INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS

No chance of dust allergy here my friends, this is amazing!!

The capabilities of the Interactive whiteboards are endless.

Engaging a learner has never been easier - it brings "real life" into the classroom with its ability to enable group activities, collaborative discussion and reasoning and allows students to be involved immediately in what they are learning.

Recently in my Work Experience Day with my Year 1's, we were using the interactive whiteboard to "drop and drag" healthy and not healthy foods into the lunchbox - the kids loved it.

Image courtesy of FLICKR!

PICNIK & FLICKR

This is an image manipulation of my daughter fishing- she was a princess before the "PICNIK" and of course after

FLICKR is a website whereby you can legally download and use other peoples images by a means known as "Creative Commons Licence"

It is an excellent site for downloading a photo legally, and likewise you can upload your own photos for either personal or public use.

Fantastic for use in the classroom as students are able to browse a large range of pictures for free usage.

POWERPOINT & SLIDESHARE

Two birds - one stone - well at least I hope so

Recently I completed my Diploma in Children's Services through TAFE QLD - and I presented my "Creative Cluster" assignment as a Powerpoint Presentation.

I have uploaded it to Slide Share for you to see

Task 1 final

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MAHARA

Whoa- this is a topic just in itself!

I am still struggling a bit with Mahara - I have no doubt that its a wonderful e-portfolio -and in fact would like my children to sign up for one now and keep adding to it as they start and continue with their learning journey.

To say its comprehensive would be an understatement, but its capabilities I am sure if I continue to play with it will reward me in the long run.

I am looking forward (obviously :) ) to working towards a higher understanding and knowledge as my team and I embark on Assessment 3.

VOKI

Look Look!!

My little cat Fiona - isn't she cute!!

Get a Voki now!

REALLY SIMPLE SYNDICATION

Really simple what? - it's RSS !!!

I always did wonder what that little "R" symbol was in the corner?!

However I now subscribe to our local daily newspaper "The News Mail" through their RSS Feeder.

It saves me time searching through the WWW trying to find the information I am looking for.

WIKISPACES

Wikispaces - topic number two on my learning journey !
Wikispaces are simple user friendly web pages that can be used by families, groups, students can edit together online to create a collaborative wiki-hosting solution. Many teachers and schools are using Wikispaces to teach their students

AASL Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning

"This is the quintessential collaborative tool!

This easy-to-use website allows anyone to write, edit and share content."

American Association of School Librarians

I have a link to my wikispaces for a plan for teaching year 1's about healthy eating

http://missmayhem.wikispaces.com/