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here is my lesson plan

Enjoy :)

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Arix/Module 4 - Apps and Tools for Personalisation and Flipping the Classroom - Share any other apps and tools you know about for personalisation and flipping the classroom.

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Arix/Module 4 - Apps and Tools for Personalisation and Flipping the Classroom - Share any other apps and tools you know about for personalisation and flipping the classroom.

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I have never used Socrative, or Aurasma, but I would like to try. I think that they are very good for personalisation and flipping the classroom.

I have not used Edmodo yet and I think I will try it, too.
I would only have some more time in my life ... do you know any apps for creating augmented time?

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Arix/Module4 - Challenges of the Flipped Classroom - After watching how Monica set herself up for the flipped classroom and hearing about other CCL teacher's experiences, what do you think are the key challenges to implementing the model in classrooms?

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Arix/Module4 - Challenges of the Flipped Classroom - After watching how Monica set herself up for the flipped classroom and hearing about other CCL teacher's experiences, what do you think are the key challenges to implementing the model in classrooms?

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I think that the main challenges are: -find time to prepare resources and materials -find time to learn how to use apps -find time to find the best assessment methods -involve parents and make them understand that sperimentation is essential for a competence-based teaching .

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Arix/Module 4 - Flipping the Classroom - Have you tried out the flipped classroom model already? If so, share your experiences here. You've never heard of the model before but are curious to try it out? How would you start to implement it in your school and classroom context?

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Arix/Module 4 - Flipping the Classroom - Have you tried out the flipped classroom model already? If so, share your experiences here. You've never heard of the model before but are curious to try it out? How would you start to implement it in your school and classroom context?

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I’ve never officially “Flipped the class” but, in the past, I have prepared some materials for my students, put them online to be shared and discussed. In particular, I have prepared some sort of sheets (little interactive perhaps and little multimedial - that was the mistake) they had to download, and then use to build together in class some products (using Glogster, Reader2D, iMindMap, Blogger, Prezi). The success of this approach is motivation: students don't consider it homework, but some sort of competition, to show thay can create something interesting.

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Arix/Module 4 - Tablets and Personalisation - In both videos there are some concrete examples how the tablets have been used to personalise the learning and make the students more independent such as through using Aurasma for instructional videos and Edmodo for independently accessing information. What other ways can you think of how tablets can be used to personalise the learning experience of your students?

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Arix/Module 4 - Tablets and Personalisation - In both videos there are some concrete examples how the tablets have been used to personalise the learning and make the students more independent such as through using Aurasma for instructional videos and Edmodo for independently accessing information. What other ways can you think of how tablets can be used to personalise the learning experience of your students?

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At the moment I'm involved in a project where students are creating an ebook. What I find it important is to make them feel free to choose the best device for expressing their creativity. I generally illustrate them how to use Glogster, Storybird, and other apps for presentation. But then I give them freedom. I also allow different student groupings that support different working/learning styles.

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Arix/Module 4 - Learning Styles of your Students - Reflect on how you gather information about the learning styles of your students. How do you know what types of learners there are? What are good strategies to identify this? Is it enough to simply ask the students as is done in the video above? Are the students, are we, always fully aware of how we learn best?

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Arix/Module 4 - Learning Styles of your Students - Reflect on how you gather information about the learning styles of your students. How do you know what types of learners there are? What are good strategies to identify this? Is it enough to simply ask the students as is done in the video above? Are the students, are we, always fully aware of how we learn best?

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I believe that getting feedback from students is very important for teachers to evaluate their methods and let students take an active role in their learning. As far as I'm concerned, observation is vital. Me should also listen to our students and provide them with questionnaires. Brainstorming sessions could invite students to express their preferences and opinions and allow students to share their methods of learning. It is good to show that there are many ways to learn and this can vary depending on the person, subject, or teacher. Often children don't reflect upon HOW they learn - they just follow instructions. Finally tests on tablets could be a good tool for providing quick feedback about a lesson or unit. They are structured as short simple questionnaires, that give the teacher an instant snapshot of a class' understanding.

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Arix/Module 3 - Apps for collaborative learning - Share any apps for collaborative learning here.

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Arix/Module 3 - Apps for collaborative learning - Share any apps for collaborative learning here.

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Storybird

Moodle

Padlet

Blendspace

Prezi

Glogster

Mindomo

Dipity

Wordpress

Google Drive

Animoto

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Arix/Module 3 - Assessment & CollaborationAfter participating in the webinar or reading the case study report (link above), what other strategies have you used to assess group work? What are the main challenges for you when it comes to assessing group work?

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Arix/Module 3 - Assessment & CollaborationAfter participating in the webinar or reading the case study report (link above), what other strategies have you used to assess group work? What are the main challenges for you when it comes to assessing group work?

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I believe that assessment is very complex. Different factors should be taken into consideration for assessing students' work: - teacher's observation on how students work in the classroom and the final presentation - students' self-reflection based on a grid provided before they start the activity - learning diary - class evaluation

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Arix/Module 3 - Success factors of school-to-school collaboration projects - We know many of you on the course are already etwinners, so take this opportunity to share your successful school-to-school collaboration projects here, in particular if they involved tablets. And even if you are no etwinner yet, what do you think are the success factors for a school-to-school collaboration project?

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Arix/Module 3 - Success factors of school-to-school collaboration projects - We know many of you on the course are already etwinners, so take this opportunity to share your successful school-to-school collaboration projects here, in particular if they involved tablets. And even if you are no etwinner yet, what do you think are the success factors for a school-to-school collaboration project?

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Unfortunately, I have never participated in eTwinning projects, but I'd love to. I think that Factors contributing to the success of this type of project are: 1) the time available (not to be tied down with the syllabus of the subject); 2) motivation; 3) the ability and passion of the teachers.

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Arix/Module 3 - Challenges of Collaborative Work. How do you keep your students focused and on track during collaborative projects? How do you ensure all students contribute to the task? If you have organised a similar project share your experiences (positive and negative) here.

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Arix/Module 3 - Challenges of Collaborative Work. How do you keep your students focused and on track during collaborative projects? How do you ensure all students contribute to the task? If you have organised a similar project share your experiences (positive and negative) here.

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Well, first of all I provide them with the objectives of the project (ex. creating an ebook about London). Then we study the topic through different devices: textbook, IWB, videos, maps, Google map. Students take notes, summarize and organize their ideas together at home in groups, gather pictures and resources. Then in the classroom using the IWB I explain how to use the app. Finally, in groups (organized in the basis of their desires), they create the interactive product as an outcome. What is difficult is to ensure that every student contributes. I sometimes see that some of them only chat. So I encourage them, I walk around the classroom to provide feedback and support.

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Arix/Module 3 - Forming Groups for Group Work. How do you form groups of students for group work and why do you take this approach? Based on your experience what strategies of forming groups work and which do not work? Why?

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Arix/Module 3 - Forming Groups for Group Work. How do you form groups of students for group work and why do you take this approach? Based on your experience what strategies of forming groups work and which do not work? Why?

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When I group my students I use different strategies. It depends on the activity or on the period of the year. At the beginning of the year they can choose their groupmates. I like a classroom layout where desks are organized in islands of 4 students each - so that I can observe them and their way of learning and interacting. Then, in the period of the year when I know them better, I group them either by level of skills or I create "mixed ability" groups so that each student can contribute to the activity according to their skills. They assume different roles: observer, reporter, challenger, presenter, leader, mediator).

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Arix/Module 2 - An actual piece of content that you can use as an example for a content creation project in your classroom

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Arix/Module 2 - An actual piece of content that you can use as an example for a content creation project in your classroom

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Here is a work to show my students the wonders of Animoto

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Did you know you can use Animoto videos to promote your business?

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Arix/Module 2 - An idea for a piece of content you can produce with your class that has a purpose beyond the classroom activity 

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Arix/Module 2 - An idea for a piece of content you can produce with your class that has a purpose beyond the classroom activity 

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There are a lot of things I could do with tablets in the classroom in addition to some video editing ,presentation creations, ... Tablets can be used for various purposes. Most of the 2.0 web tools have their tablet versions now we are currently using such tools with the IWB as Glogster, Storybird, Calameo, Animoto. In particular, I have always appreciated the constructive aspect of these apps. My students like collaborating and building something together. They do it at home and then we discuss together both the product and the process.

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Arix/Module 2 - Learning Scenarios - What do you make of the Learning Scenarios concept? Maybe you have even used Learning Scenarios yourself (in another project)? Share any reflections and ideas linked to Learning Scenarios here.

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Arix/Module 2 - Learning Scenarios - What do you make of the Learning Scenarios concept? Maybe you have even used Learning Scenarios yourself (in another project)? Share any reflections and ideas linked to Learning Scenarios here.

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The Learning Scenario phase seems to be very similar to a ‘Design Process’. It breaks the bigger process down into ‘steps’ or ‘chunks’ that are manageable for students. I can imagine that using Learning Scenarios implicitly provides opportunities for learning discussions and conversations which would be particularly helpful in my setting where the students. Keywords seem to be: content creation, collaboration, flipped classroom and personalised learning. Personally I haven's got tablets in my school, but with my students we have just experienced the production in the lab of e-books about London using Didapages. Is it an example of Learning scenario? We started with a brainstorming phase (London and its beauties - what do you know about it?), then the collection of information through textbook and videos, the designing of a map of the final product (from the index to the different sections). After that my students - divided into groups - have created their e-books. The feedback phase has been important to stress problems and difficulties. Some of them have changed something in their product. Finally the books have been published on the school website.

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I greatly appreciated this discovery!!!!

Here is the tutorial for discovering its features

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Creating a Padlet for your Learning Diary

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This video is part of the European Schoolnet Academy. For more information visit www.eunacademy.eu

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Arix/Module 1 - App for teaching: Edmodo

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Arix/Module 1 - App for teaching: Edmodo

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I have never used Edmodo. I have heard about it but never had time to work with it. It looks quite interesting. I usually use Moodle platform as LMS: to share material with my students, chat, activities, workshops, exams, assessment, progress, etc.. I think it has the same capabilities that Moodle but may be more visual and more similar to a social network my students could feel comfortable with. I think I will try it, make a comparison with Moodle and then choose the best solution for my students :)

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Arix/Module 1 - What classroom challenges do I already face or do i anticipate facing when using tablets?

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Arix/Module 1 - What classroom challenges do I already face or do i anticipate facing when using tablets?

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I haven't had any opportunity to work with tablets at school yet. We use computers in the lab and IWB in the classroom. If I could, I would use tablets especially for construction. I believe that sharing information on a single screen (like IWB) is important for checking my students' participation. So, IWB for comsumption and tablets for construction. Tablets at school should be used for learning. The lessons could be more interesting and engaging. I think that good school and classroom rules are nesessary. Of course, teachers must follow the rules too. The layout of the classroom should be changed and new pedagogical approaches are needed when using tablets at schools.

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Arix/Module 1 - What whole-school challenges do I already face or do I anticipate facing when using tablets?

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Arix/Module 1 - What whole-school challenges do I already face or do I anticipate facing when using tablets?

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Unfortunately I teach English in a very old-fashioned school where, if I'm lucky enough, my students can use IWB. My colleagues are very old-fashioned, too and if I switch on the IWB I'm soon forced to switch it off (they see it like a monster). The headmaster does not believe in technology ... Concerning the students, I think that one of the future challenges can be how to keep up a sufficient equal knowhow and motivation in the use of the tablets. My feeling is that we still have quite a rural culture here in my country, with many children/youths for whom these small tablets aren't tactile enough, and for whom it can be a challenge with the type of concentation that is required with a tablet. Concentration and reflection are two keywords.

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Arix/Module 1 - Why do you use or want to use tablets in your teaching?

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Arix/Module 1 - Why do you use or want to use tablets in your teaching?

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I would so much like to use tablets in school because I believe that technology is very important and we teachers have to prepare our students for the future. I believe that students find learning wih technology more interesting, therefore learning with tablets can be very motivating for them. They can be creative with different kinds of materials. Tablets can be very helpful because they are smaller than laptops, can be transported to everywhere and have a relatively lower cost than any computer. Students can interact and collaborate with each other and with the teacher. Also they can collaborate with students from other schools in common projects. I would like to use tablets for: -improving autonomy in learning, that is personalise their learning. ( give a task and see how they cope with it, at their own pace) and have real time feed-back. -challenging their creativity. (given a task, see how they are able to look at things from different perspectives). -improving collaborative work (each student can give his/her own contribution in real time ). Moreover sometimes students both individually or in group like to have a deeper insight into a problem and the results of their research is given with a presentation, but it's difficult to let each student have that same presentation as individual resource and the exclusive owners remain the ones who have carried out the work. -facilitating the access to international news and websites that allow to improve language skills. - facilitating the "learning by doing" and "doing it myself"(students don't need to ask questions, because they can have immediate access to the answer and moreover they sometimes like to see who is faster to find out an answer or a solution)

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I teach English in a secondary school in a little town in Italy. Unfortunately, in my school the headmaster does not believe in technology, so his efforts to invest on it are very poor. As a consequence, what I can count on are only some IWBs in some classrooms and the passion of my students who are used to working in groups at home and share with me in the classroom the results of their activity.

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I'm a teacher and a webdesigner. I like my job and do it with great passion and involvement. My favourite word is edutainment :)