by Sandy Phillips | Dec 2, 2015 | Blogs, Digital Learning, Global2
Woohoo! The 2015 Edublog Awards are a go for the TWELFTH year! All Global2 blogs are eligible!! #eddies15 There are 2 parts to the awards: Nominations – NOW through December 2nd. (That’s in US time so we have till the 3rd (today) Voting – TBA *Nominations will...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 15, 2015 | Class Activities, Global2, Online Resources
Many thanks to Chelsea, a year 8 student from Hawkesdale P-12 College. Chelsea has created this video to help us all learn about two of the new tools in Global2 – Adding webfonts and shortcodes. Thanks also go to to Dylan who wrote and performed the...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 29, 2015 | Blogs, Digital Technologies, Global2
Joel Aaron from Bentleigh West Primary School has taken the initiative to create the Classroom Blog Repository. The concept is simple and relevant to all Global2 teachers. He has set up a free space for teachers to promote their classroom blogs so that other...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 20, 2015 | Blogs, Challenge, Digital Technologies, Global2, How To, New technologies, Professional Learning, Web 2.0
For teachers who would to really like to get their heads around blogging and its potential for their students Edublogs is running its first Teacher Blogging Challenge of 2015! The closing date for having the activities emailed to you have closed however you are still...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 18, 2015 | Blogs, Cybersafety, Digital Technologies, Global2
Ensuring that you are using images you have permission to use and presenting the attribution of those images appropriately is a challenge for all bloggers. Compfight is a new function in Global2. The plugin allows you to search Creative Commons images on Flickr from...
by Sandy Phillips | Jan 23, 2015 | Blogs, Cybersafety, Digital Learning, Digital Technologies, Global2
Welcome to any new bloggers who are joining Global2 for the first time and welcome back to those returning from holidays. At this time of the year, many educators set up student blogging accounts. It is really important that teachers get comfortable with how the...
