In term 1, 2008, students in my 10th grade Information Software Technology class studied ‘networks’. In the end students had to build a PC from parts, install and OS, network via a router and exchange a file. This was the practical component. Theory revolved around a group wiki.
4 students decided to take this a step [...]
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Wow how impressive is this – but its a game – obviously we can use that in our school – can we?
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There are a number of ’systems’ that I am embedding into Classroom2.0. All the time, I want to ensure that we are offering our students and staff access to creative and useful technologies. High on the list for me is what we generically call ‘Virtual Worlds’, specifically Second Life [...]
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In a recent network upgrade to SP3, we have also installed a ‘remote desktop’ application that allows us to control, monitor, screen share, file share etc., between IT Admin, Teachers and Students.
Observation of students in a real time activity – with zero lag over a gigabit network.
Today I watched a class who were obviously [...]
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After a largely positive Head of Department staff meeting, where we showed staff a short clip of Will Richardson talking about the SHIFT, it reinforced to me the massive divide that is opening in teaching. The connected teacher is engaged in a global conversation that recognises the need to SHIFT our teaching ethos which has [...]
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It is so good to start reporting on student work. Our Project Based Learning (Charter) project for our 9th Grade students (160 boys), opened for business in February 2008. We spent the previous 6 months planning it, my role being the strategic planning of the Educational Technology enviroment. I’ve blogged heaps on my vision for [...]
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I’ve facilitated a year 12 HSC English task using Classroom 2.0 ethos. I was given the previous assessment task, and then worked with the two teachers to shift it to the discourse we are advocating. I have to say that there is a huge amount of trust needed for this to happen on the part [...]
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You either get this or you don’t. But heres a clue : Think about how kids could explain a Web2.0 tool using Music and a Macbook – This is Photo booth! and some guy in a wig – how creative, simple and cool. Yet still somewhere as you read this, someone bought a PC. Indeed [...]
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After attending the Why and How of Web2.0. It gave a focus to the issues that as an Educational Technologist and parent – I face.
Once a teacher gets a lens to understand the SHIFT that Will (and others) talk about, they get all depressed, as the future looks bleak while they grapple with the enormity of [...]
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Apple OSX Leopard has a very good text to speech tool. You can highlight any text on any page then have it speak using one of Apple’s latest voices. Not much is said about Apple’s text to speech, but here’s how I’ve been using it.
You enable it from the system preferences – click the icon [...]
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