[Yr7-10it] Cross-school online discussion

[Russell Edwards]

Dear List,

Is nobody interested in an inter-school ICT discussion forum??

Russell


On 06/06/2007, at 9:50 AM, Russell Edwards wrote:

> Dear List,
>
>   partly motivated by level 6 of VELS ICT for Communicating, I'm  
> looking at introducing an ongoing unit to my elective 9/10 IT next  
> semester on, basically, internet skills and citizenship--- search  
> strategies, net history, useful sites, evaluating reliability of  
> information, nettiquette, intellectual property, etc etc. As a  
> learning strategy and for assessment the kids will have to actively  
> take part in online discussions of the issues raised in the unit.
>
>  Last night I had a thought -- it would be more engaging and  
> stimulating for the students if they were really interacting with  
> people they didn't have face-to-face contact with.  I think it  
> would be excellent if two or three schools could buddy up and  
> participate in combined discussions.
>
> Would anybody be interested in doing this?  Is this sort of thing  
> being done already?
>
> How I'd envisage it working is as follows. Teachers would agree to  
> cover, in class, selected topics around the same time. Once a week  
> or so they would post one or two new threads in the forum, inviting  
> discussion on a particular point. Students could pick and choose  
> which threads they get involved in. As long as they make a  
> meaningful contribution to, say, five or more threads, they meet  
> the VELS requirement that students
>
> "communicate regularly online with peers, experts, and others,  
> expressing their messages in language appropriate to the selected  
> form of communication, and demonstrating respect for cultural  
> differences. "
>
> Looking forward to your responses,
> Russell
>
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