the journey begins
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Jo and Lesla's journey through Web 2.0TRANSCRIPT
THE JOURNEY BEGINS
“The computer is more than a machine that gets us online, it is a
studio, stage, and community”. Marco Torres.
Web 2.0 – Week 1Personal Learning
Network for Victorian Schools
Blogs
Feedly
Firefox
Google Chrome
Our goals
“There is a lot that I don’tunderstand.” Jo
“Oh my goodness, whereto begin?” Lesla
Week 2 – Communication Tools
TwitterTweetdec
k
#Hashtags
TwapperKeeper
Ning
Skype
“Love the Ning, not so sure about twitter.” Jo
“Wow, this is a whole new world. I think the Ning is exciting.” Lesla
Week 3 – Professional Learning
TED talksFUSEState Library of VictoriaTL Virtual CafeFirst elluminate sessionAnne MirtschinInteraction with students and
teachers in other countries
“My first experience with an elluminate session. Great way of becoming involved. Love TED talks” Lesla
“ The TED talks are so inspiring, will be checking these out regularly!” Jo
Week 4 – Learning & teaching tools
Google docs
Google earth
Google sites
Google for Educators Flickr
Gliffy
bubbl.us
Essay Map
Wallwisher
Publicity
Accelerated Reader
Evernote
“I have set up Wallwisher to use in publicity. No more sticky notes. So many sites to investigate .” Lesla
“ So many great tools that I knew nothing about until now.” Jo
Montage of cupcake photos found using
Creative Commons
Week 5 – Digital Citizenship
Jenny LucaCreative CommonsManaging online risksCyber BullyingTim KitchenBudd:eSmart Copying
eSafetyCopyright Agency LimitedSafer internetThinkUKnowCyber(smart)Richard ByrneWizard of Apps
“Digital citizenship is such an important part of our lives today. This week’s sites are very informative.” Lesla
“We need to teach our students to be responsible digital citizens.” Jo
Week 6 – Learning & teaching tools 2
Digital Learnin
g Objects in FUSE
edmodo
Teacher
TubeYouTub
eTeachersTV
Shelfari
“Help! Brain overload. FUSE looks really useful and Shelfari is a lovely way of keeping track of books and networking.” Lesla
“FUSE has some absolutely brilliant resources, will definitely recommend this to teaching staff.” Jo
Week 7 – Research ToolsErgo
Diigo
Google Search Posters
Collection Resource Guides
Library Press
Display
Google Custom Search Engine
Google News
Timeline
Jon Herford
“Diigo well worth joining. Many great sites to investigate further.” Lesla
“Lots of terrific research tools and sites to discover this week.” Jo
Week 8 –Presentation Tools 1 Animoto
Glogster
Voicethread
ToonDooWikispaces
Wordle
Tagxedo
“Oh this is such a fun week. Tagxedo intrigues me.” Lesla
“How much fun is ToonDoo – check out the next slide.” Jo
ToonDoo
This pretty much sums up our reactions to the SLAV Web 2.0 course!!!
Vic PLN Wordle
Week 9 – Pedagogy or Technology
Anna Maria
Menezes
Life Feas
t blog
It’s not about
the tools, it’s about
skills.
Sylvia Tolisano
Jenny Sargeant
Whatedsaid
Technology shouldn’t drive, it should
empower!
“ Technology shouldn’t drive, it should empower.” I couldn’t agree more.” Lesla
“We shouldn’t use technology just for the sake of it, it needs to be relevant to the lesson.” Jo
Week 10 – Gaming for learningJane
McGonigal
TED talk
Social Gaming
Computer
GamesVideo
Games
Wii for learning
Nintendo DS
“This week has opened my eyes and mind. I was so sceptical about gaming. A great tool to use educationally.” Lesla
“I love the idea of games in the classroom, what a great way to engage our digital students.” Jo
Week 11 – Presentation Tools 2
SlideshareScribd
StorybirdGoogle Lit
Trips
“Storybird is a winner and I love Google Lit Trips . It could be used by many faculties.” Lesla
“These are all great tools, I particularly like Storybird – a great resource for primary teachers.” Jo
Week 12 – Digital Story
Lesla’s storyI was quite apprehensive about starting the
Web 2.0 course. After all, my computer skills are not great, I’m not a teacher,
would I be able to understand anything? The Personal Learning Network has been
the start of a wonderful journey of learning and sharing. As the weeks went
by, I found that I was progressing and becoming more inquisitive and more
confident. I have found the networking to be invaluable. The sharing of knowledge
is wonderful. My role is changing and evolving and I now feel that I have better
skills to be able to meet these new challenges. I would like to thank Judith
and all the mentors for your endless support.
Jo’s storyI had thought that I was reasonably well
informed about the resources that were on the web. After all I have four children
and have been involved in their discovery of new technology. How wrong I was. There is so much to discover and
being part of a Personal Learning Network is a great way to start. I have enjoyed every part of this journey and fully intend to use what I have learnt whenever and wherever possible. My
role over the next few years will involve a lot more interaction with both
students and teachers and hopefully I can share my knowledge with them and they can share their knowledge with me.
THE JOURNEY NEVER ENDS....