Posted in e-learning on Jul 30th, 2006 Comments Off
This week the American House of Representatives passsed the DOPA (Deleting Online Predators Act) by a huge majority (410-15) effectively banning students from accessing collaborative internet sites under the premise that they may lead to encounters with internet predators
Under the legislation not only will sites like myspace be blocked at schools, but other collaborative tools [...]
Posted in blogging, e-learning on Jul 24th, 2006 Comments Off
How nice to hear Australian voices appearing in podcasts, just like the Australian edublogs that are emerging across the Australian educational arena.
This podcast, on Classroom Blogging, is a really interesting, and really practical, reflection on setting up classroom blogs, by teachers who are actually doing it. They’re mainly working with WordPress technology but with [...]
Posted in education-news on Jul 23rd, 2006 Comments Off
I suppose I should preface my remarks by saying that History is one of my teaching subjects, so I’m likely to think it’s important. And I do. But I’m unconvinced that it should be compulsory in the senior years, and if they’re going to legislate for story and a return to narrative in history the, [...]
Posted in blogging on Jul 19th, 2006 Comments Off
Great to see more Australian sites emerging in the ed-blogsophere. This one comes out of Western Australia and looks well organised and interesting to read. So much so that I’ve added it to my rss reader already!
The purpose of Digital Chalkie is to provide a hub for Australian educators using ICT to engage and facilitate [...]
Posted in wikis on Jul 19th, 2006 Comments Off
Another wiki as resource for teachers. The collaborative guide to information technology
School Computing Home Page – School Computing
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Posted in e-learning, tools and gadgets on Jul 18th, 2006 2 Comments »
Was in a discussion yesterday as to what software should be on the student notebook computers for 2007; do they all need Adobe Photoshop Elements? Would it be good to put PIcasa on all computers? What about utilities that help them manage their computer, like back up software? Which version of Office? Is MS Publisher [...]
