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Web 2.0 Best Practice – comments from David Jakes

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

David writes:
The concept of best practice usually illicits some strong emotions from educators; what exactly is best practice.  Best practice means different things to different people.  With that in mind, here is my perspective of a framework or scaffold that can help school districts implement learning technologies appropriately.  Again, my perspective; yours might be different.  [...]

How could I use a wiki in my classroom?

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Here are a variety of wikis used in schools. Have a look and contribute a comment on possibilities for your classes …
Edublog Award winner Best Wiki 2007 : Welker’s Economics wiki  http://welkerswikinomics.wetpaint.com/?t=anon
http://304sophs.wikispaces.com/Historical+Context
http://www.infinitethinking.org/2007/07/pe-geek-boys-sports-and-wikis.html
http://senior-calendar-07-08.wikispaces.com/
http://literature.wikispaces.com/AP+Language+and+Composition
http://discoveryisms.wikispaces.com/
Bud Hunt’s Wiki: Created by Colorado teacher Bud Hunt and many educator-collaborators.
Educational Blogging Wiki: Supports the educational uses of blogs and contains links to [...]

Developing your classroom blog

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Look at one of these classroom blogs. Write a comment below to describe what feature you liked best and will add / incorporate into your classroom blog.
http://australianedubloggers.pbwiki.com/FrontPage
http://class.huffenglish.com/
http://www.missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/
http://english12ns.blogspot.com/
http://theopenclassroom.blogspot.com/
http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/
http://appliedscienceresearch.blogspot.com/
http://durffsblog.blogspot.com/
http://lisaslingo.blogspot.com/
http://room9nelsoncentral.blogspot.com/ (a primary school blog … creating an audience for student writers)
http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/

Tania Major – Young Australian of the Year 2007

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Tania Major talking with Andrew Denton
Listen to the audio.
Comment on why so many leading Australians believe Tania is a positive role model for young Indigenous Australians.