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Anne Mirtschin, Hawkesdale P12 CollegeA presentation for the
Victorian Home Economics Teachers Association, Dec, 2008
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Conceptual Age
CommunicateConnectCreativity
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CybersafetyUsernames eg rose, meatballsAvatarsNo last
names/addresses/phone numbers/other identifying detailsJoint
administration rightsOther staff(including principal)
regularly commentRSS feeds to student blogs
Tips for Keeping them cybersafe
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Delicious http://delicious.com
Social bookmarking site
Develops networks
Great comments on use of delicious
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What a delicious idea!
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Toondoo for cartoon making
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Skype (www.skype.com)VOiPLive
chatAudioconferencingVideoconferencingBookmark and save chats
Why I love skype - Why I love skype by Jeremy Wright
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(www.voicethread.com)
User friendlyDigital storytelling
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Uses for VoicethreadStorytellingReflectionsReporting on
extracurricula activitiesGlobal projects
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Slideshare - www.slideshare.netUploads powerpoint presentations
Groups and networksResources
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Slideshare for home
economicshttp://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/food-20-part-1-presentation
with lots of great sites and recommendations, games, recipe sites
etc videos
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.....Blogging.....http:://murch.globalteacher.org.auhttp://murcha.wordpress.com
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Most popular blogging platformshttp://globalstudent.org.au and
http://globalteacher.org.au a campus set up especially for
Victorian teachers with
edublogshttp://edublogs.orgBloggerBlogmeister
Sections to a blogPostsPagesCategoriesTagsWidgets clustr maps,
delicious linksBlogrollcomments
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Leecie year 10 http://leecie.globalstudent.org.au
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Comments on post
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Interactivity - pollsNatalie
POLL DADDY See site
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why should students blogA tool for reading and writingAuthentic
audienceHighly motivationalPowerful learningStudents want to share
etc
20 reasons
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What do I use a blog for?Online journalDigital portfoliosLesson
plansbulletin boardReflections
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Global student/teacherRegister for a globalteacher blogAdding in
students = easy nowGive some thought to username or url (cannot be
changed) blog title can be changed
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hintsStart blogging it will find a direction over timeBlog until
you feel comfortable before starting with studentsBlog
regularlyEstablish a social network (links, comments, trackbacks,
teacher lists, nings etc)Do not worry about initial appearance just
start.
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FlickrOnline photo storage and managementSearch for and use
creative commons license photosNetworks (global)Crop, share,
editSlideshowsVideos (pro account)networking
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WikisUses of.....
Group projectsAssignmentsResource collectionsPeer reviewParent
involvement
www.ejourneys.wikispaces.com
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Global projects http://corbettsm.wikispaces.com/
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Some food blogs
Is My blog burningFood and cookery blogs
http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodblogs/Food_and_Cooking_Blogs.htmCooking
with Amy http://cookingwithamy.blogspot.com/Simply Recipes
http://www.elise.com/recipes/
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Videoconferencing
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discoverE virtual classroom
Hear Lorraine Leo teach my grade 4 and 5s about the Vendee
Globe
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Podcasting and podcastsAudacity + lame codec to convert to mp3
filesPodomatic for storage online
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Google appsigoogle
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Google Sheet
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Forms
Collaboratively setup
Students filled in after being given the shared url
Dumped into sheet automatically
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google docs processor, sheet,
presentationCalendarReaderAlertNotesIgoogleGoogle maps and
earth
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Online videosTeacher TubeTeachers TVYoutubeGoogle video
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Contact Me
[email protected]
[email protected]
Twitter id = murcha
Skype = anne.mirtschin
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