Apr 28
The two above images are good examples of purposeful thinking about iPad usage in schools. One, a screenshot of an oft-used tool known as iPad As.. by edtechteacher.org, focuses on what the iPad can be used for and provides links to various apps that can be utilised for those functions. It goes without saying that [...]
Tagged with: annotate • apps • authentic writing • collaboration • creativity • data • digital learning • digital literacy • Edmodo • educational apps • engagement • iPad • pedagogy • Professional Development • purpose • reading • student led learning • technology • thinking • writing
Jan 27
I came across this infographic while on my daily flick through stories on my Zite app. Credit goes to Eye on Education for the link. It got me thinking a bit about what is really important in school and life beyond it. We can spend countless hours developing the greatest lessons, learning and using new technologies, [...]
Tagged with: goals • infographics • leadership • priority • reading • relationships • resilience • resourcefulness • respect • responsibility • School improvement
Jan 15
Tour of BiblioNasium from Coach Manzee on Vimeo. In a previous post last year, I lamented the lack of options the under 13 crowd is getting in Web 2.0 tools. Most of the free ones lock out children under 13 and the ones that have dedicated education sites can cost an arm and a leg [...]
Tagged with: network • parents • reading • reading journal • reading log • recommendation • review • sharing • under 13
Oct 13
Opening up my favourite news app, Zite, the other day, one of the top stories was this eye opener from Australia’s national broadcaster’s – the ABC – news website. Titled “The Gatekeepers of news has lost their keys”, the writer Tim Dunlop highlights a fact of life that confronts us all today, and in particular our [...]
Tagged with: analysis • bias • digital learning • digital literacy • fact and opinion • literacy • media studies • reading • reflection • thinking
Aug 21
I’m not a big fan of Top 10 lists but after a year of experimenting with apps on iPads at school, it’s getting to that time when decisions need to be made on what apps we will invest heavily when the App Purchasing Program comes into full effect in Australia, hopefully soon( Yes, rightly or [...]
Tagged with: Air Server • annotate • apps • Book Creator • budget • ebooks • educational apps • Explain Everything • Filebrowser • Garageband • GoodReader • iCab • iPad • Mathematics • Notability • Numbers • reading • reflection • Reflection App • review • Strip Designer • thinking • tools • writing
Jun 23
Every now and then you come across a resource that makes you go “Wow! How useful is this?” Thanks to one of my teacher colleagues, I have had the chance to explore one such website. The Literacy Shed,created by UK teacher Rob Smith, is a fantastic resource for Literacy teachers looking for short video clips [...]
Tagged with: authentic writing • comprehension • engagement • literacy • multimodal text • reading • review • visual text • writing
Apr 03
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chowd/488098373/ CC Licensed Literature Circles have been around forever. Done well, the strategy is an effective way of engaging children in reading, while teaching them specific skills and behaviours we use when immersing ourselves in a text. With clear foci during the instructional part of the Literature Circle session, teachers can direct children to use [...]
Tagged with: annotate • collaboration • Edmodo • Googledocs • iPad • laptops • literature circles • reading • reflection • student led learning
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