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Tech Talk Tuesday: The Humble Browser - Used by all, abused by many at Blackboard Collaborate

June 18, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm
At a recent webinar, Chris Smith posed the question: "What is the most used tool by teachers, educators, students and others?" A number of answers were given but Chris reminded us that it is the browser!When: Tuesday, June 18th 4-5pm, Melbourne Australia time (gmt+10) See…See More
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Tech Talk Tuesday: The Humble Browser - Used by all, abused by many at Blackboard Collaborate

June 18, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm
At a recent webinar, Chris Smith posed the question: "What is the most used tool by teachers, educators, students and others?" A number of answers were given but Chris reminded us that it is the browser!When: Tuesday, June 18th 4-5pm, Melbourne Australia time (gmt+10) See…See More
Jun 12
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Tech Talk Tuesdays: Digital Images in Learning at Blackboard Collaborate

June 11, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm
"An image is worth a 1000 words!" With this in mind, how can digital images be used for learning. What impact has technology on the use of images for learning? This will be an unconference style presentation where participants will share on some of the following topics:favourite technology for capturing images and its impact for the classroomdifferent properties of digital images ie jpg, tiff, png etc and best sizes for storing imagestips and hints for using, uploading images onlinefavourite…See More
Jun 11
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Tech Talk Tuesdays: Digital Images in Learning at Blackboard Collaborate

June 11, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm
"An image is worth a 1000 words!" With this in mind, how can digital images be used for learning. What impact has technology on the use of images for learning? This will be an unconference style presentation where participants will share on some of the following topics:favourite technology for capturing images and its impact for the classroomdifferent properties of digital images ie jpg, tiff, png etc and best sizes for storing imagestips and hints for using, uploading images onlinefavourite…See More
Jun 9
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Anne Mirtschin commented on Anne Mirtschin's event 'Tech Talk Tuesdays: Hashtags'
"Hashtags is a blog post part summarising the resources etc shared in this webinar"
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Tech Talk Tuesdays: Hashtags at Blackboard Collaborate

June 4, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm
#######When: Tuesday, June 4th, 4-5pm Melbourne Australia time (gmt+10) See timeanddate for your day and timezone.Where: Here is link to view the recording of this webinar.About this session: This will be a general sharing session discussing the increasing importance of using hashtags.…See More
Jun 4
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Tech Talk Tuesdays: Hashtags at Blackboard Collaborate

June 4, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm
#######When: Tuesday, June 4th, 4-5pm Melbourne Australia time (gmt+10) See timeanddate for your day and timezone.Where: Here is link to view the recording of this webinar.About this session: This will be a general sharing session discussing the increasing importance of using hashtags.…See More
May 30
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Anne Mirtschin commented on Anne Mirtschin's event 'Tech Talk Tuesday: Block Based Computer Programming: Scratch 2.0, Kodu and more'
"Read a summary of this webinar and view  a list of resources shared in this great session."
May 28
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Tech Talk Tuesday: Block Based Computer Programming: Scratch 2.0, Kodu and more at Blackboard Collaborate

May 28, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm
When: Tuesday May 28th, 2013, 4-5pm, Melbourne Australia time (gmt+10) See timeanddate for your day and timezoneHere is the…See More
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Tech Talk Tuesday: Block Based Computer Programming: Scratch 2.0, Kodu and more at Blackboard Collaborate

May 28, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm
When: Tuesday May 28th, 2013, 4-5pm, Melbourne Australia time (gmt+10) See timeanddate for your day and timezoneHere is the…See More
May 26
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Blackboard Collaborate in the classroom

Blackboard Collaborate features elements that allow participants to be interactive, engaged and virtual. This group is for those who are currently using or wishing to use this software - the potential 21st century virtual classroom.Please note that the name of this group has changed as elluminate has been bought out by Black Board CollaborateSee More
May 25
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Anne Mirtschin commented on Anne Mirtschin's event 'Tech Talk Tuesday: Playing in the Sandpit'
"You can read more about the tools and events shared at Playing in the Sandpit - the Outcomes of Tech Talk Tuesday."
May 21
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Tech Talk Tuesday: Playing in the Sandpit at Blackboard Collaborate

May 21, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm
When: Tuesday, May 21st 4-5pm, Melbourne Australia time (gmt+10) See timeanddate for your day and timezone.…See More
May 21
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A glimpse into a "Day in the Life of a Connected Educator"

It started as a normal, fairly mundane school day.........Well connected teachers will  find there are many ways to learn, share and teach, teachable moments arise constantly and interruptions to normal routines may become the norm. Yesterday was one such day, when normal classes were planned and a relaxing night at home anticipated, but....World Museum Scratch Day Saturday, May 18thYear 8 students are participating in  the Squares, Circles and Triangles project for the World Museum Project to…See More
May 20
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Tech Talk Tuesdays: Cleverlize: Mobile Meets Learning (Create your own apps) at Blackboard Collaborate

May 14, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm
Thanks to Chris Smith (@shamblesguru) for converting this webinar into video format.Here is the link to the recording.When: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 from 4-5pm,…See More
May 20
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Blackboard Collaborate in the classroom

Blackboard Collaborate features elements that allow participants to be interactive, engaged and virtual. This group is for those who are currently using or wishing to use this software - the potential 21st century virtual classroom.Please note that the name of this group has changed as elluminate has been bought out by Black Board CollaborateSee More
May 15
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Do you work in the education sector? What is your role?
I teach ICT from years 7 to 12 and accounting to years 11 and 12 in a small rural government school in SW Victoria.
Blogs: http://murcha.wordpress.com, http://murch.globalteacher.org
Twitter/plurk id: murcha Delicious/diigo id/murcho Slideshare id/:murcha
Teachertube id: murch
Describe any innovative projects that you have been involved with (include weblinks if possible)
Project involvement in 2009 include:
-netgened project: http://netgened.wikispaces.com/
flatclassroom project: http://flatclassroom09-3.flatclassroomproject.org/
-digiteen project: http://digiteen09-2.flatclassroomproject.org/
-on africa: http://onafrica.pbworks.com/
- ping an online music project: http://www.pingmusic.com.au
-Pictures of the Floating Worlds: http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/ngvschools/FloatingWorld/fweducation/
-member of the plpnetbooktrial project
Describe any innovative projects that you would like to pursue for which you are seeking collaborative partners
As part of the plpnetbooktrial project, our school is teamed with three other country schools to work on a joint project. The project is "Doors to the World" A wiki has been set up at http://doorstotherworld.wiksispaces.com
Students and classes from other countries are encouraged to team up with two other schools. Each student will take a photo of, or draw a picture of a door. The other two students in their group will write a story about "what is behind that door"
Aims:
-to encourage creativity and writing skills
-improve ICT communication skills and learn the netiquette of using a wikif
-foster global connections
-learn about other cultures and worlds.

My presentation for the Innovations Showcase 2010

Windows to learning
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A glimpse into a "Day in the Life of a Connected Educator"

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:03 0 Comments

It started as a normal, fairly mundane school day.........

Well connected teachers will  find there are many ways to learn, share and teach, teachable moments arise constantly and interruptions to normal routines may become the norm. Yesterday was one such day, when normal classes were planned and a relaxing night at home anticipated, but....

World Museum Scratch Day Saturday, May 18th

Year 8 students are participating in  the Squares, Circles and…

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Sharing War Stories Between Schools Virtually

Posted on April 24, 2013 at 12:00 0 Comments

]The two classes in action

Our Hawkesdale P12 College year 6 students linked up virtually with Lismore Primary School (approximately 1 1/4 hours drive away) to share war stories of their great or great great grandparents. As Australia celebrates Anzac Day tomorrow, April 25th, to remember those who fought for our country, this was great use of polycom equipment and  smart boards to be able to connect and…

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When Learning is Real!

Posted on October 30, 2012 at 21:00 0 Comments

Students in year 7 are learning how to use some of the lesser known features of MS Powerpoint. After creating animations in Powerpoint, I was going to get them to create games in Powerpoint. This was dependent on them accessing a file in the network drive in a 2011 folder. To my dismay, the folder had been removed. Now what!

I had just finished chatting to Lorraine Leo in skype re the imminent hurricane that was soon to…

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Going 'dotty" with a Mobile Teacher!

Posted on September 13, 2012 at 23:29 0 Comments

Hands were up all over the classroom from students new to Scratch trying to complete their sprite. Patiently the teacher moved around the room, answering those questions.  

But.............. the teacher ........

  1. was not in the physical classroom, but passed around the room, on the screen of an iPad using skype
  2. lived 1000's of kilometres away in Boston USA (my…
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The Sun Never Sets - Connecting Education Around the World

Posted on August 3, 2012 at 23:12 0 Comments

"The Sun Never Sets" is one of the scheduled sessions offered as part of Connected Educator Month.  It will be held on Friday August 3rd at 5pm, UTC or Saturday, August 4th at 7am, Melbourne Australia time (GMT+10).

This is a panel and open discussion about global connected education trends and how connected educators around the…

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At 12:30 on March 18, 2013, Lidia Faranda said…

Hi Ann

A big thank you to all the Ning coaches who are registering Vic Uni students to DEECD ning.

Lidia

At 18:55 on August 8, 2012, Adrian Camm said…

Hi Anne (posted this here - http://guidetoinnovation.ning.com/events/games-games-design-skills-needed-for-a-career-in-games#comments,

No problem at all - would love to chat :)

We could also connect with your elective at a time that suits you - let me know when your timetabled and what you guys are doing - we have some game designers here at Quantum Victoria that would love to work with your students virtually.

This session will be recorded and i'll post the link back here.

At 21:46 on April 2, 2012, Priscilla Gaff said…

Hi Anne,

Glad to hear your are having fun with the link.

I have just come back from an ICT education conference in Singapore. That was a link from Tomas Daccord - who was presenting on it... in another room - while I was in another session - but following others tweets.

I went to a couple of Tomas's talks - he was great and very approachable. He is on Twitter - and perhaps I'll ask him and get back to him.

Cheers

Cilla

At 14:07 on February 22, 2012, Matt Porter said…

G'day Anne,

I was part of the Digital Literacy Trial in 2010 and really liked the activities. I'm back to teaching grade six and would love to do them again. Are they still on the internet?

Thanks

Matt Porter

At 21:41 on October 12, 2011, Tony Kuc said…
Thanks for the welcoming comments Anne.
At 20:56 on August 21, 2011, Deborah Borg said…

Hi Anne

 

Thank you for your help and information.

I had discovered the National Geographic and Time sites so I will have a look at the others.

I will keep you posted on how the children do.

 

Debbie  

At 7:49 on July 26, 2011, Lidia Faranda said…

Hi Anne

 

I hope all is going well.

I have created a ning waiting for approval for different course at Vic Uni for PreService Teachers called  Victoria University Pre-Service teachers New Learning.  I would like this group to attend your Tech Tuesday Elluminate sessions.  Would that be ok.  There is about 40 students not sure how many will join but  I definitely would like to encourage them.

 

Thank you for sharing your 2010 Showcase presentation.  Its fantastic.  For some reason I am having difficulty downloading it.  Are you able to email it to me faranda.lidia.l@edumail.vic.gov.au.

 

Lidia

At 20:35 on July 19, 2011, Jo Howard said…

Thanks for your warm welcome Anne,

I look forward to browsing and contributing.

Cheers Jo

At 10:51 on July 19, 2011, Ric Maguire said…

Hi Anne

 

How do you access the videos that I have on my page from Facebook. They are blocked even though they have been approved

 

Regards

 

Ric Maguire

 

At 14:37 on June 13, 2011, Daniel Donahoo said…

Hey Anne -

 

I am well aware of a lot of your great work. I have just started doing some work for ChildFund Connect - am I right in the assumption your school engaged with this project?

 

My brother is down your way - teaches in Warrnambool...I might have to drop in some time and see the innovation in action.

 

cheers


Dan

 

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