PanEuropean policy experimentations with tablets http creative eun

Pan-European policy experimentations with tablets http: //creative. eun. org COLLABORATION AND ASSESSMENT TABLETS IN A COLLEGE FOR HIGHER VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Mag. Wolfgang Ölzant The Creative Classrooms Lab project is coordinated by European Schoolnet and it has been funded with support from the European Commission.

THAT‘S ME geography, german language, office-software, multimedia, web 2. 0 e. Learning coordinator Learning Management System IT-administrator Since 2003 working with laptop classes 2

SKI-AKADEMIE SCHLADMING COLLEGE FOR HIGHER VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (BHS) - Commercial Academy Professional training in alpineskiing, snowboarding, crosscountry skiing and biathlon is added to commercial qualifications 5 to 6 hours lessons and 2 to 3 hours training 3

SETTING 1 st grade class 30 students (13 to 14 yrs) 9 groups 10 surface tablets provided by school BYO smartphones and laptops 4

COLLABORATION Task Create e. Books about different topics of globalisation by using laptops, tablets and smartphones The (learning) story: organize groups – choose topic (mobile phone, chocolate, jeans or oil) – find information and “map” it – get teachers remarks on the content and structure – write texts for the e. Book – design the e. Book and add questions – present the e. Book before the class – assess others e. Books 5

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COLLABORATION TOOL: LMS. AT 7

COLLABORATION TOOL: LMS. AT 8

EXAMPLE: OIL All groups had to work on: Statistics – raw materials – production process – points of criticism – alternatives – What can i do? 9

ASSESSMENT BASICALLY - Who assesses what? (teacher, students of the group, students of the class) - Teacher is ultimately responsible for the grade - Difficult: assessment for group work – in case you have a lot of groups or some work has to be done outside school - Where is the focus: on the outcome or the working process - hundreds of concepts online 10

ASSESSMENT EBOOK Assessment – criteria: quantity – text (structure, relevance of content, clarity, sources quoted) – media – questions –e. Book design social behaviour – assessment by other students 11

ASSESSMENT EBOOK 12

ASSESSMENT EBOOK 13

ASSESSMENT FOR THE EBOOKS - SURVEY 14

ASSESSMENT – ANOTHER SURVEY 15

COLLABORATION AND MOBILE DEVICES REMARKS • Mobile devices are very helpful in the collaboration process and work • Students can get more information from different sources • They give students more possibilities to present their work – and to rise creativity • Teaching and learning can make more fun • For Collaboration projects in the classroom you normally need a lot of time 16

ASSESSMENT AND MOBILE DEVICES - REMAKRS • I didn‘t use apps/tools for assessment but • for self-assessment padlet seems to be a good tool • at lms. at one can assess the work by giving points and remarks 17

THANK YOU! Time for a short movie? https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=SWHYr. CRKPQg Contact: wolfgang. oelzant@schladming. org http: //www. erhebteuch. at 18