Posted by sakhs on 30th July 2008
I recently joined the Aussie Bloggers Forum: http://www.aussiebloggers.com.au/forum/index.php This is a friendly board where Aussies discuss blogging in general. Through this forum, I made contact with Ian who is a primary teacher/librarian in Sydney’s west. He’s been doing some really interesting stuff with web 2.0 and class blogs so I thought I’d share.
Messages from Ian:
“When I was editor of “Scan”, the NSW DET’s professional journal, we advised teachers to team up with their teacher-librarians to tackle book raps (and other raps) together. We used to use email listservs but now use the blog formats, to even great success. BTW, “Scan” is still a great publication filled with ICT ideas for K-12 teaching and learning. The next rap starts next week for Stage 2 students: the Olympic Games and Book Week, using a Children’s Book Council Awards shortlisted book, “The Shaggy Gully Times”:
http://rapblog3.edublogs.org/
Also, you might enjoy checking out the “Gold Quest” blog I used last term with our Stage 3 students, and those at another primary school. Two teacher-librarians leading students and teachers through ICT:
http://goldquest.edublogs.org/
And of special interest, our students’ use of a website called “Newspaper Clipping Generator” at:
http://goldquest.edublogs.org/pps-bushranger-bounties/ …
…“
I think these sites are very interesting examples of what can be done with blogging in an education context. There are opportunities to link up on collaborative activities, or we might get some useful ideas. Hope you have time to have a look.
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Posted by sakhs on 5th July 2008
My year 10 computing class have recently entered the DET Connected Learning Awards for student websites.
The Connected Learning Awards are run by the NSW DET to provide students with opportunities to engage with real-life situations, where they can develop skills in communicating, collaborating, self-directed learning, problem solving, researching and publishing their findings. This year’s theme is ‘Earth’. The open nature of the theme allows students to include work from a range of KLAs in any way they wish. I’m very pleased with the entries.
click here to find out more about the awards
2008 entries:
Year 10 IST (Information and Software Technology)
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Posted by sakhs on 19th June 2008
SICHUAN , China – One zoo in southwest China has its hands full with 16 baby pandas. The Sichuan Wolong Panda Protection and Breed Center is dealing with the results of a breeding boom where 16 pandas have been born.
The brood includes five sets of twins. The cubs are weighed and measured every five days (see pics) The heaviest tips the scale at just over 24 pounds, while the lightest weighs about 11 pounds. The pandas are due to stop suckling soon – just about the time they’ll start learning to walk. Once weaned, the panda cubs will attend panda kindergarten. In the meantime, more little ones are expected at the centre since 38 giant pandas were artificially impregnated.
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Posted by sakhs on 17th June 2008
I think this might be a very useful resource for teachers:
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx
This allows you to view digital versions of hundreds of news publications from around the world. You can print out high quality pages, instantly send articles to your blog and carry out a number of other useful functions.
*This does not just show the online version of the news; they are the actual print publications in digital form. A free account does have limitations in how many pages you can view per day, but it’s still pretty cool.
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Posted by sakhs on 12th June 2008
If you have a blog, every post you make is automatically published to an rss feed. What’s an rss feed? To find out more; read this page
Rss feeds have the potential of attracting larger audiences to your publications. If you’d like to get your feed listed in my feed directory free of charge go to this page and submit your feed details.
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Posted by sakhs on 23rd May 2008
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