module 10

well, here i am at the end! There were lots of interesting things to explore in this last module, although it might have to wait until i have more time. I have been using wikis for more than a year now and am still finding new things to do and new ways to stuff up!! The students do seem to enjoy it all, though.

Module 9

I've been using scootle for a while and am the manger for my school so this wasn't new - i do think it's a wonderful resource - i wish there was more money being spent on developing more learning objects.

I'm also a member of facebook so social networking isn't new. I'm not sure about using it in the classroom, and in any case social networking sites are blocked at BCR. I had to get wetpaint unblocked in the middle of a task with my students when it was suddenly defined as a social networking site!

The second life video was interesting but again i am hesitant about using it with my students. They are becoming so open to exploitation through their use of web 2.0 - I really have to sit down and have a think about what i encourage them to do online...

Module 8

Glad to know about Google Reader, although the only feed i'm interested in at the moment is the board of studies - i guess this is much like the email subscription i already have. I might find other things, though.

Module 6

oops - forgot to post a comment about this module.

I use inspiration software instead of the mindmapping - it's a lot more powerful and quite fun to use.

I had a lot of fun with the glog and am trying to think up a good excuse to use it in my science classes... I am getting a bit worried about my student's web footprints, though. Perhaps I should encourage them to start a fictitious on-line personality to use for school, although i am also a bit concerned about suggesting they lie about themselves online??

Module 7

I like the social bookmarking - I can see plenty of possibilities for giving students lists of sites for particular task. The only thing is, I use wikis a lot and I guess i could put the list on that instead and everything would be in one place...

For my own use the bookmarking is great - I have a different computer at home so now all my bookmarks will travel with me wherever i roam.

It would be good if the wiki blog addresses had a column for subject in case we wanted to make contact with other teachers teaching the same subject as us.

Module 5

This is where i am heading next! At the moment, my Year 8 students and I are collecting information about a variety of environmental issues (their choice) an ecosystem affected by their issue and one organism that lives in the ecosytem as a focus. They are going to use the info to create a vodcast ... if I can work out how to do it in time!! I'm assured it's easy. Luckily it takes them some time to collect the info so I am still ok. Unfortunately, my enthusiam is dampened by all the one hundred and sixty seven other things that seem to get priority over learning how to do this fun stuff.....

module 4

Flickr seems more useful for sharing photos with friends and family. Perhaps a group of students could use it to upload their photos of an experiment or field trip for later use in an assignment or task? I'll have to try it again - i didn't have much luck with it this time.