EDUC W200 Week 8

COMMUNICATION TASKS

EDUC W200 Week 8

THE FIVE TYPES OF TASKS…

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WHAT ARE COMMUNICATION TASKS?

• Communication Tasks

o Help students interact, collaborate, and connect with others (could be parents, teachers, other students, experts etc.)

Key words: interact, collaborate, connect

o Allow the sharing and co-exploration of knowledge

• But, let’s go back to “communication”…

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WHAT IS COMMUNICATION?

• Definition: Conveyance of information either one-way or two-way with two or more partners

• Various Forms:

o Basic Communication Patterns One to one | One to many | Many to many

o Interaction Synchronous | Asynchronous

o Media Text | Audio | Images | Video | Animation

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TYPES OF COMMUNICATION

• Basic Communication Patternso One to one | One to many | Many to many

• What can be the examples of… ?o One-to-one communicationo One-to-many communicationo Many-to-many communication

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TYPES OF INTERACTION

Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication:•Synchronous Communication

o Definition?o Example?

•Asynchronous Communicationo Definition?o Example?

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TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKS

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TEACHER COMMUNICATION TASKS - CATEGORIES

• We will be looking at three categories when discussing tools for communication tasks this week

o Ordinary Communication Students Parents Fellow teachers & Administrators

o Cooperative & Collaborative Learning Students – Students Teachers – Students Experts – Students

o Online Classes/Learning

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TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKSORDINARY COMMUNICATION

• Students | Parents | Teachers & Administratorso Emailo Facebook, Twittero Google Voiceo Wikis:

Wikis in Plain Englisho Blog: Lisa’s lingo,

I love this classo Edmodo – View “What is

Edmodo”o Teacher Website

• Scheduling

o Doodleo Famundoo Google Calendaro When Is Good.net

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TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKSCOOPERATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

• Written/ Oral

communication o Google Docso Google Voiceo PBworkso 21Classeso Skype o Wikispaces

• Group space 

o Edmodoo Google Groupso Pbworkso Wiggioo Wikispaces

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TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKSCOOPERATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

•Brainstorming

o Bubbl.uso Gliffyo Mindmeistero Mind42 

• Whiteboarding

o Cacoo o Cosketcho Scriblinko Google Drawing (Go to Google Docs > Create New >

Drawing)

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TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKSCOOPERATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

• Multimedia sharing

o Deliciouso Diigoo Twilddlao Voice Threado Glogster

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TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKSONLINE CLASSES/ONLINE LEARNING

• Video Conferencing/Screen Sharing

o Adobe Connecto Skypeo Vyewo Wiggio.como Anymeeting

• Which one should I use? (It depends on what types of tasks would you like your students to complete.)

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COMPARING TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION TASKS

• That’s a lot of tools!• How do we compare them? We will use a

“function comparison matrix” this week to see which tool is best, when, and for what task.

• Example on next slide…

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Functions Comparison

Adobe Dimdim Skype Wiggio

Screen sharing Yes Yes Yes for two Yes

Whiteboarding Yes Yes No Yes

Group Video Call 4 people recommended

No Up to 10 people(Beta)

Up to 10

Group Audio Call 40 people 10 people (Free)Up to 100

Up to 25 people Up to 50

Price Not free Partly free Almost free Almost free

Additional features Poll, file sending, etc. Poll, file sending, etc. File sending, etc. Poll, calendar sharing, polder sharing