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This mind map about Social Software Interactions was found on flickr. Although I thought it was just a social picture sharing site it seems there is alot more variety than that.
Many classroom now use mind mapping on computers in the classroom at the beginning of a topic to gain insight into students prior knowledge [...]
Posted at: March 6th, 2008 - 9:33 pm - Number of Comments » 2
On reflection on the previous post about digital storytelling I thought about where publishing takes place and how we share products with a wider audience. The use of social software such as blogs is a great place to publish students work as it allows the students to view, have their work commented on and reflect [...]
Posted at: March 6th, 2008 - 9:06 pm - Number of Comments » 1
The movie on Tim blog about Digital Storytelling discusses the benefits of sharing stories as well as keeping these as momentos of loved ones.
A great way I could see Digital storytelling in the classroom is to enhance critical literacy skills. When making Digital stories students should consider audience, delivery, visual cues and how their [...]
Posted at: March 6th, 2008 - 8:37 pm - Number of Comments » 0
Ella’s podcast on blogging and assessment had many valid points however I believe it is important to not use it just as a summative form of assessment. The nature of blogging allows for discussion and reflection to also take place and inform students learning.
Posted at: March 6th, 2008 - 8:24 pm - Number of Comments » 0
The internet and specifically social software has made it alot easier to connect with the outside world. What I am most impressed with is the amount of sharing that goes on between educators who are passionate about using this technologies in the classroom to enhance student learning.
There are two that I would love to share [...]
Posted at: March 5th, 2008 - 10:54 pm - Number of Comments » 1
This is a podcast of an interview with Lindy McKeown and Joy Kay from the EdNA site discussing the use of 3-D virtural worlds and by using these worlds in the classroom can make learning more engaging and interactive.
I would never have thought of using this sort of environment in the classroom for several reasons [...]
Posted at: March 5th, 2008 - 3:43 pm - Number of Comments » 0
On several blogs and websites I have noticed Twitter mentioned. Although we glazed over it in class I wanted to find out more about it. A social networking tool where you can put any question out there and have a group of people answering it. It seems to be a great tool to sharing [...]
Posted at: March 5th, 2008 - 10:56 am - Number of Comments » 2
After trawling through the internet for days I still feel there is so much to learn about new technology and how these technologies can be used in the classroom.
Although there are some very innovative teachers and access to these teachers is easy because of the web and their willingness to share, on reflection, the majority [...]
Posted at: March 5th, 2008 - 10:30 am - Number of Comments » 1
Download Video: Posted by edtecher at TeacherTube.com.
This video would be a great starter to discuss the dangers of posting on the internet. Although aimed at high school aged students it is importan for the later primary stages to know about these dangers also. Many of the students in year 5 and 6 go on social [...]
Posted at: March 3rd, 2008 - 4:55 pm - Number of Comments » 0
I love google earth - you can visit anywhere in the world. Recently using this in the classroom for a 4th grade class to link with a text which has specific non-fiction location I found the students where engaged and they were excited to look up these locations.
Tina C has a wealth of information on using technology [...]
Posted at: March 3rd, 2008 - 10:26 am - Number of Comments » 0