by heatherblakey | Jul 29, 2010 | Arts, Web 2.0
Grade 4/5/6 students in the Big Room at Malmsbury Primary School were very excited when they learned that a Magic Genie was headed their way, willing to grant all their food wishes. Apart from using Hero Factory to depict the cool Genie they are using Wordle to put...
by heatherblakey | Jul 26, 2010 | Blogs, Web 2.0
The discussion about keeping blogs open and teaching students to use the internet safely is a vital one. This post about Why I Think Blogs Should Be Open will provide some discussion about why it is better to have an open door policy when it comes to blogging in...
by heatherblakey | Jul 24, 2010 | Web 2.0
Rather than fail our students by not realizing the full potential of social networking we need to remember the old line of being alert and not alarmed. Knowledge is power. If we don’t teach students how to travel safely in the cyber world who is going too? If we...
by heatherblakey | Jul 22, 2010 | Online Resources, Web 2.0
A very thoughtful blog about the whys and wherefores about using a range of technologies for learning and teaching. Tania raises issues and shares her thoughts and discoveries about how to work with teachers to deliver some of the best opportunities to...
by Kathleen Morris | Jul 21, 2010 | Blogs, Class Activities, How To
This post is taken from the 2KM Blog. HTML is not something you would normally teach to 7 and 8 year olds but there are some very keen bloggers in 2KM and they loved learning a few basics! Last year, our friend, Mrs Yollis, taught her students how to use HTML code in...
by heatherblakey | Jul 17, 2010 | Blogs, Class Activities, Creativity, Web 2.0
In the past school doors seemed almost impenetrable. New Age Technology has changed all of this and today you can wander into classrooms all over the state. I visited Malmsbury Primary School recently and found that all the grades there are using blogs to showcase...
by murch | Jul 17, 2010 | Web 2.0
word cloud made with http://www.wordle.netHaving blogged for more than three years, I am as passionate about blogging as ever and see it as one of the few online tools that can embrace the both the emerging and establishing digital literacies. Over this time, I am...
by Paul Stewart | Jul 16, 2010 | Blogs, Creativity
AnswerGarden is a new minimalistic feedback tool. Use it as a tool for online brainstorming or embed it on your website or blog as a poll or guestbook. AnswerGarden has many different users: site admins, bloggers, teachers, creative teams, brainstormers and more!...
by brittgow | Jul 12, 2010 | Global Projects, Web 2.0
Heather Blakey, Queen of Globalteacher and Hostess of Soul Food cafe, came to visit us today – what an inspiration! It is three years since we last met and her first visit was the catalyst for my blog at Technoscience. That was the beginning of my e-journey,...
by heatherblakey | Jul 10, 2010 | Blogs, Creativity, Web 2.0
Doorways hold a fascination for many. As a tourist in faraway places I loved to photograph doors and doorways. One of the problems of being a tourist is that you rarely have access through fascinating private doorways and, unless you stay with locals, never do see...
