tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13041399610868258652024-03-13T04:29:28.213+01:00The machine goes onDaniela Tomatishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271674193821275666noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304139961086825865.post-30864639424987315272021-12-01T18:19:00.001+01:002021-12-01T19:34:43.437+01:00DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGIES: layered reading comprehension<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is a simple strategy that can be used to differentiate instructions,
both in individual learning space - home - and in class. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What you need is a text and <a href="https://www.thinglink.com/" target="_blank">Thinglink</a>, a free tool.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Basically, what Thinglink allows you to do is to choose a picture and make
it interactive. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is an example of what you can do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1030518140129247235" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="1520" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxM5hy9S8078wZZL6vhFNxScWrlAZziLO1pL5dWcxzbMmhEZARfCWjBPtEjml5hgU24m_hHgkktiFVmVpdS2RXmzB_XAKlQ518I9oP2vgV1do498rjZBv83MUUdjRkpbrAsSIGIjGDRDAf/w400-h279/ruby+thinglink.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span>click on the image to be redirected to the activity</p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><p style="text-align: left;"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I took a picture of a page from a book – which, by the way, is Goodnight
Stories from Rebel Girls 2 –, I uploaded it on Thinglink and just added some
links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The learning goal for this activity was practising reading comprehension
and writing skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In our Esl mixed ability classes we have students at very different
levels and making them work on the same tasks is never the best option.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Starting from the same text, it is possible to meet the students’ different
needs by differentiating both the process and the outcome, the final product.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you roll over the <a href="https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1030518140129247235" target="_blank">image</a> some icons will pop up. As you can see
they have different colours and each colour corresponds to a certain degree of
difficulty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let’s take the <b>green</b> icons: they are the easiest tasks. Basically it is
comprehension questions but they are placed exactly where the answers can be
found. Moreover, some hints are given to the students, to help them with
grammar or vocabulary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The<b> blue</b> icons are sort of half-way level and what students
have to do is to answer questions but there’s no scaffolding here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And finally the <b>orange</b> icons. That is the expert level. Here students are
asked to analyze and reflect on some aspects of the story/biography
and there are also extension activities for them to go deeper into the content.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This interactive image can be used in many different ways, it just depends
on the learning goal, so it could be done as a class activity, or it could be
assigned for homework.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It works as an assessment strategy as well, both formative and summative.
In this last case students know that if they work on survival level the maximum
score they can get is 7 out of ten, if they choose half-way level the maximum
score is 9 or for the expert level the maximum grade is
10. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last thing, if you click on the speaker icon in the bottom right-hand
corner, you are redirected to the audio version of the biography, read by the
teacher, and this can help auditory learners or dyslexic students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q7FD8OxIdE" target="_blank">video </a>with feedback from the students. They
seem to appreciate this way of working on reading comprehension. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Click <a href="https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1030518140129247235" target="_blank">here</a> to open the
activity and feel free to use it with our students.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Daniela Tomatishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271674193821275666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304139961086825865.post-82483897884373267502018-11-20T17:15:00.003+01:002018-11-20T17:17:50.874+01:00DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGIES: a layered syllabus<h2 style="background: white;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We strongly believe that giving differentiated instructions and using different strategies in class is the only approach which makes sense. What once was easy and natural, that is making all students work<span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">on the
same task at the same time, becomes now really hard. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #212121;">After some years of flipping , we realized we needed a more structured way to work both in the individual and in the group learning space. That's why we decided to create </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #212121; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> an organized path through concepts and thematic areas , in such a way avoiding teaching ( or trying to teach ) everything to everyone , the ultimate goa</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #212121; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">l </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #212121; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">being helping students personalize their learning.</span><br />
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be collaborative , as learning a language is essentially learning how to use
that language, how to communicate and it can’t take place in isolation. So it’s
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At the beginning we were afraid we would get an out of control class but this isn’t happening as the situation where everyone works at their level is NATURAL, while it is completely UNNATURAL a situation where all the students are on the same topic trying to learn the same things in the same amount of time .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our solution, which is still a work in progress, was to
create a platform , a wiki, that students can access at home and where the
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">As you can see we have a basic level, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f;"><b>survival level</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">,
next </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>half-way level</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"> and then an </span><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: orange;">expert
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syllabus , or part of it, which has been tiered, divided into steps <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Acknowledgements:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">* I have the pleasure to work with a dear friend of mine ( who is also a colleague ), Daniela Becchio, and this is the result of our combined efforts </span></span><br />
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Daniela Tomatishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271674193821275666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304139961086825865.post-10559303401488097172018-05-04T23:12:00.003+02:002018-11-16T11:58:03.913+01:00DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGIES: "FOODBALL" CLASS ACTIVITY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We've been flipping our classes for five years and some parts of
the course - mainly grammar and vocabulary - have been moved from the group
learning space to the individual learning space.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now we have more time to work
in class with the students, to observe them while they are working and we've
been noticing more than ever that it's really impossible to avoid
differentiation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So giving differentiated
instructions and using a lot of different strategies is the only approach which
makes sense for us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This activity - the "<b>FOODBALL</b>"
project - meets the needs of all the learners, makes them work together and has
a collaborative product as a final outcome.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is a Bloom Ball?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A Bloom Ball is a project where
students have to complete activities that take them through all the levels of
Bloom's Taxonomy, from Remembering to Creating. They are great for both
collaborative and differentiated work. Students work in
mixed-ability groups and they choose the activities they want to carry out .
Everybody works at their level and the final product - the assembled ball -
will be evaluated by the teacher according to grading criteria specified in a
rubric.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is, step by step, the
project carried out by Daniela Becchio's students. She's been so kind to share
the results with us and she's even made a video explaining the whole process.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Students designed and created a
dodecahedron on the topic of "food"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">They worked in class to
complete all the activities and to assemble the ball ( 2 hours )<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are the requirements for
each side<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1) describe your ideal
restaurant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2) invent a menu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3) write a recipe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">4) write a dialogue at
the restaurant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">5) create a crossword
with ten difficult food related words<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">6) create a wordsearch
with food related words<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">7) make a Venn Diagram
comparing English breakfast and Italian breakfast<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">8) write ten commandments
for healthy eating<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">9) write a short text
"My eating habits"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">10) draw a world map showing
hunger problems<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">11) invent a slogan promoting
healthy eating<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">12) write a short poem on food
or create a survey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Students were given all the instructions through a
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p>where they could find all the requirements, the online
resources to explore in order to complete the tasks and the evaluation
criteria.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Foodballs showed a good use of language, a lof of creativity and were nice to see.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Everybody worked at their own level, while interacting with each other at the same time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What I like about this activity is that each student gave their contribution to the group and the final result was given by the amount of individual effort.</span><br />
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<br />Daniela Tomatishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271674193821275666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304139961086825865.post-86682839337861838172016-03-05T21:17:00.001+01:002016-03-05T21:17:12.583+01:00INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY: grammar-translation in the digital eraGrammar-translation seems to have become an old-fashioned method in the era of flipped classrooms, mobile learning and web2 tools.<br />
I agree on the fact that in classes where students learn grammar rules and then apply those rules by translating sentences between the target language and the native language for most of the time there is little interaction among the learners and less emphasis on the communicative process, but I am also convinced that grammar structures need to be internalized and the more we work on them the better it is. Moreover, I think that error correction is necessary to advancement and students can greatly benefit from the thinking process required by the effort of translating into a different language.<br />
What follows is my attempt ro make a translation exercise a bit more appealing to 21st century students.<br />
The starting point being a pedagogical aim - in this case the ability to distinguish between past simple and present perfect and use them correctly - I asked myself " Is there a tech tool which could help me reach that goal in a more efficient way and could let me enhance the traditional task of translating sentences?"<br />
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I decided to use <a href="https://todaysmeet.com/" target="_blank">Todaysmeet</a>, a free backchannel chat platform that students can join fast with no registration.<br />
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They worked in pairs on their ipads and what I did was to write and send sentences in Italian for them to translate into English.<br />
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Here is an example.<br />
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After each sentence I gave them a quick feedback and made sure they understood the mistakes.<br />
We also had a "reward" for the fastest and most correct couple.<br />
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Some of the advantages of having integrated this tech tool into the class activity may be summed up here:<br />
- it proved to be a powerful way to get formative assessment , fast and personalized ( I was able to see each student's answer directly on the screen and I realized immediately who needed extra practice on the topic )<br />
- everybody was actively involved<br />
- they had the possibility to see both correct and wrong sentences<br />
- it gave us the chance to really work on mistakes in a meaningful way<br />
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In order to maximize the learning opportunities I asked them to save a copy of the transcript and to create an online multiple-choice test using <a href="https://testmoz.com/" target="_blank">Testmoz </a> and recycling the sentences I had dictated. They chose the answers among the ones written by them during the previous activity. They didn't even have to make the effort of inventing wrong answers.<br />
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Finally we shared all the links to the different tests and in the following lesson they practised on the exercises created by themselves.<br />
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Here is the link to <a href="https://testmoz.com/678020" target="_blank">one of the tests</a> . Have fun trying it!<br />
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<br />Daniela Tomatishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271674193821275666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304139961086825865.post-88955886517074690342016-01-03T21:44:00.000+01:002016-01-03T21:44:46.428+01:00INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY: flipping a unit As J. Bergman and A. Sams state in their book <a href="https://www.blogger.com/"> Flip your Classroom - Reach every student in every class every day<span id="goog_743231923"></span></a> " The goal of flipping a classroom is to remove attention from the teacher and place it on the learner." Teachers should explore and hybridize the flipped-mastery model and adapt it to what they already know to be good teaching practice. Some teachers may not want to adopt the model fully but they would rather opt for a step-by-step strategy.First, a single lesson could be flipped, then a learning unit and finally a part of ( or the entire ) syllabus.<br />
What follows is how I flipped a unit with my third year students.<br />
The main question being " What is the best use of in-class time?", I tried to plan a sequence of lessons which could meet three specific needs:<br />
- effective technology integration<br />
- cooperative team work<br />
- layered activities/tasks based on Bloom's Taxonomy<br />
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Students will:<br />
- remember facts about Malala's life<br />
- explain in their own words the major events in her life and identify the most important issues<br />
- reflect on limitation of women's rights in some parts of the world<br />
- practise asking meaningful questions assuming different roles<br />
- compare their life to Malala's<br />
- evaluate and select good strategies for further actions<br />
- create/compose a final slogan/motto related to Malala's campaign for education<br />
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Aim: presenting Malala's biography<br />
Class activity: jigsaw group work<br />
Material: handouts<br />
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Homework: exploring the online resources "<a href="https://www.thinglink.com/scene/594211292663775234" target="_blank">Inspiring People</a>"<br />
Here you can download the text students worked on. The words in bold are the ones that were pretaught.<br />
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Students were divided in 3 different groups according to their language skills ( for the names of the groups some adjectives were chosen which well describe Malala's personality ) :<br />
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- determined<br />
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The text was cut in three parts and each student received one. They were given 15 minutes to individually read the text and learn/remember as many facts as possible. They could highlight their texts, take notes, make mindmaps, underline.... While they were working I was walking around the classroom, helping them, clarifying any doubts and answering their questions. <br />
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After that, all the "brave" students gathered together in one corner of the room, and so did the "determined" and the "hard-working" ones. Without looking at their texts or their notes, they had to share what they remembered and check if their comprehension was adequate. I didn't intervene during this phase, which lasted 10 minutes.<br />
Finally, the students were regrouped ( each group being composed of one "brave"/one "hardworking"/one "determined" ) and their task was now to answer some comprehension questions I gave them. To complete the task each member of the group had to share what he had learnt and everybody made their contribution ( individual accountablility and equal partecipation ).<br />
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For homework they had to explore the online resources about Malala and post on a padlet 3 new things they had learnt ( some new information that was not on the handout ) and one more question ( that was invaluable formative assessment which gave me an idea on how they were learning and if they had watched the videos ) <br />
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Aim: working on lower and higher level thinking skills of Bloom Taxonomy.<br />
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Students were given a handout with a series of activities structured by levels ( from LOTS to HOTS )<br />
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Aim: self-evaluation, reflecting on the whole process, sharing results<br />
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Was that a flipped unit? I would say that an objective was the starting point, technology was integrated to support the whole process, good teaching practice ( the jigsaw strategy ) was used and the attention was always placed on the learner. It worked for me and my students. The Flipped classroom is not a dogma, and it's not all about videos, of course: it's just helping to do what you are already doing better. </div>
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<br />Daniela Tomatishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271674193821275666noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304139961086825865.post-76538768250389479242015-08-10T20:27:00.000+02:002015-08-13T18:02:20.946+02:00INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY: "The travel agency" - authentic task<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is an <a href="http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/tasks.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">authentic task</span></a> ? ( <a href="http://cps.itipacinotti.gov.it/didatticapercompetenze/page1/page22/files/Castoldi-Compiti.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">compito autentico</span></a> )</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In general, an
authentic task is one which:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">is
purposeful and engaging</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">models
how people solve real problems in work and/or communities</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">potentially
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multiple representations and solution strategies</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">offers
opportunities for meaningful learning and higher order cognitive thinking</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">results
in some product, presentation or outcome as a result of the deliberations of the
group and/or individual</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">arises from a non-googleable question</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b><a href="http://createwebquest.com/webquest/travel-agency-0" target="_blank">THE TRAVEL AGENCY</a></b> is an activity I did with my third year students, which worked well and is an example of authentic task.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>STEP 1</u></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/274111761/The-Travel-Agency" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View The Travel Agency on Scribd">The Travel Agency</a> by <a href="https://www.scribd.com/dan_ro8970" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View dan_ro8970's profile on Scribd">dan_ro8970</a><br />
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Some students took their job so seriously they even produced an elegant brochure in order to convince Miss Pretorino ( and that was extra-non required work ).<br />
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FINAL REFLECTIONS<br />
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This task involved students in a productive use of technology, integrated more subjects<br />
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<br />Daniela Tomatishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271674193821275666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304139961086825865.post-31063073382932501952015-05-06T18:22:00.001+02:002015-08-10T17:51:31.309+02:00INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY: online syllabus for third year exam<span style="font-family: inherit;">These days third year students have been revising for their Middle School final exam.
We've been flipping our lessons since September and our blended learning methodology has allowed us to work completely without a textbook. To tell the truth, even before setting up a flipped classroom , my students hardly ever opened their textbook during class time. I'm not against textbooks, of course, but I think that the best</span> part of a teacher's job is preparing activities for students, to keep them busy during class time and to maximise their learning. Moreover, coursebooks tend to standardise ways of introducing content and what I need for my classes is differentiation and personalized learning. I know there are ways to "humanize" textbooks but still I prefer not to use them.<br />
In the past months we worked on a lot of different resources and material, all published on an online platform and on the virtual classes on Edmodo and I thought having a visual reminder of all the covered topics might help students organize their revision. So I created a sort of Game of the Goose, a game board where each space has a topic on it, with links to downloadable paper handouts, videos and mindmaps. On the space "Keep calm and speak English" a link has been added to a recording with all possible questions students could be asked at the oral exam. To make it a little more interactive students have been invited to create speaking cards to be used for practice both in class and at home.<br />
My friend and colleague Daniela has kindly made a video to explain students how to create the cards.
Hope this will be useful.<br />
Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/kbvve4fm6ozjzji/Exam%20board%20game3%20sfondo%20bianco%20con%20bordo.doc?dl=0">here</a> to download the paper version. I have printed one for each student and laminated some to keep on the table when they are taking their oral exam. They might even "play" with the exam commissioners..!<br />
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Daniela Tomatishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271674193821275666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304139961086825865.post-23561008854106541202014-05-23T14:55:00.002+02:002014-11-25T14:15:14.635+01:00INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY: summer homework - second classes<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Acknowledgements: picture made by Clara Toselli.</span><br />
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You can download the evaluation form <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/vq2ukks42a4xmzf/summer%20homework%20classi%20prime.doc" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Daniela Tomatishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271674193821275666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304139961086825865.post-17772972596609898772014-05-21T10:05:00.001+02:002014-05-21T11:46:50.325+02:00INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY: comparatives in a semi-flipped classroomFlipping the classroom is a process which needs to be done by small steps and it is not just about creating and watching videos. There are many ways to flip a class, if we consider "flipping" as reversing roles as well as instructions. This way teachers don't simply deliver information - to be accessed whether at school or at home - but they create the ideal conditions for students to discover what they need to build new knowledge by themselves .<br />
What follows is our semi-flipped experiment on a grammar point - comparatives - carried out in class 2 of Middle School.<br />
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After working on vocabulary and introducing some common adjectives with various activities ( <a href="http://quizlet.com/4852356/character-flash-cards/" target="_blank">quizlet</a>, <a href="http://www.do2learn.com/organizationtools/EmotionsColorWheel/index.htm" target="_blank">wheel of emotions</a> are two of them ) students were told they had to focus on how to make comparisons.<br />
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The answers were discussed in class, I tried to speak the least possible and and the end the students agreed on a classification based on the length of the adjectives. Then , for homework, they were directed to this <a href="http://themachinegoeson.edu.glogster.com/glog-715-5215/" target="_blank">glogster</a> which they had to explore and where they could watch a video in italian on comparatives and superlatives. They were left free to choose what to see and how to practice.</div>
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The following lesson the students "volunteered" for a <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/hwu8eabf3ujeaa4/flipped%20classroom.doc" target="_blank">test</a>. To be honest, not all of them had done the homework, but this is part of the game. </div>
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This is a revision board I created with my colleague <a href="http://daniflipped.blogspot.it/">Daniela Becchio</a>.
The drawing was made by a very creative girl, Clara (Daniela's daughter).
We gave her some instructions, basically that we wanted something like a bookcase.
Then, we linked the different parts of the picture to a digital source (audio recordings, videos, glogsters,
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We wanted to give students:<br />
- a complete digital version of the curriculum<br />
- a possibility to revise for the exam autonomously ( that's why we provided both the written and the oral version of the stories, for example)<br />
- suggestions on how to practice grammar and vocabulary<br />
- examples of student-created content ( "my grammar book" and "personal coursebook")<br />
- a possibility to check their material, in case they missed some lessons during the school year.<br />
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Our aim was to help them with pronunciation, to support parents and also to facilitate success for dyslexic students.Daniela Tomatishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271674193821275666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304139961086825865.post-8852662803809024672013-04-29T17:17:00.001+02:002013-04-30T16:13:31.012+02:00INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY: a doodle videoThis is a doodle video made by my middle school students ( third year ).<br />
First we chose the song and then we asked for the art teacher's collaboration. Each students got a song line and had to draw something representing the words.<br />
Next step was to take photos of the images ( we used the ipad ) and then pictures and music were put together in a video.<br />
The same technique could also be used to visualize poems. <br />
<a href="http://ddeubel.edublogs.org/2010/09/14/making-a-doodle-video-with-your-class/" target="_blank">Here</a> you can find a detailed explanation of the whole process.<br />
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<br />Daniela Tomatishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271674193821275666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304139961086825865.post-27377657834367001622013-04-24T22:22:00.001+02:002014-09-24T21:22:54.316+02:00FLIPPED CLASSROOM AND MOBILE LEARNING<b>"Flipped classroom and mobile learning: school is on"</b> is the project our <a href="http://www.icvillanovamondovi.it/" target="_blank">school</a> is currently working on.<br />
The project has been funded by <a href="http://www.fondazionecrc.it/" target="_blank">Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo</a> and it is the winner of the <a href="http://www.fondazionecrc.it/index.php/attivita-istituzionale/bandi/innovazione-didattica" target="_blank">Educational Innovation Competition 2012.</a><br />
The duration of the project will be two years ( September 2012 - September 2014 ) and we've just gone through the training phase. Next step will be the design phase wich will be followed by the operational stage involving the construction of learning objects - created by both teachers and students - to be published on an online platform.<br />
In the meanwhile I' m experimenting in my classes in a situation of "one ipad only" ( mine ), one IWB, some laptops and WI-FI connection covering the whole school. My students and I have been testing apps, trying activities and running through content in a different and new way.<br />
Students will be given ipads ( 1 to 1 ) at the beginning of the next school year. Up to then I'll keep record of our work by posting the most meaningful results here.<br />
<a href="http://prezi.com/hndxh25mt4s3/project-flipped-classroom-and-mobile-learning-la-scuola-va-in-onda/?kw=view-hndxh25mt4s3&rc=ref-837100" target="_blank">Here</a> you can wach a presentation of the project.<br />
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Daniela Tomatishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271674193821275666noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304139961086825865.post-83618135807473640322012-05-17T14:48:00.000+02:002013-05-16T23:22:12.760+02:00INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY: third year examThis post is dedicated to III A and III E students.<br />
You can listen to the texts related to Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King.<br />
For the oral exam - conversation phase - you should practise answering the questions. I suggest you listen to a question, pause the audioboo, answer using at least 3 sentences, and then move on to the next one.<br />
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<br />Daniela Tomatishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271674193821275666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1304139961086825865.post-64036578651290733052012-05-07T21:37:00.001+02:002012-05-07T21:38:04.884+02:00INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY: web2 course for teachersAfter exploring the mindmap "<a href="http://www.mindomo.com/view.htm?m=09fa662abbaa4e8c9b6f39b8ba315cc1">My favourite web2 tools</a>" you can post your reflections, questions, requests, doubts on this <a href="http://wallwisher.com/wall/web2lend">online board </a><br />
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Dopo aver esplorato la mappa " <a href="http://www.mindomo.com/view.htm?m=09fa662abbaa4e8c9b6f39b8ba315cc1">My favourite web2 tools</a>", potete usare questa <a href="http://wallwisher.com/wall/web2lend">lavagna online</a> per fare domande, avanzare richieste e condividere riflessioni.<br />
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This is a profile of a mixed-ability class, as it is perceived by the students themselves.<br />
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Mixed-ability class: a quick survey on PhotoPeach<br />
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The project "Create your own path" has two main objectives:<br />
- to provide students with a wide variety of activities<br />
- to give them the possibility of being assessed in an alternative way.<br />
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Here you can watch the presentation of the project.
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Click <a href="http://themachinegoeson.edu.glogster.com/ket-words/">here</a> to open full size.<br />
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