by Kathleen Morris | Nov 9, 2010 | Blogs, Global Projects
At the start of Term Four, I launched an exciting global project with my grade two students. As I have previously blogged about, I have found global projects to be one of the richest ways to use technology in the classroom. My class has collaborated globally with...
by Paul Stewart | Aug 10, 2010 | Blogs, Web 2.0
Last week, I hunted around the web, searching for a site where someone had gathered the terms of service for all the web’s most popular sites. Sadly (and surprisingly for the internet) I could not find what I sought. I decided to do it myself and created the Terms of...
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 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 Kathleen Morris | Jul 21, 2010 | Blogs, Class Activities, How To
This post is taken from the 2KM Blog. HTML is not something you would normally teach to 7 and 8 year olds but there are some very keen bloggers in 2KM and they loved learning a few basics! Last year, our friend, Mrs Yollis, taught her students how to use HTML code in...
by heatherblakey | Jul 17, 2010 | Blogs, Class Activities, Creativity, Web 2.0
In the past school doors seemed almost impenetrable. New Age Technology has changed all of this and today you can wander into classrooms all over the state. I visited Malmsbury Primary School recently and found that all the grades there are using blogs to showcase...
