Following my study on TPACK and the taxonomies put together by Harris & Hofer (2009) I thought I would try to put the learning activity planning model into practice.My current teaching role involves the facilitation of student learning through artefact discovery. The key to the learning is experiencing the artefacts at first hand in an authentic context. Learning outcomes negotiated with teachers tend to fall into the social sciences, science or technology learning areas.
I am interested in follow up work for students after a museum visit.
The day of the trip involves lots of questioning, discussion and exploration, however back at school it is sometimes hard to recall what has been talked about. Follow up activities are essential for students to build on the learning which occurred on the LEOTC trip (Rivers, 2006)
The activity I am keen to plan is to provide images of artefacts that students have explored on the trip. I would then invite continued online discussion with museum staff and other students.
This activity would add an extra dimension to just using photographs taken on the visit. Discussion could also involve students from other schools or classes who have also had a similar experience with the same artefacts. Students might also be able to add their images of the same or similar artefacts and include comments.
Pedagogically this activity offers students the chance to revisit the concepts they explored on the visit. They are able to continue working within the same community they experienced on the visit and have the opportunity to build that community. The collaborative nature of the experience involves the sharing of information; learning from and with others.
With this type of learning activity in mind I went to the social science taxonomy for advice on what type of NET might be suitable. I had been wondering whether a blog or wiki might work as they both invite two way communication.
Under Knowledge Building Activity Types there were a few possible starting points:
View Images - Power point, Word, Photostory, Bubbleshare, Tabblo, Flickr
Group Discussion - BlackBoard, Wikispaces, e-board
Artefact-Based inquiry - Digital archives
Under Conceptual Divergent Knowledge Expression Activity Types:
Generate questions - Word, Wikispaces or Google Docs
Develop a knowledge web - Inspiration, PowerPoint, Word, Imagination Cubed.
The list of activities didn't quite incorporate what I was intending to do - this presumably will happen to lots of people. However Harris & Hofer (2009) suggest combining learning activities into more complex experiences:
Viewing images of artefacts, discussing them and generating questions begins to fit the bill.
My next move is to investigate the suggested technologies as they might offer a better solution than my original concept and some of them, I know nothing about. Back off to the internet to further my research!
As far as my own learning goes - I have just succeeded in uploading an image onto my page. Next goal . . . a video link?
References
Harris, J. & Hofer, M. (2009). Instructional planning activity types as vehicles for curriculum-based TPACK development. In C.D. Maddux, (Ed.). Research highlights in technology and teacher education 2009 (pp 99-108). Chesapeake, VA: Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE)
retrieved 30.9.09 http://activitytypes.wmwikis.net/file/view/HarrisHofer-TPACKActivityTypes.pdf
Rivers, J. et al. (2006) Effectiveness of programmes for curriculum-based learning experiences outside the classroom: a summary. University of Waikato
retrieved 1.10.09
http://leotc.tki.org.nz/research_and_presentations/ministry_research
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