http://markwoolley.edublogs.org A blog about my experiences in the Wollongong Diocese Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:01:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To those people using the resources posted here i have moved to a new blog http://thebigquestion.edublogs.org/ I hope to see you over there sometime Blogged with Flock http://markwoolley.edublogs.org/2007/11/01/moved/ Share, Remix, Reuse — Legally Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. For our schools Creative Commons materials ensure that we stay on the right side of the law ... http://markwoolley.edublogs.org/2007/11/01/creative-commons/ Podcasting provides students with the purpose and motivation to create spectacular products, like presentations, advertisements, jingles, news reports based on current affairs, interviews and radio programs. Today we will go through the process of creating an enhanced podcast that will demonstrate our understanding of the following science outcome. Outcome 4.6: ... http://markwoolley.edublogs.org/2007/10/15/podcasting-in-science/ This simple presentation outlines how we will use the interwrite interactive whiteboards in our session today [slideshare id=134276&doc=interwrite-whiteboard-getting-started4181&w=425] You can find the Interwrite getting started guide here Download free Interwrite™ lessons and activity plans developed by teachers for teachers at the interwrite site. Make sure you click on the Content Unit ... http://markwoolley.edublogs.org/2007/10/15/interwrite-interactive-whiteboards/ The presentation below was delivered at the Navcon 2K7 workshop by Michelle Shearman and Mark Woolley. This workshop focused on real, relevant, right-now technologies which have the potential to transform your teaching . You can find the support blog here [slideshare id=124956&doc=how-can-we-use-real-relevant-rightnow-tools-to-enhance-student-learning4362&w=425] Blogged with Flock http://markwoolley.edublogs.org/2007/10/04/our-presentation/ Animoto can be used to create powerful multimedia quickly and easily. It can be used with k-12 classes and helps to promote an understanding of visual literacyStudents can shoot and/or collect potent images, create powerful verbal audio to accompany their images or compose songs to accompany their visuals. It provokes ... http://markwoolley.edublogs.org/2007/09/22/animoto/ The Australian Government has relaunched its NetAlert site, still with the same great resouces but with added free internet content filter. The subsites listed below are a great resources for teaching students about internet safety. Netty's World http://www.nettysworld.com.au/ Netty's World is designed for young children (2-7 years of age) starting out ... http://markwoolley.edublogs.org/2007/09/04/net-alert-resources/ Animoto is an amazing movie creator, add photos, choose music and Animoto does the work. The Chorpus Christ movie below took about 2 minutes to create!!!! http://markwoolley.edublogs.org/2007/08/31/72/ Alan Levine has put together fifty web tools you can use to create create a story. They are organized into categories according to the kind of story thet can produce or the kind of media they are built around.This is a great resource to encourage your students to present their ... http://markwoolley.edublogs.org/2007/08/13/new-story-telling-options/ iTunes U, a dedicated area within the iTunes Store featuring free content such as course lectures, language lessons, lab demonstrations, sports highlights and campus tours provided by top US colleges and universities including Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Duke University and MIT. Its been active for a few months now and ... http://markwoolley.edublogs.org/2007/08/09/itunes-u/