This blog is going to record the progress of the UCOL Carpentry Team through their journey into the world of using Web 2.0 tools in the classroom , and turning the Level 4 programme into a practical evidence based student centered experience.
The team is gearing up for the new year and taking the next step,We are exploring and becoming comeptent in the use of the Gmail accounts. Goggle+, Picasa and Blogger and Google Docs, The Elearning team has set up a Trades sandpit on the UCOL Moodle site for us to practice on. A great help for the constuction team. Will also soon with Google circle start talking alot more with UNITEC in Auckland to share good practice.
Staff developing new project based teaching and assessing. A steep learning curve, we have found it difficult to push aside Unit standards and just concentrate on the project. Our ideas and thoughts are always migrating back to unit standards teaching. The moodle site is still under construction, specifically we are still nailing down the layout. Sorting out how to minimise the ways to collect evidence. Hopefully resolved by Tuesday 14th Feb.
Good discussion on the evidence gathering process for the project, keeping the collection as simple as possible, ie, students preform the calculations on a piece of timber so they just photograph it and then post on there diary, evidence done. pulled apart the joist asessments I put together, looking at the task analysis sheet moving it into the apprentice diary and some of the assessment activities to be moved to a blog instead. debra and I looking at the diary and the format as how it will work.
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ReplyDeleteas to date quite a bit has been done but much more is required to be completed.
The team is gearing up for the new year and taking the next step,We are exploring and becoming comeptent in the use of the Gmail accounts. Goggle+, Picasa and Blogger and Google Docs, The Elearning team has set up a Trades sandpit on the UCOL Moodle site for us to practice on. A great help for the constuction team. Will also soon with Google circle start talking alot more with UNITEC in Auckland to share good practice.
ReplyDeleteStaff developing new project based teaching and assessing.
ReplyDeleteA steep learning curve, we have found it difficult to push aside Unit standards and just concentrate on the project. Our ideas and thoughts are always migrating back to unit standards teaching.
The moodle site is still under construction, specifically we are still nailing down the layout. Sorting out how to minimise the ways to collect evidence. Hopefully resolved by Tuesday 14th Feb.
Good discussion on the evidence gathering process for the project, keeping the collection as simple as possible, ie, students preform the calculations on a piece of timber so they just photograph it and then post on there diary, evidence done. pulled apart the joist asessments I put together, looking at the task analysis sheet moving it into the apprentice diary and some of the assessment activities to be moved to a blog instead.
ReplyDeletedebra and I looking at the diary and the format as how it will work.