tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087075722629284522024-03-04T21:04:51.416-08:00My E-Learning JourneyDocumenting the development of elearning applications and Web 2.0 technologies in teaching and learning.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-31402471898557380212012-07-24T23:04:00.001-07:002012-07-24T23:04:32.330-07:00My top 5 Web 2.0 toolsAre you looking for something constructive that can really engage your students in the classroom. Here are my top 5 Web 2.0 tools. All these tools/website are FREE, tested and unblocked by the DEC. Please give them a go they really work.!!<br />
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.edmodo.com/">http://www.edmodo.com/</a> </li>
</ul>
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Edmodo is a free powerful learning tool with the look and feel of a social networking site of face book. Edmodo is designed by educators to enables exceptionally secure cloud-based collaboration. Post, collaborate, add links, embed video, create quizzes and surveys and set assessments with your class online anytime.<br />
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To get started <br />
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1. Sign up as a teacher. <br />
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2. Search for Sir Joseph Banks High School. <br />
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3. Create a group. You will be given a code. <br />
<br />
4. Get students to create an account and put in the code provided and a way to go.<br />
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For more info got to <a href="http://tonyt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edmodoquickstartguide.pdf">http://tonyt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edmodoquickstartguide.pdf</a><br />
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.classdojo.com/">http://www.classdojo.com/</a></li>
</ul>
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Classdojo improves student behaviour and engagement by awarding and recording real time feedback. Teachers can save time by recording behaviours and accomplishments right in class, with just one click: NO extra data entry required.<br />
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Students can monitor their progress in real time through their own avatar via the teacher’s computer attached to the SMART board or via logging into their own account. <br />
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Through your portal – Learning tools<br />
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Blog Ed<br />
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DEC ‘secure and easy to use blogging platform makes it possible for teachers to create collaborative class, teacher and students blogs straight from their portal. Teachers can monitor post and comments as well as set appropriate viewer audiences.<br />
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.diigo.com/">http://www.diigo.com/</a></li>
</ul>
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Diigo is a social bookmarking site designed by educators. Save and organise bookmarks/favourites anytime and anyplace. Use highlighting and stick notes on any webpage, organise bookmarks into list and then present as a PowerPoint etc..<br />
As a Diigo Educator you can also <br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>create student accounts for an entire class with just a few clicks (and student email addresses are optional for account creation) </li>
<li>set up as a Diigo group so they can start using all the benefits that a Diigo group provides, such as group bookmarks and annotations, and group forums. </li>
<li>set privacy settings of student accounts so that only teachers and classmates can communicate with them. </li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://edu.glogster.com/">http://edu.glogster.com/</a></li>
</ul>
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A Glog is an interactive poster using different media and text. It is a fun way for students to engage on research projects and activities. Glogster is secure and easy to use because you can create and manage student accounts from your own dashboard. Note: Create your teacher account first then create your class and students logins. Students logins will not be blocked. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-32920799260506828082012-07-24T22:58:00.001-07:002012-07-24T22:58:34.591-07:00Most Useful Websites for teachers.<strong>Flipping the Classroom</strong> refers to a reversed teaching model that delivers instruction at home through interactive, teacher-created videos and moves “homework” to the classroom. Moving lectures outside of the classroom allows teachers to spend more 1:1 time with each student. Students have the opportunity to ask questions and work through problems with the guidance of their teachers and the support of their peers - creating a collaborative learning environment. <br />
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For more info <a href="http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/the-flipped-class-conversation-689.php">http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/the-flipped-class-conversation-689.php</a><br />
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An easy way to start flipping is to use a Blog, Wiki or LMS like Edmodo or Sharepoint to upload or link video or other resources. When using a blog, wiki or Edmodo group, students are able to ask questions, comment and even even submit work online.<br />
<strong>The following sites are useful for finding video, interactives or other resources. Please feel free to add to this list.</strong><br />
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.tale.edu.au/">http://www.tale.edu.au/</a> DET comprehensive curriclum resource library</li>
<li><a href="http://ed.ted.com/">http://ed.ted.com/</a></li>
</ul>
Within the growing TED-Ed video library, you will find carefully curated educational videos from all subject areas, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed platform. <br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.khanacademy.org/">http://www.khanacademy.org/</a></li>
</ul>
With over 3,300 videos on everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, art history, history and hundreds of skills to practice, They're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace. <br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.learner.org/interactives/">http://www.learner.org/interactives/</a></li>
</ul>
"Interactives" provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas including Science, English, Maths, History, Arts<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://teachertube.com/">http://teachertube.com/</a> and or http://www.schooltube.com/ Video sites that are not blocked for students. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.marcandangel.com/2010/11/15/12-dozen-places-to-self-educate-yourself-online/">http://www.marcandangel.com/2010/11/15/12-dozen-places-to-self-educate-yourself-online/</a> Comprehensive list of free online courses and resources </li>
<li><a href="http://edexchange.adobe.com/pages/home">http://edexchange.adobe.com/pages/home</a> Teaching content using Adobe Creative Suite.</li>
<li><a href="http://exchange.smarttech.com/#tab=0">http://exchange.smarttech.com/#tab=0</a> </li>
</ul>
Smartboard lessons in all subjects<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/">http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/</a> Comprehensive list of subject based sites and tools</li>
</ul>
Tools and info on the Flipped Classroom<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/07/teachers-easy-guide-to-most-important.html">http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/07/teachers-easy-guide-to-most-important.html</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.techsmith.com/education-tutorials.html">http://www.techsmith.com/education-tutorials.html</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.cybraryman.com/flipclass.html">http://www.cybraryman.com/flipclass.html</a></li>
</ul>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-76389236928350402312012-06-06T18:26:00.003-07:002012-06-06T18:26:28.834-07:00Student Engagement through ICTAre you looking for something constructive that can really engage your students in the classroom. Here are my top 5 Web 2.0 tools. All these tools/website are FREE, tested and unblocked by the DEC. Please give them a go they really work.!!<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.edmodo.com/">http://www.edmodo.com/</a> <br />
<br />
Edmodo is a free powerful learning tool with the look and feel of a social networking site of face book. Edmodo is designed by educators to enables exceptionally secure cloud-based collaboration. Post, collaborate, add links, embed video, create quizzes and surveys and set assessments with your class online anytime.<br />
<br />
To get started <br />
<br />1. Sign up as a teacher. <br />
<br />
2. Search for Sir Joseph Banks High School. <br />
<br />
3. Create a group. You will be given a code. <br />
<br />
4. Get students to create an account and put in the code provided and a way to go.<br />
<br />
For more info got to http://tonyt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/edmodoquickstartguide.pdf<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.classdojo.com/">http://www.classdojo.com/</a><br />
<br />
<strong>Classdojo</strong> improves student behaviour and engagement by awarding and recording real time feedback. Teachers can save time by recording behaviours and accomplishments right in class, with just one click: NO extra data entry required.<br />
<br />
Students can monitor their progress in real time through their own avatar via the teacher’s computer attached to the SMART board or via logging into their own account. <br />
<br />
Through your portal – Learning tools<br />
<br />
<strong>Blog Ed</strong><br />
<br />
DEC ‘secure and easy to use blogging platform makes it possible for teachers to create collaborative class, teacher and students blogs straight from their portal. Teachers can monitor post and comments as well as set appropriate viewer audiences.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.diigo.com/">http://www.diigo.com/</a><br />
<br />
<strong>Diigo</strong> is a social bookmarking site designed by educators. Save and organise bookmarks/favourites anytime and anyplace. Use highlighting and stick notes on any webpage, organise bookmarks into list and then present as a PowerPoint etc..<br />
<br />
As a Diigo Educator you can also <br />
<br />
· create student accounts for an entire class with just a few clicks (and student email addresses are optional for account creation) <br />
<br />
· set up as a Diigo group so they can start using all the benefits that a Diigo group provides, such as group bookmarks and annotations, and group forums. <br />
<br />
· set privacy settings of student accounts so that only teachers and classmates can communicate with them. <br />
<br />
<a href="http://edu.glogster.com/">http://edu.glogster.com/</a><br />
<br />
A <strong>Glog</strong> is an interactive poster using different media and text. It is a fun way for students to engage on research projects and activities. Glogster is secure and easy to use because you can create and manage student accounts from your own dashboard. Note: Create your teacher account first then create your class and students logins. Students logins will not be blocked. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-20717571310106386892012-04-16T00:25:00.001-07:002012-04-16T00:25:28.640-07:00When does learning matter?<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" height="360" id="flashObj" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" />
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The truth about teacher qualityUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-82837171937472177522012-03-02T21:08:00.002-08:002012-03-02T21:08:34.222-08:00Connected Learning<p><a href="http://connectedlearning.tv/infographic"><img src="http://connectedlearning.tv/sites/connectedlearning.tv/files/DG_Macarthur_r03-960_0.jpeg" alt="Connected Learning" title="Connected Learning" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-7277003779012126942012-01-02T16:49:00.000-08:002012-01-02T16:49:30.200-08:00How Can We Nurture Creativity In Educational Contexts?<object width="640" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FB7vZyDgnC4&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FB7vZyDgnC4&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="360"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-69711423664697564072011-05-24T22:53:00.001-07:002011-05-24T22:53:52.722-07:00Educational Quotes<div style="width:425px" id="__ss_1515543"> <strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/tonyvincent/education-technology-quotes" title="Education & Technology Quotes">Education & Technology Quotes</a></strong> <iframe src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/1515543" width="425" height="355" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> <div style="padding:5px 0 12px"> View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/tonyvincent">Tony Vincent</a> </div> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-7753702738895566352009-07-07T22:40:00.000-07:002009-07-07T22:42:54.695-07:00Learning Styles Don't ExistSome food for thought!!!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sIv9rz2NTUk&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sIv9rz2NTUk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-42310262305319495482009-05-26T04:44:00.001-07:002009-05-26T04:44:32.398-07:00Report: Increasing Number Of Educators Found To Be Suffering From Teaching Disabilities | The Onion - America's Finest News Source<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/news/report_increasing_number_of?utm_source=a?section" rel="nofollow">Report: Increasing Number Of Educators Found To Be Suffering From Teaching Disabilities | The Onion - America's Finest News Source</a></p> <p class="diigo-tags"><a href="http://www.diigo.com/cloud/mediaspider" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) ! important; text-decoration: none ! important;">tags</a>: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/mediaspider/no_tag">no_tag</a></p> <ul class="diigo-highlights"> <li> <div class="content">Report: Increasing Number Of Educators Found To Be Suffering From Teaching Disabilities</div> </li> <li> <div class="content"> <p>WASHINGTON—A shocking report released by the U.S. Department of Education this week revealed that a growing number of the nation's educators struggle on a daily basis with some form of teaching disability.</p> <p>The study, which surveyed 2,500 elementary and high school level instructors across the country, found that nearly one out of every five exhibited behaviors typically associated with a teaching impairment. Among them: trouble paying attention in school, lack of interest or motivation during class, and severe emotional issues.</p> </div> </li> </ul> </li></ul><br />Posted from <a href="http://www.diigo.com">Diigo</a>. The rest of my <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/mediaspider">favorite links</a> are here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-66620880807724716092009-04-23T19:57:00.001-07:002009-04-23T21:01:41.260-07:00Some Useful and Important linksHere are some great useful links for teachers across all curriculum<br /> <ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li><p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://indispensibletools.pbwiki.com/" rel="nofollow">Indispensible ICT tools For teachers</a></p></li><li><p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/support/teaching.html" rel="nofollow">Teaching and Learning Resource | Teaching and Learning Support | Victorian Essential Learning Standards</a></p></li><li><p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/Strategies">Web 2.0 Guru Strategies</a></p></li><li><p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.edutopia.org/future-school"><span style="font-size:100%;">Future School: Reshaping Learning from the Ground Up</span></a></p></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page">Wikibooks</a><br /></span></li></ul><br />Posted from <a href="http://www.diigo.com/">Diigo</a>. The rest of my <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/mediaspider">favorite links</a> are here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-64335076753024648962009-03-08T03:44:00.000-07:002009-03-08T03:59:09.448-07:0021st Century ICT Pedagogy Conference 2009Here is my presesentation for the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://www.icteach.com.au/workshop_overview.php">21st Century ICT Pedagogy Conference 2009</a></span><br />The ' C 'Generation<br />Connect, Communicate, Colloborate, Create<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Learning is Fun with Images</span><br /><br /><iframe src="http://docs.google.com/EmbedSlideshow?docid=dctbwfrx_95gh6gcbcz" width="410" frameborder="0" height="342"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-13865605261037131882009-02-28T03:01:00.000-08:002009-02-28T03:13:26.064-08:00The importance of Play<object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2183356&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2183356&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" >This video highlights the importance of play and tinkering in learning. Its a shame that many teachers are so fearful of letting students play or tinker with technology. It's the way I learn and many of us do. So often many teachers imagine that letting students play with computers is a way of losing classroom control. </span><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/2183356">Tinkering as a Mode of Knowledge Production in a Digital Age: John Seely Brown</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/carnegie">carnegie commons</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-70876341313726724402009-02-14T21:39:00.000-08:002009-02-15T03:42:58.909-08:00Higher order thinking<ol><li>There's a bit of talk at our school about the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">NSW</span></span> <a href="https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/proflearn/docs/pdf/qt_EPSColor.pdf">Quality Teaching Framework</a> especially about higher order thinking. It seems most teachers are already doing this in their classes without realising. Take a look below? Are they?? How many teaches are getting students to explore their creativity through authentic real inquire/project tasks. Its important to note that <span style="font-style: italic;">'create'</span> isn't even mentioned in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">QTF</span>. I think there is lots of confusion about what higher order thinking really is. Not to mention other <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">pedagogy</span> terms like deep knowledge, deep understanding and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">connectedness</span> that are treated with a superficial understanding. I believe that all this <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">pedagogy</span> metalanguage is confusing the issue. The emphasise all seems to be on the teaching but not on the learning. No mentioned is made about how students really learn. No mention is made about learning styles or brain function research in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">QTF</span>. There are no practical examples or guidelines about how teachers are meant to implement all this each lesson. What about the big picture? Shouldn't all these dimensions of pedagogy be built on slowly and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">cohesively</span> through a whole course of work <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">eventually</span> leading towards deeper understanding. What do you think?<br /></li></ol>Read more on the lack of creativity in education <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/feb/10/teaching-sats">here.</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/blooms_revised_taxomony.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 335px; height: 402px;" src="http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/blooms_revised_taxomony.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-16279867869238624692008-12-07T04:13:00.000-08:002008-12-08T03:45:01.840-08:00The Conversation Prism<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2735401175_fcdcd0da03.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 372px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2735401175_fcdcd0da03.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Social Media by Brian Solis. You can find his blog <a href="http://www.briansolis.com/2008/08/introducing-conversation-prism.html">here</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-50329514423119828272008-12-04T19:49:00.000-08:002008-12-04T20:14:53.631-08:00Death to PowerpointI've just discovered <a href="http://280slides.com/">208 Slides</a>. Its just like powerpoint but you can use it directly from your browser. No software to download and install. Best of all its free and has a simple and clean user interface.<br /><iframe src="http://280slides.com/Viewer/?user=13134&name=sample" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;" width="400" height="328"></iframe><br />Click <a href="http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=cagxPlVqrtM">here</a> for the link to the video How NOT to use powerpointUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-29652078529972126622008-12-03T01:14:00.000-08:002008-12-10T21:21:49.445-08:00The Journey has Just Began<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://storage1.morguefile.com/images/storage/c/catchnary/lowrez/catchnary_17.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://storage1.morguefile.com/images/storage/c/catchnary/lowrez/catchnary_17.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Teaching and Learning Online Course is over but I feel my journey has just began. Thanks to Sydney Community College for the chance to explore new and exciting Web 2.0 and E-leaning tools I have already started using these in my <a href="http://sccdpclass.ning.com/">courses</a>. Special thanks to Ann for her patience and hard work at introducing these exciting tools to reluntant teachers. I have learnt immensely. This has included how to set a Ning Social Network to teach a course, how to use Moodle, how to confidently teach using virtual conferencing, how to faciliate a forum, how to use elearning for quality teaching and learning and much more. It has also given me an opportunity to make contact and share with fellow tutors. I will continue to explore Web 2.0 and E-learning through this blogUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-38437970223624980102008-11-22T22:02:00.000-08:002008-11-22T22:10:15.629-08:00The Schools We NeedI've watched this video by Chris Lehman over and over. Its so inspiring. Here's a<a href="http://www.slideshare.net/chrislehmann/ignitephilly-presentation?type=powerpoint"> link</a> to his slide show<br /><br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="viddler" width="437" height="370"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/37f27c4/"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/37f27c4/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" name="viddler" width="437" height="370"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-71365550728722709682008-11-13T16:59:00.000-08:002008-11-13T17:02:02.145-08:00Ning PresentationHere my recent presentation on Ning<br /><iframe src='http://docs.google.com/EmbedSlideshow?docid=dctbwfrx_9dnw8rqdd' frameborder='0' width='410' height='342'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-16129755176286363402008-11-07T21:49:00.000-08:002008-11-07T22:02:27.071-08:00Twitter StalkingWhile I was away I missed out on some interesting and heated debate on social networking tools such as Twitter and Linkin. For some <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a> is simply about stalking people or just plain useless. Maybe for some??? But look who’s using twitter <a href="http://tweetrush.com/">now!</a><br /><br />I can only talk from my own experience. I’ve been using Twitter for a few months now. During this time I’ve learn a wealth of information, have shared experiences and built a huge and wide network of other educators and teachers who are also pioneering the use of Web 2.0 and e-learning in their teaching. These people have embraced the concept of Web 2.0 and have shared, collaborated and created with me and others by simply answering the question what are you doing now?<br /><br />What a great tools to use with our students to do the same. What do you think?<br /><br />Note: the secret to twitter is to follow the right people. Here some useful lists of leading educators and teachers you may want to follow.<br /><br /><a href="http://justtweetit.com/education/">http://justtweetit.com/education/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://twitter4teachers.pbwiki.com/FrontPage">http://twitter4teachers.pbwiki.com/FrontPage</a><br /><br /><a href="http://elearningtwits.wikispaces.com/">http://elearningtwits.wikispaces.com/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://c4lpt.co.uk/socialmedia/edutwitter.html">http://c4lpt.co.uk/socialmedia/edutwitter.html</a><br /><br />Find similar people using <a href="http://tweetscan.com/">http://tweetscan.com/</a><br /><br />Here a great <a href="http://eduwrite.blogspot.com/2008/10/twitter-educational-apps.html">link</a> listing useful education applications for twitter.<br /><br />Catch me @ <a href="http://twitter.com/mediaspider">twitter.com/mediaspider</a> .See what the fuzz is about. You don’t have to be an extrovert.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-90454369908543381052008-10-29T22:04:00.000-07:002008-10-29T22:08:40.065-07:00Fun with imagesHere's a list of really cool free sites I use with my students to funk up profile pics, create unique avatars, or just improve the look of blogs or web pages.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.diigo.com/list/mediaspider/images">Click here for my List</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-70121795026753468602008-10-29T21:00:00.000-07:002008-10-29T22:20:03.369-07:00My Favorite Free Web 2.0 Tools<span style="font-weight: bold;">My Favorite Free Web 2.0 Tools @ the moment</span><br /><br /><ol><li><a href="http://twitter.com/mediaspider">Twitter </a>- love microblogging - great for knowing the latest and greatest in education - try out this <a href="http://justtweetit.com/education/">list for contacts</a></li><li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.diigo.com">Diigo</a> - fab social bookmarking site for teachers. Added features include sticky notes, highlighting, great groups to join and the list feature which lets you create a feature list of sites and then you can play them like a powerpoint presentation to a class.</li><li><a href="http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/">Firefox</a>- best browser without doubt, great addons</li><li><a href="http://www.ning.com/">Ning</a> - create your own scocial network or adapt for teaching a course online</li><li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> or Edublogs</li><li><a href="http://www.elluminate.com/">Elluminate</a> - love this video conferencing room<br /></li><li><a href="http://moodle.org/">Moodle</a> or Studeous<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com.au/">Google</a> and the Google more link including google calender, reader, etc...</li><li><a href="http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers">Wikispaces</a> - just log on and contribute</li><li><a href="http://demo.mahara.org/">Mahara</a> - eportfolio and resume building online</li></ol>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-53317746797933153472008-10-28T04:13:00.000-07:002008-10-28T04:27:39.921-07:00Learning Styles<a href="http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/content/images/GOchapter4_1.gif"><img style="WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px" alt="" src="http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/content/images/GOchapter4_1.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/content/images/GOchapter4_1.gif"></a>A great sites I've recently discovered on learning styles is<br /><div><a href="http://www.learning-styles-online.com/">http://www.learning-styles-online.com/</a></div><div>This site highlights some recent brain research into learning styles. It includes a quick test to indentify different learning style in students but also emphasizes that instructors/teachers need to incorporate a large range of media in their learning material. This is done best in an online learning environments that is flexible in nature. Click here for <a href="http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/chapter4.cfm">more</a></div><div> </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-21074412181446753052008-10-28T04:08:00.001-07:002008-10-28T04:11:52.783-07:00Questions for me to ponder<strong>Great questions from Ann for me to ponder</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />You've made a great start with your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ning</span> environment. Your navigation (at the top) is clear and makes sense in relation to your course. Are these standard with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Ning</span> or have you customised? I would like to see some of your lovely photos at the top of the welcome page. Is it easy to move the panes around? There is some duplication - i.e. some of the navigation at the top relates to some of the panes on the Welcome page e.g. Forum, Assignments, etc. What level of control do you have over what appears where?So, how do you plan to use these space with your students? I can see that you have been developing the blog for a few weeks now. When will you introduce the blog to your students? Is it a resource for them? Can you track whether they have used it? Can you describe how it fits into your course please? Do you think it will ever stand alone or will it always be part of a f2f course?Ann<br /><br /><strong>Answer from me!</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />Most of the navigation is the standard tabs in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ning</span> however I've added some customised tabs as well. You can move the panes in a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">similiar</span> fashion to how you can customise your blogger blog. You can also feature tabs on your front/home page <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">eg</span>. your notes for the week or assignment tabs etc. I plan to use this in combination with my blog. I can also feature my blog within the front page of my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ning</span> network. I introduce students to my blog right at the beginning of the course because of all the resources that are listed in it. Its hard to see if students have used it. I can check for visitors using <a href="http://www.google.com/analytics/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">googles</span> analytics</a> but its hard to see if they are my students. I can also track how many times my notes have been downloaded. On the other hand its really easy to track who has visited the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">ning</span> network.I plan to use the blog as a resources for all my photography courses but i also want it to stand alone as a blog for other photography enthusiast. I've added it to the photo blogs registry site.The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ning</span> network is solely for the students in my digital photography course. I'll keep this as a close network so only users I approve can log on and view all the pages. I've also set up another <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">ning</span> network for a digital <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">scrapbooking</span> course I'm running at school for teachers. I have about 12 teachers in the network with resources and class notes for them to use. There are also videos and tutorial for them to use and several discussion forums that they are beginning to use with lots of encouragement from me. I find its really working well as an additional resources to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">faciliate</span> their own learning away from the classroom, I'm encouraging them to upload their finished work on their page for others to view. Its a closed network (private) but you can view the front page <a href="http://scrapgirls.ning.com/">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-91400454735759460752008-10-21T15:58:00.000-07:002008-10-21T16:47:36.738-07:00Studeous<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirx1T3ewOz-1tZqd-CdqEOYH9hNNA-9J264hVBRvHy8NcU3AJMIWOmv-QPgk46lB_LeIlo-UDxJwPVibbRk-ISV2qWpCnol7VOV4hD2eAvA5OhGpeUMoCBjBvRWmqePdFnlxOBPdIH6A6e/s1600-h/studeous.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 415px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirx1T3ewOz-1tZqd-CdqEOYH9hNNA-9J264hVBRvHy8NcU3AJMIWOmv-QPgk46lB_LeIlo-UDxJwPVibbRk-ISV2qWpCnol7VOV4hD2eAvA5OhGpeUMoCBjBvRWmqePdFnlxOBPdIH6A6e/s400/studeous.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259757991091080850" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I've been trialing <a href="http://www.studeous.com/teacherfeatures.cfm"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Studeous</span></span></a> within my school environment. It has some really interesting features such as podcast hosting <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">faculties</span>, student progress tracking, a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">grade book</span>,etc. Students can submit essays or other files privately for marking and you can embed video easily. It has the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">usually</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">communicate</span> devices such as a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">whiteboard</span>, text messaging, online chat, discussion boards, blogs. Teachers can also create test, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">quizzes</span> etc. online. It also has a clean a sleek look. The disadvantages is it doesn't seem to have a week by week lesson layout like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Moodle and</span></span> its not as user friendly as I hoped. Overall, its pretty much designed for school rather than universities or colleges. I'm going to keep on trialing this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">LMS</span> within my school environment. It's great because other teachers have also signed up to use it. Can wait to see how it goes.<br /><br />Might also look at Google Groups.<br /><br />I've also set up a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Ning</span> Social network with a group of teachers who are learning to digitally <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">scrapbooking</span> using <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Photoshop</span> Elements. It seems to be working really well. It's still early days but it's incredible easy to use and set up as a learning system. <a href="http://scrapgirls.ning.com/">Have a look</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208707572262928452.post-55402384156615419452008-10-16T20:22:00.000-07:002008-10-16T21:13:11.278-07:00Using Blogs to Enhance Learning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://storage1.morguefile.com/images/storage/a/Alvimann/lowrez/Alphabetic_Keyboard__17_.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://storage1.morguefile.com/images/storage/a/Alvimann/lowrez/Alphabetic_Keyboard__17_.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I've found this great article about using <a href="http://www.openeducation.net/2008/10/10/using-blogs-to-enhance-learning-%E2%80%93-some-helpful-tips/">Blogs to Enhance Learning</a> through <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/mediaspider">my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">diigo</span></a> social bookmarking site. It discusses the need for teacher to consider if blogging is the right tool for their course/lesson objectives<br /><br />In Ruth Reynard's piece, “<a href="http://campustechnology.com/articles/68089_1">Avoiding the 5 Most Common Mistakes in Using Blogs with Students</a>,” <strong><br /></strong><em class="diigoHighlight a id_a4956d878d0a93ed0dc6198e3e3df1c7 type_0">she states "the use of a blog in the classroom can only be implemented when there are “concepts for students to think through, various resources and content segments to process, or ideas to construct".<br /><br />She adds </em><em class="diigoHighlight a id_a4956d878d0a93ed0dc6198e3e3df1c7 type_0">“there must be a certain amount of content preparation” prior to implementing any blogging practices within the classroom."</em><br /><br />The article continues , <em class="diigoHighlight a id_dca45755a14c088294d41925dd17a001 type_0">"...teachers need to be clear that a blog is an individualized tool for one learner. Yes, students can leave comments on a colleague’s blog that represent a reflection of the material presented. But if a teacher is seeking reactions from a collective group the tool to use would be a wiki or a discussion forum. In essence, teachers must select the proper tool for the task.</em><br /><br />I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">agree</span>. Just because blogging is the buzz word for Web 2.0 doesn't always mean its always the appropriate learning tool to use in all situations. Let me know what you think.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1