A presentation for the Victorian Home Economics Teachers Association, Dec, 2008 Anne Mirtschin, Hawkesdale P12 College Conceptual Age Communicate Connect Creativity 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 Delicious http://delicious.com •Social bookmarking site •Develops networks Great comments on use of delicious What a delicious idea! Wordle – www.wordle.net • Building word clouds Reflecting on the holidays Toondoo for cartoon making 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 (www.voicethread.com) •User friendly •Digital storytelling Uses for Voicethread Storytelling Reflections Reporting on extracurricula activities Global projects Slideshare - www.slideshare.net Uploads powerpoint presentations  Groups and networks Resources 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 .....Blogging..... http:://murch.globalteacher.org.au http://murcha.wordpress.com 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 Sections to a blog  Posts  Pages  Categories  Tags  Widgets – clustr maps, delicious links  Blogroll  comments Leecie – year 10 http://leecie.globalstudent.org.au Comments on post Interactivity - polls Natalie POLL DADDY See site why should students blog  A tool for reading and writing  Authentic audience  Highly motivational  Powerful learning  Students want to share etc 20 reasons What do I use a blog for? Online journal Digital portfolios Lesson plans bulletin board Reflections 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 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. Flickr  Online photo storage and management  Search for and use creative commons license photos  Networks (global)  Crop, share, edit  Slideshows  Videos (pro account)  networking Wikis Uses of.....  Group projects  Assignments  Resource collections  Peer review  Parent involvement www.ejourneys.wikispaces.com Global projects http://corbettsm.wikispaces.com/ Some food blogs  Is My blog burning  Food and cookery blogs http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodblogs/Food_a nd_Cooking_Blogs.htm  Cooking with Amy http://cookingwithamy.blogspot.com/  Simply Recipes http://www.elise.com/recipes/ Videoconferencing discoverE virtual classroom Hear Lorraine Leo teach my grade 4 and 5s about the Vendee Globe Podcasting and podcasts •Audacity + lame codec to convert to mp3 files •Podomatic for storage online Google apps  igoogle Google Sheet Forms google docs – processor, sheet, presentation •Calendar •Reader •Alert •Notes •Igoogle •Google maps and earth Online videos Teacher Tube Teachers TV Youtube Google video Contact Me mirtschin.anne.a@edumail.vic.gov.au mirtschin@gmail.com Twitter id = murcha Skype = anne.mirtschin