My Tech Reflection

Using Google Presentations as a revision tool for Cisco Networking
Collaboration on a project amongst students in the class is easy with Google Docs. Google Docs consists of  a document (word processing), spreadsheet (like Excel) and presentation (like Powerpoint)
How Google Docs helps learning

Google Docs’ sharing features enable you and your students to decide exactly who can [...]

Brainstorm ideas collaboratively
A mind map is a graphical way to represent ideas and concepts. It is a visual thinking tool that helps structuring information, helping you to better analyze, comprehend, synthesize, recall and generate new ideas.
In a mind map, as opposed to traditional note taking or a linear text, information is structured in a way [...]

If you fancy creating some content, why not  start your own TV channel and produce live streams or save content and view on demand. Procaster provides free software which allows you to produce video live or save it to view later on-demand. You set up your own channel and your broadcasts are available to view [...]

You can create videos using flip cameras, using tools like Moviemaker and Photostory and you need some skill and techie know how to make something that looks reasonably good.
Animoto will create a video using your images and your selection of music,  match your music to your images and render your video for you.  No technical [...]

Office Live Workspaces
We all have Microsoft Office on our laptops or on computers at home. Files need to be saved to your hard drive, backed up to a USB flash drive or external hard drive whatever application in Office you are using. You may have multiple computers – a laptop for school use, A PC [...]

Glogster
Glogster is a revolutionary way of expressing your mood, feelings and ideas, and it goes miles beyond text or video! Creating a Glog lets you express all those things you haven’t been able to describe by words. It opens the door to a whole new world of communication – just choose a background, throw in [...]

What is Web 2.0 and why should I bother?
Every conference or PD session you go to these days has something on using Web 2.0 tools in your classroom.  The traditional methods of teaching and presenting information leave our students cold.  For the networked student, learning is acquiring, managing, creating, discussing, challenging critiquing, sharing and creating [...]

Blogs in Scholaris
You can set up a blog in Scholaris (Sharepoint)  and link it to a subject site. This is not just for English students; a class blog is useful for any subject.  The problem in using Scholaris as a blogging platform is that it is internal to RSC. Yes, you can access the RSC [...]

What is a Blog?
Blogging  is often thought of as an activity for people who like to keep diaries or who want to share photos of their holiday with family. These days students of all ages are blogging on a daily basis in a variety of exciting ways. Blogging is an online diary or journal. Take [...]

Developing revison and study skills are important elements of success, particularly for senior students. Wikis are excellent for encouraging collaborative learning. You can use your wikis with students for:

Collaborative essays
Group study guides
Online lesson plans
Classroom notice boards
Sharing information and ideas
Group based learning assignments
Revision notes

Wikis are more flexible with their content and allow people to upload their own [...]