Project Based Learning with Web 2.0 Tools
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Tim Cabrera
At KIS International School, the Design Cycle Challenge week allowed MYP students to work in a cross grade level team to focus on a problem in a fun and innovate way using technology. See how it was organised, what web 2.0 tools were used, how the website was managed, and how collaboration among teachers and ICT was achieved. |
Discovery Session
- During the discovery session, Tim will present why he decided to use web 2.0 tools to create a website for a school event. You will see the website he created and you will have a chance to explore the site. Whether you want to recreate the entire site or just use one or two elements, you can come back to the DEEP dive to learn how to get it done.
DEEP Dive
Delving deeper in this session, we will:
Delving deeper in this session, we will:
- Create a Weebly account
- Learn how to create menu items, themes, and web pages on your site
- Learn how to embed Google Forms, Sheets, and YouTube videos
- Learn about Trello (introduced by Alison Yang from KIS) and how to use it to organize your activity
- Ask questions like, “How did you do that?”
- Suggest improvements and synergize to develop innovative ideas
- Learn how to use SketchUp to create animated slides
- Learn about using formulas in Google Sheets
- Take the Web 2.0 Fluency Assessment
Challenges
- Select a theme for your free Weebly site (some are free, some are premium)
- Create 4 pages on your Weebly site, with one of them "hidden"
- Create a page with an embedded Google Sheet and learn a little about HTML
You would paste the code before the last code: ></iframe> See the sample code below and where the size has been placed:
src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10_4bfTg7GqWrfzLFny0yLTlWiaFyLsZWB9FHT79Ua8o/pubhtml?gid=0&single=true&widget=true&headers=false" width="870" height="700" frameborder="5" marginheight="5" marginwidth="0"></iframe>
- Embed a YouTube video on any page
- Create a hyperlink to the KIS DCC Week website
- Make a slideshow (upload at least two photos) on your site
- Create a hyperlink to another page within your site
- On your Home page, create 3 columns of text. In the third column, insert a picture
- In Google Sheets, create two sheets and reference data from sheet 1 on sheet 2
- In Google Sheets, write a formula that uses data from sheet 1 to make a calculation on sheet 2
- Sign up for a Trello.com account and make some cards for a class assignment or school project
- Embed a website on your Weebly site. Go to embed.ly/code to create an embed code for your site.
TAKEAWAY PROJECT OPTION
Level I
- Use Google Forms to create a survey for your students or staff
- Create a professional development site for yourself
- Use Google Sheets to write a formula that references data from sheet 1 and shows the result on sheet 2
- Create a concept map for an event or activity that can make use of web 2.0 tools
- Think of an event, assembly presentation, unit, or classroom activity where you could use web 2.0 tools to manage it and create a Weebly website that will be ready for your content when you get back to school.