LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

What we are doing today has been taught to us via Moodle which is a LMS.

LMS's have virtual "Coffee lounges" and "chat rooms" which enable you to share and learn with other like minded individuals.

Other examples of a LMS is www.learningplace.com.au, which has a wonderful "Cirriculum Exchange" for its members.

Most LMS's are password protected.

GOOGLE EARTH

I wonder when Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the moon if he ever thought that one day we would be able to see it as clearly without leaving the office?

Where do you want to go?
Where have you ever dreamed of visiting?
Well here is your ticket to your trip of a lifetime!

Google Earth has the worlds geographical information right here for you to explore.

I love looking where I have travelled and lived - its also handy to see where other people live - it would be wonderful tool to have a class with "buddy" school on the other side of the world and be able to "see" what they see every day within their country and or culture.

WIKIPEDIA

Having used Wikipedia before I must admit I am a bit of a fan - or was till I realised that any Jo Blow can edit, change, delete and upload to Wikipedia

However it is very user friendly, nearly anything you want to know about is on Wikipedia - and it eliminates the need for a whole set of encyclopedias - with yearly updates!

Wikipedia is now available as a Free App with Iphone!

Here is what Wikipedia says about "teacher"

INCOMPETECH

-Royalty free music -

The piece I chose to download is called
"Frost Waltz"
It is a charming quiet classical piece that
makes me think of fairies in the garden or a magical
story tale. It could be used to have as a background
in a story telling board, or when brainstorming ideas for a
"trigger" to get an idea moving.

DIGITAL STORYTELLING

Everyone LOVES a story! Digital storytelling is a great way to engage your students whilst at the same time deliver your subject!

Like a 'mini movie' digital storytelling brings the images to life, whilst being narrated by the author to create a unique story telling experience.

It makes YOU the author, narrator, publisher and director! an ordinary person with your own real life story!

What a fantastic tool it would be in the classroom! From SOSE to Maths, the possibilities would be endless to interact with and engage your students.

I could see millions of resources to use this for history lessons, especially being able to video and record the older generation.

Here is a Youtube video about digital storytelling

YOU TUBE

ICT in Education Conference 2009


I absolutely loved this presentation from
ICT in Education Conference 2009

It explains all the reasons why ITC's in the
21st Century are so important

What is learning about if there is no technology?

Construct knowledge - be actively engaged

Having the desire to learn

The relationships between teachers and students

Making the classroom exciting

TEACHER TUBE

DISCOVER Information Literacy

Above is the link to a video I found on Teachertube.

Whilst the video is interesting, personally I found Teachertube
to be too hard to navigate, too messy with too many ads.
(no I am not fussy....)