April 2009 - Posts
I've been looking for interesting ways to add audiocasts to ePortfolios. I found this cool tool, and have been having fun with it for the last hour or so! It's called Photoface and it's by Oddcast. You can upload a photo or use one of their's and make
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This has absolutely nothing to do with Web 2.0 tools in the classroom, however it's a clip that inspires me, gives me hope for the average kids in my class, and reminds me to never judge a book by it's cover! It reminds me to find the little spark of
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It's not very flash yet, but at last the Teacher eTalk wiki has enough content to let everyone in! You can access it by clicking on the link in the sidebar. Mostly the wiki is for teaching resources that I need in my Year 5 class. Please feel free to
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Calling all Year 5 (Grade 4) educators with blogging classes! My 2009 class has started their own lovely new blog, Sparkle . We are looking for other classes worldwide that can collaborate with us. If you send us your blog URL's, we will read and comment
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My classes' recent AsTTle results once more showed that my students' comprehension skills are greatly lacking. Two of the areas which they need to focus on are Finding and Processing Information, and also Making connections. I found this excellent thought
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Eight weeks into the new academic year, and my class is riveted by all the fantastic Web 2.0 tools on offer! We have been doing a mini-inquiry on 'Change', really just to get their team-work skills embedded, and to apply some of the thinking skills we
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