Eastern Mindoro College

BONGABONG, ORIENTAL MINDORO

Tel. No.(043)-283-5479; email_1945 @ yahoo.com
COLLEGE DEPARTMENT

NAME: COURSE:
DATE: TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING & LEARNING 1 ROOM:
CONTACT NO. PROFESSOR:
EMAIL ADD: RATING:

LESSON 4: TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATIVE TOOLS IN THE DIGITAL WORLD

WEEK 9_ , 3 HOURS
I. FOCUS:
At the end of this module, you should be able to:
• Identified and explored collaborative tools or applications that can be integrated in
instruction
• Built a platform or an online account that can be used for a collaborative work

II. INTRODUCTION: The learners of this generation are a new kind of breed and it is important that
teachers understand how to deal with them. They seem to thrive in collaborative learning. They like to
connect to the social networking sites. Creating and producing something are what they prefer to do
rather than become consumers of information inside the classroom. They like to be mobile either
physically or virtually as they traverse from point to point or site to site. Apparently, they seem to be
investing a huge amount of their time in a digital social environment although they can be more self-
directed in choosing what they want to learn, how they want to learn and when they want to learn.

III. STRATEGIES
A. ACTIVITY: TURN UP YOUR KNOWLEDGE
➢ Excite
View the short video clip, The 21st Century Learner. Connect to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0xa98cy-Rw
Pay close attention to the message and write down key concepts or terms used to describe the 21 st
century learner. Scribble all the words that can be recalled in the space provided.

Think-Pair-Share
With a partner, discuss the terms you noted and group them according to how learners of this century
learn. Identify the categories and be able to support them. You may record your ideas in the space provided.
Are there ways that a technology tool enhances cooperation and collaboration among their users? How can
these help you as future teachers?

Page 1 of 6

Enriching Minds of Champions

 TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING 1

B. ABSTRACTION AND GENERALIZATION

GEAR UP YOUR MIND!
Highlights:
➢ LESSON 4: TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATIVE TOOLS IN THE DIGITAL
WORLD

Technology as a Collaborative Tool

One way to engage students is to give them a challenge and a chance to work together. An example is
when you give them an issue to discuss which they can continue talking about even if they are outside of the
class. Students may continue the discussion and share information or come up with an agreement by texting,
emailing, chatting, or using the online document. Once they have agreed, they can move to the next step of
presenting their agreements of resolutions to the whole class.

Normally in a regular classroom, teacher may have discouraged students from conversing with
classmates during individual work, but sometimes there are positive things that can come out of it as students
talk about the task assigned to them or as they work themselves of a complicated task.

There are a lot available tools and applications that can be used to work collaboratively with others.
Some of these are skype, wikis, blog, google form, web conferencing, Realtime board, among others. You
need to explore each application to be familiar with the features.

1. Skype is a software application allowing you to do a videoconferencing for free. All you need is to
create an account and can be used for a video meeting.

2. Wiki is a software that allows you to create a page or a selection of pages designed to allow you to
post or write, edit, or upload a link quickly. This is good when students need to work together to
complete a task even if they are not physically together. A task such as writing a paper together,
planning a presentation or surveying ideas from team members can be managed by a wikispace that
efficiently allows one to document the contribution of each member in the team. Work can be
extended virtually and asynchronously.

3. Blogging In blogging, it is journaling your ideas to which others can react allowing a thread of
discussion to take place and which can be used online. It is the abbreviation of weblog. It would help
if you provide direction when using a weblog.

a. Use weblog with a clear instructional objective. It is an ooportunity to explore the skill of
communicating ideas. Like in a writing class, you can guide student on how to design the
whole blog or upload materials and support students in developing critical communication.

b. Guidance on what and how to post will be needed. Teach the students that the blogging is for
educational purposes and is different from a personal blog. Proper or formal language variety
should be used. A writing prompt would help to guide your students’ posts.

c. With easy access to information. A major obligation is to teach the students to use multiple
sources and to cite them appropriately.
2

Enriching Minds of Champions

 TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING 1

d. Writing about your ideas is a personal act but it is important that you are taught to make blogs
personal without revealing too much of personal information such as contact information and
too personal pictures. When writing blogs, you write your reflections but safeguarding yourself
is also an important consideration.

e. It may help if you can look for very good examples of blogs. There are online and print
publications that reviews blogs and you can use the information to guide you toward getting
good models.

4. Google Group or Google Form is an application that can be used in a collaborative documentation
of ideas contributed by members of the team. Having a google account will come very handy and
you can easily have access to a variety of applications.

B. APPLICATION/ ANALYSIS/ASSESSMENT
With your peers…

Extra Homework: Search for other collaborative tools and find out how it can be used. You may
do this activity as a homework.

➢ EXPERIENCE
Gather data from millennials by asking 20 respondents on how they want to learn. Gather the needed
information. Craft a simple questionnaire and gather information in a manner that suits your preference.
The following are options that you can pursue:

1. Conduct a survey using pen and paper.

2. Personally, interview your resource persons.
3. Let them answer the following:

How do you want to learn?

• By reading the textbook
• By surfing the internet
• By taking down notes
• By listening to the teacher
• Others (please specify):______________________

A. Present data gathered using a word cloud by showing the visual representation or the picture and be
able to explain it in class. You may use the online word cloud generator (e.g. tagxedo, wordle, etc) or
you may draw it manually if you do not have access to an internet. Below is an example of a tagxedo.

Enriching Minds of Champions

 TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING 1

➢ EXCHANGE
B. Using a collaborative tool, discuss and plan out your team’s answers to the following questions:

1. What have you realized after getting information about how thw millennials learn better?
2. As a pre-service teacher, what actions will you take as you prepare yourself to handle these types
of learners?
3. How will you handle your lessons in order that you will make learners become more engaged and
effectively take accountability of their own learning?

➢ EXAMINE

A. Take this quiz.

Directions: Read the question carefully and encircle the letter corresponding to the correct answer.

1. Which collaborative tool will you want to keep track of the contribution each member of a group
gives?

A. Internet
B. Skype
C. Wikispace
D. Online Tool

2. Which situation exemplifies the best use of an application or digital technology allowing
collaborative work?

A. The whole class communicating through the mail to resolve an issue being discussed
B. A Forum page in a class site allowing learners to post their ideas on a topic asynchronously
C. Creating an online survey using a digital tool such as survey monkey or google form
D. Applying the principles of TPACK as a framework in producing a collaborative output

3. The following are applications and tools that can be used in collaborating with other learners.
Which one does NOT belong to the group?

A. Skype
B. Blog
C. Wikispace
D. Google from

4. Which collaborative tool allows you to work with others using video conferencing or discussing with
other members of the group through a webcam?

A. Skype
B. Blog
C. Wikispace
4

Enriching Minds of Champions

 TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING 1

D. Google from

5. Which statement cautions an online collaborator when posting personal views on an issue being
discussed by members of the group who may personally know each other only in online
conversations?

A. Use information of blogs with print and online good reviews and use them as a model when
posting ideas to collaborate with others.
B. Students can use blogging for educational purposes and this is different from personal
blogs.
C. Writing ideas is a personal act although there is a need to be warry in posting personal
contact information or too personal pictures.
D. Students should be guided on how to design the whole blog and upload materials that
support critical thinking.

B. Take this quiz.

Read the question and choose the answer to the question.

1. Ms. Sheena dreams to invite a famous resource person from another country but she can’t find afford
to spend for the transportation of the said person. How could she integrate technology in her lesson
and enable her class listen to that person?
A. Podcasting
B. Internet messaging
C. Web conferencing
D. Distant communication

2. In technology integration, what should be our primary concern?

A. It must be new and user friendly
B. It must be updated and relevant to Filipino setting.
C. It must stimulate and maintain student interest.
D. It must be suited to the lesson objective

3. Which is a good example of tapping the learner’s ingenuity in technology integration?

A. They will be made to create a digital story of a certain topic and present it in class.
B. They will be made to listen attentively to the presentation that the teacher prepared.
C. They will be made to comment on how to improve a certain presentation.
D. They will be made to bring computing tools to school such as mobile phones

4. If the teacher wants his/her learners to create an online journal, which do you think would be the
best tool to use?
A. Wiki
B. Blog
C. Email
D. Messenger

Enriching Minds of Champions

 TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING 1

5. All your learners are on Facebook. How can you ensure that they learn despite constant use of this
social networking site?
A. Prohibit them not to use Facebook again.
B. Create a Facebook page where you can post assignments and supplementary materials of
your lesson.
C. Post your photos and thoughts so they can comment on it.
D. Create a prank account and stalk them to discover what they say and post on Facebook.

Prepared by:
MR. JAYMAR B. MAGTIBAY
Instructor

Enriching Minds of Champions