ejourneys

To encourage staff to use web2.0, we have started with what they may find useful, personally
What we have done:

all have opened up a http://del.icio.us account (social bookmarking)
pd sessions on resizing and maniputlating images, using www.irfanview.com
using photostory for digitalstorytelling

What we are doing:-

10 minute spot pd at each full staff meeting eg using skype, ms communicator, ipod demos, using clickview [...]

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 Afew problems blocked our way today……
 I was able to have the grade 6s for two lessons and at long last, I feel that we are close to accomplishing our goals – one of which was to produce the highest possible quality podcasts that grade 6 students might achieve. 
Two podcasts are now completed and and made into mpg [...]

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I love web 2.0, but oh, it can be so time consuming especially when you are trying to learn everything at once. Having said that, it also open up the most amazing doors.
Our grade 3 and 4s contribute to the webkinz blog. As I had been absent for some weeks, I decided I had better [...]

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Unfortunately, our relatively quick holiday of just under 2 weeks to London, Hungary and Romania turned into an absence of a month. My husband was bitten by a dog in Hungary and required urgent surgery in Budapest. This required a hospital stay of 5 days so we missed our flights home and then could not [...]

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One of our middle years teachers organised an ICT showcase for parents of primary school students. The showcase was held yesterday and was most successful. Approximately 50 parents were in attendance and all the p-6 students watched the show via our library smartboard. The day commenced with a morning tea for staff and parents.
I had [...]

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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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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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