Monday, November 30, 2009

Facebook or Homework? Hard Choice Keynote.



Niccy

Without exception feedback was that your keynote was outstanding. Comments included:

Engaging, interesting, eye opening, excellent, realistic, made teachers feel comfortable, relevant to every teaching situation; interesting look at statistics; made me think what I can do differently with ict; fantastic insights into tech and the future for students we teach; best one I have listened to and I have been coming here for years!; thought provoking, engaging speaker easy to listen to; very interesting shows how traditional class needs to change; excellent first presenter; as up to date info as possible; fabulous relevant to both primary and secondary schools; fantastic; great pace; interesting; inclusive; not lectured at!; fantastic really made me think; very interesting and stimulating; good pedagogies facebooking;

Not one negative comment at all……

You are truly fabulous.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Cool website for cool websites for the classroom



Yr 8's like
Crappy Cat,
Create your own superhero
and Coraline (go to the garden!).
www.crappycat.com
www.marvel.com
www.coraline.com

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins

Confessions of an Aca-Fan: The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins

ThinkUKnow website

ThinkUKnow is an Internet safety program delivering interactive training to parents, carers and teachers through primary and secondary schools in the ACT, NSW and Victoria using a network of accredited trainers.

ThinkUKnow will be rolled out across Australia as of Term 1, 2010.

Created by the UK Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre, ThinkUKnow Australia has been developed by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Microsoft Australia and the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).

Home - ThinkUKnow