SMALL INTERACTIVE COMPUTER ACTIVITIES MADE BY PRIMARY TEACHERS (My PhD thesis one year after) Peter Tomcsányi Katedra základov a vyučovania informatiky, Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky, Univerzita Komenského, Bratislava
Dizertačná práca Téma: Prostredie pre vývoj malých edukačných interaktívnych aktivít. Ciele: 1.Vyvinúť nástroj - autorské prostredie, ktoré nevyžaduje znalosti programovania, ale umožní vývoj interaktívnych aktivít použiteľných vo výučbe 2.Získať poznatky v oblasti používania takýchto nástrojov Prácu som obhájil v septembri 2011
Vyvinuté prostredie Program Kartičky Boli vyvíjané metódou výskumu vývojom (design-based research) v ktorom sa prelínal vývoj prostredia s jeho vývojom Hlavnou pokusnou skupinou boli učitelia prvého stupňa v kurzoch Ďalšie vzdelávanie učiteľov informatiky (ĎVUi). Vyvinul som prostredie, ktoré sa rozšírilo medzi učiteľov a začali ho používať. Upravenú verziu používame aj na tvorbu interaktívnych úloh súťaže Informatický bobor. http://edi.fmph.uniba.sk/~tomcsanyi/karticky/
zborovna.sk Pol roka po obhajobe a takmer rok po skončení kurzov ĎVUi som zistil, že učitelia vo veľkom počte zdieľajú vytvorené aktivity na portáli zborovna.sk, ktorý použivajú mnohé slovenské školy Preto som sa rozhodol vykonať analýzu ich aktivít Navyše som pripravil dotazník pre 101 učiteľov, ktorí zdieľajú na portáli zborovna.sk aspoň dve kartičkové aktivity, 58 z nich odpovedali
Numbers... Numbers Activities per teacher Activities 2811 Minimum 1 Teachers 116 Maximum 197 Schools 97 Average 24 Median 7 Till 15th of April 2012
Numbers... 16 Distribution of uploaded activities per teacher 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7-8 9-11 12-14 15-18 19-24 25-31 32-41 42-53 54-69 70-90 91-118 119-153 154-200 Number of teachers Number of uploaded activities
Numbers... 30 Inflow of activities per day and cumulative number of activities 3000 25 2500 20 2000 15 1500 10 1000 5 500 0 02.11.2010 10.11.2010 18.11.2010 26.11.2010 04.12.2010 12.12.2010 20.12.2010 28.12.2010 05.01.2011 13.01.2011 21.01.2011 29.01.2011 06.02.2011 14.02.2011 22.02.2011 02.03.2011 10.03.2011 18.03.2011 26.03.2011 03.04.2011 11.04.2011 19.04.2011 27.04.2011 05.05.2011 13.05.2011 21.05.2011 29.05.2011 06.06.2011 14.06.2011 22.06.2011 30.06.2011 08.07.2011 16.07.2011 24.07.2011 01.08.2011 09.08.2011 17.08.2011 25.08.2011 02.09.2011 10.09.2011 18.09.2011 26.09.2011 04.10.2011 12.10.2011 20.10.2011 28.10.2011 05.11.2011 13.11.2011 21.11.2011 29.11.2011 07.12.2011 15.12.2011 23.12.2011 31.12.2011 08.01.2012 16.01.2012 24.01.2012 01.02.2012 09.02.2012 17.02.2012 25.02.2012 04.03.2012 12.03.2012 20.03.2012 28.03.2012 05.04.2012 13.04.2012 0
Numbers... 250 Activities uploaded per weekday 200 150 100 50 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Grades and subjects 0. ročník ZŠ 28 1. ročník ZŠ 908 2. ročník ZŠ 605 3. ročník ZŠ 551 4. ročník ZŠ 413 5. ročník ZŠ 322 6. ročník ZŠ (Prima OG) 212 7. ročník ZŠ (Sekunda OG) 196 8. ročník ZŠ (Tercia OG) 102 9. ročník ZŠ (Kvarta OG) 59 1. ročník SŠ (Kvinta OG) 107 2. ročník SŠ (Sexta OG) 8 3. ročník SŠ (Septima OG) 5 4. ročník SŠ (Oktáva OG) 0 Nešpecifikovaný 145 Number of activities 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Distribution of activities among school grades 0. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. (Prima) 7. (Sekunda) 8. (Tercia) 9. (Kvarta) 1. (Kvinta) 2. (Sexta) 3. (Septima) 4. (Oktáva) School grades (primary and secondary schools in Slovakia) Not defined
Grades and subjects Activities per school subject 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Mathematics Slovak language and literature Biology After-school club Natural sciences (primary) Special needs education English language Natural sciences (secondary) Homeland knowledge Elementary informatics German language Not specified Physics General Geography Chemistry History Informatics Class master's lessons Music Technology The world of labour Extra teaching materials Ethics Physical training
Teacher's answers and opinions Where did you know the Cards Tool? zborovna.sk ĎVUi training Somebody else Colleague that has attended ĎVUi MVP training Other Web site No answer 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Teacher's answers and opinions How many teachers use Card Tools in your school? Do you spread your activities also by other means than zborovna.sk? More 16% Two 31% Only me 53% Do you upload all created Card activities to zborovna.sk? School's Web 10% Own Web 16% Other, 3% No 71% Only a few 14% Best ones 14% Yes, all 45% Most of them 28%
Teacher's answers and opinions Which other software/approach for creating interactive activities do you use? PowerPoint Hot Potatoes IWB software Imagine Logo Flash applets Excel HTML and JavaScript Word Adobe Captivate Java applets General programming None 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Teacher's answers and opinions Which scenarios of using Cards Tool do you use? I create, my students use I download from Web, my students use I create, colleagues' students use, too My students create and use My colleagues create, my students use I create, colleagues' students use, only My students create, other students use 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Where are your students using the activities? In the school during the lessons At home, from Web In the school after the lessons At home, copy it on some media 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% In which form do your students use the activities? Standalone exe format Proprietary kpr format No answer 0% 50% 100%
Teacher's answers and opinions The Card Tools and its activities are Windows-only. Is it a problem? What kinds of computers do you use in your school? Yes, 5% No answer, 2% Windows desktops/notebooks Linux desktops/notebooks Mac OS desktops/notebooks Android tablets ipad 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% No idea 26% No 67%
Teacher's answers and opinions Which new feature would you actually use? Create one file of several activities Store students' answers Use the activities on Web pages Use the activities on Android devices Use the activities on ipad and iphone Use the activities on Mac OS Use Cards Tolls on Mac OS Use the activities on Linux Use Cards Tolls on Linux Evaluate partial success in % No answer 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Conclusion We created a tool, despite leaving it alone without any development or advertisement, it is spreading among teachers. Primary teachers, needed such a simple tool, they actually use it, they appreciate its simplicity It is worth spending some more time evaluating the use of the tool It is worth to make some improvements of the tool, but: we must be careful not to spoil the main advantages of the tool - the ease and simplicity
Ďakujem za pozornosť Peter Tomcsányi Katedra základov a vyučovania informatiky, Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky, Univerzita Komenského, Bratislava