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Collaborate Workshop


 * THIS IS A MESS AND A SKETCH PAD RIGHT NOW!**

Date **TAS 11/12 April HOBART**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocal_teaching

Summary : An practical 2 day workshop for teachers using ICT in their classrooms. Ideal for K-12 educators who want to learn about using technology to facilitate collaborative learning and transform 'group' activities. The weekend is open to teachers from all curriculum subject areas.

Teachers who have limited experience in integrating IT into the classroom are most definitely encouraged to attend.

Outcomes

Teachers will learn about
 * Creating effective inquiry-based learning classrooms
 * Designing and managing engaging Web2.0 projects
 * Integrating technology to achieve better learning outcomes
 * The Power of Discourse Communities in the classroom through ... ???
 * Assessing work in the 21st Century classroom: Assessment for learning, Assessment as learning and Assessment of learning.

Teachers learn to:
 * Create reflective writing communities though Digital Story Telling frameworks
 * Embed reflective writing processes in all project and classroom activity
 * Support students in reflective writing communities using 'new' feedback mechanisms
 * Enroll students safely
 * Moderate online communities effectively
 * Select appropriate engaging digital story telling technologies
 * Manage group learning to target a range of student performance levels
 * Engage community support
 * Encourage 'global citizenship'
 * Encourage students to take responsibility for their 'digital reputation'.

Key benefits of attending these workshops
 * Learn to deploy engaging group projects in which all students visibly participate
 * Accommodate differentiated learning
 * Encourage students to develop as independent learners.
 * Encourage students to become more confident readers and writers
 * De-construct successful pedagogy case studies [I would get rid of this point - too 'jargon-y' and sounds too theoretcical when you are selling a practical workshop
 * Hands on - attendees learn to develop and present an effective 'group project'
 * Develop or extend a Personal Learning Network to sustain and develop professional development
 * Re-engage students with new uses of ICT in the classroom - beyond Microsoft Office and passive Internet use
 * Recognise the role of IT Infrastucture and network policy in facilitation of effective read/write web classrooms