Apps Apps everywhere !!

A set of educational web tools that I wasn’t aware of!
Interesting apps that you could use in the classroom. As a teacher of the 21st century, it can become a bit over whelming, I certainly feel like that sometimes with the millions of apps and resources out there! What do you use? what app is good? Should I buy this app or just get the free one? Will I ever use this app? Will the students like it? Is it too hard or easy? Just a few questions that goes through my mind when looking at apps for education. As overwhelming it can be It is pretty amazing with all the apps out there. There’s apps for spelling to researching apps or even you can get an app for the world cup soccer! Aside from the overwhelming feeling of the million billion apps that is out there, I will be collecting interesting and new apps for my ICT tool belt as teacher!

Assignment 3

Like Danielle and Billy, I too are behind on my blogs and learning journal due to the last 3 past hectic weeks! Which has left me ridiculously busy the last couple of days of finishing assignments, blogs and starting my 10 weeks worth of lectures and notes for two exams at the end of this week! Bring on the holidays. The only thing that is getting me through this dark week of study!!!

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As you can see I have been flying through my blogs for this assignment and I only have got two left to do after this one. The reason for flying through my blogs is because I will not have time after today to complete them with the 3rd assignment coming up and the needs that are required in another assignments. Who has started the third assignment? Who has not? How does everyone feel about the third assignment? Just putting out the feelers as I will be starting to make a big dent in it tomorrow. Hope everyone is keeping up to date with everything. Looking forward to any responses.

 

Thanks Billy

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Aurasma

This app sounds awesome! Even though I missed this class this week due to prac, from this blog I am able to go and explore this app because I read about it. Another plus about this experience of blogs! Aurasma sounds interesting and different, I can see that the kids would love to experience this app in the classroom. It could work for all different subjects which is a plus! It sounds like a bit of magic, pictures coming to life. As emileighlouise mentioned it does sounds like Harry Potter!! I will be downloading this app and testing it out before my next prac for sure!

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On Tuesday’s class, we were introduced to the app Aurasma! 

This app was mind blowing. The app allows you to record a video (on whatever you choose) and have a trigger image where you will hold your phone/ device up to and the video will appear. This app would cater for differentiation in the classroom and engage students in the 21st Century technology. I would use this app for a unit plan where I would have trigger images around the room where students can go to and listen to the video about the topic, catering for audio, visual and kinaesthetic learners as students will listen, be up and moving around with their learning and visually see the photo come to life. It feels very Harry Potter like, where photos just come to life and start speaking to you. I love it and can’t wait to implement it in the classroom! 

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An awesome ICT board to follow on Pinterest! Check it out!

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Another wonderful find on Pinterest!!

While working on EDC3100 assignment two I stumbled across this awesome board on pinterest!

It has Examples of how to use video in the classroom. Ideas for creating and using screencasts/podcasts, Skype, and Youtube.

An excellent board to follow for future teachers!

Here’s the link: http://www.pinterest.com/corrinagideon/weteachtogether-ed-tech-video-youtube-screencastin/

First week back done and dusted already?

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I feel like I’ve a bit MIA lately with my blogs so I better fix that. Holidays? What holidays some people would say… It’s that time of the semester when every student is trying to swim safely and not drown or get attacked by the sharks circling you. (yes dramatic I know) but it does feel like that sometimes with all the assignments starting to be due at the same time, prac and exam block around the corner while still trying to have some sort of a social life. (Especially when you see your exam time table and you feel like sitting in the corner of the room in ball and hope it all goes away because you have exams back to back without a day in-between) . Luckily we got thrown a lifejacket this week by receiving an extension for assignment two for 3100. Which I was very happy about, more time to breathe and finish it. However it does go into time when you should be working on another assignments – double edge sword.. Here’s to week two! ( P.S sorry for all the symbolism and shark talk..)

Assignment 1 has opened my eyes to the endless possibilities of ICT

Assignment one has opened my eyes to the endless possibilities of presenting information with the use of ICT!

With the our task being to create an online artefact I was first so confused on what to use or how I will present my information. I decided to look at POWTOON first to see what it was like. I was shocked of the amazing tool that could be used to create animated presentations and animated videos. However, it was a little bit time consuming but I think if one invested some time into the tool to learn how to create the right timing or how to add a songs etc. This is why I decided against using POWTOON however, I will be definitely keeping this great resource in mind for the future. As it is a fun and interesting way to present information!

I then decided to have a look into “Prezi’, it is a cloud-based presentation software and storytelling tool for presenting ideas on a virtual canvas. It is simple to use and creates a different spin on the usually PowerPoint presentation! It is easy to use and the end result it creates is professional and interesting. It also saves all your prezi presentations to your homepage for easy access and your presentation can be embedded into something else if you need too!. This is why I chose this tool for my assignment 1 online artefact!!

The link to my assignment Prezi of why to use ICT in the classroom will be up shortly!!

Scootle

Emileigh Rice ( fellow student) did a great presentation on Tuesday night’s Fraser coast tutorial on Scootle. Scootle is a resource that is funded by the government that links the Australian Curriculum to lesson ideas and strands in schools. It provides fun, interesting and relevant resources that would be great to use in the classroom. I had no idea this great resource was available. Before Tuesday night I had heard of ‘Scootle’ but had never used it or knew how great of a resource it was. Like Scott I will be now checking it for great resources to use in future lessons and on prac.

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During our Fraser Coast tutorial on Tuesday night, one of our students Emileigh Rice did a presentation on the benefits of using Scootle. Scootle is a recourse that is funded by the government for the purpose of linking the Australian curriculum to lessons and strands that you are teaching in schools. Scootle provides an array of approaches to enhance a teachers lessons and I will now be using it in my future lessons and on prac placement.

Scott Fisher.

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