The lecture and workshops in week 7 started to talk about task 3. To be honest I feel that they introduced it a bit early as I know I was still focusing on task 2! Task 3 requires us to work in small groups to explore technologies appropriate to teaching and learning. We have to create an authentic learning resource on an educational topic, such as English, maths, physical education etc, that we can share with other teachers.
The lecture gave some great tips on how to succeed in group work.
1) Prepare to research: access the task, know what you have to do, etc.
2) Follow the action plan: do appropriate readings.
3) Review your findings.
4) Plan the outline: of the presentation.
5) Prepare the first draft.
6) Leave a time lag.
7) Review, revise and edit.
8) Proof read.
9) Hand work in before the deadline.
I think these are great little tips to get us started as they are a good step by step process which is easy to follow.
I haven't really met people in my workshop that I sit with each week. I was by myself when we were choosing groups so I decided to get up and sit with two girls that had no one else to go with, forming our group of 3. The first thing we had to do was fill out the group contract. In our group we need to complete a presentation on the making of the resource, which will be presented in our workshops.
The main form of communication that we all agreed on was Facebook. We added each other on Facebook and created a Facebook group with us 3 in it so that we could communicate online. We came up with a couple of ideas, either to teach English or physical education, which we discovered that we are all interested in. Through our online group we are able to message each other at any time, displaying ideas and things that we can do for this task.
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