by murch | Mar 28, 2008 | Blogs, Wellbeing
As we are pioneers in cyberspace, cybersafety is a concern that is being refined and evaluated all the time – trying to balance transparency with privacy, allowing students some freedom, yet protecting them and ensuring their safety at all times. Students...
by murch | Mar 18, 2008 | Blogs, Web 2.0
The majority of our students have set up their own blog space. A little risque as some of you might ask. After all some are only in years 4,5 and 6 and the even riskier end is year 9 and 10 teenagers. Well, so far so good. Some have tried to put images on posts, to...
by murch | Feb 27, 2008 | Web 2.0
I was amazed (but thought it was great) to read Lori’s article on the top LHS of http://www.dailywriting.net/Wild%20Gardeners%20eLearning/Advent2007_Day1_WildGarden.html and to see that although Lori had been using web 2.0 for18 months it was only recently she...
by murch | Feb 27, 2008 | Web 2.0
I teach in a relatively small p12 school at Hawkesdale. This small rural town is 30 minutes drive to the nearest large shopping centre of Warrnambool, so at times we work very independently and to a certain degree, in isolation as it is expensive now to drive to...
by murch | Feb 27, 2008 | Web 2.0
If you have downloaded the freeware Irfanview, a wonderful header for a blog or an online page can be created by stitching photos together to create a panoramic image. So, if you are in irfanview, ensure that all your digial photos are the same height and preferably...
by murch | Feb 27, 2008 | Web 2.0
At school, we are using voicethread to share our interests, acitivities and other project materials with some schools in USA. The grade 3 and 4 class have been working on this project. Year 8 students have produced a photo album of our school to share with schools in...