Quick Links for Week 1 Term 4

From The Ulearn Conference last week

The nature of Transformative Learning. Keynote speaker Ken Shelton:

 

Student Questioning from Trevor Bond

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School Staff as readers – from the National Library:

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Want to try handwriting lessons on an Android tablet? Try this:

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Some excellent android and IOS apps on this site created by a New Zealand teacher:

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If you or any of your students are interested web page design, Google make a free editor which looks ok to me.

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Interested in doing video with your class? Have a look at this cross country collaboration:

   More Information here ( ignore the use of comic sans font!!)

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Try this science app for Android tablets. Goreact.

 

With goREACT, you can become a virtual chemist. Whether you're a novice or expert, the free play and guided modes make it fun and fascinating.

- Initiate nearly 300 virtual chemical reactions by dragging elements into the Reaction Area.
- Amazing images and videos illustrate the molecules you create.
- Select alternate views of the Periodic Table to discover different aspects of the elements’ chemical properties.
- Touch any of the Periodic Table's 118 elements to see an image and fun fact about it.
- With helpful hints about reactions to try, there’s always something exciting to explore.
- “Featured Reactions” menus guide you through themed sets of chemical reactions related to particular applications,such as the environment, beauty products or cars.
- Learn more about how the Periodic Table is organized, and follow links to additional educational resources.

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This site lets you interact with the London Symphony Orchestra

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The fun theory escalator video.

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And finally, I think there’s a lot of sense in this: Teaching Children to be their own Internet Filters

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Quick Links for Term 3 Week 5

First of a number. I get a lot of interesting stuff through my personal learning network. Here’s a quick sample which you can access through this email or through the ICT and Learning Blog

 

Great little blog from Tahatai Coast School Year 2 Class. There are some interesting Ipad apps used here….

http://tcsrm8.blogspot.co.nz/

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Pounamu is a free, online NZ game set in a future world. Register now to play Pounamu on the 29th and 30th August

http://macdiarmid.ac.nz/newsroom/events/hub/2013/science-savvy-2023

http://blog.core-ed.org/derek/2013/08/using-science-to-create-nzs-future.html

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Anyone using rubric generators? These 3 Rubric Makers That Will Save You Time And Stress

http://www.edudemic.com/2013/08/time-saving-rubric-makers/

Do rubrics stifle creativity?

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/how-to-use-a-rubric-without-stifling-creativity/

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Use the free Flickr photo storage site and the free photo editing tools embedded in the site.

http://lauragilchrist.blogspot.co.nz/2013/08/start-flexing-your-photo-muscle-in.html#.Uh0-z_kweSp

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Blog site of a NZ quadblogging school --- Melville Int in Hamilton

http://melvilleroom8.blogspot.co.nz/?m=1

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Try dividing 1 by 998001. Always good for a discussion

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1%2f998001

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Learning with Minecraft. here are some ways you could integrate Minecraft into your classroom planning

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/how-to-use-a-rubric-without-stifling-creativity/

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A selection of hand made slow motion science videos:

http://samhankin.co.uk/?portfolio=slow-motion-science/#4

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Visual Poetry: Creating word clouds using an Ipad

http://ipadapps4school.com/2013/08/16/visual-poetry-create-word-clouds-on-your-ipad/

Ipad animator:

http://ipadapps4school.com/2013/08/09/create-animations-on-your-ipad-with-abcya-animate/

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A guide to Free Image collections on the Web:

http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/a-guide-to-the-webs-growing-set-of-free-image-collections/278655/?utm_source=buffer&utm_content=buffer1ba49

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Searching intelligently with Wolfram Alpha.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-surprising-things-you-didnt-know-wolfram-alpha-could-do/

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Web Tool of the week – Pinterest – 20 ways it can be used in a library

http://www.edudemic.com/2012/03/20-ways-libraries-are-using-pinterest-right-now/

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The future of learning. Interesting graphic….

http://www.knowledgeworks.org/sites/default/files/A-Glimpse-into-the-Future-of-Learning-Infographic_0.pdf

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Timelines and other stuff; great videos!

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Timelines

Here are some tools to help you create timelines. I love using timelines to get children thinking about events in history. Timelines are useful tools which can be used as a graphic organiser. There are also some on our web 2.0 tools site







http://goo.gl/1D9Xi


Try dipity.com too

http://dipity.com/

A List of Apps from Richard Byrne

IOS Apps:  http://ipadapps4school.com/

A list of Android Apps:  http://android4schools.com/

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Videos…….

Videos are a great source of professional Learning for all learners.

This guy is great. Principal of a school in Harlem he is dealing with US educational problems, but some of what he talks about should resonate with us.

It's of Dr Geoffrey Canada, President of the Harlem Children's Zone in New York. Raised in poverty and the son of an alcoholic father, Canada introduces himself as black and mad. What he's mad about is the state of education, and the fact that few people seem to be bothered to do anything about it. He recognises that our traditional system caters well for the top achievers, who go on to be successful as leaders in our communities etc., but that it is hopelessly inadequate in dealing with a vast number of children who are then 'trapped' in the cycle of poverty and underachievement.

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A Video from Cyberwise presents a child oriented view on device usage:

http://virtualicteltpd.ning.com/profiles/blogs/what-are-kiwi-kids-are-really-doing-online-a-creative-challenge

 

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 I love the possibilities with creating stop-motion videos. Very easy to create with a tablet or camera and then a video editor.  I’d be happy to help you and your class create something. Have a look at this video. Very simple set up but lots of potential for creativity: (really like the cotton wool burnouts!!)



NASCAR Wizard from DIY on Vimeo.

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More videos for your activboard - Has a whole lot of videos from various sources which, as the title suggests are not made for kids, but are good to watch with kids.

http://thekidshouldseethis.com/

March 2013

Here are some tools which may help you in your roll as an ICT inquirer…..

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With Google Chrome you often end up with lots of tabs open. manage these tabs (and keep your computer running quickly) by using One Tab.

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Good advice for your eLearning publications

http://www.atrixware.com/blog/wp/tips-for-adding-the-right-images-to-your-e-learning-content/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

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22 essential skills for the 21st Century teacher. Some links here which might be useful. Various categories.

 

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/02/the-22-digital-skills-every-21st.html?m=1

 

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One of the tools mentioned above is Audioboo. A great little podcasting tool which is also available as an app for Apple and Android.

http://audioboo.fm/about/audioboo

 

Here’s some examples of a teacher making use of Audioboo.

http://blog.audioboo.fm/2012/12/21/michael-faraday-schools-use-of-audioboo-in-learning-is-electrifying/

 

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Google Earth street view takes you to the top of Everest and other tall peaks.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/03/google-summit-maps/?cid=co6617154

 

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Paris doesn’t change…….

http://www.rue89.com/rue89-culture/2013/03/24/paris-1914-2013-en-photos-grimpez-dans-notre-fabuleuse-machine-remonter-le

 

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Google Drive

After a long hiatus, the Blog is back.

A lot has happened over the past 18 months and we are now making much more use of Google Drive. This post is a primer on Google Drive. All the things you need to know about using it and leveraging it's strengths. 

Google Drive is principally a cloud based document storage and sharing system. Users are each allowed to store and share 5GB of documents, image, music and other media files. Users are able to access their files from anywhere and from any computer or device. The sharing and collaboration functions allow have great potential for class group work.

 There are also productivity Tools built into Google Drive. The desktop browser version includes: documents(word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, Forms (survey tool) and a drawing tool. Documents can be shared by highlighting the document and using one of the two buttons arrowed.

 

Choose whether to make your document public or choose people you want to share it with:

Printing can be set up via Google Cloud print. At school we have shared class printers with the closest class so that students will generally only have one printer option - their class printer.

Tablets complicate the issue. Both Android  and Apple devices have a Drive app available, which our students use. However the apps do differ slightly. To the best of my knowledge here's what each can do. (At this moment in time!)

Desktop Computer	Android App	Apple App
Full web editing	Basic web editing	Basic web editing
Move docs between folders	Move docs between folders	Move docs between folders
Make a copy of a file	-	-
Print	Print	Print
Insert Images	-	-
Insert Tables	-	-
Copy and Paste	Copy and Paste	Copy and Paste
Share	Share	Share
Collaborate	Collaborate	Collaborate

Any functions which Google Drive can't do, can be completed using either Pages (Apple) or Kingsoft Office (Android) or Cloudon for both.. Documents can then be saved back to Google Drive. If you are using the Drive App or Cloudon, documents will be automatically saved in your Drive

Kingsoft Office:

Cloudon:

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Worth a look:

Google Life Project; A Resource of Great Images to Use in Classroom~Educational Technology and Mobile Learning http://t.co/9RyJRLI09J