Sam’s Online Journal

Well my class have been to the computer room probably once this year (prior to prac starting). They are booked in to the computer room every tuesday morning from 9am to 10am but the teacher never takes them because they can not be controlled. There are 31 year 4 students in this class and they [...]

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This sounds like an amazing site. Just on Troy’s description I can see it has an amazing potential for use in the primary classroom. Obviously it could be used to show students Paris or Iraq or anything to do with geography. But I would also love to use it with students who have pen pals [...]

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Hi Lily,
Lily wanted to know what this comment mean: Social bookmarking tools also share this characteristic: the more they are used, the more value accrues to the system itself and thereby to all who participate in it.
This is a very interesting comment. When I read it (though keep in mind I haven’t read the rest [...]

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I think that this has enormous potential. Just from your description I can already see how this could be used for presenting group assignments. I think this is a tool that could very well replace Microsoft PowerPoint in terms of presentation.
For a teacher it provides quick and easy access to amazing resources that kids [...]

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For this task we were suppose to rank each resource according to our own preferences and find at least one more resource. This is what I ended up with:
Rank of 1 (Low Priorty)

Professional Learning Community forums
Teacher Radio

Rank of 2 (Neutral)

Colleagues / peers from UTS
Membership of Professional Association
Paper or web-based e-learning journals
Teachers’ weblogs
Magazines [...]

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Well I am now a member of Tapped In but I have not yet made a posting because when I logged in on Sunday (my only day off) there was no one in the chat rooms. To me, this points out one of the downfalls of online chat rooms. Not everyone is able to successfully [...]

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We had to compare two of the sample AUP’s to the one we created with our group in the wiki.
Kangaroo Flat Public School

*I like the use of a creative heading. It removes the usual stigma of a formal policy being tedious and boring. The yellow background however can be distracting and make the text [...]

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This is an article about Online Community Groups and the use and benefit of Tapped In to create these environments.
*I love the fact that a transcript of the discussion is emailed to all participants immediately. The teachers are there to build on their knowledge, keep their skills and understanding up to date and a [...]

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