Oh what have I done, what have I done???

Well, I haven't been here for such a long time but personally, I  have made lots of moves towards getting 'up with the play' where ICT and web 2.0 tools is concerned (but I am certainly no where near being an 'expert' using everything I have learnt, in a constructive way in the classroom). I've recently joined another web sharing site for educators and people alike...at 'virtuallea rningnetwork.com'.  In doing so, this very action has prompted me in  to returning here to re-start my 'journey recording' that I left in 2009!  Yes, that long ago!   Well...here goes..... :)

School Pics

Haven't been back here for a while!

Well, I haven't been back here for a while and I guess...what's new with my learning? Nothing I can rightly brag about! Recently, I've looked at 'Photopeach' as a slideshow similar to 'Flickr' - I like 'Photopeach'. The whole 'Inquiry Learning' subject (inside my head) is moving along at a reasonable pace that I can follow and try new ways of doing things. We finished a 'sea' topic last term and my children and I had a blast with this topic (loads of talking, sharing ideas and neat art - well I hope they had a blast!). Working with an IWB isn't as tortuous as it used to be (its programme was n't working as well as it should have and for a while there, I was on the brink of despair and ready to give in to kicking the board...I didn't! Instead we forgave each other and our relationship has been better (someone came in and fixed it too)!

Anyway, here are a couple of pics showing our class topic wall and our class art wall that was prepared for our school's Folk Dance and Art Day.

Inviting Guests to Blog

I've already done this one and have about 2 that have clicked on and am still awaiting comments...any comments...at all. might need to go public! might need to have something substantial to interest others. might need to...do some more thinking!

RSS Feeds and Adding Blogs to my Reader List

Well I watched the youTube presentation on RSS feeds and that was pretty straight forward and so where from there??? Add at least 5 new blogs to my reader list so on I go to google 'Why Blog?', because it's from here I actually found a neat blog ... The Ed Techie and I got the link to glogster that I love. He had other great tips too. Anyway, I found a 'MommyCommunity' to subscribe to and another business/education blog that looks like heavy reading. Just 3 more to go. There are also 'home-schooling' blogs that look interesting. I think I might try any 'Star Trek' blogs for interest. *Before I go, RSS feeds allow any interesting information from your favourite blogspots/websites (with the RSS feed icon) to come to you and are updated so you no longer need to go hunting. Just remember to subscribe!

Flickr, Mappr, Flickr Color Pickr

These are interesting. I'm not sure about the flickr picture one (except for it lets me download and store pics). I downloaded some images and expected to do something 'way out' with them and haven't found out how yet. I did like the mappr one that lets you place pictures of places onto a map so there are a few of Kawerau and the Tarawera lake, river and falls. I did like the flickr color pickr thing, that I couldn't see any relevant use for except for it's a kinda cool play thing (click on the colours inside the colour wheel and different images for that colour come up...cool). anyway, the playing will continue. I made a link for the mappr one in my wikispace for my class that I will fix into the glogster page I already have (the link is there to remind me to put it in later) and I made a special page up just for the color pickr one entitled 'The Goodies Page' that will have interesting toys for parents to play with (and I know they'll ask...Why?). CYA later
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Flickr, Mappr, Flickr