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Week #3 Thing 7

2008-04-15T17:24:00.005+10:00

I have been looking through the Flickr site and I am absolutely amazed at how many tools and web apps have been generated for Flickr. Some of the games would be good for students and there is so much more.

The other technology related thing I want to post about is a couple of sites one called TeacherTube and another called Authorstream.

TeacherTube is the teacher's equivalent of YouTube but at least we can get to it through our DET firewall. There are lots of short tutorials on very interesting stuff. Try searching for Smartboard or ebeam

Also search for commoncraft and have a look at their tutorial on various web tools (try RSS).

The one that I really like however is a video by Alvin Trusty called How to create a great PowerPoint with breaking the Law. It runs for 45 mins but is WORTH it.

The other site called Authorstream is to upload your great PowerPoint that you have created after watching Alvin's video an they are then accessible by everyone on the Internet. They load quickly AND can be coverted into iPod movies and YouTube/TeacherTube movies for students.

Week #3 Thing 6

2008-04-15T16:46:00.003+10:00

It has been awhile since my last post (sounds like confession!!!!)
I oposted this in one of the comments but thought I would like to repoduce it here as well.

I found this mashup a couple of years ago but it still fascinates me. This mashup logs every blog that is posted in the World and then places it on the map. It also shows the light and dark regions of the Earth. Way cool right!Now go and have a look at the link at the top called Make Your Own with Worldkit, then have a look at some of the examples people have already made. Towards the bottom, I like the Earthquake sample (way down the bottom)

The link is http://www.brainoff.com/geoblog/ and it is called the World as Blog.

Week #3 Thing 3, 4 & 5

2008-04-02T19:11:00.004+11:00

Well it has been a very busy week and I have struggled to get my things done this time around. I had a look at Flickr and then placed my images on the map tool supplied. I have not had a look at the mashup yets but I have seen some others and they are a great concept I think.

I will post about mashups shortly.

Everyone has started registering their blogs and they are now appearing in the blogroll on this blog so that part is getting very exciting.

Cya soon.

Week 1 Thing 1 & 2

2008-03-17T14:23:00.002+11:00

I have gone through the Tutorial of 7!/2 Habits of Lifelong learners. This seemed aimed at a lower level (read Primary school) than I would have liked. Of the 71/2 habits I find that I believe that I do all of them now.

I also found that the attachments did not open automatically for me so I have managed to download them and will provide them to my colleagues via email.

The Journey starts

2008-03-17T14:18:00.000+11:00

This training has been devised by the California Schools Library Association and I think is a great concept for us to trial. I am constantly being asked about various items/tools that are currently being used on the web for education purposes. What better way for us all to find out than to go on the journey together.

This program is designed to run over 9 weeks and in those 9 weeks we will learn about 23 new things or tools. In most instances it should only require about 1 – 1.5 h.p.w. in time. At the end we will then get together for a showcase at Kurri so that we can see what others have done and show off what you have done, on the premise that you or I may think of some application of a tool that others didn’t.

Under the Continuing Education part of the introduction there is mention of credit for two Units of study. This does not apply to us unless you wish to pursue this privately. However I would encourage any teaching staff to keep their work as evidence for advanced standing into the eLearning Units of the Diploma of Training and Assessment, at a later date.

If you know of someone else who would like to do this course, they can still start late. This is a self paced program so people can start at anytime and finish as quickly as they like. In fact EDI is offering a prize of 1Kg of chocolate to the first person to complete all tools in the 9 week period. Please note that we are excluding the vacation weeks so in fact you will have 11 weeks to complete. EDI staff please note: You are not eligible for this prize.

So without further ado, let’s get started. The course is located at http://classroomlearning2.blogspot.com/ Have a good read of the Weekly Tips for week #1 before you start.

First impressions

2007-11-01T09:47:00.000+11:00

I just discovered the 23 Things blog and love the concept of this blog. I think that this can help many people in my organisation to kick start their personal lifelong learning. I am looking forward to the rest of this journey.