My presentation from my workshop at the Moodlemoots in Australia and in New Zealand in 2008. Note this is only the first five minutes as the rest of the workshop was activities. Contact me for further assistance. tabitha@learning.ac.nz
8. Have I given my students the key to success by building them a glossary? what do you think
they understand now?
9. I personally think it puts their understanding not far off this, blank page, which I think is
probably not enough...
10. I don’t think I have let the students touch the learning opportunity they would get if they
were given the chance to get themselves a bit wet, and build their understanding themselves
13. I want to see if by getting them involved, together will they learn more?
14. So my role as their teacher could be to stand there behind the transparent curtain, helping
them see the world, just pointing them in the right direction... or...
15. taking it to the next step, oh no, teacher step back now
16. what about letting the students pull back the curtain themselves, and lead their own learning?
19. but students can learn together and then thrive on a bit of competition, writing their own
quality and relevant definitions of the words they need to succeed in their chosen field
20. you can create environments that stretch students to be stars
21. and then see how rewarded they feel when they get there,
22. creating their own definitions, the words are theirs, as defined by them, in the context that is
relevant to them
23. now when I ask myself, am I offering students what they need? I think I am getting a bit
closer
24. who knows, maybe the students will be giving me a hand to help me understand!
28. Glossary activity
make glossaries more than just word lists
learners creating, sharing and refining their
definitions together creates deeper understanding
use the random glossary block to show off your
students entries
31. Database activity
plan before you build
choose the right fields to get the right results
tailor your templates to be fit for purpose
empower your students to create and share their
own learning material
32. Where to from here
further info on moodle.org
refer back to my workshop here -
elearning.school.nz
Glossaries and databases course
get innovating and create your own !