I'm a secondary teacher who leads a double life as a late night nerd. I'm addicted to 2.0 applications and I'm always looking for ways to integrate them in my classrooms.
Have you ever explored the concept of "cyber-drama"? It blurs the lines between performers, directors and audience using social networking and online multimedia. I've done a number of projects with my drama students exploring the…
I am looking for a secondary class to connect my students with to discuss either 20th century poetry, Australian novels or media representations of youth. My classes are seniors (so 15-17 yrs old).It doesn't need to be a long, on going project. I was thinking something like a joint blog/discussion board discussing/sharing their experiences and study about one of these topics. At the moment the 20th century poetry and Australian novel studies are taking place May/June and the Media study starts…See More
etherpad is a pretty cool one I just stumbled across recently - http://etherpad.com/
wikis hold much potential for English in terms of writing and publishing.
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Yes, Delicious would be good, as would Diigo, where they can highlight and comment on webpages. Another possibility would be Issuu, which I have not investigated thoroughly, but appears to be an artile-sharing site.
I love the idea of tracking a story across different media and looking at how it is massaged depending on the bias of the media. How will your students collect and present their results and conclusions?
Your anecdote about the two different ways you taught The Short Story is interesting. I wish we had more opportunities to give students useful feedback on things like critical thought, ability to articulate opinions etc.
You seem to be having the same problem as me. When embedding TED talks on my personal webpage, they initially play and it all looks great but after refreshing i am unable to play them nor are any of the students who i asked to watch the video. Let me know if im doing somthing wrong, or try and play ure video from this page and see what happens
hey would like to hear your opinions on my website which i use to run my classes, you can also read my blog which has been designed to teach other teachers how to incoroporate web 2.0 tools into their classes, in particular other 1st year teachers like myself www.mrrobbo.com
Hello Mobbsey and welcome!! I too, am from Australia and have found so much to be inspired from this classroom. Like you I am passionate about web2.0 applications and you will find lots more ways to integrate them into your classroom by keeping a close watch on the discussions, the groups etc.