Posted in blogging on Jun 30th, 2006 Comments Off
Good post from blogsavvy on what blogs aren’t useful for in educational terms. I like the idea about group blogs not being ideal; surely that’s what wikis are best for?
Blogsavvy » Article » How NOT to use blogs in education
Posted in podcasting on Jun 30th, 2006 Comments Off
Nice looking site of Year 4 and 5 students in Western Australia producing some podcasts. I like the student centred look of the site particularly.
http://www.podkids.com.au/
Posted in e-learning on Jun 28th, 2006 Comments Off
Had a bit of a play around today with Sharepoint, a Microsoft portal server that integrates lots of web content into collaboarative internet pages. The new version will support blogs, wikis, and audio files (maybe even full on podcasting) Quite impressive at first look.
More info here: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/products/server/more-server/#share-point
Posted in podcasting on Jun 27th, 2006 Comments Off
Example of universities using the itunes software to deliver podcasts in collaboration with Apple.
University of British Columbia
UBC Podcasts allow University of British Columbia alumni, students,faculty and others to access UBC-related digital content, includingpublic lectures from Talk of the Town, UBC International’s Global Citizenship speakers series, and more. http://www.ubc.ca/podcasts/index.php
John Hopkins University
The various divisions of The Johns [...]
Posted in e-learning, wikis on Jun 24th, 2006 Comments Off
Yet another entry in the wiki stakes; wetpaint seems to do without tagging completely. I’m thinking I might trial this for the forthcoming Cat’s Eye work with my class, instead of pbwiki.
Compare the two sites below; neither site has any content yet, just the framework for some work next term.
http://catseye.pbwiki.com/
http://catseye.wetpaint.com/
Posted in blogging on Jun 24th, 2006 Comments Off
One thing I’ve been keen on developing for some time is the blog as teacher self-reflection, not just for occasional teachers, but for all teachers, as part of their professional development and growth. Staff at Arapahoe High School in the USA have been doing some of this. From a recent entry:
In the beginning, [...]
