Lesson 2: Student Sample Project using Open-Ended Tools

Students as digital authors

A.Language learning via web Publishing
-Language skills can be fully developed by allowing students to communicate through the internet.

Two ways to contribute any authored documents to the world wide web.
1. ready-made websites
2. create their own webpages

EXAMPLES OF EXISTING WEBSITES THAT INSPIRE THE STUDENTS TO SUBMIT THEIR

AUTHORED PRODUCTS
A. the Diary Projects
-themes or topic can be on school activities, relationship, family and etc.
B. Cyberkids
-the mission of this is to provide a voice for young people on the internet.
-ages 7-12
C. Global Show-N-Tell
-this tool is good for student’s writer who want to publish their works through online.
D. Atavist
-Builds story-telling software that enables authors to compose, design, publish, and sell digital publication.
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E. Calameo
- This is a great tool for learning about design and layout for magazines.
F. Tikatok
- This is a creative publishing studio for young children. Design specifically for k-6 classroom.
G. Storybird
- This online publishing tool brings your words and global artist work together in amazing story books.
H. Lulu
- Great information database for self-publishing.
- First player that offered serious online publishing features.
I. Flipsnack
- a flip book creator. it’s as simple as uploading a PDF.
- support PNG and JPG files
J. Penzu
- focus: online journaling
- Most popular free diary, journal and notepad.

B. Enhancing Language Skills through Digital Storytelling

- One of the most exciting ICT-based language tasks that can be done to develop macro skills is to create digital
stories.

Olivia and bidarra (2017)- Digital stories help develop understanding individual experiences and perception of real
world among learners.

Storytelling tools listed and described by knapen (2018)

1. Steller
- Focuses on telling a story through pictures and text.
2. Adobe spark page
- Free online web page builder. Create your own beautiful web story using videos, pictures and text.
3. Wevideo
- Make video editing available for everyone.
4. Popplet
- An iPad and web app are a tool to capture and organize your ideas.
5. Storybird
- Lets you discover an endless library of free books, pictures books and poetry as well.
6. Bookcreator
- Is an open-ended book creation app that unleashes creativity.

C. Enhancing language skills through e-mail activities

1. pen-pal activities
- Students can practice their written communication skills and can become aware of other cultures and practice
foreign language skills.
a. Belouga
- A global ecosystem connecting classes throughout the world where students and teachers can connect, collaborate
and learn from one another.
b. epals
- Teachers can connect their classes with other classes around the world who are interested in
collaborating on a special project together.
c. empatico
- It empowers teachers and students to explore the world through experiences that spark curiosity,
kindness, and empathy.
2. peer-to-peer training
- By using e-mail communications, students will be provided with opportunities to practice their mentoring skills apart
from enhancing their language skills.
3. Ask an expert
- Using an email to engage experts that are far from their institution.
4. Round robin stories
- Students work in a small group to add a new paragraph to the story.

Publication Requirements in the Light of the Digital Age

A. Copyright Laws
- Protects works of authorship
Acc. To FindLaw (2020)- copyright act states that works of authorship include the ff. types of works:
 Literary works
 Musical works
 Dramatic works
 Pantomimes and choreographic works
 Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
 Motion pictures and other audiovisual works
 Sound recordings
 Architectural works
B. Anti-Bullying Act of 2013
- also known as Republic Act 10627
- a law in the Philippines that mandates all elementary and secondary schools to adopt policies to prevent
and address bullying in their institutions.
C. Republic act of 101751
- known as Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
- State recognizes that the vital role of information and communications industries such as content production,
telecommunications, broadcasting electronic commerce and data processing.

Student Sample Projects Using Mathematics and Science Digital Tools

Students as Digital savvy
- our students as a digital native, are exposed to different and massive number of online applications. As
such we are expected to familiarize ourselves of online applications with the use of these online tools to
maximize learning and teaching.
A. Mathematics learning via Digital Tools
✓Mathematical skills can be fully developed when we allow students to use digital tools as additional
resources for math learning.
✓Aside from primary sources, students can use digital application to come up with a math investigatory
project that promotes their mathematical skills to solve real world problems and scenario promoting PBL.
✓ According to (Holland & Pan, 2018), Digital tools like IXL are helpful for students to practice and
reinforce math skills.

Stephan (2017) digital Mathletics provide some ADVANTAGES

(a) Learners are motivated and engaged
(b) An effective supplementary digital tool for extended practice.
(c) Aligned with math curriculum and math standards.
(d) Provide for faculty to differentiate learning, individualized learning and provide instant Feedback.

Cozad & Riccomini (2016)

- Digital based fluency interventions show promise to promote fluency in students with mathematics
difficulties considering that digital tools can provide immediate feedback and require less organization than
paper and pencil intervention do.

Mascia, Perroni, Bardi, Agus, Penna, & Lucangeli (2018)

- enumerated the positive impacts of digital tools on math learning such accuracy, speed, sematic, and
syntactic numerical knowledge, and spatial orientation.

COMPILATION OF MATH DIGITAL TOOLS PRESENTED BY JANSEN (2019)

1. GeoGebra
-a dynamic mathematical software program. It is made for every level of education from beginner to expert.
2. Geometry Pad
- fun way to learn geometry and practice important constructions.
- Students can easily present their geometric constructions, take measurements, use the compass and
experiment with a lot of geometric shapes.
3. PhotoMath
- help understand mathematical problems with content to improve your math skills.
- By scanning your math problem, this app will help you instantly.
- explains you the calculation steps with animation just like a teacher in real life would do.
4. Khan Academy
- it uses instructional math videos, practice exercises and has personalized learning dashboard so you can
study at your own pace in and out of the classrooms.
- also offer science, computer programming, art history, economics and more.
- non-profit organization that works with community of volunteers and sponsors.
5. Shapes 3D
-it is an AR app to teach geometry.
- You can create prisms, pyramids, solids of revolution, and platonic solids.
6. CK 12
- this free math app is available on almost any device.
- offers adaptive practice, workbooks, quizzes, tests, and several simulations.
7. Cuethink
- innovative application for students from grades 2-12.
- it tries to engage student who are already doing well, and in the other, it supports student who have math
difficulties.
8. Fluidmath
- students and teachers can create, solve, graph and animate math and physics problems in their own
handwriting in a very easy way.
- Teachers can create dynamic instructional material for the classroom while student can understand
concept in math.
9. Desmos
- it is great for teaching about graphs.
- offer graphing calculator that can be used by the students all over the world for free.
- also accessible for visually impaired students.
10. Bookwidgets
- offers a wide range of different widgets or exercises you can create by yourself for your students.
- You can choose the content you put in.
11. Mathalicious
- looks at mathematics in different perspective.
- boring mathematics is avoided.
12. Virtual Nerd
- made for students of all ages.
- you can find all kinds of videos explaining all kinds of mathematical problems.
- explain steps by steps how to solve this problem.
13. CanFigureIt Geometry
- this platform covers a lot of different types of geometric proofs.
- allows students to learn for themselves and how to prove something rather than simply copying it from the
teacher.
14. PhEt interactive Simulations
- Experimentation and tinkering are some of the best ways to form meaningful and lasting cognitive
constructs, and these simulations cover a huge range of phenomena for each discipline.
- It is a treasure trove of excellent learning.
15. Wolfram Alpha
- long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone.

B. Science Learning Via Virtual Laboratory or Simulation App

-Scientific skills can be fully developed when we allow our students to use virtual laboratory or simulation
apps to be used as additional resources for science learning.
-Alternatives for “HANDS-ON” Activities

Faour & Ayoubi (2018) cited Advantages of Virtual Laboratory

(a) Giving the students the opportunity to learn by doing, providing them with intriguing, and enjoyable
activities.
(b) Offer students with opportunity to investigate situations that cannot be done in real time because of lack
of resources.
(c) Beneficial to study advanced concepts such as Einstein’s theory of relativity that would not be realized
in traditional laboratory settings.
(d) Offer visual representation for abstract science concepts by providing visuals and graphical analysis.
(e) More cost-effective than traditional laboratory
(f) Virtual lab instruments save space and time.
(g) May resolve the problem of crowded groups
(h) Help the non-visual or auditory learners to interact with their learning environment; and
(i) Dangerous experiments can be safely conducted.

(Eljack, Alfayez, & Suleman,2020)

-Using virtual laboratory improved the performance of students in chemistry
(Durand, Restini, Wolff, Faria, Couto, Bestetti 2019)
- Successful strategy in practical classes in a hybrid PBL curriculum
(Mircik & Saka, 2018)
- Increased motivation and understanding of students in physics
(Maulidah & Prima, 2018)
- showed a favorable result on both the cognitive and aspect and science laboratory environment in teaching waves
and sounds.

Examples of virtual laboratory or Simulation Apps:

a. Virtual Labs
b. oPhysics: Interactive Physics Simulations
- Collection of interactive physics simulations
- A work in progress
TOM WALSH- created all the content in this site
-retired after teaching high school physics for 27 years
-AP Physics for 25 years
c. PhET Interactive Simulations
- Experience science and mathematical practices in new ways
- Core challenges in software development, assistive technology, and science education
- Cater students with disabilities
d. Virtual Biology Lab: An Inquiry-based Learning Environment
- VBL simulates natural environments with the way life responds to changing conditions.
e. HTML5 Simulations
- interactive ways to teach the sciences to the students

Site present in these areas:

• Physics
• Biology
• chemistry
• Earth systems
• Astronomy and,
• Mathematics
f. Lab Options for Distance Delivery
- Compilation of digital technology, simulations and 3D model