Posted on September 27th, 2007 by deangroom
This is the end post, which has focused on delivering IST in Year 9 : Topic : Databases
If you check out my bloglines, you will find all the work done by my year 9 class during a 10 week period in this topic. The purpose is to show how I’ve implemented Classroom2.0 for students and [...]
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Posted on September 24th, 2007 by deangroom
A massive thanks to Jo, Sean and crew for todays meet in the Gong. The time, thought and effort that went into it was M A S S I V E. Despite a few little wi-fi issues (anyone who says wi-fi for large scale implementation is a good idea has rocks in their head), there [...]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2007 by deangroom
There are a few ways to learn how to do things in Second Life. Trial and error, reading another users blog (how to) or take a class. I’ve been doing the first two.
I took a class, mainly to see how the tutor did it. I am getting more interesting in LSL which is Linden Scripting [...]
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Posted on September 18th, 2007 by deangroom
Thanks to everyone at the year’s final Learnscope Meet today. Once again I learned plenty of new things, especially how to beĀ creative with Google Earth. This is the presentation I gave, which is intended to summarise the teaching and learning that has developed over the last couple of terms. I hope that it aids [...]
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Posted on September 14th, 2007 by deangroom
As term 3 comes to a close, and we have our final Learnscope meeting, I’ve started reflecting on the journey.
Firstly I’ve decided that if you know where to look, theres a Web2.0 tool to do just about anything you want, and in that, a tool that facilitates just about anything you want – or students [...]
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Posted on September 3rd, 2007 by deangroom
I’ve given my VET class a project to the end of term. A hybrid PBL/Web2.0 briefing.
“Given that the majority of businesses use some form of ‘network’, then IT VET students need to show potential employers that they know what one is and how to make one” … if you can’t do that then you’re not [...]
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