Digital Learning Pathways

Well I am looking back on notes from my first breakout. My first breakout was excellent in explaining the digital learning pathways.

(I had signed up for the breakout because I was quite upset about all my links being broken due to their new work at digistore).

I realised that they were working towards a collaborative resource but had little idea of what they were really trying.

The digital learning pathways are basically what used to be called webquests. This isn't exactly true but I will explain that later. They are resources which we can create using a range of digital resources to guide students through a learning journey. Here are a couple of examples:

Earthquake investigation

What caused the Canterbury earthquake?

Love New Zealand:Endangered Animals

The idea is that instead of getting a bunch of american slanted stuff when you type in webquest you have access through the school account to journeys that include the digital objects as well. The digistore provides us with an environment to share with other educators.

Now the as I was saying before these learning objects aren't really webquests as they are not just student activities. They can also be teacher planning tools providing you with a place to pool your resources for the up coming unit.

The Breakout was doubly excellent as it gave me a chance to share some ideas with the lovely ladies next to me. The gave me these links:

www.Smartkiddies.com.au
www.ICTgames.com
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/

All in all a most excellent session!