Sunday, November 30, 2008
ClassTool Templates
This is a great template to use for retelling of stories, assessment of understanding of any learning or digital story telling. It could also be used very successfully for collaborative story telling or showing sequencing of ideas. The possibilities are endless.
ClassTools Templates - Free!
These are free class tools - no login, no sign up.
Here is an example.
Click here for the site.
Here is an example.
Click here for full screen version
Click here for the site.
Creativity - Sir Ken Robinson
Leading system redesign- 16th National and 5th iNet Conference
26-28 November 2008, ICC Birmingham, UK.
This is the keynote presentation by Sir Ken Robinson. He talks about teaching practice, teaching and learning for 21st century learners and creativity.
Very well worth the listen.
Click here
26-28 November 2008, ICC Birmingham, UK.
This is the keynote presentation by Sir Ken Robinson. He talks about teaching practice, teaching and learning for 21st century learners and creativity.
Very well worth the listen.
Click here
Friday, November 28, 2008
Quick slideshows and presentations.
This is really great because you don't have to upload to any other platform. It is just straight up onto the blog.
Click here to try it out.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Logos
This is a great site to use for making logos, backgrounds for websites and all sorts of other goodies. Check it out.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Building Powerful Learners
I came across this audio by Guy Claxton on Building Powerful Learners.
He talks about building reflective practice, developing emotional habits of mind, strengthening cognitive flexibility and encouraging social- collaborative action.
It is really worth a listen if you are passionate about teaching and learning in the 21st century and provides food for thought with regard to ones own teaching practice.
To listen to the audio click
here.
He talks about building reflective practice, developing emotional habits of mind, strengthening cognitive flexibility and encouraging social- collaborative action.
It is really worth a listen if you are passionate about teaching and learning in the 21st century and provides food for thought with regard to ones own teaching practice.
To listen to the audio click
here.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Teaching in Australia
I have been teaching in Northern Queensland for eight months this year, working with a Year 4 class.
Take a look at our class website.
http://fantastic4mandd.wikispaces.com
Take a look at our class website.
http://fantastic4mandd.wikispaces.com
Ideas for the start of the school year 2009
This is a great idea for developing your classroom treaty at the start of the year.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Online Picture Books- Lookybooky
I am about to acquire an interactive board for my classroom and was doing a browse for some online web resources.I came across this wonderful site of the most amazing online picture books. All you have to do is register and you can create your own bookshelf. Can you just imagine all the possibilities for guided and independent reading learning and teaching as well as using this resource for Literature circles. I hope that you find this useful. Please share any thoughts you may have on how you would use this.
The website is
http://www.lookybook.com
Here is an example:
The website is
http://www.lookybook.com
Here is an example:
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Teaching and Learning
I have just had a little play with Animoto.
It is a free presentation tool.
Here is a short example. I am sure that many people have use this. I can think of lots of ways that it could be used to demonstrate learning. We are going on camp shortly and I am sure that the students would be able to use this tools effectively for a recount of their camp experiences, to demonstrate their Habits of Mind, and as part of their personal story for their e portfolio.I will add some of their examples when we return from camp.
It is a free presentation tool.
Here is a short example. I am sure that many people have use this. I can think of lots of ways that it could be used to demonstrate learning. We are going on camp shortly and I am sure that the students would be able to use this tools effectively for a recount of their camp experiences, to demonstrate their Habits of Mind, and as part of their personal story for their e portfolio.I will add some of their examples when we return from camp.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Using Toondoo
Some follow up on using Toondoo in the classroom. This was created by a student to show their knowledge and understanding of how to survive in a rip after a trip to a West Coast Beach.
| horse_crazy | What to do if you you get caught in a rip. |
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Friday, February 1, 2008
The start of a new year- 2008
With the start of the New Year I am once again challenged by my commitment and passion for teaching as we get ready to welcome new learners, with hopeful expectations into their first year at Intermediate School. My colleague Lenva and I were talking yesterday and we were discussing the question" What would you expect a 21st century literate teacher be able to do? " (David Warlick)
A very interesting and challenging question.
I thought that I might discuss this with my team at our next team meeting and find out their views.
Sheryl Nussbaum-beach said at the Tuanz conference last year that we are the last generation of teachers who have the choice of whether or not we want to embrace and use technology to support meaningful learning, but I think that that choice no longer exists. I also think that teachers now need to be users of new technologies to support their own learning and teaching practice.
I am committed this year to spend time each week exploring the world of Web 2.0 and to experiment with one or two new tools and to see if and how they would support purposeful learning that would also engage and motivate the students in my class.
This is my spot for sharing with you not just what tools are out there, because there are cazillions of sites out there already doing that, but to show how I am actually using these tools in my classroom with examples of the students work and how student can use these to record, reflect on, create and communicate their learning.
My first addition is Toondoo
I had a play with this yesterday. Some of the exapamles that they show on the first page have some inappropriate material, so just sign up and go straight into making the comic srtip, don't show the eamples unless you have checked these out yourself and selected the ones that you are going to show. However, I think that using this comic strip tool for prior knowledge and then for an assesmnet of knowledge and understanding either formatively or summatively, would be great.
Our team is starting the year off with an Inquiry on " The Brain".
John C. Eccles, 1969 said, " A better understanding of the brain is certain to lead a man to a richer comprehension both of himself, of his fellow man, and of society, and in fact of the whole world with its problems."
To find out what the students know about the brain, I thought that they could make a toon book for me. This could be a homework task or they could work in a group of two or three in class.
This Toonbook would also be a great way for them to show their knowledge and understanding as a reflection at the end of this study and their views on the quote above.
This is my example, but I will post some of the students work in about two weeks time.
"Make Belief Comix" could be used for the same learning purpose. This tool is great because the students can print off their work. If you do not want to link their work to an ePortfolio or a blog, then this is a great alternative. Here is an example. I will post some of the students work later.
A very interesting and challenging question.
I thought that I might discuss this with my team at our next team meeting and find out their views.
Sheryl Nussbaum-beach said at the Tuanz conference last year that we are the last generation of teachers who have the choice of whether or not we want to embrace and use technology to support meaningful learning, but I think that that choice no longer exists. I also think that teachers now need to be users of new technologies to support their own learning and teaching practice.
I am committed this year to spend time each week exploring the world of Web 2.0 and to experiment with one or two new tools and to see if and how they would support purposeful learning that would also engage and motivate the students in my class.
This is my spot for sharing with you not just what tools are out there, because there are cazillions of sites out there already doing that, but to show how I am actually using these tools in my classroom with examples of the students work and how student can use these to record, reflect on, create and communicate their learning.
My first addition is Toondoo
I had a play with this yesterday. Some of the exapamles that they show on the first page have some inappropriate material, so just sign up and go straight into making the comic srtip, don't show the eamples unless you have checked these out yourself and selected the ones that you are going to show. However, I think that using this comic strip tool for prior knowledge and then for an assesmnet of knowledge and understanding either formatively or summatively, would be great.
Our team is starting the year off with an Inquiry on " The Brain".
John C. Eccles, 1969 said, " A better understanding of the brain is certain to lead a man to a richer comprehension both of himself, of his fellow man, and of society, and in fact of the whole world with its problems."
To find out what the students know about the brain, I thought that they could make a toon book for me. This could be a homework task or they could work in a group of two or three in class.
This Toonbook would also be a great way for them to show their knowledge and understanding as a reflection at the end of this study and their views on the quote above.
This is my example, but I will post some of the students work in about two weeks time.
| gailtmitchell | This is my prior knowledge about " The Brain" |
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"Make Belief Comix" could be used for the same learning purpose. This tool is great because the students can print off their work. If you do not want to link their work to an ePortfolio or a blog, then this is a great alternative. Here is an example. I will post some of the students work later.
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