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I found the worse thing about a social network was my unfamiliarity with the set up as I do not have a Facebook page. So, I took ages to 'wander' about this site. I mentioned this to my son and he said that navigation is a general bug bear for all u…
A recent report on video games usage also drew an alarming conclusion. Poor kids' education suffers using these games, rich kids' education improves. It has got to do with parent encouragement, the sophistication of the game and its associated langu…
This week I have purchased a small video cam for my laptop and a headphone set. I have contributed to Enabling and have joined LearnCentral which gives me training in Elluminate and I have joined skype and talked to two American educators. I am in t…
I hoped to enroll in your inservice, Thursday morning 28th Jan, but it is the ONE I cannot be spared for, so I am going to be looking for assistance but I will start here. Many thanks. I did a webinar which showed a sequence from MIT where students…
Some really interesting ideas here. I am hoping to get the boss's ok for a couple. Well done.
I missed this session due to foul headache. I was very disappointed. Found first elluminate excellent.
Thanks Anne - getting them to add reports to blogs is valuable. I use blogs for students to review their work and to assist others with suggestions. In both cases I use the 3.2.1. matrix.
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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.
- Is this the first social networking site you've joined?
- yes
http://web.warracksc.vic.edu.au/~eng
The faculty web page is above. Have a look - post a comment.
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 2:42pm 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 12:46pm 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 11:39pm 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 11:35pm 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.
- At 8:16am on June 26, 2009,
Julie Powell said…
- Hello Richard. Are they your cats? They are very cute.
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