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EDUC W200 Week 8
COMMUNICATION TASKS
EDUC W200 Week 8
THE FIVE TYPES OF TASKS…
TASKS
CONTENTEXPLORATION
PRODUCTION
COMMUNICATIONDATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS
PRODUCTIVITY
EDUC W200 Week 8
WHAT ARE COMMUNICATION TASKS?
• Communication Tasks
o Help students interact, collaborate, and connect with others (could be parents, teachers, other students, experts etc.)
Key words: interact, collaborate, connect
o Allow the sharing and co-exploration of knowledge
• But, let’s go back to “communication”…
EDUC W200 Week 8
WHAT IS COMMUNICATION?
• Definition: Conveyance of information either one-way or two-way with two or more partners
• Various Forms: o Basic Communication Patterns
One to one | One to many | Many to manyo Interactions
Synchronous | Asynchronous Teacher-Student | Student-Student
o Media Text | Audio | Images | Video | Animation
EDUC W200 Week 8
TYPES OF COMMUNICATION
• Basic Communication Patternso One to one | One to many | Many to many
• What can be the examples of… ?o One-to-one communicationo One-to-many communicationo Many-to-many communication
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TYPES OF INTERACTION
Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication:• Synchronous Communication
o Definition?o Example?
• Asynchronous Communicationo Definition?o Example?
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Communications TasksCommunication Tasks in the Classroom
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Communications Tasks – the Why
• Communication tasks and Content Exploration tasksExamples: Skype in the classo Modern American Civil Rights Movement – Social studieso Skype Story Tellers: Reading Books Around the World – Reading and writingo Eagle Cam Project – Scienceo Global lunch (boxes) – culture/health education
“My kindergarten classroom is watching the eagle cam in Iowa and would like to compare information with another kindergarten class. The chicks have all hatched and now we're watching and learning about baby eagles!”
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Communications Tasks – the Why
• Communication tasks and Production taskso Google Docs in Education (Teachers speak out)
• Wiki in the classroomo Science example: students work with students in
other parts of the country or countries to determine acidity of rain, they create a wiki page to present their findings. (This task also has data collection and analysis, which is next week’s focus.)
o Math example: Students only provide a description of how they mathematically determine the speed angle of an incline necessary to jump a skateboard a specific distance. They provide written steps and include a video or images.
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EDUC W200 Week 8
TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKS
EDUC W200 Week 8
TEACHER COMMUNICATION TASKS - CATEGORIES
• We will be looking at three categories when discussing tools for communication tasks this week(1) Community Building Communication
Students Parents Fellow teachers & Administrators
(2) Cooperative & Collaborative Learning Students – Students Teachers – Students Experts – Students
(3) Online Classes/Learning
EDUC W200 Week 8
TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKS(1) COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMUNICATION• Students | Parents |
Teachers & Administratorso Emailo Facebook, Twittero Google Voiceo Wikis:
Wikis in Plain Englisho Blog (e.g., Lisa’s lingo, I love this class)o Edmodo – View “What is Edmodo”o Teacher Website
• Scheduling o Doodleo Famundo (Demo)o Google Calendaro When Is Good
• Exampleo Appointment Slots
for Parent Teacher Conferences
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TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKS(2) COOPERATIVE and COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
• Written/ Oral
communication o Google Docso Google Voiceo Google Hangouto PBworkso 21Classeso Skype o Wikispaces
• Group space o Edmodoo Google Groupso Pbworkso Wiggioo Wikispaces
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TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKS(2) COOPERATIVE and COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
•Brainstorming o Bubbl.uso Gliffyo Mindmeistero Mind42
• Whiteboarding o Wall Wishero Cacoo o Scriblinko Google Drawing (Go to Google Docs > Create New >
Drawing)
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• Multimedia sharing o Deliciouso Diigo
(Collaborate)o Twilddlao Voice Threado Glogster
TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKS(2) COOPERATIVE and COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
EDUC W200 Week 8
TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKS(3) ONLINE CLASSES / ONLINE LEARNING• Video Conferencing/Screen Sharing
o Adobe Connecto Skypeo Google Hangouto Vyewo Wiggioo Anymeeting
• Which one should I use? : It depends on what types of tasks would you like your students to complete.
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COMPARING TOOLS for COMMUNICATION TASKS• That’s a lot of tools!• How do we compare them? We will use a
“function comparison matrix” this week to see which tool is best, when, and for what task.
• Example on next slide…
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FUNCTIONS COMPARISONAdobe Salesforce Skype Wiggio
Screen sharing Yes Yes Yes for two Yes
Whiteboarding Yes Yes No Yes
Group Video Call 4 people recommended
No Up to 10 people(Beta)
Up to 10
Group Audio Call 40 people 10 people (Free)Up to 100
Up to 25 people Up to 50
Price Not free Partly free Almost free Almost free
Additional features Poll, file sending, etc. Poll, file sending, etc. File sending, etc. Poll, calendar sharing, polder sharing
