Saturday, 16 February 2013

Module 1

Wow, I'm up and running with Blogger!

I'm Sarah and I teach Year 5 at a Catholic primary school in Melbourne.  I also manage our iPads and am interested in how I can further use technology with students in purposeful and creative ways.

Activity 2 provides so many links for Web 2.0 tools to explore.  I have heard of/currently use some these tools but am looking forward to searching further afield and more importantly learning about how I can use these effectively in the classroom.  A question that already comes to mind centers around the issue of age limits.  I know that Prezi for example is for 18 years and over, so I can use it to produce cool presentations but as I teach in a Primary school, it is not a tool I could encourage my students to use themselves.  I'm wondering if many of the other tools suggested will have similar terms and conditions.

Activity 3's YouTube video is the clearest and most concise intro to Google Apps I've seen/heard.  Cloud technology really is revolutionary!
 
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3 comments:

  1. Unknown20 February 2013 at 12:25

    Hi Sarah,
    Thanks so much for your post and thoughts. I think that the issue of age limits is quite a “hot topic” at the moment, especially with the prevalence of social media and what students are accessing at home. I am trying to find a website that lists all of the top websites and ages that you need to be to access them. When I find it, I’ll comment again. Also I found this interesting App called Innovating with Technology from DEECD http://bit.ly/XLExX5 “The app features descriptions, relevant quotes and images of technologies that are being used in Victorian schools to enrich student experiences and improve learning outcomes”. Keep those posts and comments coming and thanks for your comments again.
    Dean

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  2. Celia Coffa24 February 2013 at 13:58

    Hi Sarah,

    Mark Gleeson wrote a great post about this last year. http://mgleeson.edublogs.org/2012/07/05/web-2-0-for-the-under-13s-crowd/

    The limitations are enormous. Some sites have educator accounts that allow teachers to set up student accounts.
    This course is a great opportunity for us to talk about these and many other issues.

    Regards

    Celia @ccoffa
    http://ccoffa.edublogs.org/

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  3. Unknown10 March 2013 at 09:57

    Hi Celia,
    Mark's post is great, you're right. Thanks for the link,
    Sarah

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