by murch | Nov 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
A post from Anne Mirtschin and cross posted. Live blogging using coveritlive (need to register for an account) is user friendly enables real time interaction allows chat in a moderated environment. Producers have full rights to moderate or block if necessary any...
by murch | Nov 5, 2008 | Uncategorized
Picture us….. a small P12 School, ‘out in the sticks’ of country Western Victoria, with no mobile phone reception (well… if we are lucky, we can send sms from several patches in the school grounds if the weather is okay and we face the right direction)…. but today we...
by dbeever | Oct 28, 2008 | Web 2.0
Doncaster Secondary College have made a commitment to blogging as a means to engage students. This semester they have devoted six full days to skilling staff with the view to engaging students in 2009. As a part of the process many queries have been made. Dianne...
by marynabadenhorst | Oct 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
Introduction When I started this journey, I got comments from wide and far, ranging from: “Are you crazy?” to “”Really out there!” Some people just looked at me and shook their head (like when you look at someone on their way to a mental institution.) Luckily I was...
by jah63 | Oct 15, 2008 | Blogs, How To
Fodey is a quick and effective way for students to make content for their blogs in a fun and engaging manner! Students can choose from a range of characters and add speech to demonstrate learning. I use it to gain feedback from students. For example I may ask them to...
by heatherblakey | Oct 5, 2008 | Web Quests
Each year the School Library Association of Victoria and the Victorian Education Channel celebrate WebQuests created by Victorian teachers through the WebQuest of the Year event. This year the competition has been expanded to incorporate web 2.0 tools and renamed...
by brittgow | Sep 30, 2008 | Web 2.0
My action research project with the Knowledge Bank: New Generation Collaborative Learning and Research Project is about social networking and maths and science learning in the middle years. First, what is social networking? My own definition would include sites that...
by murch | Sep 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
Staff and students in our school have lost their clustrmap and other widgets from their blogs. To restore them, follow these instructions:- 1. Login to your globalteacher/student account 2. Stay in the dashboard 3. Goto plugins, on RHS between links for settings and...
by jah63 | Sep 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
Inspired by SARK’s new incredibly inspiring and vibrant book “Juicy Pens Thirsty Paper”, Grade 4 students used book titles to describe their own personalities. The book is so colourful and “alive” with ideas for writing, the students took...
by murch | Aug 30, 2008 | Online Resources
Grade 2 students at Hawkesdale p12 College were asked to draw their favourite Olympic games Sport. Next they used a voicethread to explain why it was their favourite sport. Other schools may participate and add to this activity. Instructions on using...
