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Hi Evelyn,

so you are German too, like me? :)

Why is it important to get tools without registration? As far as I know, most useful tools needs some kind of registration, at least using an e-Mail address. You can use a face e-Mail if you are concerned about privacy. There are some kind of anonymous e-Mail services around that can re-route a fake e-Mail to your real postbox or you can create a fresh GMail account just for your Web 2.0 needs.

You should also have a look at Google Wave, which is now open for all Google users without invitation. It's a great tool for online collaboration, much better than Google Docs if you work with children.

Hi Evelyn, so you are German too, like me? :) Why is it important to get tools without registration? As far as I know, most useful tools needs some kind of registration, at least using an e-Mail address. You can use a face e-Mail if you are concerned about privacy. There are some kind of anonymous e-Mail services around that can re-route a fake e-Mail to your real postbox or you can create a fresh GMail account just for your Web 2.0 needs. You should also have a look at Google Wave, which is now open for all Google users without invitation. It's a great tool for online collaboration, much better than Google Docs if you work with children.

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you can check out my recorded sessions if you go to my profile page:
http://wiziq.com/heddesheimer
You will find a class on google wave in my older recorded sessions.

Not sure why your colleague has concerns about google. If I were you, I would ask why he warned you about google. I know that many people just hear some rumors but do not understand what's the background, so they just have a bad gut feeling. I know that google collects a lot of data from everywhere but I absolutely trust them as a honest business.

Apart from that, you can also sign up for free email with yahoo, web.de or windows life hotmail (if you trust Microsoft :) )

If you would like to tell me more about concrete projects that you do with your students, I can prepare a public presentation here on WizIQ. Make sure you add a preferred time when you can attend, maybe somewhere in the next 2-3 weeks.

you can check out my recorded sessions if you go to my profile page: http://wiziq.com/heddesheimer You will find a class on google wave in my older recorded sessions. Not sure why your colleague has concerns about google. If I were you, I would ask why he warned you about google. I know that many people just hear some rumors but do not understand what's the background, so they just have a bad gut feeling. I know that google collects a lot of data from everywhere but I absolutely trust them as a honest business. Apart from that, you can also sign up for free email with yahoo, web.de or windows life hotmail (if you trust Microsoft :) ) If you would like to tell me more about concrete projects that you do with your students, I can prepare a public presentation here on WizIQ. Make sure you add a preferred time when you can attend, maybe somewhere in the next 2-3 weeks.

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Hi Andrea

In order to answer your question I would like to familiarize students about the concept of Project-Based Learning.

Here there is an article which explains it.

Project-Based Learning - What is it?

Project-Based Learning is a comprehensive instructional approach to engage learners in sustained, cooperative investigation (Bransford & Stein, 1993). Project-Based Learning is a teaching and learning strategy that engages learners in complex activities. It usually requires multiple stages and an extended duration--more than a few class periods and up to a full semester. Projects focus on the creation of a product or performance, and generally call upon learners to choose and organize their activities, conduct research, and synthesize information. According to current research (Thomas, Mergendoller, & Michaelson, 1999; Brown & Campione, 1994), projects are complex tasks, based on challenging questions, that serve to organize and drive activities, which taken as a whole amount to a meaningful project. They give learners the opportunity to work relatively autonomously over extended periods of time and culminate in realistic products or presentations as a series of artifacts, personal communication, or consequential tasks that meaningfully address the driving question. PBL environments include authentic content, authentic assessment, teacher facilitation but not direction, explicit educational goals, collaborative learning, and reflection.

According with that definition, I have used that method in some activities.

Hi Andrea In order to answer your question I would like to familiarize students about the concept of Project-Based Learning. Here there is an article which explains it. Project-Based Learning - What is it? Project-Based Learning is a comprehensive instructional approach to engage learners in sustained, cooperative investigation (Bransford & Stein, 1993). Project-Based Learning is a teaching and learning strategy that engages learners in complex activities. It usually requires multiple stages and an extended duration--more than a few class periods and up to a full semester. Projects focus on the creation of a product or performance, and generally call upon learners to choose and organize their activities, conduct research, and synthesize information. According to current research (Thomas, Mergendoller, & Michaelson, 1999; Brown & Campione, 1994), projects are complex tasks, based on challenging questions, that serve to organize and drive activities, which taken as a whole amount to a meaningful project. They give learners the opportunity to work relatively autonomously over extended periods of time and culminate in realistic products or presentations as a series of artifacts, personal communication, or consequential tasks that meaningfully address the driving question. PBL environments include authentic content, authentic assessment, teacher facilitation but not direction, explicit educational goals, collaborative learning, and reflection. According with that definition, I have used that method in some activities.

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You are welcome Andrea. Good idea to start a discussion about PBL.

You are welcome Andrea. Good idea to start a discussion about PBL.

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Hello,
I would like to learn what tools I can use with my students (aged 8 - 16 - Germany school system/Volksschule) for to engage und motivate them and give them the opportunity to take part on internet. We use Moodle and I am looking for web apps that I can embed like for example Voicethread. I am also looking for tools that don't need any registration like for example wordle, piratepad, wallwisher and similar tools. Also I would like to know more about tools for collaboration like using Google docs or similar programs. Last not least I would like to know more about not only how to use a special application but why it would be good to use it with my students.
best regards
Evelyn Frank

Hello, I would like to learn what tools I can use with my students (aged 8 - 16 - Germany school system/Volksschule) for to engage und motivate them and give them the opportunity to take part on internet. We use Moodle and I am looking for web apps that I can embed like for example Voicethread. I am also looking for tools that don't need any registration like for example wordle, piratepad, wallwisher and similar tools. Also I would like to know more about tools for collaboration like using Google docs or similar programs. Last not least I would like to know more about not only how to use a special application but why it would be good to use it with my students. best regards Evelyn Frank

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Hi Marian,
well I will answer in English here, although it would be more clearly maybe in German, as my English is just basic. I am a bit ahead of my teacher collegues at school and I always try out to find new tools, that we could use and then give my knowledge to others. I am teaching mainly touchtyping as also microsoft applications like Word/Powerpoint/Excel basic. I never was that much concerned about registration and mail adresses. I set up googlemail adresses for all of my students or we did it together when they were elder. But now somebody that is involved in university teaching told me he would never use Google for the students. So I am a bit concerned right now.
The mailadresses were just made for my teaching needs and that students learn how to write mails or to reply..how to put in attachments and so on or to register for web2.0 apps.
Tell me more about Google wave. When they started I got an invitation but I never used it that much, as I didnt know what to do with it ;).
What courses are you teaching here? I just followed today a life course about how to use the EducationWiki and to edit pages here. I am very new to this, but have vacation time, so time to explore new fields.

Hi Marian, well I will answer in English here, although it would be more clearly maybe in German, as my English is just basic. I am a bit ahead of my teacher collegues at school and I always try out to find new tools, that we could use and then give my knowledge to others. I am teaching mainly touchtyping as also microsoft applications like Word/Powerpoint/Excel basic. I never was that much concerned about registration and mail adresses. I set up googlemail adresses for all of my students or we did it together when they were elder. But now somebody that is involved in university teaching told me he would never use Google for the students. So I am a bit concerned right now. The mailadresses were just made for my teaching needs and that students learn how to write mails or to reply..how to put in attachments and so on or to register for web2.0 apps. Tell me more about Google wave. When they started I got an invitation but I never used it that much, as I didnt know what to do with it ;). What courses are you teaching here? I just followed today a life course about how to use the EducationWiki and to edit pages here. I am very new to this, but have vacation time, so time to explore new fields.

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I would like to learn if any members of this WiZiQ community are using the PBL (Project Based Learning) method of learning/teaching.

Thank you for asking!

Andrea Hildreth

I would like to learn if any members of this WiZiQ community are using the PBL (Project Based Learning) method of learning/teaching. Thank you for asking! Andrea Hildreth

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Ricardo, thank you for that excellent explanation of PBL! I have decided to expand on this topic through a Web 2.0 Community Discussion devoted specifically to PBL.

Ricardo, thank you for that excellent explanation of PBL! I have decided to expand on this topic through a Web 2.0 Community Discussion devoted specifically to PBL.

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