Entries from February 2008
February 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments
I have loved looking at some blogs where the writers have been tagged for this activity. Some of the images are fabulous and I wish someone would pool them all together on one site or wiki, as it would be such a rich resource.
Swimming the Global Waters of Web 2.0
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Tags: ambitions · social networking · web2.0
February 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Busy week this week:-
Meeting with Parents - During latter half of meeting, I was given time to introduce wikis, student blogs, global projects and aims and goals for first semester. (Went well but I think parents were absolutely gobsmocked and I must remember that they know nothing or little about web2.0 for next time.)
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Tags: evaluation · reflections · web2.0
February 23rd, 2008 · 5 Comments
Through one of my posts on classroom20, I met a lady who had commented on my blog, named Rashkath. When I joined twitter, it was good to see that rashkath was a member. Rashkath, to me is rather amazing, in that she is a maths teacher from India and has wholeheartedly embraced web2.0 and blogging [...]
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Tags: blogging · reflections · web2.0
February 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Highlight of the Week
Using skype for videoconferencing and bridgit screen share to enable Jeff Whipple, from Nashwaaksis Middle School / Devon Middle School, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada teach my students about wikis and the flat tales project using his laptop screen, from his home. (Read Jeff’s post and my post.)
From the student perspective
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Tags: blogging · reflections · skype · web2.0
February 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments
I have experienced two more amazing events today. After spending most of last night researching cybersafety sites and collecting some wonderful reference points from my twitter colleagues re links, sites and online videos, I went to upload them onto the desktop in the lab which projects onto the datashow. However, our internet was down. A [...]
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Tags: blogging · flatclassroom · skype · videoconferencing
February 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Having decided that I want to improve both the appearance and content of my blogs, I will try uploading a review each week, sharing some of what I have learnt with my classes, students or my growing social network. Also I will nominate a student blog , a useful website and a blog posting for the week.
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Tags: reflections
February 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments
As it is now 8 months since I started using the web2.0 technologies, I was asked what I would do differently if I could turn back time. If so, what would I suggest for newcomers. First of all, I would not ……
……..start with trying to learn everything (as I tried to do) – wikis, blogs, nings, podcasting, [...]
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Tags: Getting Started · blogging · reflections · social networking
This weeks’ tasks include(d):-
Blogging
The majority of our students have now applied for their own blogging space. Each student in Info Tech classes from years 4-10 will have their own blog and full rights as administrator. However, I will be an administrator as well, in case there are any problems. They have all been linked to my [...]
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Tags: global projects
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Tags: web2.0