I have just updated my Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy quicksheets. These are resources I have created as a quick and easy summary of the six different taxonomic levels of Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy. They define the different taxonomic levels, provide the Digital Taxonomy Verbs with some possibilities for classroom use. Bloom’s quicksheets These are produced under the [...]
Can you imagine how your classroom would be changed if the students could make the models and products they design there and then in the classroom? I am not just talking about a design or technology classroom. Consider the science classroom as the students are constructing models of molecules, protiens or strings of RNA or [...]
Its been a while since I had the time to do a on the wire update, but I have taken a moment and I want to share a couple of interesting articles and resources with you. Seven things you should know about….. This is a brilliant series of resources produced by educause that examine an [...]
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of doing a podcast with Chris Betcher, Deon Scanlon, Allanah King and Amanda Marrinan. The topic of conversation was iOs applications and Education. It was a great deal of fun and I got some great applications to try out. Chris has done a great write up [...]
Here are some excellent video resources that are well worth checking out. They are not in any particular order. 1. Teacher Tube – www.teachertube.com This is a user produced sharing site suiting primary to senior years students. A great resource and one of my favourites. Become a member and you can download the content. 2. [...]
I have uploaded onto teacher tube a series of resources for Visual Basic.Net 2008 Express addition. These video look at the basics of programming in this free and functional environment. I will upload the workbook shortly. Here are the Resources: Visual Basic.Net Express 2008 download – http://www.microsoft.com/express/vb/ Video 1 – introduction 2. Programming Task 1. [...]
http://download.sketchup.com/downloads/training/tutorials50/Sketchup%20Video%20Tutorials.html Excellent sketchup resources. This site hosts about 40 videos about sketchup. if you are looking at using sketch up (and who wouldn’t) this is a great starting point. http://aceonlineschools.com/25-awesome-virtual-learning-experiences-online/ 25 Virtual learning experiences. This is an excellent post with a great list of online resources. Free OCR http://www.free-ocr.com/ Free-OCR.com is a free online OCR [...]
The more I use Voicethread the more I like it. I like the simple GUI, the fact that I can produce media that contains, images, documents, video, voice and text. This is a rich tool for teaching and learning and one well worth using. I love that students can comment and reflect. Starter Sheet – [...]
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 [...]
I am preparing for a presentation and I need to find some resources on Searching and within searching Boolean Searching. There are some great tools out there that are worth sharing: starter sheet on Edorigami – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Starter+Sheets – Boolean searches and Google advanced search The Boolean machine on Kathy Schrocks site – http://kathyschrock.net/rbs3k/boolean/# Common craft [...]
