The document describes several techniques for organizing and summarizing information from resources:
1) Annotation involves learners annotating a resource and summarizing key points.
2) Collective aggregation involves learners working in teams to aggregate resources on a topic and adding links and brief descriptions to a group blog, wiki, or Google doc.
3) A scavenger hunt divides learners into teams to find specified resources on a list, with the first team to find them all winning.
Techniques for Annotating and Summarizing Resources
1. Technique Description
Annotation The learners annotate a resource and
then summarise the key points
Collectiveaggregation The learners workin teams to
collectively aggregate a set of
resources around a particular topic.
They can aggregate these on a group
blog, a wikior a Google doc.They add
the link along with a brief description
of the resource and why it is
useful/relevant.
Crossword puzzle This consists of a series of clues
around a set of concepts. The learners
are asked to complete the crossword.
For example, ‘a type of pedagogical
approach’ with14 letters is
constructivism, or the Spanish word
for apple with 7 letters is ‘manzana’.
Mind mapping Learners use a mind map to visualise
a particular topic and associated
ideas, either individually or in groups.
Posters Learners are asked to create a poster
on a particular topic. Peers can then
provide comments and feedback.
Scavenger hunt Learners are divided into teams, they
are given a list of resources to find
(forexample they might be asked to
find a resource on ‘constructivist
learning’, or a resource describing
how a wikican be used to promote
collaborativelearning or a resource
on the implications for learning). The
team that collates all the items on the
list first wins.
Snowball This enables learners to organise
groups of ideas on a conceptand
assign them to themes. Patterns and
relationships in the groups can also
be observed. One slip of paper (or
‘post-its’) is used per idea generated
or possible solution offered.A
meeting is set up of up to 5 people.
The slips of paper are viewed and
then grouped ‘like with like’.
Duplicates can be created if the
idea/solution is relevant to more than
one group. Patterns and relationships
in the groups are observed.