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| * PDF file: http://www.vvob.be/vietnam/?q=toolkit-ict-atl | | * PDF file: http://www.vvob.be/vietnam/?q=toolkit-ict-atl |
| * Website: http://www.ict4atl.org | | * Website: http://www.ict4atl.org |
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| == An ICT-based collaborative writing activity ==
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| The following activity uses an internet-based application called EtherPad which allows everyone to see - in real time - what others are writing, and to build on that.
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| {{activity|practical activity}} Choose a broad topic that you want your class to write about in a forthcoming lesson – it can be a factual topic (eg healthy foods, diseases, hobbies, weddings or buying food in the market) or a creative story. However this is an '''open-ended''' writing activity so children are free to '''devise their own sentences''' around the topic without feeling there are right and wrong answers. Thus a topic asking them to list short responses won't work well.
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| Devise a title to give them, e.g. “The magic stone” for a story. Discuss the choice with a partner if you like.
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| {{activity|practical activity}} Now open all the netbooks, take one per workshop participant. Go to EtherPad and try out the collaborative writing task below.
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| '''To help your students type faster, before or after this lesson:''' play games on typing under “Edubuntu Applications > Education”, such as TuxType.
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| '''Activities you could do with Etherpad later on when your students can type faster:'''
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| * Students type a question they are curious about, and other students respond. (eg “Why is the moon only out at night?”)
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