ejourneys

.baDecided to list all the web 2.0 pages that I have used and found really good. So here they are:
http://www.websurveymonkey.com
www.websurveymonkey.com  - great tool for creating survey
www.famundo.com  - an online calendar
google docs
google page creator – web page creator
http://www.irfanview.com  – digital image editing
http://www.toondoo.com/./Home.do - cartoon creator
http://www.del.icio.us
http://www.wikispaces.com
www.wordpress.com - for blogging
mojiti – online digital video editing
www.bubbl.us –  for brainstorming
Of possible interest
http://www.circleup.com/my/cu/home [...]

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Well!!! Today, grades 5 and 6 were combined. So, when they all came into the computer lab, I did not even have enough computers for them all. So, some had to share a desktop which doesn’t work very well. Our teaching and learning leading teacher had helped us set up a basic ict survey for [...]

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Below is a show pertaining to our school yard. It shows what wonderful country school grounds we have.
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Cant wait until the schools in America and Canada return to school. I have now enlisted in some exciting gsn projects for each of my year levels. One of the most interesting challenges for me is the [...]

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Fifteen grade 6 students and several staff journeyed to Penshurst, approx 20 mins drive, today. We spent the most enjoyable day with some of the volunteer staff from the volcano discovery centre. Students were given a short talk by Val, and then Mylie and Jill helped us to fill in some information sheets. These sheets [...]

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One of our staff members, Jane, brought three samples of volcanic stones into the grade 6 classroom. Her Dad used to work the quarry at the base of Mt Rouse in Penshurst. Jane has so much to tell the students about her childhood and experiences and she continues to have a great love for Penshurst and [...]

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We were very fortunate to have  a visit by two volunteers from the Penshurst Volcano Discovery Centre this afternoon. They came into our grade 6 IT class and Val outlined the importance and significance of Penshurst in the Kanawinka volcanic region. Penshurst, a small town, approx 35kms from Hawkesdale, is fortunate to have an extinct volcano [...]

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Have been away helping to supervise year 11 students in Melbourne for four days. They complete a wonderful and rather unique 2 week work experience program. This meant I have not been at school much this week.  However, I have enquired about some global classroom projects and possible involvement in them for some of my [...]

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Students made their demo podcasts into mp3 files today. First we had to download a lame code for audacity. They then imported their podcast into MS Moviemaker and commenced inserting the opening title and  appropriate images.  They will experiment with text, titles, video transitions and video effects. Some will have to go back and get [...]

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