Glossaries and databases sharefest 2010
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My presentation for Sharefest 2010 at Wintec, Hamilton NZ. This presentation is part of a 1 1/2 hour workshop.
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Glossaries and databases sharefest 2010
- 1. The Glossary & Database Activity Modules Sharefest 2010: Tabitha Roder
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Editor's Notes
- Introduce myself, Unitec, HRDNZ, olpc
- This presentation looks at the glossary and database activity modules. Lets start with glossaries. What are these glossaries all about then? Am I talking about giving our students the new terminology they need for the course they are in? If we have given them the definitions, they should understand all the new words in the course, right?
- If I give the students a course "word list" I think I have been unfair on them. They have not been given the opportunity to construct meaning for themselves, in fact I don't even think they will read the glossary to be honest unless they are involved in its construction.
- I am going to ask you to step back for a minute and see if your students can figure out the meanings of the words they are learning themselves
- So in this scenario our roles as teachers becomes to guide them and point them in the right direction
- Get the students constructing meaning together in their class, writing their own quality and course context relevant definitions of the words they need to succeed in their chosen field
- it might take a while for the students to break out if they are not used to this style
- It might initially be a bit of a stretch creating their own definitions, the words are theirs, as defined by them, in the context that is relevant to them it will be rewarding for them in the end
- who knows, maybe the students will be giving me a hand to help me understand!
- so enough talking about it, lets give glossaries ago. In groups, identify a jargon word in the Sharefest programme and then write a definition together in your group, ensuring that your writing helps the reader understand the words use in the context of this conference. 3 minutes. Now swap with group near you and give each other feedback by writing on each others paper. 3 minutes. Edit your writing based on the feedback. Identify a group to rate the entries, giving up to 5 marks depending on criteria set by us as a whole – e.g. is the definition accurate, does it match the context of Sharefest, and is the spelling and grammar correct. You could use the same word, so note that this means allowing duplicate entries of the same word in your Moodle glossary. Let's see what this would look like in Moodle.
- Youtube has plenty of screen captures of people showing you how to make moodle resources
- The glossary activity is a nice entry point for teachers, before they try out the database activity, which offers more features, including creating more fields and creating custom views.
- thank you