General
Welcome to the 'Online Web2.0 course' for teachers!
Discussion forums
General Resources
Professional reading/viewing |
Other Resources &
Examples |
Start
here -What is blogging (A three minute video explanation) 'Telling the new story' - Video - Kathy Cassidy talks about blogging with an infant grade. (8mins) Blogging basics (website) More blogging basics (website) What blogging does for students (website) |
A huge list of teacher and school blogs. A great place to
explore how other educators use blogs. http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers Video tutorials on how to use a blog Sample blogging permission note (adapted from Mildura West PS) |
Add to the discussion
about blogs! |
Where to get a blog
... |
Access the forum and let us know your new blog address.
Ask any questions you have about them. Need help - ask
away! |
http://edublogs.org http://globalteacher.org.au http://globalstudent.org.au http://21classes.com |
Professional reading/viewing |
Other Resources &
Examples |
Start here -
Social Bookmarking in Plain
English (A three minute video explanation) Simply Delicious (A document outlining the use of the delcious bookmarking service) |
Some educators and their 'delicious' accounts. Have a
browse... http://delicious.com/taradcat http://delicious.com/vonnie http://delicious.com/lynnetai http://delicious.com/wfryer http://delicious.com/ictguy |
Add to the discussion
about social bookmarking! |
Where to sign-up
... |
Access the forum and let us know your new delicious
account. Need help - ask some questions! |
http://delicious.com And for the adventureous: http://diigo.com |
Professional reading/viewing |
Other Resources &
Examples |
Start here -
RSS in Plain English (A three minute video explanation) |
A huge list of teacher and school blogs to subscribe
to. |
RSS feed
readers |
Personal home page
tools |
http://reader.google.com http://bloglines.com |
http://pageflakes.com http://www.google.com/ig http://netvibes.com http://protopage.com |
Professional reading/viewing |
Other Resources &
Examples |
Start here
- Google Docs in Plain English and
Wikis in Plain English (Video explanations from commoncraft) Slideshare.net seems to have been down for a day or two. So the two links below may not work (it's not you fault!) A presentation on using wikis and in particular pbwiki.com How to do things on wikispaces. |
http://en.wikipedia.org Whole school wiki - http://westwood.wikispaces.com/ Aussie example: http://australian-history.wikispaces.com/ An example classroom project using a wiki: http://brokenworld.wikispaces.com/A+Broken+World A wiki on using wikis in education: http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com and http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com |
Add to the
discussion! |
Where to create a
collaborative document ... |
Access the forum and ask any questions you have about
collaboration and web 2.0 tools. Need help - ask
away! |
Online office suites
Create your own wiki |
Professional reading/viewing |
Your toolkit (Use one of
these) |
Start here -
An example of a digital story online. 7 things you should know about Digital Story Telling (a pdf download) What do kids learn? (pdf download) |
The ultimate list of Digital Story
Telling Tools for web 2.0 Flash based tools http://toondoon.com Other tools http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/ http://animoto.com/ |
When working with with digital images and audio you need to be aware of copyright. |
Take advantage of creative commons licensed
materials. |
Royalty free
audio |
Royalty free images and
'Creative Commons' licensed images |
http://soundsnap.com http://ccmixter.org http://www.freesound.org http://www.findsounds.com (Not all royalty free) |
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net |