Journeys with Learning

Why educational blogging and podcasting is such an important step for 21st Century learning.

Ewan McIntosh explains why edublogging and edupodcasting are changing the face of teachers’ and students’ lives.

This was recorded from a BBC Radio Show called “Blogs and Pods”

The following is from Ewans post on the show

Teachers have always shared their ideas within
their own staffroom, but now teachers’ staffroom chat can be more
in-depth, more wide-reaching than ever before. Meanwhile, kids are
already discovering the joys of online social networking. How can
education take advantage of this to increase motivation for learning
and improve the processes we use to teach and learn?

Listen to Ewans talk here Ewan McIntosh on BBC radio

technorati tags:EwanMcIntosh, podcasting, education, learning, blogs

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A 15 year old Student blogging on Web 2.0 and School

This is from a 15 year old Student blogging on Web 2.0 and School

The Benefits of School 2.0

I was sitting in maths earlier this week, learning about some formula
that I’m almost certain I’ll never see again after my exam in May
(unless I fail that is…) when I turned to the guy sitting next to me
and told him about the Blog I wrote a couple of days before hand, and
how there were people out there taking a serious interest in my
opinion… which to be honest really surprised me. When I had finished
the story there was a pause. He then asked me, “What’s a Blog??”… My
only thought after that was if only he knew. If only he had discovered.
Not just what a Blog is, but what a Wiki is, what an RSS or and Atom
feed is. How it could benefit him. If only he had been taught…

Read the rest at the source

technorati tags:web2.0, students, bassplayersblog, learning, school2.0

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Great Podcasts for Professional Learning

These podcasts provide some great opportunities for professional learning. Subscribe and enjoy

Connect Learning – David Warlick

K-12 Online Conference 2006

Moving at the Speed of Creativity

National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) 2006

Learn 4 Life

The Scottish Learning Festival (SETT)

The Online Connectivism Conference (OCC) 2007 You can download the audio from the presentations, view the videos or the powerpoint presentations

technorati tags:professional, learning, podcasts, web, 2.0

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How are other Teachers using blogs??

TecnoTeach has a useful post of blogging teachers sorted by subject area and complete with a description of what their blogs are about.

TecnoTeach: How Can Teachers Blog?

technorati tags:teachers, blogging, blogs, web2.0

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Why Blog?

The burning question answered by a new teacher. She has used a free online diagram maker and publisher

Why Teachers Blog

technorati tags:why, blog, learning, technologies

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Blogs of Interest

Preparing a session on RRS I decided to review and list some of the blogs that I subscribe to and read on a regular basis. They are largely focused on the use of technology to engage students in meaningful learning. If you like the look of some of these blogs look for this RSS symbol and subscribe. (more on RSS coming soon)

Will Richardsons blog about web 2.0 in the classroom

Wesley Fryers blog, Moving at the Speed of Creativity.

Also see this wiki of Wesley Fryer’s workshop resources!

Every One Learns - a place for comment and reflection on what it takes to make school a place where everybody learns.

The education.au blogs

The purpose of Aus Mac Ed is to provide a hub for Australian educators using Macs and iPods to engage and facilitate the best educational outcomes for their students.

Alan November is recognized internationally as a leader in education technology.

click on the digital edition or subscribe to the RRS feed

Marc Prensky’s blog (Digital Native fame) not updated very reguarly

About Del.icio.us

What is Del.icio.us? Why use it?

Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking tool that we can use to organise and share our bookmarks.

Why use Del.icio.us?

Del.icio.us allows us to;

• Share bookmarks across many computers
• Allows us to “Tag” our bookmarks
• Backs up our bookmarks externally(safe in computer crashes)
• Allows us to share our bookmarks with fellow teachers and students
• Allows for searching of bookmarks
• Permits subscriptions to other people Del.icio.us bookmarks
• Allows us to connect with the web resources of the very best minds in our field.

How to use Del.icio.us

Its quite simple really, sign up for an account and start using it!!!

There is a QuickTime video tutorial below which will walk you through the process of setting up an account and using

Download

My Del.icio.us bookmarks can be found at http://del.icio.us/MarkWoolley You can add me to your network if you see anything of interest.