by heatherblakey | Aug 11, 2010 | Class Activities, Web 2.0
Do you consider yourself a passionate person? What are the things about which you are passionate? Are you passionate about kids and helping kids learn? Are you passionate about opening up new vistas of experiences and understanding for others which – absent your...
by heatherblakey | Jul 30, 2010 | Blogs
Blogs on Global Teacher and Global Student, like Edublogs, use the Word-Press content management system (CMS) that makes it easy to manage a blog. Click on the links below to see some helpful videos. The user interface in these videos differs somewhat from the...
by heatherblakey | Jul 29, 2010 | Arts, Web 2.0
Grade 4/5/6 students in the Big Room at Malmsbury Primary School were very excited when they learned that a Magic Genie was headed their way, willing to grant all their food wishes. Apart from using Hero Factory to depict the cool Genie they are using Wordle to put...
by heatherblakey | Jul 26, 2010 | Blogs, Web 2.0
The discussion about keeping blogs open and teaching students to use the internet safely is a vital one. This post about Why I Think Blogs Should Be Open will provide some discussion about why it is better to have an open door policy when it comes to blogging in...
by heatherblakey | Jul 24, 2010 | Web 2.0
Rather than fail our students by not realizing the full potential of social networking we need to remember the old line of being alert and not alarmed. Knowledge is power. If we don’t teach students how to travel safely in the cyber world who is going too? If we...
