Anne Mirtschin, Hawkesdale P12 College

1. A presentation for the Victorian Home Economics Teachers Association, Dec, 2008 Anne Mirtschin, Hawkesdale P12 College

2. Conceptual Age • Communicate • Connect • Creativity

3. Cybersafety • Usernames eg rose, meatballs • Avatars • No last names/addresses/phone numbers/other identifying details • Joint administration rights • Other staff(including principal) regularly comment • RSS feeds to student blogs Tips for Keeping them cybersafe

5. Delicious http://delicious.com • Social bookmarking site • Develops networks • Great comments on use of delicious

6. What a deliciousidea!

9. Toondoo for cartoon making

10. Skype (www.skype.com) • VOiP • Live chat • Audio • conferencing • Videoconferencing • Bookmark and save chats Why I love skype - Why I love skype by Jeremy Wright

12. (www.voicethread.com) User friendly Digital storytelling

14. Voice Video Text Images Uses for Voicethread • Storytelling • Reflections • Reporting on extracurricula activities • Global projects

15. Slideshare - www.slideshare.net • Uploads powerpoint presentations • Groups and networks • Resources

16. Slideshare for home economics • http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/food-20-part-1-presentation with lots of great sites and recommendations, games, recipe sites etc videos

17. .....Blogging..... http:://murch.globalteacher.org.au http://murcha.wordpress.com

18. Most popular blogging platforms • http://globalstudent.org.au and http://globalteacher.org.au a campus set up especially for Victorian teachers with edublogs • http://edublogs.org • Blogger • Blogmeister

19. Sections to a blog • Posts • Pages • Categories • Tags • Widgets – clustr maps, delicious links • Blogroll • comments

21. Leecie – year 10 http://leecie.globalstudent.org.au

22. Comments on post

23. Interactivity - polls • Natalie • POLL DADDY See site

24. why should students blog • A tool for reading and writing • Authentic audience • Highly motivational • Powerful learning • Students want to share etc 20 reasons

25. What do I use a blog for? • Online journal • Digital portfolios • Lesson plans • bulletin board • Reflections

26. Global student/teacher • Register for a globalteacher blog • Adding in students = easy now • Give some thought to username or url (cannot be changed) • blog title can be changed

27. hints • Start blogging – it will find a direction over time • Blog until you feel comfortable before starting with students • Blog regularly • Establish a social network (links, comments, trackbacks, teacher lists, nings etc) • Do not worry about initial appearance – just start.

28. Flickr • Online photo storage and management • Search for and use creative commons license photos • Networks (global) • Crop, share, edit • Slideshows • Videos (pro account) • networking

29. Wikis Uses of..... • Group projects • Assignments • Resource collections • Peer review • Parent involvement www.ejourneys.wikispaces.com

30. Global projects http://corbettsm.wikispaces.com/

31. Some food blogs • Is My blog burning • Food and cookery blogs http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodblogs/Food_and_Cooking_Blogs.htm • Cooking with Amy http://cookingwithamy.blogspot.com/ • Simply Recipes http://www.elise.com/recipes/

32. Videoconferencing

33. discoverE virtual classroom Hear Lorraine Leo teach my grade 4 and 5s about the Vendee Globe

34. Podcasting and podcasts • Audacity+ lame codec to convert to mp3 files • Podomatic for storage online

35. Google apps • igoogle

36. Google Sheet

37. Forms • Collaboratively setup • Students filled in after being given the shared url • Dumped into sheet automatically

38. google docs – processor, sheet, presentation Calendar Reader Alert Notes Igoogle Google maps and earth

39. Online videos • Teacher Tube • Teachers TV • Youtube • Google video

40. Contact Me mirtschin.anne.a@edumail.vic.gov.au mirtschin@gmail.com Twitter id = murcha Skype = anne.mirtschin