Educational Origami

These are some of the more interesting websites I have some across this week.
1. Science World – URL http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/
Science resources from Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Astronomy

2. 12 essentials for technology integration – URL http://content.yudu.com/Library/A18dcc/TwelveEssentialsforT/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yudu.com%2Fitem%2Fdetails%2F59772%2FTwelve-Essentials-for-Technology-Integration
This is a very interesting article in the form of a e-book. Well laid out and excellent reading
3. Teaching with Smartboard -URL [...]

Sometimes I wonder…
Robin Williams’ played Professor John Keating in the Dead Poets Society. Keating was a rebel, he did not conform or agree with the then norm’s of teaching.
“Now I want you to rip out that page. Go on, rip out the entire page. You heard me, rip it out. Rip it out! Thank you [...]

While twitter can be a distraction, an irritation or for some a waste of time; it has huge potential. As we watch the process of democracy in Iran being apparently corrupted Twitter is coming into its own. Twitter and other social networks are providing an outlet for news, a mode for communication and a pathway [...]

The Commoncraft Show has released anotehr great professional learning resource. This one is “twitter search in plain english” you can also see it on Youtube at this URL – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGbLWQYJ6iM
Add to this their excellent video twitter in plain english @ http://www.commoncraft.com/twitter

Also worth watching is this from Yout ube – Twitter in the classroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPVWDkF7U8

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The Committed Sardine is the website and blog of Ian Jukes and the infosavvy group. They have just updated the website and blog and I have the privilage of being one of the contributing bloggers to this website.
There is a wealth of information and material coming out from this site and I would encourage you [...]

I have just updated the Voicethread starter sheet and reposted it to the wiki
The Starter sheets are available at this URL – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Starter+Sheets

Voicethread – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+voicethread.pdf
Delicious – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/delicious+v2.pdf
Google Maps – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+googlemaps.pdf
Wikispaces – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/wikispaces+v2.pdf
Google Advanced Search – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/Starter+sheet+-+Adv+Google+search.pdf
Boolean Searches – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/boolean.pdf
Buzzword – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+Buzzword.pdf
Animoto – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+animoto.pdf
Mixbook – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+mixbook.pdf
Mindmeister – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+mindmeister.pdf
Google Forms – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+google+forms.pdf
Google Earth – starter sheet – [...]

Social networks provide huge opportunities for education but can potentially have devasting consequences as well.
As classroom teachers we have a set of processes we use to keep ourselves and our students safe.

We keep our conversations appropriate. You can not divorce yourself from your students lives but you do keep a respectful distance.
We avoid meeting students [...]

The Herald on Sunday, today, ran a feature article on students using facebook in an inappropriate manner, firstly in a conversation about a fellow students and then posting comments about a teacher.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10578306
While I might have suspicions that the article was given priority because of the profile of the school. The article does highlight a number [...]

Sue and Fiona just got back from the Apple Bus tour and they have enthusiastically been sharing with me their experiences. One of the things that I enjoyed the most was the plaque on the wall at the Apple briefing centre. Here is the photo.
The text reads as follows:
“  Here’s to the crazy ones. [...]

A few years ago, I attended a conference in South Africa. In a pre conference tour I visited Robben Island, the notorious prison that housed Political prisoners during the bleak days of aparitied
The prison is a tourist attraction and a monument to the conflict and struggle. I have uploaded to flickr some of my images [...]