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Richard Opie is attending Innovation & Next Practice's event

Web Conference Training Session 1: Moderator Essentials at Virtual Conference Centre

April 6, 2011 from 3:45pm to 5:15pm

Have you participated in a web conference before and been intrigued by the possibilities of this technology? Are you thinking about running your own session with your students or colleagues, but don’t know how to get started? Then this interactive training session is for you.This 90-minute class introduces the essential skills required to facilitate a web conference and to manage participants in a session. You will learn about the participant and moderator interface and become familiar with the…See More

Mar 31, 2011

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Richard Opie commented on Anne Mirtschin's group Global Classrooms

"Food for thought. Hybrid or Blended Schools – A way forward Hybrid or blended schools are schools that combine standard class teaching where a teacher is present as we traditionally understand it, with online classes, where students are…"

Jan 31, 2011

Richard Opie commented on Anne Mirtschin's group Global Classrooms

"I have established a small google docs collaboration between some of my students and a number of students from a school in Ireland. So far they have discussed size of countries and animals. I have asked now for them to discuss Xmass…"

Dec 12, 2010

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Global Education Conference at Online and world wide.

November 15, 2010 to November 19, 2010

Early days yet but people are attempting to create a global education conference in November using elluminate 24/7.They are asking for imput. See http://www.globaleducationwiki.com/http://globaleducationconference.comI cannot get the dates as yet. It will be held 15th to 19th November 2010.Steve Hargadon of Learncentral is the co-ordinator. I urge all to look in.See More

Nov 14, 2010

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Global Education Conference at Online and world wide.

November 15, 2010 to November 19, 2010

Nov 10, 2010

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Global Education Conference at Online and world wide.

November 21, 2010 to November 26, 2010

Nov 9, 2010

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Richard Opie commented on Adrian Camm's blog post Unlimited: High School for the 21st Century

"Sounds good - I would like to experiment with something similar in rural areas, but based on learning materials online designed and managed by the local school but reaching out . Americans call it the hybrid school. I fear that the kids I want to…"

Oct 23, 2010

Richard Opie is attending Anne Mirtschin's event

eT@lking: Open Source Digital Textbook at elluminate

October 6, 2010 from 8pm to 9pm

Neeru Khoslais a firm believer in the power of education. She wants the rigor and accountability of for profit models to apply to non-profits.Textbooks represent a system of knowledge transfer that iscenturies old and out of step with modern technologies. Given their cost,it can be six-plus years before new textbooks are purchased, leaving many K-12 students learning from outdated materials.…See More

Oct 6, 2010

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Richard Opie replied to Russell Ogden's discussion Where is your blog?

"Here is one of my blogs. I use a second one for my ICT class to review thir work and to help support their class mates. http://richardopie.edublogs.org/ Richard Opie"

Oct 6, 2010

Richard Opie left a comment for Cameron Peverett

"Remote discussions sound promising and I will attempt to participate on the 19th. I have been toying with the idea of all of us who are interested in either remote issues or hybrid schools should put together an online curriculum available to all. I…"

Aug 10, 2010

Richard Opie replied to Richard Opie's discussion Flip Video in the group Classroom Video Production

"I am still experimenting with my flip camera. It is always in my pocket. My Year 11 is studying Macbeth. We are freeze framing key speeches and scenes. On Friday the class had to interview the guests at the party before Duncan's murder. I am…"

Aug 7, 2010

Richard Opie commented on Anne Mirtschin's group Global Classrooms

"I share similar ideas, Warwick. My students would gain a great deal from such interactions. They are very isolated and have very little contact with anything that is different. We are doing Romeo and Juliet and I want the class to write a sonnet. I…"

Aug 7, 2010

Richard Opie left a comment for Anne Mirtschin

"I particularly wish to focus on rural student needs. Some people are doing great work and have started to share on Global Education site. http://www.schargel.com/ run by a Franklin Schargel appears really good. He will be working with you."

Jul 18, 2010

Anne Mirtschin left a comment for Richard Opie

"Hi Richard thanks for the comment about the Global conference. I have also been asked to help out with it, but having been away on long service leave will start to do a lot more work on it. Thanks for alerting everyone to its existence. Elluminate…"

Jul 10, 2010

Richard Opie commented on Anne Mirtschin's blog post Some great global projects to get involved in

"Thanks Anne. Julie Lindsay is also co-ordinating the Global Teachers Conference in November 2010."

Jul 10, 2010

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Do you work in the education sector? What is your role?: I am a classroom teacher. I teach English, Humanities and ICT. I am also head of the English KLA.

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At 17:49 on July 10, 2010, Anne Mirtschin said…: Hi Richard thanks for the comment about the Global conference. I have also been asked to help out with it, but having been away on long service leave will start to do a lot more work on it. Thanks for alerting everyone to its existence. Elluminate has been taken over by Blackboard, so it will be interesting to see how the new owners perceive educational use and whether they will offer the same freedom that elluminate gave.

At 14:42 on December 8, 2009, Anne Mirtschin said…: What do you mean by the comment "How we present our learning -especially our spelling?" I know I often type up comments, blog posts etc in a great hurry and then when I go back, realise that some of it did not make sense or was mispelt, but it is certainly not deliberately done.

At 12:46 on November 12, 2009, Marie-Josee Mill said…: hi Richard, had a look at your blog and found your method for reflection quite interesting. I will certainly consider using this in the future. It is good to receive such suggestions.

At 23:39 on July 15, 2009, Anne Mirtschin said…: Sorry, I have found your other question. I would use globalstudent, especially when students are involved. I would start with a couple of trustworthy students for a start until you are confident but if you explain what a wonderful privelege this is and once students see the work online, they will rarely post inappropriate content. If they do, and make sure you monitor it regularly, it becomes part of learning about appropriate online behaviour and journalism.

At 23:35 on July 15, 2009, Anne Mirtschin said…: Hi Richard, I have only twice had to speak to students about inappropriate material and it is all part of the learning process. Although I had joint administrative rights with them, I waited until I saw them at school, discussed it with them and within minutes the material had been edited or removed. Much better to put the onus on them. They dont want to lose their blogs or webpages. All students from years 4-11 have been blogging for 18 months now, so I think two students out of 200 is a fairly successful percentage for online behaviour.
If you regularly check their work and add comments, they know that someone is reading it and keeping a watchful eye. I try and encourage my students to check out two other student's posts and add a reflective comment on what they have read. This also helps keep everyone honest. Kids are kids, but if you give them trust they usually show great respect back.