Hi all, welcome to my first ever blog. I began writing it for a university assignment when I was studying primary school teaching. When I began I was a complete Web 2.0 novice. I've graduated now but I still find it useful to occasionally discuss and record my ICT 'discoveries' here. I'm doing my best to keep advancing my PC skills because I consider it an essential literacy and skill set to teach children in school. ecks

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

VOKI and the ultranet

I've spent a couple of days at "lead users" training for the ultranet with my mentor teacher. I'm being introduced to a whole swag of new (well, new for me anyway) internet places and skills.. Hope this works...


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The significant learning for me in posting this voki was copying the html code in.

Estelle the ultranet coach also put me onto a couple of great sites.
jesseportfolio.wikispaces.com is a great example of a student e portfolio. It's maker, Jess, is still in high school in New Zealand. I get the impression she has become a bit of a star on the conference circuit... She has used glogster to create attractive pages - it is a web based e-poster making site where you can make electronic collages by combining graphics, video, music and as many buttons as you can imagine. (www. glogster.com - check it out)
Jess has even made a video tutorial showing others how to do it.

debsplace.wikispaces.com is a site designed to inspire teachers about incorporating ICT in the classroom. The site is written by Deb Hicks, another of the Ultranet coaches in the Western region. Site addresses the question: What might best practice eLearning look like? It has lots of great tips and ideas, like, heaps! It is a first point of call for research about anything ICT-education related as she has linked her extensive delicious account to her tutorial pages... it is really inspirational stuff.