http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/12/youtube-for-schools/
Great tool!!! Youtube EDU for schools!!!
Check it out!
Also... click on the link above for more info.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Ideas for using Voicethread
http://judyarztblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/ideas-for-using-voicethread-powerful.html
I hope you find this reading useful!
I hope you find this reading useful!
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Fotobabble
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WTAn7GebKFqJzsyad1KFzcou4b2tjKscAv0ZJ-IwD8k/edit
The link to Asri's fotobabble presentation.
The link to Asri's fotobabble presentation.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Vociethread trial using jing
This is my first use of jing to record how to use voicethread. I hope you find this video useful!
I think I am going to upload it to my class blog for my children to refer back to.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Want to know how to simplify your life?
After talking at our teacher mtg about the amount of webtools out there you may need to read this article.... (click on it to read more...)
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Simon Breakspear – ‘Edupreneurship’ Keynote Speaker at Ulearn11
A summary of Simon's presentation at Ulearn11....
Simon Breakspear in his closing keynote asked us to step up into what he calls Edupreneurship
For too long technology has been the driving force of change rather than the pedagogy. He urges us towards action and to become creative innovators. Whose future are we educating students for – theirs or ours? Are we preparing students for a future that no longer exists?
Breakspear talked about 4 mindsets for Edupreneurs: Questioning , Design, Experiment and Leadership
Question in the pursuit of better. Ask Why? Ask Why not? Ask What if? Disrupt the status quo! Challenge. Two such challengers to the status quo are Salman Khan of the Salman Khan Academy, educator to the masses and Marc Koska the inventor of the auto-disposable syringe.
Design - Embrace the constraints frugal engineering in India led to the production of a car for $2500! Constraints help design. Take the solar bottle bulb, – using nothing more than a water bottle, light was brought to the slums of Manila. Breakspear urges us to embrace user-centred design. As educators think about what a school might look like that truly educates students for their future? Open up the demand side of learning. Listen up to user needs, motivations and aspirations. Learning should be something we do with students rather than to students.
Experiment - To get great learning we need to fail first. Success and failure are not polar opposites. We learn much more from failure than we do from success, so educators just need to take some risks! Fail often in order to succeed sooner
Could NZ become a learning lab for education best practice globally? Can we learn to value failure and learning in our schools and education system? Every school and system should always be in beta mode.
Leadership mindset - Leaders bring the change. Breakspear urges us to let go of our ideas to start a movement. Uphold creative commons give attribution back to where the idea came from and keep the cycle going. If you play the moral purpose of gift giving then you rise to a better level. Ideas are not enough, – seed a movement.
Finally, Breakspear tells us: You have Permission to lead; we have been waiting for you. You don’t have to be the expert, young or old. Just take the step!
Visit his website at: www.simonbreakspear.com
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Simon Breakspear in his closing keynote asked us to step up into what he calls Edupreneurship
For too long technology has been the driving force of change rather than the pedagogy. He urges us towards action and to become creative innovators. Whose future are we educating students for – theirs or ours? Are we preparing students for a future that no longer exists?
Breakspear talked about 4 mindsets for Edupreneurs: Questioning , Design, Experiment and Leadership
Question in the pursuit of better. Ask Why? Ask Why not? Ask What if? Disrupt the status quo! Challenge. Two such challengers to the status quo are Salman Khan of the Salman Khan Academy, educator to the masses and Marc Koska the inventor of the auto-disposable syringe.
Design - Embrace the constraints frugal engineering in India led to the production of a car for $2500! Constraints help design. Take the solar bottle bulb, – using nothing more than a water bottle, light was brought to the slums of Manila. Breakspear urges us to embrace user-centred design. As educators think about what a school might look like that truly educates students for their future? Open up the demand side of learning. Listen up to user needs, motivations and aspirations. Learning should be something we do with students rather than to students.
Experiment - To get great learning we need to fail first. Success and failure are not polar opposites. We learn much more from failure than we do from success, so educators just need to take some risks! Fail often in order to succeed sooner
Could NZ become a learning lab for education best practice globally? Can we learn to value failure and learning in our schools and education system? Every school and system should always be in beta mode.
Leadership mindset - Leaders bring the change. Breakspear urges us to let go of our ideas to start a movement. Uphold creative commons give attribution back to where the idea came from and keep the cycle going. If you play the moral purpose of gift giving then you rise to a better level. Ideas are not enough, – seed a movement.
Finally, Breakspear tells us: You have Permission to lead; we have been waiting for you. You don’t have to be the expert, young or old. Just take the step!
Visit his website at: www.simonbreakspear.com
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Dr Jan Herrington - Keynote speaker at Ulearn11
Keynote speaker at ULearn11, Dr Jan Herrington, explores the use of mobile phones as powerful ‘cognitive tools', where students’ phones can be used to research, produce and publish polished products of learning. Jan is Professor of Education at Murdoch University, and she discusses here some strategies for the design of innovative learning activities and tasks for mobile devices, using authentic learning principles, where whole units of study or projects can be designed around complex and engaging tasks.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Innovation in action!
Simon Breakspear (keynote speaker) showed us this clip on innovation. What are your thoughts?
Ulearn11
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
ICT Challenge
Here is the link to our school's enviro blog. (Well done to the children who set this up!!)
http://enviroagents.blogspot.com/
1. Your first task is to add it to your class blog!!! The instructions are on the previous ICT challenge (see below).
I hope you have all added Room 5's blog to your class blog! I'm sure they would love it if you and your class made a comment!!! :)
If you need support in doing this challenge you could complete it at your next syndicate mtg... just add it to the agenda :)
2. Your second task is to timetable in a commenting session into your daily/weekly timetable. View and comment on another classes blog.
http://enviroagents.blogspot.com/
1. Your first task is to add it to your class blog!!! The instructions are on the previous ICT challenge (see below).
I hope you have all added Room 5's blog to your class blog! I'm sure they would love it if you and your class made a comment!!! :)
If you need support in doing this challenge you could complete it at your next syndicate mtg... just add it to the agenda :)
2. Your second task is to timetable in a commenting session into your daily/weekly timetable. View and comment on another classes blog.
Remember... we do not have a teacher mtg this week so task 1 is to be completed by next Tuesday.
Task 2 will hopefully end up being a daily/weekly routine :)
Sunday, September 4, 2011
ICT challenge
ICT challenge this week....
This is Room 5's classroom blog URL address....
http://room5sfantasticlearning.blogspot.com/
Your challenge is to add it to your classroom blog (Marcus, Myra and Tania - if you wanted to carry out this challenge you could add it to your own staff blog).
Purpose - To add Room 5's blog to your class blog
How???
1. highlight and copy the link to Room 5's blog above (or click on it and copy the URL address at the top of the toolbar)
2. log on to your class blog
3. go to the design page
4. Click on 'edit' by 'other class blogs' (here is where I have previously saved all the class blogs for easy access)
This is Room 5's classroom blog URL address....
http://room5sfantasticlearning.blogspot.com/
Your challenge is to add it to your classroom blog (Marcus, Myra and Tania - if you wanted to carry out this challenge you could add it to your own staff blog).
Purpose - To add Room 5's blog to your class blog
How???
1. highlight and copy the link to Room 5's blog above (or click on it and copy the URL address at the top of the toolbar)
2. log on to your class blog
3. go to the design page
4. Click on 'edit' by 'other class blogs' (here is where I have previously saved all the class blogs for easy access)
5. Click "add to list"
6. Paste the link in the box
7. Click "save"
(If you have any troubles you may like to pop in to the ICT support session on blogging - Tuesday 6th September 8am - 8:30am in Room 7... bring your laptop)YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE CHALLENGE! :) "Yahoo!"
Monday, August 29, 2011
Task....
Hi guys!
I hope you found last weeks teacher mtg with Jo Wilson interesting!
Your ICT task this week...
- Please write a reflection on your e-journals about what you thought about the ICT reflection tool we used. Remember we are a pilot school and are trialling this tool. I'd love to know what you thought and if you can see any benefits from using this tool.
- Also, keep up the great work with commenting on teacher and class e-journals :)
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
ICT challenge
ICT tasks this week:
1. Post a reflection on your teacher blog about something you have trialled, that is working well, what you want to learn next, your goal for this term????
2. Post comments on your own classes blog and individual children’s blogs
3. Comment on other classes blogs as a teacher and also get your chn commenting on other classes blogs!!
Number 2 and 3 above are on-going tasks.... set yourself a goal... achieve it and then set a new goal. Maybe this could be your next reflection on your teacher blog?
1. Post a reflection on your teacher blog about something you have trialled, that is working well, what you want to learn next, your goal for this term????
2. Post comments on your own classes blog and individual children’s blogs
3. Comment on other classes blogs as a teacher and also get your chn commenting on other classes blogs!!
Number 2 and 3 above are on-going tasks.... set yourself a goal... achieve it and then set a new goal. Maybe this could be your next reflection on your teacher blog?
Monday, August 1, 2011
Reflection on your learning so far...
Your holiday task is to... post a reflection on your teacher blog about your learning of ICT so far.
- what has worked well
- what you have enjoyed
- your next learning steps
Onwards and upwards!!!!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Blogging support
http://bling4yrblog.blogspot.com/
I found this great website with helpful tips on how to blog!! I'm going to sit done and have a good read through and see what helpful tips I can use for my class blog!!!
I found this great website with helpful tips on how to blog!! I'm going to sit done and have a good read through and see what helpful tips I can use for my class blog!!!
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