New Experiences

with Technology
 A LITTLE SURVEY
ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR STUDENTS

TV Born before 1964...

(46 yrs old & above)
GENERATION
GENERATION Born between 1965 & 1976
(34 - 45 yrs old)
X
NET Born between 1977 & 1997
GENERATION (13 - 33 yrs old)
NEXT Born after 1997
GENERATION (13 yrs old & below)
 GENERATION GAP
The TV Generation and Generation X as LEARNERS
One-Way
BROADCAST Passive Receivers
Learning of Knowledge
Teacher-Centered

Two-Way
INTERACTIVE Active Users +
Learning Creators of Content
Student-Centered

The NET & NEXT Generation as LEARNERS

In 2009, Xavier found Google
He requested to add her as a friend. and she said yes.
 EXPLORING and TESTING tools that would
allow students to make full use of
technologies for learning, we tried:

• Moodle: XS E-Learning Framework

• My Xavier Wiki
• Ning
• Google Apps (MyXS)

2009

December
 Pilot Class begins use of Google Apps:
• Email - to communicate with one another
• Docs - for research notes
• Sites - for their Personal Learning Websites

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2009 2010

December January
Xavier wrote:
Google Apps is adopted for the entire school:
533 accounts were created for the teachers
over the summer

533

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2009 2010

December January March

Xavier wrote:
Google Apps is adopted for the entire school:
After discussions with key groups, students
from G5-H4 were given MyXS (Gmail) emails.

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2009 2010

December January March May

 MyXS Information Drive:
• Coordination w/ Departments & Units
• MyXS Workshops every Wednesday
• Promo in the School Website
• Reservation of Labs and Roving Carts
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2009 2010

December January March May July

 MyXS Information Drive:
• MyXS Workshops by request
• “The NExT Day” with Departments
• Web promo

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2009 2010

December January March May July November

Pros
Cons
XAVIERGOOGLE
best practices
Google Mail (My XS)
• Students from Grade 5 to High 4
Grade 7 English uses Google Docs
• Collaborative documents, Peer Review
Google Calendar
• Online School Calendar, NExT Calendar
Google Forms
• Workshop Feedback / Sign-ups
Google Sites
• Students’ Personal Learning Websites
• Departmental Sites
Google Advanced Search
• H2 Biology Class + G7 English Gems
As couples do, Xavier began to act like
Google too (at least in some ways)
 Mary’s Birthday
September 8, 2010

Feast of St. Ignatius Director’s Day

July 31, 2010 August 21, 2010

Buwan ng Wika I
Appreciation Day
September 2010
September 17, 2010

Buwan ng Wika II
September 2010 October Medal Tradition
October 2010

HS Pep Rally Typhoon Pepeng

September 2010 October 2010

Remembering the
Intramurals
Departed
August - October 2010
November 2010
What’s Next?
 3/F MPC
64 Xavier Street Greenhills, SJ
723-0481 loc. 405 or 219
www.operationnext.tk
next@my.xs.edu.ph