Student Protagonism: the Use of Webquest as a Methodological Strategy in Teaching History

The teaching of history is strongly marked by the concern of building, beyond the factual knowledge, a critical conscience in the students. Alongside this, we live in a reality marked by the intense information flow, available through the new information technologies, particularly the internet. In this way, the following problem arises: how to combine this great amount of information with the construction of a critical conscience, based on reliable information? The present case study searches through the use of WebQuests, a strategy that favors the teaching-learning relationship, to support the development of reflection and criticism of both the teacher and the student. Since it allows the teacher to select the resources available in the world-wide web, being able to make possible the contact with instructional materials to the research group involved in this case, students of the second grade of the High School. I selected those that will in fact contribute to the construction of a trustworthy knowledge that stimulates the critical sense when comparing diverse sources and materials, in the midst of an active learning process. According to this teaching-learning perspective, teachers are no longer the main knowledge depository and become methodological consultants and mediators of knowledge. The research is defined as a descriptive and analytical qualitative study, based on a private school in the city of Londrina (Brazil). As a result, it will be verified if the students, after the use of WebQuests, understand the importance of conducting research in so-called trusted places, in addition to perceiving the contributions of the WebQuest in the classroom, validating it.

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Beacon in Information System as Way of Supporting Identification of Cattle Behavior

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11031062 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 1062

Author(s):

Krzysztof Koszela ◽

Wojciech Mueller ◽

Jakub Otrząsek ◽

Mateusz Łukomski ◽

Sebastian Kujawa

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Physiological State ◽

Research Work ◽

Dairy Herd ◽

Weather Forecast ◽

Well Being ◽

Use Of Data ◽

New Information ◽

Conducting Research

The paper concentrates on researching the possibilities of using modern information technologies in animal production in order to monitor and identify behavior and well-being of cows. Having in mind the challenges related to managing dairy herds, and economic pressure put on breeders (as well as the broadly defined well-being of animals), an endeavor was made to create a new method, which would be competitive in comparison with the existing solutions. The proposed method of collecting data and data processing with beacon devices as well as data warehouse, allows—according to the authors—a more complete identification of behaviors and physiological condition of a dairy herd. It is also worth pointing out that this method is competitive in terms of price. By virtue of the multitude of data that were collected, a decision was made to resign from processing data on a local computer and use a cloud compute engine instead. The presented information system creates a sequence of components, which were subject to verification both on the level of creating and conducting research. Research results that were received were then compared with knowledge presented in the literature. A vital element of validation of the aforementioned methodology was comparing results that were achieved in the course of research work with the system making use of pedometer. The aim of the authors was to develop a new information technology solution, as well as a method based on beacons, which are rather universal devices, with the use of data warehouses, allowing the identification of behavior and physiological state of milk cattle, the method which would be competitive in comparison with the existing solutions, especially in terms of price. In the proposed solution, both information coming from microcomputers and weather forecast data coming from weather forecast stations, which make the above identification easy, were used as data sources.

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A informática no suporte ao desenvolvimento do processo ensino-aprendizagem na educação básica no Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Estudos Pedagógicos ◽

10.24109/2176-6681.rbep.86i213/214.840 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 86 (213/214) ◽

Author(s):

Carlos Sampaio ◽

Liliane Oliveira ◽

Vanessa Nespoli

Keyword(s):

Computer Science ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Basic Education ◽

New Technologies ◽

Educational Process ◽

Digital Inclusion ◽

New Information ◽

Science Laboratories ◽

The Creation ◽

Teaching Learning

Sustenta que o acesso das escolas às novas tecnologias de informação poderá converter-se num poderoso instrumento para a superação de deficiências crônicas do sistema educacional brasileiro, sobretudo na educação básica. Nesse contexto, o processo educacional deve ser criativo e flexível, propiciando a criação de ambientes de aprendizagem que incorporem as novas tecnologias, colocando-as a serviço da formação de cidadãos críticos e produtivos. A criação desses novos ambientes de aprendizagem e sua ação eficiente exigem não só a implantação de uma infra-estrutura de laboratórios de informática, a utilização da rede mundial de computadores e de aplicativos facilitadores da aprendizagem, mas sobretudo alterações no papel dos principais atores do processo ensino-aprendizagem: a escola, o professor e o aluno. Palavras-chave: inclusão digital; acesso à Internet; escolas; informática na educação; informatização; censo escolar. Abstract This paper discusses that school access to the new information technologies will become a powerful instrument for the overcoming of chronic deficiencies of the Brazilian educational system, above all, in basic education. In this context, the educational process must be creative and flexible, propitiating the creation of learning environment that incorporates the new technologies, placing them in the service of the formation of critical and productive citizens. The creation of these new learning environments and their efficient action demand not only the implantation of an infrastructure of computer science laboratories, the use of the world-wide net of computers and learning applications, but above all, alterations in the role of the main actors of the teaching-learning process: the school, the teacher and the pupil. Keywords: digital inclusion; access to the Internet in schools; pedagogical use of computer science; computerization of schools; school census.

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Marketing Services Globally

Cases on Innovations in Educational Marketing - Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-599-5.ch019 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 313-326 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Felicia Blacher-Wilson ◽

Evan G. Mense ◽

Michael D. Richardson

Keyword(s):

Social Life ◽

Information Technologies ◽

International Markets ◽

Learning Technologies ◽

Goods And Services ◽

New Information ◽

E Learning ◽

Distance Learning Technologies ◽

Teaching Learning ◽

Political Economic

E-learning and distance learning technologies have accelerated tremendously during the last decade. Changes in development and delivery include altered instructional methods and the expansion of support services for e-learning activities. Many business and political leaders speculate that globalization is indeed connecting international political, economic, cultural, and social life. These new Information Technologies significantly affect most aspects of higher education. Changes in teaching/learning and administration have impacted everyone associated with applying technology to global delivery of services. E-learning has increasingly become the vehicle of choice for many corporate clients who are actively engaged in creating diverse international markets for their goods and services.

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Activization of Children’s Reading Interests in German Libraries

Bibliotekovedenie [Library and Information Science (Russia)] ◽

10.25281/0869-608x-2009-0-4-90-94 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 90-94

Author(s):

Larisa E. Kresova

Keyword(s):

Information Technologies ◽

Reading Interests ◽

New Information ◽

American Memory ◽

Children's Reading ◽

Technical Basis ◽

Children’S Reading

The activities of the American Memory Library, aimed at on activization of children’ reading interests in Germany are considered. The history, the collection composition, the material and technical basis and the organization of library space, as well as the usage of new information technologies in children's libraries of Germany are illuminated.

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The Information Technologies’ Education in the Second Grade – Prerequisites for the Formation of Digital Competency

Education and Technologies Journal ◽

10.26883/2010.182.1084 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 370-376

Author(s):

Krasimira Dimitrova ◽

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Dimona Georgieva ◽

Diyana Andonova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Information Technologies ◽

Second Grade ◽

Digital Competency

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On-line testing as a new method of student knowledge evaluation

Reports of Vinnytsia National Medical University ◽

10.31393/reports-vnmedical-2018-22(2)-25 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 353-356

Author(s):

V.P. Kovalchuk ◽

I.M. Kovalenko ◽

S.V. Kovalenko ◽

V.M. Burkot ◽

V.O. Kovalenko

Keyword(s):

Information Technologies ◽

English Language ◽

Educational Process ◽

Personality Testing ◽

Online Testing ◽

Training Time ◽

Internet Resources ◽

New Information ◽

On Line ◽

Use Of The Internet

Innovations change the world in all spheres of life, and education is not an exception. Modern requirements of time put us new challenges that require the use of new information technologies at all stages of the educational process in higher education institutions, in particular the use of the Internet. In addition, it has been noted that Internet resources increase motivation and contribute to the formation of a fully developed personality. Testing and evaluating students' knowledge and abilities is an integral part of the credit-module system. One of the forms of evaluation of the initial level of knowledge, consolidation and improvement of assimilation of information is testing. It should be noted that in a number of countries, testing has shifted traditional forms of control — oral and written exams and interviews. However, in Ukraine, educators remain adherents of a combination of testing and classical analysis of material. It allows the most efficient distribution of the training time of a practical class, 100% control of the knowledge and the effectiveness of mastering the material of all the students of the academic group. Technical progress stimulates the search for new variants and possibilities of testing, its various variations. One of the options that can help solve this problem was a smartphone. In order to facilitate the work of the teacher at the Department of Microbiology, an online testing system with the use of smartphones was introduced. Online testing is conducted among students with Ukrainian and English language training. With the Google Forms platform, the teacher creates a form which contains the student's records and tests. Students directly from the teacher get a link to fill out an online form directly at the lesson. For testing, a database containing standard KROK-1 licensed test tasks is used. The form can contain any number of test tasks that are in arbitrary order, as well as a changed order of distractors, which makes it impossible to write off. At the same time, all students are in the same conditions: all write one option. After submitting the form, the student receives a notification that his response is recorded. Re-linking is not possible. In turn, the teacher receives a message on the result of the test in the table — the ratio of correct answers to the total number of questions, as well as options for their answers. First and foremost, questions are displayed on which students gave the largest number of incorrect answers. This allows the topic to be considered in the process of discussion of the most difficult tasks from the students perspective, and in the future it will allow more efficiently to create forms for on-line tests and to focus on these issues.

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On Introducing New Information Technologies in Jurisprudence

Rossijskoe Pravo. Obrazovanie, Praktika, Nauka ◽

10.34076/2410-2709-2019-3-82-86 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 82-86

Author(s):

Aleksandr Mitin

Keyword(s):

Information Technologies ◽

New Technologies ◽

Professional Competence ◽

Comprehensive Analysis ◽

Legal Services ◽

Degree Programs ◽

Creative Work ◽

Electronic Trading ◽

New Information ◽

Legal Space

The article discusses the possibilities of automation of legal activities. Special attention is paid to the new branch of the business LegalTech, which allows providing legal services using information technology. Some projects in this area are briefly described: FreshDoc document designer, VideoContract app, and electronic trading platforms such as Legal Space and Pravoved.Ru. Although the legal community is not quite ready to work in such conditions, higher education institutions are already reforming their curricula, developing disciplines that allow gaining professional competence in introducing technologies that automate legal work, and so on. The author, in turn, offers using chat bots in legal clinics, gives examples of new disciplines for master’s degree programs, considers the idea of passing final examinations outside universities in certification centers, etc. It is emphasized that in jurisprudence there are a lot of typical situations in which typical decisions need to be made, and here artificial intelligence will be a good helper, and scientists will have more time to undertake a comprehensive analysis of law. Thus, even with the advent of new technologies, the creative work of lawyers will always be in demand.

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Digital Middle East

10.1093/oso/9780190859329.001.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

New Media ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Complex Dynamics ◽

Middle Eastern ◽

Mena Region ◽

New Information ◽

Fast Pace ◽

Information And Communication

In recent years, the Middle East’s information and communications landscape has changed dramatically. Increasingly, states, businesses, and citizens are capitalizing on the opportunities offered by new information technologies, the fast pace of digital transformations, and enhanced connectivity. These changes are far from turning Middle Eastern nations into network societies, but their impact is significant. The growing adoption of a wide variety of information technologies and new media platforms in everyday life has given rise to complex dynamics that beg for a better understanding. Digital Middle East sheds a critical light on continuing changes that are closely intertwined with the adoption of information and communication technologies in the MENA region. Drawing on case studies from throughout the Middle East, the contributors explore how these digital transformations are playing out in the social, cultural, political, and economic spheres, exposing the various disjunctions and discordances that have marked the advent of the digital Middle East.

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