Sep 22, 2009
Sep 19, 2009
Sep 15, 2009
Submit Your Group Blog URL HERE
This maybe the final group requirement for our class. The deadline for this requirement is Sept. 27, 2009. CLICK HERE to check if your submitted blog link will connect to your page.
Sep 9, 2009
ANNOUNCEMENT
This time for our edtech, we don't meet anymore in the laboratory, instead we are going to meet in the internet via yahoo messenger (am_guirit@yahoo.com). Our internet time is increased instead of 1 hour a week, now is 2 hours a week already for the rest of the class. We need to do sacrifice in order to gain more knowledge about these modern trends in education. I hope you understand.
Your attendance will be checked.
You have an important task to do below.
Your attendance will be checked.
You have an important task to do below.
Sep 8, 2009
Very Important Announcment!
Once again our laboratory both for friday and saturday will be at the internet cafe. You are going to do the following:
1. Create a group of 5 members.
2. During our time 7:30-10:30(fri & sat), together with your groupmates,you have to be in a conference room in the yahoo messenger and invite me to join (am_guirit@yahoo.com).
3. You have to make sure that you have an individual cam & headset.
4. If everything have been set, you have to do these:
The author of our book just provide us the answers for "what". Your task is to answer the "how". You have to discuss ....
5 ELEMENTS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COOPERATIVE LEARNING
1. a common goal
2. interdependence
3. interaction
4. individual accountability
5. social skills
ADVANTAGES OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING
1. encourages active learning, while motivating students
2. increases academic performance
3. promotes literacy and language skills
4. improves teacher effectiveness
TASKS TO ENSURE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IN CLASS
1. assigning students to mix-ability teams
2. establishing positive interdependence
3. teaching cooperative social skills
4. insuring individual accountability
5. helping groups process information
To answer the "how", sample question that you will discuss is in number 1 for 5 elements is " How to achieve a goal in a cooperative learning environment?" and so on...
VERY IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. The group leader shall create another blog in his/her dashboard entitled
" Cooperative Learning with the Computer "
( by: write the names of groupmates )
2. After setting up the blog, go to the blog setting by clicking setting,
then click permission, then in the permission page, invite your
groupmates as author, then the groupmates shall open their gmail account
and in there they will see the invitation then accept. OK?
TO ENSURE THAT YOU WILL BE GUIDED, BE THERE IN ANY INTERNET CAFE DURING OUR LABORATORY TIME 7:30 - 10:30 OR ANY TIME BETWEEN THAT TIME. I'LL BE THERE TO MONITOR.
1. Create a group of 5 members.
2. During our time 7:30-10:30(fri & sat), together with your groupmates,you have to be in a conference room in the yahoo messenger and invite me to join (am_guirit@yahoo.com).
3. You have to make sure that you have an individual cam & headset.
4. If everything have been set, you have to do these:
The author of our book just provide us the answers for "what". Your task is to answer the "how". You have to discuss ....
5 ELEMENTS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COOPERATIVE LEARNING
1. a common goal
2. interdependence
3. interaction
4. individual accountability
5. social skills
ADVANTAGES OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING
1. encourages active learning, while motivating students
2. increases academic performance
3. promotes literacy and language skills
4. improves teacher effectiveness
TASKS TO ENSURE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IN CLASS
1. assigning students to mix-ability teams
2. establishing positive interdependence
3. teaching cooperative social skills
4. insuring individual accountability
5. helping groups process information
To answer the "how", sample question that you will discuss is in number 1 for 5 elements is " How to achieve a goal in a cooperative learning environment?" and so on...
VERY IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. The group leader shall create another blog in his/her dashboard entitled
" Cooperative Learning with the Computer "
( by: write the names of groupmates )
2. After setting up the blog, go to the blog setting by clicking setting,
then click permission, then in the permission page, invite your
groupmates as author, then the groupmates shall open their gmail account
and in there they will see the invitation then accept. OK?
TO ENSURE THAT YOU WILL BE GUIDED, BE THERE IN ANY INTERNET CAFE DURING OUR LABORATORY TIME 7:30 - 10:30 OR ANY TIME BETWEEN THAT TIME. I'LL BE THERE TO MONITOR.
Sep 6, 2009
Your Final URL
Please post your Complete final URL here. Test also from the lists whether your URL is really working. ( CLICK HERE to check your URL from the lists )
Aug 31, 2009
Task for this week ( September 1-6, 2009)
You are going to take the quizez this week.You have to take note that this quizzes is only for this week. Any attempt after the said date will not be considered. Go to QUIZ PAGE.
Aug 24, 2009
This is a very good challenge for you!
I want you to look at this blog. The same as you, I just instructed this student to explore making blogs, but look how they discover this. My challenge is to find out how they did this. OK?
>>>>CLICK HERE
>>>>CLICK HERE
Aug 21, 2009
Task for this week ( August 17-23, 2009)
The deadline for the assignment that I have given to you will be next week ( covering Aug. 24-30). That's a good news to give way for those who will take the midterm exam.
For those who will take the midterm exam, the exam is embedded at the quiz page. Just make sure to login first to your yahoo mesenger and invite me to view your cam.
For those who will take the midterm exam, the exam is embedded at the quiz page. Just make sure to login first to your yahoo mesenger and invite me to view your cam.
Aug 9, 2009
This is your another task for next week August 10-16,2009
Make it a habit to look for an announcement here in our edtech 2 homepage.
In the assignment page, I have posted two discussion questions for you to answer. In the comment box, to make sure that your name will appear, write posted by: yourname after you answered every question ok? good luck!
In the assignment page, I have posted two discussion questions for you to answer. In the comment box, to make sure that your name will appear, write posted by: yourname after you answered every question ok? good luck!