by slav | Sep 29, 2009 | Online Resources, Web 2.0
Tagul is a resource similar to Wordle. However, Tagul allows users to sign up, save Taguls and embed them into webpages. Gorgeous tag clouds Here is some information from the Tagul website: Tagul is different …Wordle clouds cannot be used as in the way tag...
by marynabadenhorst | Sep 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Here are two inspirational movies for teachers. Below them are the instructions and links to videos and screenshots illustrating how to make similar movies. Starfish My favourite educational quotes How to make similar movies I made these movies by first creating the...
by heatherblakey | Sep 25, 2009 | Global Projects
School resumes soon and October is the perfect time to engage in a countdown to Halloween. For five years the Soul Food Cafe, created and managed by Heather Blakey, has featured a collaborative blog where community members can post Halloween style posts using a range...
by marynabadenhorst | Sep 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
I just started playing with Voicethread. It is a fun way of sharing photos and collaborating online. I know some teachers are using it for language development, e.g. in LOTE. They upload an image as a prompt, then ask students to leave comments in a language other...
by kerry | Sep 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Connect and SLAV web 2.0 competition deadline is coming up on Monday 5th October … Enter to win great Nintendo prizes. See this post for more info.
by marynabadenhorst | Sep 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
This is a very cool tool for kids (and adults!) You sign up to Blabberize. This process takes about two seconds, no e-mail verification is needed. Next, you will be taken to your own page. If this is the first time you go to Blabberize, you will have nothing in your...
by marynabadenhorst | Sep 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
These days a lot of new terms are flooding the net…for example: ‘Digital Immigrant’ (anybody born before 1980), ‘Digital Native’ (anybody born from 1980 onwards), and Digital Settler (anybody born before 1980 that adapted very well to using digital technology...
by kerry | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Follow Kate Leeming as she cycles over 20000km across Africa, highlighting social issues along the way. The trip commences in October this year and continues until June 2010. As Kate says: The purpose of the project is to learn firsthand about the causes and...
by murch | Aug 30, 2009 | Blogs
Blogging@Lunch As I do not teach in the primary school at Hawkesdale P12 College, this year, and as we have been involved in a number of projects with the ICT classes that I do teach, our dedicated blogging class time has been greatly reduced this year. Access to...
by Kathleen Morris | Aug 28, 2009 | Blogs
Here are some quick tips to get the most out of your class blog that I have learnt through working with my class on the 2KM Blog. Leave a comment if there are any other good tips that I have forgotten! Encourage parents to be involved in the blog and leave comments....
