Podcasting is the next big thing to hit education. The word is derived from ipod and broadcasting. The ipod is just a way of listening to sound files, usually in MP3 format. It is just a way of compressing a large amount of music into a small trendy box that teenagers love to use. Traditionally, they download the music via a computer and store it on the i-pod.
However, it does not need to be music. Any audio file can be recorded and stored onto an i-pod.
Podcasts are usually small radio programmes that can be listened to at the computer or downloaded onto an i-pod or other mp3 player.
It makes it easy to create a radio programme and distribute (or broadcast) via an intranet.
Create radio interviews for languages or make a science documentary. You are only limited by your own imagination.
Traditional Radio
The radio is alive and well on the internet. There are some excellent programmes on the radio but how to record them? Use the Listen Again service on the BBC. Listen again allows you to broadcast the radio programme from the computer to your class. You can stop, rewind and play the programme.
You will need the Real player software. It should be installed but please check with our helpdesk if not.
The BBC is trailling podcasts and downloads.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/downloadtrial/
Most programmes, however, are available only for a week.
Feeds
True podcasting involves using a ‘feed’ but you don’t need to go to such complexity to undertand the basics. If you do want to know more use the following sites.
The wikipedia definition:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting
The BBC have more informtion on podcasts.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/downloadtrial/podcast.shtml
Remember
You do not need an ipod!
Have a nice i-holiday!
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
About blogging
An introduction to blogging
"Every reader is a writer, every writer is a reader." --Jay Rosen
Blogging
What is blogging or blog? It is short for web-log. They started out as a diary that a gap student may have written on their travels. The student can settle in a café and put thir blog on-line for the relations back home to read. You can include pictures and text. Have a look at Boris Johnson’s blog http://www.boris-johnson.com/index.html
How to blog
You do not need to know how to create a web site. You register with a blog supplier (free)and then just fill in the on-line form with the details of the blog and hey presto – the whole world can read your ramblings.
One supplier is http://www.blogger.com/start . You can set up a blog in minutes.
There are some excellent instructions on how to set up a blog at http://www.geographypages.co.uk/blogs.htm
Blogs for education
There are many teachers who use blogs for their teaching. Look at the Geoblog pages site, at (http://www.geographypages.co.uk/blogpages.htm) supported by the Royal Geographical Society.
Plenty of ideas on blogging are here.given at http://anvil.gsu.edu/EduBlogInsights/2004/10/05#a668
some examples are
You might like to create a reflective, journal type blog to...
* reflect on your teaching experiences.
* keep a log of teacher-training experiences.
* write a description of a specific teaching unit.
You can encourage your students (either on your weblog using the comments feature or on their own weblogs) to blog...
* their reactions to thought-provoking questions.
* their reactions to photos you post.
* journal entries.
* results of surveys they carry out as part of a class unit.
* their ideas and opinions about topics discussed in class.
Caution
Be careful about publishing details of your school work on the web.
Keep the site secure – you do not have to make it public.
Do not mention the school name - it can be anonymous.
Pupils will use blogs to bully their classmates.
The Future
If you understand blogging you can now go on to read about pod-casting,
Join the technorati at
http://www.technorati.com/
"Every reader is a writer, every writer is a reader." --Jay Rosen
Blogging
What is blogging or blog? It is short for web-log. They started out as a diary that a gap student may have written on their travels. The student can settle in a café and put thir blog on-line for the relations back home to read. You can include pictures and text. Have a look at Boris Johnson’s blog http://www.boris-johnson.com/index.html
How to blog
You do not need to know how to create a web site. You register with a blog supplier (free)and then just fill in the on-line form with the details of the blog and hey presto – the whole world can read your ramblings.
One supplier is http://www.blogger.com/start . You can set up a blog in minutes.
There are some excellent instructions on how to set up a blog at http://www.geographypages.co.uk/blogs.htm
Blogs for education
There are many teachers who use blogs for their teaching. Look at the Geoblog pages site, at (http://www.geographypages.co.uk/blogpages.htm) supported by the Royal Geographical Society.
Plenty of ideas on blogging are here.given at http://anvil.gsu.edu/EduBlogInsights/2004/10/05#a668
some examples are
You might like to create a reflective, journal type blog to...
* reflect on your teaching experiences.
* keep a log of teacher-training experiences.
* write a description of a specific teaching unit.
You can encourage your students (either on your weblog using the comments feature or on their own weblogs) to blog...
* their reactions to thought-provoking questions.
* their reactions to photos you post.
* journal entries.
* results of surveys they carry out as part of a class unit.
* their ideas and opinions about topics discussed in class.
Caution
Be careful about publishing details of your school work on the web.
Keep the site secure – you do not have to make it public.
Do not mention the school name - it can be anonymous.
Pupils will use blogs to bully their classmates.
The Future
If you understand blogging you can now go on to read about pod-casting,
Join the technorati at
http://www.technorati.com/
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Ideas on blogging
anvil.gsu.edu/EduBlogInsights
You might like to create a reflective, journal type blog to...
* reflect on your teaching experiences.
* keep a log of teacher-training experiences.
* write a description of a specific teaching unit.
* describe what worked for you in the classroom or what didn't work.
* provide some teaching tips for other teachers.
* write about something you learned from another teacher.
* explain teaching insights you gain from what happens in your classes.
* share ideas for teaching activities or language games to use in the classroom.
* provide some how-to's on using specific technology in the class, describing how you used this technology in your own class.
* explore important teaching and learning issues.
You might like to start a class blog to...
* post class-related information such as calendars, events, homework assignments and other pertinent class information.
* post assignments based on literature readings and have students respond on their own weblogs, creating a kind of portfolio of their work.
* communicate with parents if you are teaching elementary school students.
* post prompts for writing.
* provide examples of classwork, vocabulary activities, or grammar games.
* provide online readings for your students to read and react to.
* gather and organize Internet resources for a specific course, providing links to appropriate sites and annotating the links as to what is relevant about them.
* post photos and comment on class activities.
* invite student comments or postings on issues in order to give them a writing voice.
* publish examples of good student writing done in class.
* show case student art, poetry, and creative stories.
* create a dynamic teaching site, posting not only class-related information, but also activities, discussion topics, links to additional information about topics they are studying in class, and readings to inspire learning.
* create a literature circle.
* create an online book club.
* make use of the commenting feature to have students publish messages on topics being used to develop language skills.
* ask students to create their own individual course blogs, where they can post their own ideas, reactions and written work.
* post tasks to carry out project-based learning tasks with students.
* build a class newsletter, using student-written articles and photos they take.
* link your class with another class somewhere else in the world
You can encourage your students (either on your weblog using the comments feature or on their own weblogs) to blog...
* their reactions to thought-provoking questions.
* their reactions to photos you post.
* journal entries.
* results of surveys they carry out as part of a class unit.
* their ideas and opinions about topics discussed in class.
You can have your students create their own weblogs to...
* learn how to blog
* complete class writing assignments.
* create an ongoing portfolio of samples of their writing.
* express their opinions on topics you are studying in class.
* write comments, opinions, or questions on daily news items or issues of interest.
* discuss activities they did in class and tell what they think about them (You, the teacher, can learn a lot this way!).
* write about class topics, using newly-learned vocabulary words and idioms.
* showcase their best writing pieces.
You can also ask your class to create a shared weblog to...
*
complete project work in small groups, assigning each group a different task.
* showcase products of project-based learning.
* complete a WebQuest.
Share ideas you have for using weblogs in education.
Posted by Anne Davis on 10/5/04; 9:54:05 AM from the eSN dept.
You might like to create a reflective, journal type blog to...
* reflect on your teaching experiences.
* keep a log of teacher-training experiences.
* write a description of a specific teaching unit.
* describe what worked for you in the classroom or what didn't work.
* provide some teaching tips for other teachers.
* write about something you learned from another teacher.
* explain teaching insights you gain from what happens in your classes.
* share ideas for teaching activities or language games to use in the classroom.
* provide some how-to's on using specific technology in the class, describing how you used this technology in your own class.
* explore important teaching and learning issues.
You might like to start a class blog to...
* post class-related information such as calendars, events, homework assignments and other pertinent class information.
* post assignments based on literature readings and have students respond on their own weblogs, creating a kind of portfolio of their work.
* communicate with parents if you are teaching elementary school students.
* post prompts for writing.
* provide examples of classwork, vocabulary activities, or grammar games.
* provide online readings for your students to read and react to.
* gather and organize Internet resources for a specific course, providing links to appropriate sites and annotating the links as to what is relevant about them.
* post photos and comment on class activities.
* invite student comments or postings on issues in order to give them a writing voice.
* publish examples of good student writing done in class.
* show case student art, poetry, and creative stories.
* create a dynamic teaching site, posting not only class-related information, but also activities, discussion topics, links to additional information about topics they are studying in class, and readings to inspire learning.
* create a literature circle.
* create an online book club.
* make use of the commenting feature to have students publish messages on topics being used to develop language skills.
* ask students to create their own individual course blogs, where they can post their own ideas, reactions and written work.
* post tasks to carry out project-based learning tasks with students.
* build a class newsletter, using student-written articles and photos they take.
* link your class with another class somewhere else in the world
You can encourage your students (either on your weblog using the comments feature or on their own weblogs) to blog...
* their reactions to thought-provoking questions.
* their reactions to photos you post.
* journal entries.
* results of surveys they carry out as part of a class unit.
* their ideas and opinions about topics discussed in class.
You can have your students create their own weblogs to...
* learn how to blog
* complete class writing assignments.
* create an ongoing portfolio of samples of their writing.
* express their opinions on topics you are studying in class.
* write comments, opinions, or questions on daily news items or issues of interest.
* discuss activities they did in class and tell what they think about them (You, the teacher, can learn a lot this way!).
* write about class topics, using newly-learned vocabulary words and idioms.
* showcase their best writing pieces.
You can also ask your class to create a shared weblog to...
*
complete project work in small groups, assigning each group a different task.
* showcase products of project-based learning.
* complete a WebQuest.
Share ideas you have for using weblogs in education.
Posted by Anne Davis on 10/5/04; 9:54:05 AM from the eSN dept.
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Screen casting
Screencasting...an improvement to Blogging?
By John Fallon on May 20, 2005 in Best Practices. Discuss it below
For years, I’ve used the products created by Techsmith for a variety of projects. The latest defined use for their video capture device Camtasia has been incorporated into what is called Screencasting, a term defined by Jon Udell from InfoWorld. Where blogging is essentially text based, a podcast is used for audio, a screencast is used for combining text, audio and video. Although a relatively new concept for expanding blogging entries, for years I’ve used the PowerPoint add-on Microsoft Producer to produce some of my classroom instructional materials that I've incorporated onto the web. Producer allows the combination of text via HTML, audio and movie files. For powerpoint users, screencasting is really not all that new. These days, it seems that everyone is trying to jump on the “ogging” bandwagon. Even Serious Magic has developed software for the art of “Vlogging” (video blogging). I’ve seen some of the files/screencasting projects that have been produced with Camtasia and they do look and function great. I can see that at the beginning of the next school year, I’m going to do some experimenting with screencasting with at least one of my classes. I just hope that we don’t dilute the overall concept of blogging that provides a medium for concentration on written material. From an educational viewpoint, we need more opportunities for students to write and improve their skill, not additional opportunities to create multimedia extravaganzas.
By John Fallon on May 20, 2005 in Best Practices. Discuss it below
For years, I’ve used the products created by Techsmith for a variety of projects. The latest defined use for their video capture device Camtasia has been incorporated into what is called Screencasting, a term defined by Jon Udell from InfoWorld. Where blogging is essentially text based, a podcast is used for audio, a screencast is used for combining text, audio and video. Although a relatively new concept for expanding blogging entries, for years I’ve used the PowerPoint add-on Microsoft Producer to produce some of my classroom instructional materials that I've incorporated onto the web. Producer allows the combination of text via HTML, audio and movie files. For powerpoint users, screencasting is really not all that new. These days, it seems that everyone is trying to jump on the “ogging” bandwagon. Even Serious Magic has developed software for the art of “Vlogging” (video blogging). I’ve seen some of the files/screencasting projects that have been produced with Camtasia and they do look and function great. I can see that at the beginning of the next school year, I’m going to do some experimenting with screencasting with at least one of my classes. I just hope that we don’t dilute the overall concept of blogging that provides a medium for concentration on written material. From an educational viewpoint, we need more opportunities for students to write and improve their skill, not additional opportunities to create multimedia extravaganzas.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Blogging for teachers
Just reading about how many other teachers use blogging. Prompted by Web-Ed blog. The answer is - not many. There are a few that I found that are interesting - have a look at HipTeacher. I would like to find some more IT teaching blogs but so far I can't find any.
Saturday, January 29, 2005
BETT 2005
‘Take hold of the future’ was the motto for this year’s BETT show.
“Was this going to be a renaissance year of a new enlightened age of computing?” I pondered the ideas on the crowded train, my thoughts interrupted by loud people who stand around with their mobile phones saying – “I’m on the train – where are you?” I read in a preview of the show that a massage session was available for those tired and weary limbs at the end of the day. I looked forward to it as I stepped out of the train into a bright blue sky day and was pleased to see no queues. Although, by the numbers of people who arrived in the next twenty minutes, I wondered who was actually teaching in the country’s classrooms.
Round the corner from the RM stall was the SCRAN picture library stand. I am particularly interested at the moment in how we source pictures for our teaching and this on-line library looked interesting. SCRAN is a charity based in Scotland and is a learning image service with 300,000 images, movies and sounds from museums, galleries, archives and the media. You can use the images just as clipart but there are tools that can turn the images into a work sheet very quickly. You can keep bookmarks for your own use but it would be possible to set up a list of bookmarks for your classes to use. It is a subscription service but the price seemed reasonable and the collection is growing all the time. I ordered a free trial straight away.
The Apple stand was the next to grab my attention. Wasn’t it strange this year that so many stands were sporting apple laptops? Maybe there is a trend in education that the rest of us ought to take seriously. I speak as a confirmed PC user. I was keen to see GarageBand, a fairly new addition to the I-life suite of Apple software. You can record up to 8 audio tracks at once and quickly produce and edit your own music compositions. Whist at the Apple stand I tried to find out more about the new Chroma-key plug in to I-movie. This is the blue-screen effect that means you can film yourself against a blue background and then electronically put on a weather map behind you. This could be great fun in the classroom and I am sure there are plenty of other educational uses other than just the weather to exploit but no-one could show me how to use it – how disappointing.
How do you organise your trip to BETT? I made lots of plans about the people I wanted to see but then forget it all in the excitement of the event. However, I had made a note to see the Serif Draw stand and then had to say that I had forgotten why. They dutifully handed out a couple of CDs full of curriculum materials and training tutorials. I do like this about Serif. They are keen to give you free samples of fully working software to try out and their licensing for use in school is very competitive and some of the software is excellent. I watched a demonstration of their MovieMaker software, used for editing video. It’s always difficult to find the balance with ease of use against functionality but I think this version does well against the competition.
Would you like a radio station to play with? For £7250 you can buy everything you need to run a radio station. This could be relayed through the intranet so you don’t have to broadcast to the whole of the local community. There is a compact mixing desk, mini-disc recorders, a telephone balancing system for taking on-air calls, basically everything right down to the ‘on-air’ light and radio controlled clock.
Like the radio station, my attention is always grabbed by exotic looking stands and so I was pleased to see the Mirandanet stand decked out in a celebration of Southern Africa. The walls were covered in decorative fabric, there were cases full of wooden carvings, there were baskets and drawings of mud huts and other African scenery adorning the stand. The E-lapa project is for schools in challenging circumstances in the Free State and there have been various exchanges and on-line projects. Mirandanet has also published a paper on ECDL for educators that is worth reading if you are considering the ECDL programme.
Talking about the ECDL programme I noticed a large growth in the number of stands offering ECDL solutions. Aston Swann were famed for their ECDL for Educators programme but have now released a programme for students as well. The ECDL certification seems to be gaining ground, as I notice the number of people asking questions about it. Now that it can gain points and is matched with the BCS User certificates it can be quite attractive. The only problem is finding the right training materials and coping with the administrative burden. Although you can buy packages that include the automated tests and training all together as one.
I had been looking for astronomy support material but I hadn’t expected to find it here at BETT so I was happy to see ‘Starry night astronomy and planetarium resources’ which comes in various forms. There is a complete space and astronomy pack for Key Stages 2 and 3. It consists of software, a companion book and DVD films. View from any location and travel through time to 3000AD to see what the sky will be like in the future. There are various other packs for older students and with the publicity that the Titan landing is generating this might be a good time to get into astronomy with your students.
Time was pressing on and after a rushed sandwich and coffee I realised that all the collectible goodies were running out. At the Ultralab stall, every year I collect their DVD showing the movies made at the Summer school. These are short movies that are excellent to show students to give them ideas for creative projects. I was lucky to get the last one they possessed so next year I advise you to visit them early! Maybe you all took my advice last year. The students on the stand this year were making animated movies using small stages set up with plasticine figures – Wallace and Grommet style. We have tried this in school and it is very effective and I recommend it to everyone. The thrill of making a piece of plasticine come alive on the screen is worth the effort.
Feeling completely exhausted I checked out ‘The National Archive Learning Curve’ suite of computers allowing people to sit and browse their free online teaching and learning resource, following the History National Curriculum from Key Stages 2 to 5. Lot of exciting resources including the Tudors and the Great War. You can find out what they mean by the phrase ‘lions led by donkeys’?
In the afternoon I was delighted to find Wells Cathedral school advertising a music software package called “The virtual Javanese Gamelan”. This is some software that has nothing to do with the computer technology of Java but everything to do with the music produced in Java, the place. The Gamelan is an ensemble of tuned percussion instruments consisting of gongs, pots, metallophones (similar to glockenspiels) and drums. The software explores the instrument and compositions. Using the tutorials you can compose and play your own pieces. Best of all the software is a free download from the site. There is plenty of information on the accompanying website and discussion groups.
As I am a member of NAACE I took refuge in their dedicated lounge and took stock of things. If you haven’t joined NAACE I do recommend it. It’s not just that they provide such a sumptuous lounge but that they are developing useful courses and conferences such as the ‘ICT Alive show in March 2005. They have also produced the NAACEMark scheme – a quality assurance scheme for schools that can be used to aim for success in using ICT. Even if you do not apply for the award the documentation would be a useful guideline for any ICT co-ordinator at primary or secondary level.
Whilst I don’t think we are quite in the Renaissance of a new computing era in education I certainly found some interesting new developments at this year’s BETT that will allow me to take hold of the future and the most disappointing thing was that I couldn’t find the relaxing, rejuvenating massage area. I hope you did and that you found what you were looking for without being overwhelmed.
Links
www.imusic.org.uk The virtual Javanese Gamelan
http://www.scran.ac.uk/ SCRAN
http://www.mirandanet.ac.uk/elapavle/ Mirandanet
http://www.educatorsecdl.com/default.asp Aston Swann
http://www.guildsoft.co.uk/index.html Starry night
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/ National Archive Learning Curve
http://www.naace.org/ NAACE
“Was this going to be a renaissance year of a new enlightened age of computing?” I pondered the ideas on the crowded train, my thoughts interrupted by loud people who stand around with their mobile phones saying – “I’m on the train – where are you?” I read in a preview of the show that a massage session was available for those tired and weary limbs at the end of the day. I looked forward to it as I stepped out of the train into a bright blue sky day and was pleased to see no queues. Although, by the numbers of people who arrived in the next twenty minutes, I wondered who was actually teaching in the country’s classrooms.
Round the corner from the RM stall was the SCRAN picture library stand. I am particularly interested at the moment in how we source pictures for our teaching and this on-line library looked interesting. SCRAN is a charity based in Scotland and is a learning image service with 300,000 images, movies and sounds from museums, galleries, archives and the media. You can use the images just as clipart but there are tools that can turn the images into a work sheet very quickly. You can keep bookmarks for your own use but it would be possible to set up a list of bookmarks for your classes to use. It is a subscription service but the price seemed reasonable and the collection is growing all the time. I ordered a free trial straight away.
The Apple stand was the next to grab my attention. Wasn’t it strange this year that so many stands were sporting apple laptops? Maybe there is a trend in education that the rest of us ought to take seriously. I speak as a confirmed PC user. I was keen to see GarageBand, a fairly new addition to the I-life suite of Apple software. You can record up to 8 audio tracks at once and quickly produce and edit your own music compositions. Whist at the Apple stand I tried to find out more about the new Chroma-key plug in to I-movie. This is the blue-screen effect that means you can film yourself against a blue background and then electronically put on a weather map behind you. This could be great fun in the classroom and I am sure there are plenty of other educational uses other than just the weather to exploit but no-one could show me how to use it – how disappointing.
How do you organise your trip to BETT? I made lots of plans about the people I wanted to see but then forget it all in the excitement of the event. However, I had made a note to see the Serif Draw stand and then had to say that I had forgotten why. They dutifully handed out a couple of CDs full of curriculum materials and training tutorials. I do like this about Serif. They are keen to give you free samples of fully working software to try out and their licensing for use in school is very competitive and some of the software is excellent. I watched a demonstration of their MovieMaker software, used for editing video. It’s always difficult to find the balance with ease of use against functionality but I think this version does well against the competition.
Would you like a radio station to play with? For £7250 you can buy everything you need to run a radio station. This could be relayed through the intranet so you don’t have to broadcast to the whole of the local community. There is a compact mixing desk, mini-disc recorders, a telephone balancing system for taking on-air calls, basically everything right down to the ‘on-air’ light and radio controlled clock.
Like the radio station, my attention is always grabbed by exotic looking stands and so I was pleased to see the Mirandanet stand decked out in a celebration of Southern Africa. The walls were covered in decorative fabric, there were cases full of wooden carvings, there were baskets and drawings of mud huts and other African scenery adorning the stand. The E-lapa project is for schools in challenging circumstances in the Free State and there have been various exchanges and on-line projects. Mirandanet has also published a paper on ECDL for educators that is worth reading if you are considering the ECDL programme.
Talking about the ECDL programme I noticed a large growth in the number of stands offering ECDL solutions. Aston Swann were famed for their ECDL for Educators programme but have now released a programme for students as well. The ECDL certification seems to be gaining ground, as I notice the number of people asking questions about it. Now that it can gain points and is matched with the BCS User certificates it can be quite attractive. The only problem is finding the right training materials and coping with the administrative burden. Although you can buy packages that include the automated tests and training all together as one.
I had been looking for astronomy support material but I hadn’t expected to find it here at BETT so I was happy to see ‘Starry night astronomy and planetarium resources’ which comes in various forms. There is a complete space and astronomy pack for Key Stages 2 and 3. It consists of software, a companion book and DVD films. View from any location and travel through time to 3000AD to see what the sky will be like in the future. There are various other packs for older students and with the publicity that the Titan landing is generating this might be a good time to get into astronomy with your students.
Time was pressing on and after a rushed sandwich and coffee I realised that all the collectible goodies were running out. At the Ultralab stall, every year I collect their DVD showing the movies made at the Summer school. These are short movies that are excellent to show students to give them ideas for creative projects. I was lucky to get the last one they possessed so next year I advise you to visit them early! Maybe you all took my advice last year. The students on the stand this year were making animated movies using small stages set up with plasticine figures – Wallace and Grommet style. We have tried this in school and it is very effective and I recommend it to everyone. The thrill of making a piece of plasticine come alive on the screen is worth the effort.
Feeling completely exhausted I checked out ‘The National Archive Learning Curve’ suite of computers allowing people to sit and browse their free online teaching and learning resource, following the History National Curriculum from Key Stages 2 to 5. Lot of exciting resources including the Tudors and the Great War. You can find out what they mean by the phrase ‘lions led by donkeys’?
In the afternoon I was delighted to find Wells Cathedral school advertising a music software package called “The virtual Javanese Gamelan”. This is some software that has nothing to do with the computer technology of Java but everything to do with the music produced in Java, the place. The Gamelan is an ensemble of tuned percussion instruments consisting of gongs, pots, metallophones (similar to glockenspiels) and drums. The software explores the instrument and compositions. Using the tutorials you can compose and play your own pieces. Best of all the software is a free download from the site. There is plenty of information on the accompanying website and discussion groups.
As I am a member of NAACE I took refuge in their dedicated lounge and took stock of things. If you haven’t joined NAACE I do recommend it. It’s not just that they provide such a sumptuous lounge but that they are developing useful courses and conferences such as the ‘ICT Alive show in March 2005. They have also produced the NAACEMark scheme – a quality assurance scheme for schools that can be used to aim for success in using ICT. Even if you do not apply for the award the documentation would be a useful guideline for any ICT co-ordinator at primary or secondary level.
Whilst I don’t think we are quite in the Renaissance of a new computing era in education I certainly found some interesting new developments at this year’s BETT that will allow me to take hold of the future and the most disappointing thing was that I couldn’t find the relaxing, rejuvenating massage area. I hope you did and that you found what you were looking for without being overwhelmed.
Links
www.imusic.org.uk The virtual Javanese Gamelan
http://www.scran.ac.uk/ SCRAN
http://www.mirandanet.ac.uk/elapavle/ Mirandanet
http://www.educatorsecdl.com/default.asp Aston Swann
http://www.guildsoft.co.uk/index.html Starry night
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/ National Archive Learning Curve
http://www.naace.org/ NAACE
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Thursday, January 06, 2005
Video blogs
An interesting article on videoblogs:
Videoblogs...Another Tool in the Toolbox?
We've been making some inroads at my school into multimedia video projects using MovieMaker. It's been slow going as we've had to work through the process of the most efficient ways to save and produce the video our students take. But in the last couple of weeks, we've had some really fine interpretations of Romeo and Juliet as well as some minute-long vids with a political bent. I think the teachers are starting to see the potential despite the added time it takes to create them.
http://www.weblogg-ed.com/2004/12/29#a2985
Videoblogs...Another Tool in the Toolbox?
We've been making some inroads at my school into multimedia video projects using MovieMaker. It's been slow going as we've had to work through the process of the most efficient ways to save and produce the video our students take. But in the last couple of weeks, we've had some really fine interpretations of Romeo and Juliet as well as some minute-long vids with a political bent. I think the teachers are starting to see the potential despite the added time it takes to create them.
http://www.weblogg-ed.com/2004/12/29#a2985
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
RSS feeds for education
www.weblogg-ed.com
This site contains some interesting writing about the use of blogs for education.
www.becta.org has some good info about open source software.
http://www.weblogg-ed.com/rss_for_ed
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www.becta.org has some good info about open source software.
http://www.weblogg-ed.com/rss_for_ed
This is a useful pdf on rss for education.
To build a feed on your own web page use this handy javascript maker:
http://jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/feed/index.php?s=about
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