Linear Text April 8, 2007
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VideoThis YouTube video shows how text has had impact upon society. Probably need to be fairly technically inclined to fully appreciate. XML evolved from HTML. XML allows one to worry only about the content of a database webpage, not what it looks like. The webpage will look the same on all computers which is particularly good for business transactions.
Fear Factor Technology April 8, 2007
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The following is a short TeacherTube video to stimulate teachers in the use of technology.
Visual Learners April 7, 2007
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This relates to Visual Learners.
Status2 April 6, 2007
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It seems I have made at least some progress with elearning since about June of 2006. Some of the events that have taken place include:
- Moodle training 2 days in Sydney
- no Moodle available to my school
- hired a site in Perth. Extensively tested but students could not download files due to my school’s security settings. Sigh.
- participated in online Moodle conference via video conferencing
- Participated in panel for hiring an elearning integrator
- no one was hired due to lack of practical experience
- ICT Group formed, I became the minute secretary
- A paper entitled “Elearning at TIGS” was written by me and passed onto the Executive in an attempt to bring the 3 dimensional aspect of elearning into a clearer perspective.
- Virtual Staffroom came into existance where I became much more aware of Web 2.0 services.
- Elearning conference, 3 days, Melbourne
- Summary paper written about the 3 days for the Executive
- Evaluated Edumate for my school which undergoes implementation in 2007
- Became involved in the Honours Programme as an elearning integrator and as part of my co-curricular obligations.
- mentoring 3 students in programming so far (Python)
- may be mentoring one other in graphics editing software
- set up TIGSHONOURS yahoo group for communication purposes
- participated in presentation to parents about the Honours Programme
- a lot of time spent outside of school hours setting things up
- Scoured the Net for student activities that can be used in individual student blogs.
- Decided upon Learnerblogs.org as our site due to security and lack of advertising
- 3 lessons lost due to technical difficulties at the Learnerblogs site
- opted for Edublogs Premium for six months, 35 students but it is expensive
- a signficant number of students seem excited about the concept of a blog
- ICT Support investigating WordPress options that run under tigs.com.au domain
- Participated in Podcasting inservice run by the AIS
- tested out blogs ability to upload mp3 files and movies
- tested out Movie Maker 2 with 1394 cable, digital camera and new laptops
- Blogs and the use of Audacity inservices have yet to take place
- I suspect I will be a presenter at future professional development days at my school
As I grow in skills, it certainly has been a case of two steps forward and one step backward! But that is the norm for technology and trying something new.
Powerful Video April 6, 2007
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This is a short, powerful movie which shows why I am such an advocator of the use of technology with students. Please comment.
