communicate
• Collaborate
• Learn Collectively
• Richard Olsen’s white paper from “IdeasLAB”
http://moourl.com/ideaslab

24. Connect, Communicate & Collaborate
• Groups on Diigo, sharing Delicious links
• Twitter
• Padlet (previously Wallwisher)
• Blogs – writing & commenting on posts
• Creating and sharing slideshows, Voicethreads
and videos
• Wikispaces
• Shared documents/slideshows on Google Drive

26. Wallwisher is now Padlet

27. Padlet at http://padlet.com/

28. Learn Collectively
“It’s like a group brain!”
• Curation
• Synthesis
• Collective meaning-making

30. Tools for curation
• ‘Scrapbooks’ that can be shared online
• Digital ‘buckets’ for collection of resources
• Diigo and Delicious
• Pinterest
• Scoop-it
• Edcanvas
• Thinglink

32. Edcanvas at http://www.edcanvas.com/
Add web pages, videos, images,
text, quizzes and other digital content to a
single site and share the link.
A digital ‘scrapbook’ or collection of
resources.

33. Edcanvas
• A “digital bucket”
• For direct instruction/presentations
• 1:1 and ‘flipped’ classrooms
• Student assignments and PBL
• Now includes “Add quiz” for formative
assessment and exit tickets.
• Can be used for student surveys and feedback

35. http://www.thinglink.com/

36. Thinglink
• Create annotated images that contain links to
websites, videos, cartoons, other images etc.
• Not just a static image, but a
dynamic, interactive display.
• Use for student research projects, extension
work and introductions to new topics.

37. Tools for synthesis
• Global2, Edublogs and Wikispaces - Blogs and
wikis allow students to add
content, reflect, comment, revise and discuss
• Voicethread can also allow conversations
(asynchronously)
• Google Docs/presentations with input from
multiple sources.

40. Tools for collective meaning-making
• Wikis
• Shared Google docs
• Blackboard Collaborate
• Twitter
• Skype
• Google+?
• Facebook?

42. @genegeek
Catherine
Anderson, a
geneticist from
Canada.

44. @ScienceMags
Magdeline Lum, a
Metallurgist, photographer
and science writer from
Perth

46. We use Skype and Blackboard Collaborate to
connect with our Scientist in Schools
partner, Melissa Toifl, from CSIRO Land and
Water Technologies, in Highett and Clayton.

49. Products for Assessment
• Blogs > global2 or edublogs
• Slideshows > Slideshare
• Animations > ToonDo
• Cartoons > ComicLife
• E-Posters > Glogster
• Digital stories > Photostory
• Team work > Wikispaces
• Mash-ups > Windows Movie Maker; iMovie
• Videos > You-Tube; Vimeo

50. Practical considerations
• Technology does not replace experiments
• Does every student have access to devices?
• Does every student have internet access?
• Preferred learning styles?
• Concentration span – mix it up!
• Plan B and Plan C
• Best tool for the job of learning

51. Thank you!
Email - Brittgow@gmail.com
Twitter - @brittgow
Technoscience blog -
http://technoscience.global2.vic.gov.au
Digital toolbox –
http://digitaltoolbox.wikispaces.com