What technologies are there and how can you use them?
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You Tube YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips On TeacherTube, educators share material, such as instructional math videos, with classrooms around the world Portrait of an artist - video Portrait of an artist
Podcasting Podcasting is the method of distributing audio files or music videos over the Internet You could ○ Create a podcast of your lecture ○ Recommend podcasts from existing feedsexisting feeds ○ Listen to “Ray Kurzweil on future technologies”“Ray Kurzweil on future technologies” RSS feed
Wikis A wiki is a website which allows multiple users to easily create, edit and link web pages And now here is ours:
Blogs A Blog - is a website where entries are written in chronological order
Social Networking tools Collections of Web 2.0 technologies combined in a way that help to build online communities Social Networking in Plain English Social Networking in Plain English
Skype Skype is a software program that allows users to make calls over the Internet to other Skype users free of charge All you need is a headphone microphone set The Skype account of your contact
Clickview network based video library management and distribution system Available on desktop
Second Life SecondLife – an online society within a 3D world, a virtual world where users can explore, build, socialize and participate in their own economy. Science Education in Second Life – video Science Education in Second Life Education in second life - video Education in second life
Twitter Twitter – is a social networking and microblogging service that allows you answer the question, "What are you doing?" by sending short text messages 140 characters in length, called "tweets", to your friends, or "followers What is Twitter? video What is Twitter?
Digital Story Digital storytelling is a new method of capturing lives, experiences and creating community. It is more than just adding images to text. Digital stories are like short movies with voice-overs, audio, captions and special effects. Sample Sample Student Induction Student Induction
The thinking stuff... Learning and education is only limited by your imagination, attitude and enthusiasm
Some useful links… Mywebct.westone.wa.gov.au Moodle.org Groups.edna.edu.au Youtube.com Teachertube.com Abc.net.au/services/podcasting Juice.com Learn-on-the-go.com Blogger.com Twitter.com Wikispace.com Myspace.com Facebook.com Skype.com Secondlife.com Information supplied by: Geraldine Jeffery,Innovations Practice Mentor Presented by Keith Critchett, PR Lecturer Business & Management