An educator's perspective on new technologies and education
Well not really a shop but I tell you that you will find all sorts of amazing Web 2.0 tools and ideas for education.
Mark Brumley is an educator and technology education specialist. His site contains not only ideas and up to date info on the latest tools out there but also has tips and ideas for using web 2.0 in effectively in classrooms.
Check it out and let me know what you think!
In Term 3 my Stage is investigating Myths and Legends of the ancient world. In my trolling of the internet I cam across this great site
From the UK it has a number of different myths from around the world which are told with animations but can also be read in text for. Some of the stories have background information and activities. Well worth a look.
Another one to check out is
This site is devoted to Greek Myths and the history of them. A very valuable source of information including ancient Greek history, stories, the Olympics and Greek Gods.
I’ve been so busy and I have sooooo many new things I want to share! I’m going to spend time during the holidays posting some great resources and thoughts! I promise!
Ok all those students out there. Have you every been asked by a teacher or lecturer to add a bibliography to your work? I have assigned this to students, as well as had to produce a bibliography for assignments during the completion of my degrees. If only I had this tool then! I could have saved my self a huge amount of time. Zotero is a great little tool that is an add on to Firefox. This tool will save PDFs and articles you find online and it will create a bibliography reference for you. The citing tool allows you to choose the type of referencing and then creates the entry automatically. It is advised to double check with your university or class guidelines to make sure it is referenced correctly. Zotero also allows you to collaborate with others.
Browsing the net today in search of some literacy ideas I stumbled across this interesting site http://100wc.net/
From browsing this site I’ve decided this might be a fantastic way to get my class writing something different and for a purpose. The 100 Word Challenge basically gives you a week to come up with some creative writing based on a picture, text or other stimulus. There is also a 5 Sentence Challenge run along similar lines. I’ll keep you posted with how we are going… What do you think about the site?