by Kathleen Morris | Jan 17, 2011 | Blogs, Global Projects, Web 2.0
Cross posted from Kathleen Morris’ blog – Integrating Technology in the Primary Classroom. Most of you will know how passionate I am about blogging in the classroom. Since I started blogging with my students in 2008, I have come to realise how enormous the...
by murch | Jan 8, 2011 | Blogs
Are you interested:- in getting both yourself and your students using 21st century tools like blogs? in learning about some new tools you could use in your classes? in being a mentor to teachers and educators who are just starting their journey with 21st century...
by Lois Smethurst | Dec 12, 2010 | How To
The Grade 2 students have finished their sea projects on Scratch. You can see all of them on our school blog by searching the Categories for “Scratch”. THE SCRATCH PROJECT – Step 1 Each student chose their own topic about what they might “See Under the Sea”....
by Lois Smethurst | Nov 28, 2010 | Class Activities, Web 2.0
This is a lesson I have used on the way to creating a Wordle or any word cloud for that matter. Usually at the beginning of the year when students are getting to know their new classmates. I have mentioned Wordle in other posts but this blog is about the journey not...
by Andrew Williamson | Nov 28, 2010 | Creativity
Every year I write at least one blog post lauding the brilliance of Garageband as a creative tool for students. Again, I cannot speak highly enough of the power of GB especially when it is used as a tool for student composition. The underpinning philosophy that Kynan...
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 | Sep 20, 2010 | Class Activities
The Layar Reality Browser shows what is around you by displaying real time digital information on top of the real world as seen through the camera of your mobile phone. This technology is called Augmented Reality. We augment the real world as seen through your mobile...
by heatherblakey | Aug 11, 2010 | Class Activities, Web 2.0
Do you consider yourself a passionate person? What are the things about which you are passionate? Are you passionate about kids and helping kids learn? Are you passionate about opening up new vistas of experiences and understanding for others which – absent your...
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...
