2. The learners of this generation are
a new kind of breed and it is important
that teachers understand how to deal
with them. They seem to thrive in
collaborative learning. They like to
connect to the social networking sites.
INTRODUCTIO
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5. One way to engage students
is to give them a challenge and a
chance to work together.
An example is when you give
them an issue to discuss which
they can continue talking about
even if they are outside of the class.
Students may continue the
discussion and share information or
come up with an agreement by
texting, emailing, chatting, or using
the online document.
6. There are a lot of available tools
and applications that can be used
to workcollaboratively with others.
Some of these are skype, wikis,
blog, google form, web
conferencing, Realtimeboard,
among others.
7. SKYPE
THEM US
a software application allowing
you to do a videoconferencing for
free. All you need is to create an
account and can be used for a
video meeting.
WIKI
Wiki is a software that allows you to
create a page or a selection of pages
designed to allow you to post or write,
edit, or upload a link quickly.
8. BLOGGING
d. When writing blogs,
you write your
reflections but
safeguarding yourself
is also an important
consideration.
• It is journaling your ideas to
which others can react
allowing a thread of
discussion to take place and
which can be used online.
• It is the abbreviation of
weblog.
• It would help if you provide
direction when using a
weblog.
a. Use weblog with a
clear instructional
objective.
b. Guidance on
what and bow to
post will be needed.
c. With easy access to
information, a major
obligation is to teach the
students to use multiple
source and to cite them
appropriately.
e. It may help if you can
look for very good
examples of blogs.
9. Google Group or Google Form is an
application that can be used in a
collaborative documentation of ideas
contributed by members of the team. Having
a google account will come very handy and
you can easily have access to a variety of
applications.
GOOGLE GROUP/GOOGLE FORM