beyond the blog and wiki exploring learning objects and digital resources on digistore
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Beyond the blog and wiki Exploring learning objects and digital resources on Digistore Presenter: Claire Amos [email protected] http://thevirtualclassroom.pbworks.com. Part One: Introduction to Digistore. What is Digistore?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Beyond the blog and wiki Exploring learning objects and digital resources on Digistore
Presenter: Claire [email protected]://thevirtualclassroom.pbworks.com
Part One:Introduction to Digistore
What is Digistore?
• Te Pātaka Matihiko; Digistore is New Zealand's gateway to thousands of free items of digital curriculum content from the Ministry of Education and The Le@rning Federation (TLF).
• You can find interactive learning objects, images, audio files and movie clips via browse, search and filter technology.
• Digistore allows you to tag and rate favourite resources, and create learning paths, to ensure quick access for both you and your students.
What is a Learning Path?
• An exciting new feature of Digistore 2.0 is the ability to create Learning Paths, a collection or sequence of learning content interwoven with teacher comments and descriptions that can be created for a particular audience eg: Students, Teachers, parents or as a personal collection.
• Later this year all NZ teachers at registered schools will be able to access Digistore using their Education Sector login (ESAA). Until then learning paths should be created under a school's username and password. Teachers will be able to copy any school learning paths to their ESAA login once they are made available.
Why would I use this in English?
Effective use of Digital Content
• The use of digital learning resources provides a ‘real’ learning opportunity for English learning alongside identified learning outcomes in other learning areas.
• e-Learning as inquiry has also been developed to support teachers to explore how the use of digital content, software, and other e-learning strategies can be integrated into literacy teaching and learning.
Part Two:Digistore Tour
Digistore Tour
Go to:http://digistore.tki.org.nz
Make sure you check out the links:Using Digital Content http://digistore.wikispaces.com/Learning PathsEnglish
Part Three: Creating a Learning Path Activity
Why create a learning path?
• To support an identified sequence of questions or comments for students to explore.
• To identify a collection of digital content, selected to support a specific concept or focus that students are able to revisit for maintenance.
• To use in conjunction with other relevant digital content and learning experiences
• To enrich an existing programme of learning designed within an online learning space.
Questions to consider at the planning stage
• Is creating a Learning Path vs linking or embedding digital content a more effective option?
• What are the benefits to the learning process?• How can I re-purpose content and what are the
possible opportunities for shared learning?• Is this an effective use of time?
Useful Links
• http://digistore.wikispaces.com/(the user guide wiki)Check out FAQs to get code for imbedding links
• http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/For free graphic organizers to embed into your learning path comments