Developed in recognition of the need to function in a highly digitised culture, this assessment focuses on the affordances of social media platforms (specifically Pinterest and Padlet) as pedagogic tools. In groups of 2-3 students review an allocated weekly reading and present their findings to their peers in dedicated tutorial/class time. As part of the review groups create and populate a Pinterest page with items relevant to that topic (such as websites, news/journal articles, videos, images etc.). Each group posts a link to their Pinterest page on Blackboard prior to their presentation. During presentations audience members use Padlet to leave 'real-time' comments about the presentation that inform class discussion. The presenting group is marked on both their presentation as well as how well they engage the class in contributing to an overall discussion that draws upon comments left via Padlet. Ideally coupled with dedicated course Facebook pages (in EDUC1029 Dr Simone Smala offers 'Teaching for humans'; and 'Dr Simone Smala CLIL: content and Language integrated Learning' pages), this exercise familiarises students with the collegiate value of online tools for meaningful collaboration, within an emergent Digital Revolution. Students are awarded a group mark for their presentation.

Details

CLASS SIZE
20-40
CLASS LEVEL
First year
ASSESSMENT SECURITY
High security
TIME REQUIREMENTS
Low time
CONDITIONS
Group
TAGS
presentation, multimodal, review, technology enriched learning
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Dr Simone Smala

s.smala@uq.edu.au

Dr. Simone Smala is a lecturer in teacher education, curriculum and pedagogy. Drawing from a background as a middle years and secondary teacher, Simone now focuses her research on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in bilingual, immersion and TESOL settings, and the use of social media, such as Facebook and Edmodo, in education. Simone's research is based in socio-cultural learning theories, educational policy and blended learning.She publishes in both English and German and has extensive research connections in Europe and the USA. Find out more