If I were to change this project and implement it using Web 2.0, I would turn it into a wiki. I think after having used a wiki the past few months, I have come to realize how easy and versatile it is. Because this is a global project, using this tool would allow for more people to be involved. The way the other project was designed, there were many steps involved in submitting and guessing, so there was a lot of back and forth. Many of those steps could be eliminated because the wiki would allow everyone who is participating access. Results would be returned to students much quicker and the dialogue would increase. I think it would benefit the students because the feedback would be immediate. Especially with younger students, the learning is much more effective when they experience things right away. A challenge that I might come across is having too many people edit and trying to make sure that the dynamic of the project doesn't change with all of the students who want to participate. I think it would be a very popular project but there would have to be some limits as well. Overall, I think this project would work better as a wiki but it would be worth it to try it on web 1.0 AND web 2.0 to find out. Experimenting is the only way to really know!
Monday, March 31, 2014
Web 1.0 < Web 2.0
Over the summer, I created a global activity structure lesson called "What's My Job?" This project focuses on a unit on community helpers/occupations
and challenges students to create a set of clues for other students to use to
determine a specific job/community helper that they’d like to be when they grow
up. Students will also be able to look
at the clues provided by others and try to guess which community helper based
on the clues given. After they make
their guess, they draw a picture of what the person doing the job would be
dressed like and send it back to the person who provided the clues. This is a
global project in which students from around the world could submit and make
guesses using the clues provided.
Students will be using their social studies skills applying what they’ve
learned about all the jobs in the community.
They will also be using their literacy skills when writing up their
clues and their problem solving skills when making their guesses. Students around
the world are able to interact with each other and students also get a chance
to learn about different jobs that may exist in other parts of the world but
not in their area! Students may even get new ideas and change their mind about
a job they’d like to have in the future after seeing the millions of
occupations that are available worldwide!
If I were to change this project and implement it using Web 2.0, I would turn it into a wiki. I think after having used a wiki the past few months, I have come to realize how easy and versatile it is. Because this is a global project, using this tool would allow for more people to be involved. The way the other project was designed, there were many steps involved in submitting and guessing, so there was a lot of back and forth. Many of those steps could be eliminated because the wiki would allow everyone who is participating access. Results would be returned to students much quicker and the dialogue would increase. I think it would benefit the students because the feedback would be immediate. Especially with younger students, the learning is much more effective when they experience things right away. A challenge that I might come across is having too many people edit and trying to make sure that the dynamic of the project doesn't change with all of the students who want to participate. I think it would be a very popular project but there would have to be some limits as well. Overall, I think this project would work better as a wiki but it would be worth it to try it on web 1.0 AND web 2.0 to find out. Experimenting is the only way to really know!
If I were to change this project and implement it using Web 2.0, I would turn it into a wiki. I think after having used a wiki the past few months, I have come to realize how easy and versatile it is. Because this is a global project, using this tool would allow for more people to be involved. The way the other project was designed, there were many steps involved in submitting and guessing, so there was a lot of back and forth. Many of those steps could be eliminated because the wiki would allow everyone who is participating access. Results would be returned to students much quicker and the dialogue would increase. I think it would benefit the students because the feedback would be immediate. Especially with younger students, the learning is much more effective when they experience things right away. A challenge that I might come across is having too many people edit and trying to make sure that the dynamic of the project doesn't change with all of the students who want to participate. I think it would be a very popular project but there would have to be some limits as well. Overall, I think this project would work better as a wiki but it would be worth it to try it on web 1.0 AND web 2.0 to find out. Experimenting is the only way to really know!
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Our lessons from the summer seem to be very similar. I also agree that changing the lesson plan and putting it into a wiki is a great idea! To take out a few steps but still have the same results is important and makes the lesson more doable.
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