Recently I attended a parent info session at the HS my son attends. He was told that parents who attended would help to secure a netbook early as it showed home support, I smelled a ploy to get parents to come to a meeting. Now, if you thought that you would have about 100 community [...]
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I am sure many caught this visionary on the ABC recently. If not, you can download the 2 parts from the ABC website for free.
This is worthwhile watching. Some great insight that should serve as a wakeup call for educators everywhere.
The link 730 Report has high quality .m4v files, viewable in iTunes/Quicktime or on your [...]
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Before we carry on with the static ‘photo’ movie and advanced features let me mention the ease of making a ‘video’ movie.
This is such a natural thing for students to do. Head over to teachers.tv and you will see a few class lessons using Interactive Writing Board (IWB). Whiteboard Science Students use a little blue [...]
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What if you want to go beyond the ‘photo’. What more can you do?To begin with, let’s create a static simple movie.On XP/Vista use ‘Movie Maker’. Got a Mac? Then fire up iMovie. The principle is similar on both platforms. Take your digital photos, import/place them into your movie making software. By default each photo [...]
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I think photos is a good place to start for the novice and the expert alike.
The novice because photos are a handy classroom prop/tool. Document an excursion. Photos for portfolios. Photos to show a procedure.
The expert because they too often ‘let go’ of simple tech ideas in the pursuit of more challenging applications. But honestly, [...]
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So what does a teacher need to be able to integrate ICT?Change.Plain and simple. Learn to let go of the traditional approach to the classroom which has burdened educator and bored students since the technological evolution. Learning outcomes can be achieved, but in a totally new and refreshing way.Where once it was ‘the mode’ for [...]
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Is it necessary for an educator to have strong ICT skills in order to integrate technology effectively? In a word, no.The crucial element is ‘the end’ or ‘what do I want my students to achieve?’. Once this has been determined, the learning experience can be enhanced through the use of ICT. Notice that I say [...]
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Many so called professionals will be giving advice on how best to use ICT in the classroom. But, let’s face it – without first hand exposure and opportunity to build confidence using ICT then there will be a slimmer chance that IT will be meaningfully integrated into the class curriculum.Just giving the hardware [...]
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Initial post. This area will be a launchpad for teachers when considering blogging as a tool for teaching. How? Why? When? Where? and What?
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