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Term 4 Year 3 video.wmv
A GoAnimate Project with my year 3 ICT students.A group of year 3 boys worked together to make a film documenting the highlights of term 1 2010.
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International Schools IT Meeting - AIS - Thu Nov 4th 4-6pm
Last week I had a chance to chat with some IT Teachers from other international schools in Singapore.The main highlights were:Google AppsThere has been a lot of talk about Google apps over the last few months, although it’s considered a bit of yesterdays news it keeps on cropping up whenever there’s a get together. To get started with Google Apps checkout this. At the moment I use Gmail for my students (checkout…See More
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International Schools IT Meeting - AIS - Thu Nov 4th 4-6pm
Last week I had a chance to chat with some IT Teachers from other international schools in Singapore.The main highlights were:Google AppsThere has been a lot of talk about Google apps over the last few months, although it’s considered a bit of yesterdays news it keeps on cropping up whenever there’s a get together. To get started with Google Apps checkout this. At the moment I use Gmail for my students (checkout…See More
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Juan O'Shea commented on Juan O'Shea's blog post 'Moodle Server'
I am finally live testing Moodle from today!I
I have a Ubuntu server running a virtual machine with Turnkey Moodle (checkout http://www.turnkeylinux.org/moodle for more info) 10-2, (11.RC just didnt work - database issues).
In my first session…
Concept Mapping with Cmap
Had a great class with year 5/6 using Cmap.This an excellent tool for creating concept maps - we used it to introduce a unit on transport.Checkout http://cmap.ihmc.us/See More
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We are working on information reports in Year 3 - I found a great website www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/gamesforkids.htm which have great games to learn about animals.
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Posted on January 20, 2011 at 12:19am 0 Comments 0 Likes
As it is a new year and I will be teaching a year 2 class this blog will no longer be used.
Keep a eye out for my Google sites classroom blog - coming soon :)
International Schools IT Meeting - AIS - Thu Nov 4th 4-6pm
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Last week I had a chance to chat with some IT Teachers from other international schools in Singapore.
The main highlights were:
Google Apps…
Continue Concept Mapping with Cmap
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 8:22pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Had a great class with year 5/6 using Cmap.
This an excellent tool for creating concept maps - we used it to introduce a unit on transport.
Checkout http://cmap.ihmc.us/
Formal Evaluation PD re: SurveyMonkey
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
We are always evaluating ourselves and our lessons, today's PD is about how I used SurveyMonkey to formally evaluate myself last term.
Examples of Informal evaluation
- Lunch room discussions with teachers
- When speaking with your students, as a whole class or individually
Why you use it:
This is often done as part of 'Formative Assessment' - to see how you or your students are going so that you can…
Continue Email Etiquette PD
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 6:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I have some email etiquette PD for todays staff meeting - for more information see http://www.learnthenet.com/learn-about/email-etiquette/index.php.
The main points about email etiquette is:
- Clearly summarize your message in the subject line
- Don't use the CC (Carbon Copy) function to copy your message to everyone…
Moodle Server
Posted on August 12, 2010 at 12:30am 2 Comments 0 Likes
Happy days,
I just setup our test Moodle server.
If you want to know more about Moodle checkout www.moodle.org.…
Dropbox
Posted on July 26, 2010 at 12:14am 0 Comments 0 Likes
If you edit the same files on several different computers you could make use of Dropbox. It gives 2 gig of file storage space for free - I doubt I will need a memory stick again. It runs on Windows, OSX and my Ipad with no problems.
School Disco - teachers dance (can you spot me?)
Posted on June 7, 2010 at 6:26pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
My first WebQuest
Posted on May 31, 2010 at 12:30am 2 Comments 0 Likes
It's rough but nothing to be ashamed of - this is my first WebQuest.
It's an assessment item for my Masters at CSU...http://csusap.csu.edu.au/~joshea08/Asses6/WebquestHomePage.html
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MakeAffinity
I had a chance to look around MakeAffinity. This is a service which allows your to link your pc to your Lego NXT (including webcam interface). This could be an interesting addition to my ECA next term. I'll have to get it running myself first....
International Schools IT Meeting 18/03/2010
It was a great opportunity to join the International Schools IT Meeting yesterday. Even though a lot of business was covered there were three impressive technologies I got out of the session.
Firstly there is 1st Class from Human Edge which AISS use for school administration. I also had a look at Moodle which is a learning management system. I will give it a go for my year 5/6 kids next term - However I don't think It'll work well for my younger kids. And finally there's Ncomputing which is a way to link many monitors and keyboards to a single PC. It's an excellent way to setup pods of computers for classrooms and libraries.
Below are some of the links from the Robofest 2010 conference
The NXT Classroom - A great robotics site with plenty of material for anybody into Lego Mindstorms
Mateaffinity - A great robotics webiste where you can see and share projects and ideas with other people around the world
Domabotics - Robotics site with some great links, books and building instructions
I was realy impressed with Dr Damien Kee's Presentation and Workshops during the conference. For somebody with a Doctorate in Robotics he was very clear and non-techy. He maintains the domabotics.com website...
Below are some of the links from the iCTLT 2010 conference
Poptropica - A Virtual World for Kids 6 to 15
Prezi - An awesome presentation tool
Classroom 2.0 - Editable social networking site
Phunland - An excellent simulator of the physical world
AYITI The cost of life - An excellent life simulator made by UNICEF
Taking It Global - Positive social networking for kids
Live Mocha - Social network for people learning a language
I had a chance to look around MakeAffinity. This is a service which allows your to link your pc to your Lego NXT (including webcam interface). This could be an interesting addition to my ECA next term. I'll have to get it running myself first....
International Schools IT Meeting 18/03/2010
It was a great opportunity to join the International Schools IT Meeting yesterday. Even though a lot of business was covered there were three impressive technologies I got out of the session.
Firstly there is 1st Class from Human Edge which AISS use for school administration. I also had a look at Moodle which is a learning management system. I will give it a go for my year 5/6 kids next term - However I don't think It'll work well for my younger kids. And finally there's Ncomputing which is a way to link many monitors and keyboards to a single PC. It's an excellent way to setup pods of computers for classrooms and libraries.
Below are some of the links from the Robofest 2010 conference
The NXT Classroom - A great robotics site with plenty of material for anybody into Lego Mindstorms
Mateaffinity - A great robotics webiste where you can see and share projects and ideas with other people around the world
Domabotics - Robotics site with some great links, books and building instructions
I was realy impressed with Dr Damien Kee's Presentation and Workshops during the conference. For somebody with a Doctorate in Robotics he was very clear and non-techy. He maintains the domabotics.com website...
Below are some of the links from the iCTLT 2010 conference
Poptropica - A Virtual World for Kids 6 to 15
Prezi - An awesome presentation tool
Classroom 2.0 - Editable social networking site
Phunland - An excellent simulator of the physical world
AYITI The cost of life - An excellent life simulator made by UNICEF
Taking It Global - Positive social networking for kids
Live Mocha - Social network for people learning a language
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