How2Web2 Over and Out!!!

Ann and I have finally finished our online PD in Web2.  We were given enough confidence to present a session on Web2 Tools to our staff at an IT conference at the beginning of term.  It was great having Ann to work with - don't know if I would have had the impetus to keep on going without having a fixed date every Thursday afternoon.  We are now going to have to find something else to do on a Thursday afternoon!!! Thank you and now signing off...

eBooks, etc etc

World eBook Fair ... needed to pay to sign up ... not!!! LibriVox ... needed to update our Windows Media player on the school network for this to work - can see a huge potential here, just need to talk to our IT guys about it. WorldCat ... loved the Cite/Export - Bibliography function, which enabled you to get a Harvard type citation for your bibliography.  Am definitely going to pass this on to our S&E teachers. World Public Library ... were able to open and download books in PDF format.  These could then be projected for use in the classroom. Baen ... Science Fiction books ... were able to download these in RTF format.  Best Places to Get Free Books ...  got us into the Friedbeet website.  Good potential for futher exploration here.  Cliff's Notes ... a great resource for Literature teachers.  And then I discovered myebook.  I have already planned a series of lessons using this website.  It is just what I need to encourage some reluctant Year 7 creative writers. Ya ... and thank you for the lead.

Podcasts

A couple of years ago, I had a class make their own Podcasts for their class members.  Everyone podcasts now days!!! Triple J radio have podcasts of all their shows, Hamish and Andy make sure you don't miss a show, my daughter's Uni lectures all go out on podcast.  I have just started looking into the use of podcasts in the classroom - linked to a Wiki and those students who are absent have access to the classroom from wherever their computer is. Our school has Mimios, which have the ability to do audio podcasts of the lesson from the board - haven't tried this yet as I don't have a Mimio yet!!! Podcasts are a part of the everyday now, and I need to get on board.

YouTube and TeacherTube

I use a YouTube clip at least once a day in my classes - even if it is just the "Song of the Day" clip in Year 12 RE. I have found some really useful educational clips on both YouTube and TeacherTube and highly recommend them to any educator.  Every topic I have searched for I have found. My lessons would not be as interesting without them - and even my "Just Because" clips for my Home Room class entertain us and keep us smiling.

Rollyo

I am currently starting some research on the use of ipads in the classroom and can see a use for this.
I have already put a couple of websites into a Rollyo, and have found it a really easy way of finding information within a website.
I hope to have more time to spend on this application soon.
The idea of setting up a Rollyo for my students is also quite appealing - hopefully I will get to this soon.

Delicious

I have set up some favourites in the Delicious website, but at the moment, I don't see me using this very much. I have my favourites on my Favourites Bar and this is what I use the most.  Maybe if I was researching - which I will be later in the year - then this would become something that I would use more often.

Wiki

Addictive!!!
I spent a lot of time last week playing with Wikispaces and making a Wiki for a group of extension students at school.  Hopefully we will start using it next term and they will start helping me in my learning of this tool.  I am quite excited about the potential of the Wiki in this class and hope to extend it to my other classes, especially my Year 12s.  The address for my Wiki is: https://naglestellar.wikispaces.com/ .